How long could you go without your smartphone?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (93739)
United States
September 17, 2024 10:30am CST
Take out needing your phone for just calls, because parents need to be able to get in touch with their children, and so on. Just think about everything else you use your smartphone for. How long could you go without it? Without texting, GPS, looking up information…
I only use a smartphone. No Kindle, no laptop, just a smartphone (because I prefer it over a Kindle). I could probably go four days without it annoying me, but it would annoy me. Remember the days before internet, and we were all perfectly fine without it?
Realistically, we’d all be fine without one (obviously), but how long before you’d actually miss it? Is your laptop or desktop enough?
Realistically, we’d all be fine without one (obviously), but how long before you’d actually miss it? Is your laptop or desktop enough?12 people like this
15 responses
@somewitch (1409)
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17 Sep
I'd miss taking photos, I have a digital camera but it's cumbersome compared to the smartie. If I also had to give up my computer, it would be a different story even if I wouldn't mind "being forced to" be somewhere else, perhaps reading a book to learn something new, instead of arguing with an artificial intelligence or whatever is in fashion nowadays. For a couple days at most. 
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@snowy22315 (181948)
• United States
17 Sep
probably no more than a day. I use it frequently throughout the day.
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@Juliaacv (51452)
• Canada
17 Sep
I rely on the cellphone for texts and forms of communication by calls.
We do not have a home phone.
I also have my email on it, and can look it up there, but can also use my laptop.
I heavily rely on my GPS on the phone when going somewhere that I am unsure of, and appreciate the blow by blow directions that it gives me.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Sep
I have no mobile or smartphone, What I cannot do without is my PC and laptop,
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@Marilynda1225 (83064)
• United States
18 Sep
I'd probably miss mine a lot sooner than I think I would. I pick it up throughout the day for all sorts of things aside from the texts I get and send from my kids and grandkids.
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@LindaOHio (181205)
• United States
18 Sep
We don't have smartphones. Using my laptop is sufficient for me. Have a good day.
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@dgobucks226 (35716)
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21 Sep
Because of 2-step verification for important financial information it would be difficult (in my case) to go without a smartphone for more than a few days. Gotta pay those bills, check bank accounts, etc... I wouldn't miss the phone for spam texts and calls though, lol.
Surprising how we have become so dependent on them isn't it.
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@MarieCoyle (38564)
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18 Sep
I do not have a landline, so without my phone, I couldn't call for help for myself, or for my son, my kids couldn't call or text, or my friends...I use the cell for directions at times when we go to different medical appointments in places we've not ever been. It can't be really convenient to carry a laptop around...we really don't carry ''smart phones'' so much as we carry an entire computer in our pocket, and can access the world if we want or need to.
And I love the camera on my phone--it's way, way better than any of the expensive cameras I ever owned that I hated.
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@RevivedWarrior (2448)
• India
18 Sep
If we try , we can live without a smartphone perhaps for a day or two. Beyond that , it all depends on what features do we constantly use in smartphone. There are alternatives to most of those features. The biggest reason we get glued to our smartphones is that they are mostly a combination of a television , computer and telephone. In today's world you need all these three . Again, we should only restrict our usage of smartphone hours which are not productive. How we use technology , will bring the outcome. If you know these , I believe most can be away from being smartphone addicts.
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