More dispatches from phone hell...

[dalesys]

Is that your entire music collection in your pocket,or are you just pleased to see me?

I hope that's a phone in your pocket making those noises at me. 'Cause if it's your willy I'll have to kick it.

[greek_jester]

One of my major reasons to have a smartphone. Having my entire music collection in my pocket is also nice.

That too. Being able to lose the weight of a book and a separate MP3 player has also lessened my ongoing back issues, plus I get less of an ache in my wrist/elbow from holding my little smart-phone than I did holding the weight of even a paperback book.

[AccountingDrone]

If you're not prepared to spend a few days without your phone, KEEP A SPARE ON HAND!

This isn't a hard concept to understand. Hell, I don't need my phone 24/7 (despite what Mrs. Crossbow says...) and even I still have my last smartphone and can reactivate it if I need to.

Of course, if you suggested that, the response would probably be "But that one is so OLD!"

Guess it sucks to be her.

I am the same way - I still have my first gen Droid, what 8 years old? My new phone is a year old ... a Kyocera Brigadier, in a case with the super whamadyne screen protector. Oddly, I also have a waterproof pouch for it [got it so I could take my phone with me on the boat for parasailing without having to worry about accidentally dropping it in the water. The phone in the pouch floats =)]

I wish they would make the old Nokia immortal phones that would work on the red checkmark system. I did have one as a burn phone before the house fire [burn phone snork snork] and they were wonderfully hardy.

[RealUnimportant]

Am I some weird outlier? I've never had a phone die, I've just upgraded when bored. All but one of my former phones are still serviceable, and the one that isn't has a fault that was once covered under warranty but it didn't cause enough of a problem for me to worry about.

I must be Cellphone Georg.

[notalwaysright]

Am I some weird outlier? I've never had a phone die, I've just upgraded when bored.

Same. I'm not even that careful with my phones. I mean, they've been dropped occasionally, maybe sat on, stuff like that. I put a case on, but not a screen protector. I haven't had any break, or the battery die or anything. I don't think I use it as heavily as some people. I don't do social media, so I use it for directions, if I'm stuck waiting I'll read, taking pictures of my cat.

[morgana]

I'm still using my first cellphone. That I got in 2003. I refer to it as the Pterodactyl.

One of these days, I probably should join the 21st century . . .

[Nunavut Pants]

But to keep my Ingress streak alive ...

Frog or smurf?

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I'm just a bit confuzzled ... was the SC here a man or woman (not that it matters ...)? Or am I misreading something?

Sorry ... that's my inner editor ...

It was a he. I attempted to gender switch it for added anonymity but failed evidently.

[Jetfire]

Frog or smurf?

Smurf with an almost 800 day hacking streak going.

[Foxbite]

Oddly, I also have a waterproof pouch for it [got it so I could take my phone with me on the boat for parasailing without having to worry about accidentally dropping it in the water. The phone in the pouch floats =

That reminds me when they were just coming out with waterproof cases and travel pouches for phones, this one kid I knew on eBay was advertising "waterproof" pouches for $5 a pop, which was more reasonable than the $20 other people were charging. Turned out he was sending out generic plastic candy baggies and people were none the wiser until one guy did a comparison, realized he'd been had and kicked up a fuss.

Funny enough, I used a Ziplock down the line and found it did the job pretty well at the beach!

[Sparklyturtle]

Am I some weird outlier? I've never had a phone die, I've just upgraded when bored. All but one of my former phones are still serviceable, and the one that isn't has a fault that was once covered under warranty but it didn't cause enough of a problem for me to worry about.

I must be Cellphone Georg.

If you are than I am, too. Turtleguy always gets the upgraded phone, because he actually needs the map function in order to do his job. His last phone died, but it was because the cat knocked it on the floor and broke the plug so he couldn't recharge it, and it was about 5 years old anyway. When he got the upgraded phone I got his phonosaurus that only makes calls and texts in a very slow, ponderous fashion, but it works just fine for me. I like to carry books in my purse for both entertainment purposes and because my purse is large and heavy and makes a good weapon.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

If Deathstar hadn't delayed shipping my cell phone I could have seen Big Brother & the Holding Company for FREE!

... 1968 ... Janis Joplin ... Lagoon Opera House

I could say the same thing except for one small detail . . .

I wasn't even born at that time.

What the ever loving flock did people do before they had cell phones? Tin can and string?

Oh yeah, we had pagers that were around 20 or 30 per month just to have the service. I think I recall half my coworkers walking around with those cool (at the time) Motorola pagers that came in several colors (I think I had asked Mom to find one in the cool transparent green that would go with my favorite trench coat but I ended up with a black one, but I digress.)

Tell Miss Princess to go get a pager. I think they're still around now.

[Nunavut Pants]

Smurf with an almost 800 day hacking streak going.

Awesome! I get sick after about 100 days and lose my streak. Luckily I don't need that for my two Onyx medals to get L16. Just need ~10M worth of AP.

I'm a frog myself, Agent Name is the same as my username here.

[workerbee222]

I was so, so, happy that taking the back off and battery out and sticking it in a bowl of rice revived my phone. Phones should be stored on the interior pocket of your coat when you're cleaning snow off your car, I guess.

[Jetfire]

Awesome! I get sick after about 100 days and lose my streak. Luckily I don't need that for my two Onyx medals to get L16. Just need ~10M worth of AP.

I'm a frog myself, Agent Name is the same as my username here.

I nearly lost my streak on vacation in Scotland 2 summers ago. Luckily I had gone to the Casino around Midnight and gotten a hack there. The next day we drove out into the highlands, finally stopping in Inverness for the night, but the hotspot we were using just would not get a connection. I went walking downtown Inverness around 11PM that night and managed to get a connection and a hack done with minutes to spare.

I'm currently L14 with more than enough badges; I just need 3M AP to hit 15, and then the push onward to 16 for the 'win'.