For All of You Smart Phone Haters
Nov 8, 2017 06:54:01 #
thank God for getting old. I've passed the time when I think i'm important enough that people want 24/7 access to me. that I need a $600.00 + phone. that I cannot be brainwashed into believing I've got to have one. I have a few really good cameras and a $10.00 tracfone that gets the job done.
Nov 8, 2017 07:06:20 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
bull drink water wrote:
thank God for getting old. I've passed the time when I think i'm important enough that people want 24/7 access to me. that I need a $600.00 + phone. that I cannot be brainwashed into believing I've got to have one. I have a few really good cameras and a $10.00 tracfone that gets the job done.
I thought like you until I got a computer in my pocket. Unlike the Tracfone I carried around for years in case of emergencies like my car breaking down, the computer in my pocket got me to where I was going in a foreign city without having to unfold a large, detailed map on a windy street corner; it helped me to communicate with someone who didn't speak English by translating my speech into French, Chinese, whatever; it helped me choose where to eat by accessing restaurant reviews. I won't go into the hundreds of other things it helped me to do like finding a clean public toilet, but be happy with your $10 Tracfone and basking in the Luddite smugness of old age. (I'm almost 80.)
Nov 8, 2017 07:19:19 #
hj
Loc: Florida
berchman wrote:
Have you checked out Consumer Cellular for their budget friendly prices? Also, you can buy a used iPhone 7+ and put their SIM card in it.
Nov 8, 2017 07:45:24 #
berchman wrote:
I thought like you until I got a computer in my po... (show quote)
People don't know what their missing that don't have a Smartphone.
Nov 8, 2017 08:32:36 #
Spiney wrote:
One place the smartphone comes in handy is taking ... (show quote)
I have an SE which I like mainly because of its convenient size. The bigger screens are nice but a nuisance to carry in a shirt pocket.
Nov 8, 2017 08:34:52 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
cdayton wrote:
I have an SE which I like mainly because of its convenient size. The bigger screens are nice but a nuisance to carry in a shirt pocket.
The new iPhone X is just a tiny bit larger than the normal phone, but has a screen bigger than the plus models. Of course, it's expensive.
Nov 8, 2017 08:40:23 #
You might want to take a look at the new Pictar grip. It's a little fiddley to set up but it does make a phone more versatile if not generally better for photos.
Nov 8, 2017 14:10:42 #
The best camera is the one you have with you....even if it's your phone!
Nov 8, 2017 18:34:45 #
cambriaman wrote:
The best camera is the one you have with you....even if it's your phone!
I still havn't figured out how to retrdieve pics from my tracfone. I cary a Nikon cool pix everywhere.
Nov 8, 2017 19:25:52 #
National Geographic photographers have used earlier iphones (5s and 7) to create beautiful publication quality photographs for their magazine. If we could only create photos of that caliber, while even using a dlsr (or mirrorless), we'd be mighty proud of ourselves.
Nov 9, 2017 05:25:48 #
SalvageDiver wrote:
National Geographic photographers have used earlier iphones (5s and 7) to create beautiful publication quality photographs for their magazine. If we could only create photos of that caliber, while even using a dlsr (or mirrorless), we'd be mighty proud of ourselves.
I hear you. I have seen so many great shots taken with iPhones, etc that I can't even think of getting using my camera. Hey! Maybe that is my hesitation to upgrading my phone. I don't need yet another gadget that I can't use properly.
Nov 9, 2017 05:39:27 #
Great link. Very helpful. Thanks.
berchman wrote:
Amazing what a talented eye can do with an iPhone. ("But just try and make a wall-sized mural from them. No iPhone can match my PhaseOne XF 100MP camera.")
http://austinmann.com/trek
http://austinmann.com/trek
Nov 9, 2017 12:21:40 #
You know the original Smart Phone didn't even have a camera on it....
Nov 9, 2017 18:14:19 #
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