smartphones sales : best second quarter on record

The world is rapidly changing. We have two iPhone 6/6s, an IPad, and two surface tablets. Tablets are used for Excel and tax software or PC based games. Everything else from banking, reading the local newspaper, texting, using this and other forums are done on the iPhones or iPad. People watch movies or stream video and tv shows on their phones.

And a well placed EMP Burst will probably render them all useless.
How will people survive if they can't take their own picture 20 times a day and post them online? :B

I could have contributed to that record but I waited until last week to buy my new phone. I finally upgraded from an iphone 3Gs... the youngsters seemed to think it was on par with a dinosaur egg. :).

gbopp wrote:
And a well placed EMP Burst will probably render them all useless.
How will people survive if they can't take their own picture 20 times a day and post them online? :B

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Maybe if this keeps up a well placed EMP Burst will help.:M

Wouldn't be without it.

I'm not one of the contributors. I'm using a few year old S5 and my wife has her even older S4. Why? Because for many many years we got a low cost or free phone every 2 years with 2 year contract renewal. Cost of phone was rolled into monthly payment. Over the years that payment has crept up 50% due to discounts we've had being removed. Now the low cost or free phone is no longer available. Instead of lowering our rates because of no longer subsidizing the phone, they instead want to lease us a phone at a still higher rate. When it comes time, I'll probably buy an old stock of a older model of a new to us used phone and shop around for who has the best plan. Little incentive to stay with the same carrier as we had. Rant over! lol

I do not own a smart phone. I have a tracfone for calls while traveling, but it does not connect to the internet. I pay for minutes, usually about $100 per year, a lot cheaper than smart phones. I do travel with a laptop & can tap into free wifi where possible.

My wife and I get by with flip phones that are 10 years old (mine) and 5 years old (hers). Do co-workers / friends / family make fun of us? Yes. Do we care? Yes...we care all the way to the bank with the $$$ we save. We use a desktop PC to do Excel (use it for checking acc, finances, etc) and internet. I personally could care less about connectivity when I'm camping. It's about disconnecting for us.

Excel for checking is even older school than flip phones. Hey, whatever works!

I'm still happy with my "old fashioned" flip phone. I have no real use for any of the features provided by a smart phone. I place and receive calls just fine, and I like the smaller size. If I need to access the Internet my iPad or laptop can do that.