Hi. Just my $.02. We have a cel plan for $36 and Internet for $70. We use one phone, not a smart one, a candy bar one with no voice accessibility.
I guess it depends on how connected you want to be, or how connected you want others to be to you. Neither my husband nor I are on any of the social media sites. If we want entertainment outside of Internet range via our router, we download books onto our iThings and are content to read. We also have music from our iTunes library--can't do Spotify or Pandora or any of the paid music services. We're happy to be able to choose which groups to belong to e.g., e-mail lists. And then there's YouTube if we need to learn how to do anything, and Food Network when we get stuck re cooking. I've considered getting a FaceBook account to try to learn more about how to get work as a Braille transcriptionist, and to be able to keep up with family goings-on (you don't get to know when a party is unless you're their Friend or Like or whatever it's called), but it's not a necessary thing. We don't have cable, and the only time I get to watch TV is at my Mom's. I could sit in front of it for hours watching Court TV and Food Network. Scary. I already have enough trouble being productive without the cable. *smile* So ... I guess we're really disconnected. But happily so. More Later, Dani More Later, Dani On 5/24/17, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > You cannot listen to your books outside with the computer unless you got > some kind of wireless speaker system. > But, you could do everything but the phone calls and internet stuff on an > iPod Touch. > If you have wifi at home anyway, then no extra monthly fee. > Ditch the iPhone and get a simple, inexpensive phone for times when you are > away from home. > Or, keep the iPhone and decide all that convenience is worth the money. > Just my two cents worth. > Richard > > >> On May 24, 2017, at 8:50 AM, deidre muccio <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> In the last day, I have had cause to think of the cost of staying >> connected via an i phone. >> First off we all pay a monthly service charge perhaps starting >> around $50. Put another $7 or more on for insurance if you buy it. Then >> there is the cost of the phone which can be dirt cheap if it is your >> first >> phone provided by a carrier you have been with for a long time. Once that >> phone needs replacing however, let's say, 2 years and a few months, you >> are >> in for purchasing a new phone or a used one, or might pay a $200 >> deductible >> on one that your insurance coverage will replace due to hardware damage. >> Add >> this all up, and it's thousands of dollars over a mere 2 year period. >> I have to ask what the true value is in all this? >> On the practical, not philosophical front, I am paying for the >> convenience and portability of a phone that I can make calls on and text >> with, and I can do all the information sharing and web searching, social >> networking, watch movies, listen to podcasts, read books, etc all on the >> run >> or away from home. Other than phone service and texting, all of this I >> can >> do on my desktop computer for the price of my internet service. >> What would I be missing if I gave this all up? Yesterday, I >> seriously thought of buying a monthly phone service for $25 and giving >> the >> rest up. Has anyone tried doing that lately? I'd like to hear about it! >> Are >> you planning more hikes or tandem bike rides? >> How I love my phone! I love lying in bed or cleaning house >> and moving my phone from room to room while I listen to a podcast, a >> replay >> of a news show, or a book. Again, I could do all this on a desktop >> computer >> provided the volume on my speakers reached the far rooms. I doubt I'd >> miss >> not getting calls or texts while away from home unless I was traveling >> out >> of State. Admittedly, the cheapest cell phone service I was able to >> purchase >> was $39 per month so the additional cost to text and have a phone with >> voice >> over menus is definitely superior to that. >> I wonder if I've already nearly fully answered my question cause I'm >> sitting here smiling broadly as I write this. Still, I conclude that I'm >> crazy for putting out the money to entertain myself around the clock, not >> unlike an avid TV watcher, when I could be out gardening or I could spend >> more time at the gym, or finishing a novel and/or the few short stories >> in >> the works! I could even get some kind of volunteer job. I will say that >> when >> I do work for pay, my work being as a masseuse, I do not use my phone at >> all. >> One good thing, I guess, is that if I go silent, friends might >> inquire as to whether or not I am still alive, so for safety's sake, I >> guess >> that detail gets racked up in the plus column. >> I did not write or dictate this using my phone. I am typing away on >> a full keyboard, which is far more comfortable and affords much more time >> for thinking. If I could word process using a full keyboard or a >> dictation >> program that would allow you to dictate unlimited text, I'd trash the >> desktop pronto. Oh, no no no, having a iphone on the blink for the past >> day >> was bad enough, we'll always need back up, now won't we? >> >> Deidre >> Deidre >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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