OMG! Guess what I got.

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12 October 2019, 12:26 AM

RealPlayer

OMG! Guess what I got.

Be gentle with me.

A smartphone. An earlier iPhone. I've barely looked at it so far. But they set it all up at the Apple store. I have much to learn! It is a Xmas present-in-advance from my wife.

I'm NOT giving up my flip phone. It's on an incredibly cheap pay-as-you-go plan that's no longer offered. I guess I pay about $100 a year for the service; with the iPhone I will use it less often, but there's no minimum required. Even the carrier said I shouldn't get rid of it.

Should be useful in rough neighborhoods. Whip out that flip phone; nobody will want to steal it!

I may be asking you folks for phone advice soon...

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12 October 2019, 03:33 AM

Daniel

Congrats!

Interestingly enough, I broke my flip phone, and decided to replace it with the flip phone I broke, a $20 Alcatel. It might not be some people's cup of tea, but I'm enjoying it.

12 October 2019, 09:28 AM

Mikhailoh

It's a tool. Get the tool that does what you need done.

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12 October 2019, 10:40 AM

Steve Miller

The way to learn what it does is to play with it. Punch all the buttons and see what they do.

I think you’ll really like it.

12 October 2019, 10:43 AM

Piano*Dad

My fave flip phone ...

12 October 2019, 12:16 PM

CHAS

RealPlayer,
Your Luddite card is hereby revoked.

13 October 2019, 01:36 AM

RealPlayer

quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
RealPlayer,
Your Luddite card is hereby revoked.

Hey, wait a minute. I still have an acoustic piano, 4 kerosene lamps and a manual coffee grinder!!

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“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." -- Bill Murray

13 October 2019, 08:03 AM

Steve Miller

The first thing to learn is the the four “swipes”. Up from center of screen, down from center, up from bottom of screen, down from top of screen. You’ll uncover a lot of features you don’t see otherwise.

One of the most useful of these is the flashlight. I use it pretty much every day.

13 October 2019, 08:14 AM

rontuner

And the camera - take a picture every day, you may be surprised by what you find!

13 October 2019, 02:42 PM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
RealPlayer,
Your Luddite card is hereby revoked.

Hey, wait a minute. I still have an acoustic piano, 4 kerosene lamps and a manual coffee grinder!!

Ok, will refer this to the committee.

13 October 2019, 02:43 PM

wtg

Chas -

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14 October 2019, 02:12 AM

RealPlayer

The swiping techniques are a bit different on this model, I think.

So, my daughter was over yesterday and "taught" us how to use the phone with blindingly fast swipes and taps. That would be like me "teaching" my 10 y.o. grandson to play a Bach prelude by zipping through it at full speed from beginning to end.

Please SLOW DOWN so we can register what you're doing!

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“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." -- Bill Murray

14 October 2019, 08:19 AM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by RealPlayer:
The swiping techniques are a bit different on this model, I think.

What model is it?

14 October 2019, 09:48 AM

rontuner

Maybe they mean the swiping form of typing. My 8 has that feature, but I haven't learned that yet.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/...wipe-type-in-ios-13/

14 October 2019, 10:00 AM

jodi

The phone I chose this last time (google
Pixel 2) was for its camera. It’s amazing, and I hardly use it for anything else. I’m getting good enough reference photos use for paintings on it, I and the photos to my iPad, so my old eyes can see them larger.