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Missing something we no longer have

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I have recently had to get a new phone. I was looking at a post and it changed the colour of the background then asked me about changing colours. It keeps telling me about new things and do I want to install an app.  I keep having to ask how to get out of loops.

Also I can no longer just turn it off, but have to swipe quickly up the screen twice (to avoid doing anything in the process like turning on the torch), to find a small square to start off the powering off. Apparently they are all like that now.

Then I can't swipe to the next page but have to use an arrow and to get rid of a page I have to minimize it first.  Rant over.

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  • Why do the technies have to constantly update these things, when most of us are perfectly happy to have the same thing for decades. Dont get @TheCatWoman started on this subject!

  • in reply to Marianne72

    Just a small rant, OK? I'm still using my old flip top stupid phone, I know I will have to get a smart one eventually, but I keep putting it off as I simply don't understand them or how to use them, I resent the idea that I will have to get one for the sake of other peoples convenience and fork out all that money for something that I will barely use. 

    Having just joined the AA, I'm going to have to contact them and find out if I can actually use thier service without a smart phone!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    If you find you can use your laptop for any online things you need, it may be easier not to have a smart phone. I use my phone quite a lot because my laptop loses power quickly, but it is easy to make it do something I didn't want by hovering near. I have just had to correct words it replaced too.

    One of the things that are sent sometimes are texts where you can complete forms, but they may be able do that via email instead.

    They are quite expensive now too.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    If you find you can use your laptop for any online things you need, it may be easier not to have a smart phone. I use my phone quite a lot because my laptop loses power quickly, but it is easy to make it do something I didn't want by hovering near. I have just had to correct words it replaced too.

    One of the things that are sent sometimes are texts where you can complete forms, but they may be able do that via email instead.

    They are quite expensive now too.

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