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Missing something we no longer have

Homebird

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

    When my wife gets a new phone, I get her old one. It is a sort of delayed update, but it costs me nothing. I really begrudge spending any of my money on digital crap, when I could have used a similar amount to buy a 200 year old watch - whose technology I understand, can even repair and they look pretty. Shiny silver things that have a little beating heart, tick tock!

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    When my wife gets a new phone, I get her old one. It is a sort of delayed update, but it costs me nothing. I really begrudge spending any of my money on digital crap, when I could have used a similar amount to buy a 200 year old watch - whose technology I understand, can even repair and they look pretty. Shiny silver things that have a little beating heart, tick tock!

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