How do you use your cell phone?

[CamCamPup33]

My cell phone is basically used for just calling. I *DID* have text messaging, but i went over my limit by ALOT and was forced to give it up. Most of the time i call my friends, or my friends call me. I have it with me ALL the time, and i really couldn't imagine myself without it.

[buckner]

I don't have vision on my phone anymore, so it charges me 10 cents for every text message I send OR receive. I used to text a lot when I had two free months of vision, but I quickly stopped. It was mostly to send texts during school to one of two friends that I don't get to see very often.

I talk on my phone MUCH more than I text. I never text. I'm not too thrilled with paying for text messages, so I don't. My family of 4 has to split 300 minutes during the day, which is from 7am to 7pm, during the week. So, that's 75 minutes for me. However, we get the bill back, and I've used maybe 1 minute of peak time. We get free PCS to PCS phone calls and a lot of my friends have PCS phones and my family, of course, do. Anytime past 7pm during the week and all the time on the weekends is unlimited. I talked probably 2000 minutes, possibly more!, on my unlimited time. I talk to my boyfriend for an hour, at least, almost every night because he lives in PA and I don't get to see him. And then I have the few odd phone calls that only last a few minutes. Oh, and we don't have roaming charges. If we had to pay for roaming, we'd be WAY in the hole because Sprint often loses signal from their own towers.

[Cincy'sMom]

Until I changed jobs a year ago, I had a $10 a month plan, that included 50 minutes and only used the phone in emergenies. At my new job we aren't really supposed to get personal calls on the office phones, but cell phones seem to be okay I now have 300 minutes a month, but don't pay the extra $5 for text, so if I'm on mine, it is talking...and I use maybe a 1/3 of my allotted minutes

[Laura's Babies]

I have had one for the last 6 years and I got mine mainly because of how I work and being so unreachable. When I first went to work on the river all they had out there was watercom and that was very expensive.. SUPER expensive.. A 10 minute call was about $50... Cell phones have just about put them out of business now but I need one to check in at home when we are in a area where we have recpetion., to let Rie know how, when and where I am coming home and they are so handy because you can stay in touch with the boat when you are on your way to catch it.. I am suppose to have text messaging, voice mail and all that extra stuff but I had them shut off everything but the phone part. I am not interested in text messages and voice mail, as voice mail was a problem, picking up before my phone ever actually rang and I would have it in my hand and have a missed call appear on it.. Grrrrr! They are a handy "tool" but not something I use as a chat line. To me it is a TOOl and tool only!

[PJ's Mom]

I'm surprised to see how many people don't have a cell phone. They seem to be everywhere you look these days so I guess you just assume everyone has one.

[jenfer]

I think I use it more on texting than talking. I am not much of a talker.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

I have a cell phone but it's mainly for emergency use. I really don't like talking on the phone (you can ask the ones that have talked to me here ). I don't text very often, either, but I do it every once in a while.

[Oggyflute]

I have one because of work. I'm on call 24/7, so it's imperative that I have one. Fortunately work pays for it. If I didn't need one, I definately wouldn't have one.

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
I have a cell phone but it's mainly for emergency use. I really don't like talking on the phone (you can ask the ones that have talked to me here ).

I don't either. I'd much rather text.

[mruffruff]

I don't have one and probably never will. I'm in an office all day where I can be reached if needed and the rest of the time I'm at hom with 1980's style portable phone. If I'm not at either place..........it'll wait!

I only have three relatives I want to hear from; My sister, (who works at the same company) and my daughter, (who I'm barely speaking to anyway) and my 9 year old granddaughter.

They're great for emergencies but they've become a toy that has invaded our lives. There are a lot of places that they shouldn't be used, but some people must have that instant gratification of blabbing every detail that they think. Unfortunately, we all have to listen in grocery stores, restaurants, on the street, in the mall, at the office, in the threatre, etc. And you CAN'T DRIVE & TALK aqt the same time SAFELY.

Sorry for the rant!

Mary

[gkristian]

i use to text more. the only time i really talk on is when i have to ring home to get picked up from somewhere

[petslover]

I didn't like text messaging too much. It took to long lol.. so I took it off my plan, and just talk on the phone now!

[sirrahbed]

We got our first cell phone about 4-5 years ago because daughter Missy was still home (and then college) and we wanted her to have it for emergencies. We have never gone with any plan - ours is used with prepaid minutes that get used up at 25cents a minutes. We top it off with new minutes every 60 days for $20. Hubby and I now use it to chat - like if he is late or I want to reach him when he is out. Text messages are also 25cents and I use them when he is in school to leave notes (he teaches school)-but mainly it is a tool to use for voice calls that are urgent. Our calls are usually only a couple minutes. $10 a month is great for us to be able to call from the car

[Cataholic]

I talk...I rarely text. 1) I don't like paying the extra charge for it; 2) I can talk faster than I can text.



I don't understand why people object to people using cell phones in public. How/why is it any different than someone standing next to someone carrying on a conversation? I have been in restaurants before where I can hear every word the person sitting next to me is saying. I have walked behind people, in front of people on the sidewalk, and can hear everything they are saying. I have been in stores where I hear everything the couple next to me is saying. I surely wouldn't ask them to hush. And, if the person is one the cell..well, I only have to hear 50% noise!

I have often wondered, and I think I have asked this before.

[RedHedd]

I bought the least expensive plan I could find ($19 for 60 minutes a month) and my cell phone is mainly for emergencies. Text messages cost me $.10 per message so I don't use them too often, although I do like them. No voicemail on my limited plan - the phone is for emergencies only. If they really want to talk to me, they can call me at home and leave a voicemail message there. I will get back to them.

I, too, get annoyed at people who have to talk about everything everywhere, at full volume or louder - in the store, restaurants, walking down the street, driving, but my biggest pet peeve is in elevators or in bathrooms! Geez! Is nothing sacred?

At my office, we are not allowed to use our cell phones; they are to be turned off or on silent.