Could you work without a smartphone?

[Retroelectric]

Hi all.
Not sure this is the right place to post so will move / delete if needed.
Just wondering if anyone could go back to working with just a standard mobile phone and text messages?
Obviously smartphones can be very useful and I would miss the camera, but just wondering if I could go back to life without one and check whatever needed checking when I got back on my laptop as I used to.
Whats everyone think?
Impossible nowadays?

Obviously I will keep an eye for any replies on my iphone!!!

 

[westward10]

If that is the worst that will happen to me in my life I would gladly "suffer" it.

 

[freddo]

Unfortunately everything seems to need the installation manual downloading from the internet, or setting up via an app, so it would likely be difficult. I used a digital camera for years even when out work phones started having cameras built in as early models were not good, lacked a flash etc.

My personal mobile phone is 20 years old and does all I need it to.

The phone and data signals are so poor here most of the time my work smart phone is useless anyway, getting fed up of walking ages to try to get a signal to make a call, and mobile internet is a joke. I spent Saturday working in a factory, had to keep going up to roof level to make calls to someone programming remotely, then going back down to check at the equipment. The supplier hasn't enabled wifi calling on our work phones so I can't use my 4g wifi router to make calls. I have it in the van to get internet from another mobile provider, essential for setting some things up.

 

[westward10]

It is the way of the world but progress is progress. Telex machines, fax machines all past redundant technology which I'm sure will eventually include smart phones.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I would love technology to back pedal... preferably by around 100 years.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Why o why do Peaple spend thousands of pounds on mobile phones when you can get two empty tins and a bob of string.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I look forward to being able io implant my sim card directly into my brain so that I no longer need to physically carry a phone

 

[ferg]

I'm not sure I would want to go back to not having one TBH.
I fill out certs on mine, use it as a satnav when plugged in to the van, play music through it, invoicing software on it for little jobs, camera, order parts online, banking app, downloading manuals, wifi calling when out of signal and most importantly browsing the forum at lunchtime

 

[Mike Johnson]

I'm not sure I would want to go back to not having one TBH.
I fill out certs on mine, use it as a satnav when plugged in to the van, play music through it, invoicing software on it for little jobs, camera, order parts online, banking app, downloading manuals, wifi calling when out of signal and most importantly browsing the forum at lunchtime

And how much does that cost per month/year?

 

[ferg]

And how much does that cost per month/year?

The phone was about £200
My contract is about £12 a month
Mobile add on for cert software £50 ish / year

All in all I think it's worth it.