"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
williamwright wrote:
On 10/06/2021 18:46, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
williamwright wrote:
Put the mobile in your pocket. What if you fall over and can't get up? I
never move without my phone in my pocket.

And it gets smashed when you fall. ;-) That's assuming it doesn't fall out
of your pocket when doing the gardening or whatever.


It doesn't get smashed because you have it in a case. My phone is
ancient and it and I have fallen considerable distances with no damage
except to me.
It doesn't fall out of your pocket because it's buttoned in. You are an
old pessimist when it suits aren't you?

I really can't be bothered carrying a phone with me everywhere at home.
And it's not an ancient one because I want a decent one when out and
about. But at home I'd rather use the landline. In exactly the same way as
I prefer to use a computer to post here than the mobile. And a decent TV
to view things on, rather than a mobile. And so on.

As in the Unix philosophy single devices which are good at doin one
thing:-

Landline phone - for making phone calls
Camera - for taking pictures
Laptop - for interactive computing

E.g. when at home the phone rings and I pick it up to answer, no
button pressing, things that don't work with wet fingers, swipes that
are different on different phones, etc.

My (pocketable) camera has a proper viewfinder, have you ever seen a
prefessional/competant photographer using a camera without a viewfinder?

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Chris Green
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