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CreekDog

(46,192 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2013, 05:22 PM Oct 2013

Do you have a smartphone, non-smart cell phone, or no cell phone? [View all]

58 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Time expired
	I have a smartphone
	28 (48%)
	I have a cell phone, but not a smart phone
	22 (38%)
	I have neither a smartphone, nor a cell phone.
	8 (14%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Do you have a smartphone, non-smart cell phone, or no cell phone? [View all] CreekDog Oct 2013 OP

No smartphone here. HappyMe Oct 2013 #1

You don't feel the need... KatyMan Oct 2013 #4

You know, I don't want to lay out HappyMe Oct 2013 #7

Lucky for me, my iphone KatyMan Oct 2013 #63

Not necessarily. kentauros Oct 2013 #75

i use my netbook in place of smart phone Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #5

Skype or e-mail? (I have a netbook.) WinkyDink Oct 2013 #49

email, checking the web Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #82

Ah. Same here! WinkyDink Oct 2013 #86

I have a similar setup... surrealAmerican Oct 2013 #54

Agreed. I have a basic cell phone with no bells or whistles, RebelOne Oct 2013 #8

I don't feel the need to shell out Jim Warren Oct 2013 #18

I like to say that I have a phone that is SheilaT Oct 2013 #2

A non smartphone is actually called a dumbphone. Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #3

I didn't use that term because I thought it would interfere with people answering CreekDog Oct 2013 #9

I knew you were trying to be non offensive Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #17

Color me dumb! babylonsister Oct 2013 #51

But you rock in every other way! DU's most valuable contributor in my opinion! Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #59

I have a smartish phone malaise Oct 2013 #65

Both. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #6

I have a Galaxy Note II Aerows Oct 2013 #14

I go out dancing often - dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #21

You can dance with a Note II! Aerows Oct 2013 #23

No Ive got the original Note which I think was slighly smaller. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #32

I have a stupidphone. They told me it was supposed to smart. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #10

Just got my first cell phone a couple of months ago (I'm 55) and it is a smart phone... Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #11

I adore my Samsung Galaxy Note II Aerows Oct 2013 #12

Samsung Galaxy S3 here and I love that thing. n/t cynatnite Oct 2013 #15

It's awesome Aerows Oct 2013 #19

Same LadyHawkAZ Oct 2013 #24

I just got the Note 10.1 tablet the other day Posteritatis Oct 2013 #45

What is the battery life like? dkf Oct 2013 #76

This is NEWS Jim Warren Oct 2013 #13

I will be impressed if he has to pull up the antenna. n/t cynatnite Oct 2013 #16

The only reason I have this stupid smartphone is because my flip phone broke ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #37

like mine? robinlynne Oct 2013 #52

But he probably has several people following him around sammytko Oct 2013 #64

No frills flip phone. lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #20

I have a smartphone and a flip phone. bunnies Oct 2013 #22

I have a texting machine with internet. Iggo Oct 2013 #25

I went to the Verizon store and asked for a Stupid Phone LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #26

Did yet you get the Senator Cruz It's All About Me Phone? Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #68

I just got rid of my iPhone 3 and replaced it with a Moto X. Made in America. Well, Texas anyway. denverbill Oct 2013 #27

I have a smartphone. KitSileya Oct 2013 #28

I have a smart phone, but only because my husband got an iphone for work Bettie Oct 2013 #29

2 iphones, a 4 and a 5 coldmountain Oct 2013 #30

Smart phone. HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #31

I have a cellphone, but may replace it with an iPhone. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2013 #33

Thinking about doing away with my cell phone. Life B Calm Oct 2013 #34

Dropped the landline five years ago. Wife & I both have smartphones. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #35

I use my iPad for video chat and some voice calls. bravenak Oct 2013 #36

I have a rotary dial with no answering machine. adirondacker Oct 2013 #38

I have a land line with voice mail. RebelOne Oct 2013 #56

Fortunately, we Still have our small local telephone Co. and the transmission goes through wires adirondacker Oct 2013 #60

You need a real landline if you want to be able to use your phone during outages sammytko Oct 2013 #66

My Charter cable phone works Go Vols Oct 2013 #84

Droid FloridaJudy Oct 2013 #39

I still have the first Android Ron Obvious Oct 2013 #40

I tried it and hated it katmondoo Oct 2013 #41

Smartphone. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #42

I gave up a cell phone when I quit working in 2002 tech3149 Oct 2013 #43

No any kind of cell phone, I hate them with a passion! n/t truegrit44 Oct 2013 #44

Do not want either, but have a plain cell phone. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #46

No cell, landline with a rotary dial Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #47

Get one of these and be your own landline hotspot! kentauros Oct 2013 #77

Shh.. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #80

Nothing. Land-line. I'll play games, read, watch videos/TV shows, etc., on my new Kindle HDX. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #48

I want that too, that Kindle HDX.....tell me about it. a kennedy Oct 2013 #73

I do have a wireless router, from my cable company. A router is required to get the Internet on WinkyDink Oct 2013 #87

Not to be outdone by the average nine-year-old girl, two iPhones and two iPads. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #50

OK, so I'm a 69 year-old fanboy Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #53

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #55

Today in the SF Chronicle there was an article about the dangers of smartphones kimbutgar Oct 2013 #57

I have a two-year-old LG Spectrum (Android) phylny Oct 2013 #58

I didn't even get a cell phone until a few years ago distantearlywarning Oct 2013 #61

I'm pretty sure I have one of the older non-smartest cell phones here. hunter Oct 2013 #62

Smartphone, and no land-line for about 10 years now. bullwinkle428 Oct 2013 #67

Flip Top Phone Here FM451 Oct 2013 #69

I have an "advertised as smart but not really so smart" phone ... Myrina Oct 2013 #70

cell phone, no land line. JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #71

My computers are "smart" and hold personal information, I have control of them. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #72

I have a trac fone and it's pretty smart for what I use it for..... a kennedy Oct 2013 #74

Smartphone. I'm a liberal, not a Luddite. Arkana Oct 2013 #78

That's gonna leave a mark! Earth_First Oct 2013 #79

I have an ancient smartphone that is pretty fucking stupid. DireStrike Oct 2013 #81

I have a non-smart phone, pay as you go, but erinlough Oct 2013 #83

I was self righteously against smartphones up until March 2011 ecstatic Oct 2013 #85

I didn't see this poll till now... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #88

I have just a regular cell phone cristianmarie533 Oct 2013 #89