Life can be particularly tricky for those of us who do not have a smart phone, so why don't I have one? I see so many people, especially the younger generation, spending all of their time on their phone to the detriment of so many other aspects of their lives. However, for those of us who do not have a smart phone life is a continual struggle as we try to negotiate life without one.
We have notice how smart phones can adversely affect peoples' behaviour. For example, whilst travelling on a bus or train we have seen young mothers with their child in a pushchair scrolling on a phone. The child too scrolls on a screen, and often not a single word passes between them for the entire journey.
I do have a tiny mobile phone which I use to send texts and make phone calls when away from home etc. It also allows doctors, hospitals, dentists etc to contact us via a text message re: appointments, which suits us fine.
I have an instagram account, but instagram is supposed to be for smart phone users only. Somehow I have been able to manage an account from the computer. I cannot do all of the fancy things that others can do on instagram, but it keeps me in touch with my grandchildren, family and friends.
Recently I purchased an item from Amazon which was unsuitable. They sent me an email with a QR code to scan into my smart phone so that it could be returned free of charge. I wondered if I could use my small digital camera and looked on the internet for information. It said that it had to be done on a smart phone, and that a standard digital camera would be unable to scan a QR code. For me there was no alternative, but to give my camera a try. I told the assistant at the Post Office that I only had a photo of the code on my camera, and she said let's give it a shot, and low and behold it happily worked😁
I suggest that there will come a time when we can no longer work our way around living without a smart phone. But for me and many others the progression of the A1 revolution is frightening. Criminals are making £millions by scamming and phishing innocent people all over the world. A Russian gang has recently held M&S, Harrods, and the Co-op to ransom for several weeks losing them all £millions and £millions of loss.
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