There are a lot of bad people within my vicinity -robbers, muggers, crooks, and many others. I do use a non-smart phone as a decoy phone so that these people with bad intentions would not focus their attention to me. These types of bad people tend to focus on people with high-end gadgets which is why I thoroughly secure my smartphone when I'm walking down the street and just use my "dumb" phone. lol.
Yes, and I still use a landline too! /shudder In all seriousness I'm not liking where the current "smart phone" industry is heading. Smart phones are attempting to turn into your best friend by monitoring your every action. They use the very data they collect about you to make themselves overly important to you, they'll even be used to pay for your purchases soon enough as is underway in Canada. "Google now" announced that you can talk to your phone and it will know where your package is and if your wife is home, that's a little creepy for me. For that reason I plan on keeping my landline for important calls, at least for the time being. Privacy - that's why I'll be keeping my "dumb" phone. You don't lose your privacy until you give it up willingly!
No! I'm a geek, so it makes sense, right? :3 Love my Galaxy S3. Upgraded from my S2 during the first fortnight. I'm not on a contract, bought it straight up. Yeah, it was quite expensive. I don't think I can replace my smartphone for a "dumb-phone" to be frank. I use the fast internet browser on the move a lot. I get instant e-mail updates. I use it to watch movies when waiting at various locations. I use it as my 'MP3 player'. It's just too useful! Only thing I miss are the physical buttons. I am not too good with touchscreen typing, but that's probably just me - I know touchscreen users who type like a beast! Sorry to go against the tide folks!
I still use a dumb phone, mostly because the only time I use my cell phone is when I'm out and about, and since I work from home, that means I have need of a cell phone quite rarely. In general, I make or take two calls a week on my cell. I text maybe twice a month. It just doesn't make sense for me to carry around a cell phone thats a portable computer when I'm in front of a real computer all day anyway.
To tell you the truth, I am still using my "Dumb phone" for most of my calls. I do have a smart phone but it's not of much use to me since I have to use laptop for most of my work. So I prefer using my old phone to make calls and send messages; at least I don't get distracted by fancy and useless features that are of no use to me.
I still have an old Nokia phone with a pre-paid card. Because nothing is 100% reliable, I like keeping such a backup, in case my smartphone messes up somehow. Actually, I had to buy a pre-paid card because my main operator as down for a few days.
I don't personally, however I know that my parents still to, to avoid paying the "$100+ a month" bill that comes with the required plans. They'd much rather just stick to talk and text, and not have to worry about data too.
