Topic: What do you use your phone for? - page 6. (Read 2043 times)

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Tbh I don't use phone for what it's supposed to be, which is calling people lol.

Mostly, I use WhatsApp for communication and rest I use on YouTube, Netflix etc.

I rarely recharge my phone for talk-time to talk to because I don't like talking as an introvert. Texting is just fine.

But then again, we live in a world which has become small with help of technology!

Nonsense, i never use it for phone calls. Almost nobody would do normal phone calls anymore.

So, internet browsing, casual gaming, alarm clock, taking pictures, listening to music or during blackouts, fm radio.

I find it ironic that the name "phone" is still on it. Sure, voice calls inside IM are pretty much the same thing but free; but the "phone" carriers are actually better described as mobile internet providers.

Do millenials even know what the word "telephone" means? Have you seen those "kids react to rotary phone" videos? Its probably a concept that no longer means anything. "television" is also on its way to extinction, for the same reason.

So if a millennial reads this... Umm up until the 80ies or 90ies, "socialize" meant voice calling your friend using your family phone installed in your house. And yes, the thing wasn't exactly private, if there were more sets in the home they could pick it up and listen to your conversation (it was usually audible so you knew). This is because each home usually had a single line everyone had to share. And if you were using it for your VERY important social call (ie. gossip talk to your friend) then maybe your mom couldn't get a call from her Doctor or something.

Can you imagine? Hard to describe it. Since everyone can have their own "phone" line around, people don't even remember those things anymore. And while i didn't experience it, I'm told in more rural towns was worse, often phone lines were shared among neighbors.

Watch shows from the 80ies (or depicting the 80ies) and you'll often find a youth talking on the phone for hours. And after finish talking to friend A (who probably gave you new juicy info) you totally had to tell friend B. Rinse and repeat.

With social media this stuff is now redundant. But yeah, people did socialize before... Human nature and all.

I mostly use my phone for the following, in this particular order:

1. Internet browsing

2. Checking emails

3. Reading news

4. Play games

I use my phone to call my coworker & my family, social media, and view news streams.

I use the phone for calls, WA, social media and games.

I hate reading books through my phone, for some reason it hurts my eyes and i'll always get sleepy after the first page haha.

I love to use social media. I am using my phone for Instagram, Facebook , Snapchat and WhatsApp.

Making phone calls - I have to make multiple work-related phone calls every day.
Checking emails - Work takes priority over everything else.
Checking WhatsApp - A lot of important work-related conversations also happen through WhatsApp messages.

Honestly, same. I don't know if it's the introvert in me, or what, but i just don't find the appeal in calling people.

There are mainly two reasons behind, I use cell phone:
1.Freelancing
2.Social media

I think I do literally everything on my phone. I may even say I live with it 24/7. Texting, calling, searching for any kind of information. With QR codes, you get access to lots of services. Also, payments are much easier nowadays. I don't need a wallet, just a cell phone.

I'm bored? Smartphone always entertains me with social media or different games.

Well, hello, it's Generation Z time

Only messengers, YouTube, Insta and alarm clock)

I usually use my phone for my work. Like texting ang calling clients for their orders and concerns. For entertainment too, like watching videos and games and for business too.

I usually use my phone for watching videos and playing online games like mobile legends. I also use it for communication purposes to keep in touch with my love ones. Phone is really important now a day.

I use my phone 90% for my o line job and 10% for playing COC.

calling, messaging, watching, reading and work also

Some times just to troll people that don't have anything to do in their life and keep stalking me, including every post I do here, looks like some people have a lot of free time and nothing else to do.

I do everything on my phone that it can allow. Depending on the situation, I watch movies, play games, surf the Internet, take pictures, etc.

as usual, my use of smartphones is very common...
listening to music, watching YouTube videos and Korean dramas, playing online casinos, connecting to my social media accounts and communicating with my parents who are far out of my town.

pretty awesome!