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I and most of my acquaintances no longer have a traditional landline phone. My smartphone is the only way to contact me in an emergency. If friends or family ne
by Tenhundfeld 11y ago
I and most of my acquaintances no longer have a traditional landline phone. My smartphone is the only way to contact me in an emergency. If friends or family need to reach me to extricate them from a bad situation or come to the hospital, etc., I want to be reachable. It's only happened a few times in my life, thankfully, but I don't like the idea of being completely unreachable until I wake up and turn my phone back on.
That said, I could turn off wifi and cellular data, but that's one more thing to remember to do every night. I suppose if you find the temptation overwhelming, it could be worth it though.
My point is just that turning off the phone is not as simple of a decision as you make it sound.
- ck2 11y agotouching "airplane mode" is too hard for you? it's a pull down, one click if you set it up right also, some phones with 5.1 or 6.0 can change modes automatically depending on time of day and can turn off mobile data and wifi - you can leave voice enabled for "emergencies"
- EdwardCoffin 11y agoAre you claiming that airplane mode will let people receive emergency calls? I am pretty sure that is not the case.
- ck2 11y agoSorry I had two thoughts in that last post. If you need emergency calls, you can just turn off wifi and mobile data which leaves voice (and I think sms) intact.
- Tenhundfeld 11y agoDid you read my comment? That's exactly what I said, right? You can turn off wifi and cellular data to just get calls (and sms). Your comment acted like turning off the phone was the obvious solution everybody was missing, and my point was that it's more complicated.