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Although a smartphone is a computer (and a pretty powerful one while we are at it), I see it as a communication device. It's main purpose for me is to chat and
by ajot 4y ago
Although a smartphone is a computer (and a pretty powerful one while we are at it), I see it as a communication device. It's main purpose for me is to chat and talk with other people, so I want the modem working as much as it can, or I could miss a call from my granma. Even though I can watch videos (and you could say broadcasting/streaming is a form of communication, just a simplex one) or browse the Web[0], I identify a smartphone as a communication device. That's why I miss hardware keyboards a lot!
In contrast, I see a computer as a general purpose machine. Sure, I don't turn off the WiFi of my laptop, or the router/AP from my house, but those are means to many ends. When I want to check mails on my computer, I launch Thunderbird, and when I want instant mesaaging, I use whatever program/WebApp I need.
[0] As I am now doing, writing a comment in HN is a PITA in a smartphone.
- nailer 4y agoHow do you handle incoming calls if you’re not running?
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- vel0city 4y agoWith Teams, my laptop is also my phone. Really, my old DID for my desk phone is now my Teams number. Same thing with Signal. I routinely take/place calls with friends and family through the desktop client. If I'm on my computer and I've got my computer headset on, I might as well take the call on the computer instead of taking off the headset and using yet another device. As my computer is a general purpose device, one of its many purposes is also a communications device.
- jknoepfler 4y agoAnd as such, it should serve as a communication device when and only when I want it to.
- vel0city 4y agoSo I take it you turn the modem off on your phone unless you're about to make a call? Or do you leave it connected for long stretches of time to be ready to take an incoming call? If you had a desk phone did you unplug it until you were going to make a call?