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> A few months later I’m surprised you kept the phone. I would have gotten a new phone if I discovered my current one couldn’t dial 911 properly.
by TerrifiedMouse 3y ago
> A few months later
I’m surprised you kept the phone. I would have gotten a new phone if I discovered my current one couldn’t dial 911 properly.
- hfjjbf 3y ago[dead]
- prmoustache 3y agoWell, how many times in your life do you call 911? I am in my forties and I maybe used my local equivalent 3 times and in every occurence someone else could have made the call. And I've only used my mobile phone since my late 20's, it is not like I buy smartphones for emergency purposes.
- kmlx 3y agoyou only need it to fail once…
- TheHappyOddish 3y ago> it is not like I buy smartphones for emergency purposes How strange. That's the main reason I expect most people (especially on HN) would own a mobile phone at all. The ability to be contactable/make contact in an emergency is the greatest value it holds, surely?
- prmoustache 3y agoWell I got my first mobile phone for emergency purposes, but not to call emergency services. I did it to receive nagios alerts at the time. Now I only have a smartphone because it is more convenient than a landline one, that it serves multiple purposes (navigation system, music player, compact camera, voice recorder, web browser, wallet...) and because banks in europe are making it a requirement if you don't want to go in line to their office or an ATM for basic things. It is not like it would serve much for emergency purposes because I rarely have any cell coverage when I would need it the most[1]