Well they did it I got a Smartphone to make them all happy, now I hate everyone
I was dragged kicking and screaming into the stupid smart phone some time ago, when work provided phones were switched to stupid smart only
It DID NOT come with a written instruction book. Only online help which required web access, which until the phone is set up , you don’t have.
I spent the first two weeks trying to figure out how to answer the damn thing. Turns out one has to put the finger on the red spot and swiftly drag it to the edge of the phone...
apparently this is called “swiping” which to me means “stealing” but is apparently intuitively obvious to the gen-x children doing the software now. Further garbage includes context based menus, which change depending on what yer doing, and features or switches buried in mAny layers of choices.
They are almost ok as Barbie and Ken sized-computers, butlousy as phones.
The S hit the Fan when Mrs Marvel and I were separated during her short hospital stay, and she couldnt consistently work her Stupid smart phone.
Worse, i had tried to set up the magic voice activated helper AI thing so she could just SAY call marvel and it would. Workedfine at home. Turns out the piece of sheiss requires internet to work! Great idea in an emergencyout on the road, or .... in the emergency room....
So today I pulled pin and bought a factory refurb kyocera cadence 4g flipfone for her , should be here in a week, and I ama gonna hack it to unlock it and force a sim card to work on our regular phone plan. It beats buying a diy educational android cellphone kit and building one, or forcing her into a cheapshit payasyougo burner phone.
The big boys like verizon need to realize they are losing a ton of money from the greyhairs that are happy to buy a flipper from The AARP magazine...
I will let you all know how it works out. These damn phones need to be “open to answer, close to hang up” easy.
Maybe ill start an underground company for this crap...
Yhs
Prof fricken mad