Dropped calls can make those landlines look a little more appealing
For example, I have an old-fashioned wired phone on my desk and by my bed. I long ago gave up my regular phone line, mostly because of too many spam calls, but my phones are now connected to an Ooma internet phone line which works just like that old landline, as long as I’m getting internet service and electricity to keep my broadband modem and router running. Given a choice, I’d rather talk through that phone than my smart phone when I’m home.
Most phones no longer come with standard 3.5 mm headphone jacks, but there are plenty of Lightening connected earbuds for iPhones and USB C models for Android phones available starting at under $10. True audiophiles might not love these cheap earbuds, but I find them more than adequate for phone calls, news programs and, yes, listening to music.I’m also a bit old-fashioned on how I communicate. These days, it seems as if everyone I know prefers sending text messages to email.
But for texts to get my attention, they have to be relatively rare. I’ve been around people whose phones hardly ever stopped beeping with incoming text messages. For me at least, I start to tune out anything that comes at me repeatedly and rapidly, which is why I would rather only get a text if it’s urgent or very important.
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