Does anyone not have a smartphone? How do you manage?

[JustMyName]

I'm fed up of my smartphone ruling my life and yet ... I'd really miss having information instantly available and being able to keep in touch with friends and family.

If you don't have a smartphone, how do you keep in touch with people? Do you wish you had one? Did you have one and get rid of it? Do you take a camera with you when out and about instead of a smartphone?

I've never had one, and I don't want one. I've got an old cheap dumb phone for emergencies. I love photography, though, so I do take a little camera everywhere.

I much prefer the landline, but I find if you give people both numbers they tend to phone your mobile. But I don't want to discuss bloodtest results etc when I'm out and about with other people plus can barely hear what you are saying

Yes!!! Oh god, yes. It drives me demented. They don't just "tend" to phone your mobile; they phone the bloody mobile every time. Even when you tell them you prefer to be called on the landline. I try very very hard not to tell people my mobile number. Sometimes I even lie and say I don't have one.