We are living in a world run by technology. The majority of cell phone users have a smart phone Iike the iPhone or the Galaxy, but occasionally there are those few who still use a basic messaging phone. I would know because I grew up with one; for the last seven years I have had a basic phone while the world around me was introduced to smart phones and the continuous new versions like the upcoming iPhone 7. So if you are one of those non smart phone users, here are 9 signs that are all too real:
1.) You know what a phone book is and more importantly how to use it.
You didn't have the luxury of looking up any information at the tips of your fingers it's good you can use the phonebook when you wanted to call the pizza parlor or look up your friends address
2.) This image looks all too familiar.
Smart phone users will never know the struggle of not being able to receive emojis, forever wondering what that mystery box is supposed to be!
3.) Group messages are the worst!
Your poor little dinosaur phone does not have the capability to receive so many messages from all these different people at once. It gives your phone anxiety and it goes into shut down mode until the group quiets down.
4.) You carried around both your phone and an iPod.
Your phone could only call and text so you relied on your trusty iPod and the neighbors wifi so you could get on your social media accounts and keep up to date with everyone.
5.) You sometimes feel out of the loop.
Everyone at dinner was talking about that crazy Twitter fight between the two celebrities but by the time you get home, connect to the wifi, and can catch up, the tweets have been deleted and now everyone is talking about some crazy cat video you haven't seen.
6.) You are the last to know things.
Similar to the Twitter fights, you are the last to know when squad wants to make plans to go to the movies or dinner because you aren't in the group message or you can't load your snapchat yet.
7.) You had to listen to the actual radio and use a road map or gps.
Your phone doesn't come with its own up to date GPS to take you anywhere you wanted to go; you had to get the address and map it out or plug it into the TomTom prior to your departure. As for the radio, you don't have the luxury of Pandora with all the new music without the talk show commercials, but you do have a killer collection of Dixie Chicks CDs.
But having a non-smart phone wasn't all that bad!
8.) On the bright side your phone was indestructible.
While everyone else bought $100 cases and still shattered their screen after 3 months, you could throw your phone across the concrete parking lot and pick it up without a scratch.
9.) You are never a wall hugger.
While all your friends complain about being on 20% only an hour after charging, your phone can go days without needing a charge.
Through the good, the bad, and the ugly you've stuck through it all. So to all the non-smart phone users out there, go you!! Never be afraid to go against the status quo!
