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09/12/2021 at 11:33am
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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 08/12/2021
Fine if you have a smart-phone, but what about those like me that don't. Several of my friends in the same age group don't have mobile phones at all.
I know I'm certainly not going to go out and buy a smart-phone that I don't otherwise need. They cost more money to buy than I can afford, then they cost money to run. My current mobile only costs me money if I use it to make a call or send a text. Using my laptop to access my bank account costs me nothing apart from the electricity is uses when it is plugged in and switched on.
Colin, you have made it clear you don't want to upgrade windows and you dont want to have a smartphone, and those are both your choices to make, good luck to you. However you cannot then complain if options like online banking are not available to you in the future. It would be rather like turning up at a car dealership and asking for the latest model of car with a starting handle instead of a key or button, its just not made any more.
I also must correct your suspicion that OS upgrades are not made in part to improve security. I have worked in IT for 3.5 decades and in that time tech has made enormous strides. Hackers also. Increased computing power means hackers can use algorithms that wouldnt have run decades ago, hence security improvements are being made all the time. If you have an OS that is no longer supported you are running a risk of being hacked, and that is the truth. It might never happen ..... but on the other it just might.
Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 08/12/2021
Surely with a smart-phone you need some kind of monthly contract with a provider? If I went for PAYG I would have thought there would still be some kind of monthly charge. I very much doubt whether my current mobile deal would be transferable. It hasn't been available for years now and I bet Virgin would love to get me off it. I have no monthly charges at all so all I ever pay for is calls and texts. So far this year it has cost me under £10. No, you can use your current number and deal on any new phone. Although most companies advertise new phones and expensive contracts together theres no reason you have to do it that way, you can just buy an unlocked phone on its own. You might have to get your provider to send a new sim card for the same number as a new smartphone will likely use a smaller sim.
btw, presumably you are already paying a hefty monthly bill for wifi, its worth checking if there are any add on deals for monthly mobile phone charges alongside that wifi, some of them can be quite cheap that way.
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