Even the best non-smart phone phantom dials...
I was relieved to be rid of a Siemens C35i that would dial 999 inadvertantly thanks to a dedicated emergency button. Years later the Nokia 6310i does the same EVEN WHEN LOCKED. What has changed? Well for one thing, having to carry more kit in my pockets.
Ironically, my first mobile from 1996/7, which gave me RF radiation headaches, NEVER dialed accidentally. It also had a keyboard cover...
Please remind me, why did we get rid of those?
I bought my mother the best granny phone I could find. Brilliant. It even texts me when it's running out of charge or credit. One day she put her bag on a coathanger and something hit the emergency button. After that episode she refused to use the phone ever again as the stress was agrevating her heart condition. How ironic...
Use a smartphone? I have given up using a smart phone for calles because it is over 2 years old and can take ages to operate when GOOGLE and apps get in the way. Meanwhile a phone well over a decade old still works. Seriously thinking of taking a nearly two decade old mobe out of retirement to spite the feature rich pandemic.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
