Don't have one, don't need one, don't really want one

Don't get me going on this. I do have one BUT I don't get a good signal where I live (I'm sure some people don't believe me) so basically only use it for the odd call or text. Also during last couple of years I have done lots more online - eg banking and they insist on sending a OTP (One Time Passcode) . I agree it's good to have extra security but some companies will send a code to your landline too - which I prefer, why can't all offer this.
I just think it's wrong to presume every one has one and therefore you are discriminated against. For example one financial firm I have used before had a good savings rate but now you can only open via an app - I told him to feedback that it meant they are potentially losing a lot of customers but they didn't seem to care.
I don't give out my number as I've told friends if they text I might be lucky to see it 2 or 3 weeks later when I turn my phone on. Ring my landline and TALK to me.
It's good in case of emergency as I do drive on country lanes.
I use a desktop and ipad which I prefer.
The best one was when the phone I had stopped working. I couldn't sign into my online account (Tesco mobile) as they wanted to send a OTP - what goods that when phone isn't working. I ended up having to ring them and had to buy a new phone - I stuck with them as it meant I could at least use the old sim and balance etc in the new one - crazy.
So yes some people think I'm odd but I don't care, they have their uses but you shouldn't be forced to have one just to be able to carry out some transactions.

I don't have a mobile phone either. I rarely go out, and when I do I'm accompanied by someone that does have a phone so I think it would be an expense I don't need + something else I would need to learn how to use. I have found a few things that I can't do properly without a mobile e.g. online banking + I have to get someone else to order my prescriptions as a mobile is required for this service. I'm lucky to have someone I trust as things like finances, health etc can involve personal or confidential information. I've also needed my friend to take photos of me and/or documents for proof of ID, to book Covid vaccines and a couple of other things that off the top of my head I can't remember! For most people a mobile is no longer a luxury item but an essential part of everyday life. I believe job-seekers and benefit claimants have to have a mobile and everyone I know seems to use their phones for multiple things and tells me I would find it useful. I've only had one scary moment when I wondered if a mobile would've been good to have...during a power-cut I had no internet and no landline and experienced breathing problems, yet had no means of even ringing an ambulance/medical help...this has planted the seed that I may, eventually, have to join the rest of the world and get one! Just remembered, I won a cheap basic mobile in a competition - it is still in the unopened box! Will have to give this some thought - the camera would be useful as mine is broken and I have loads of stuff I need to sell/get shot of.

Greyduster you said I have one but it doesn’t rule my life. I don’t use social media,. Gransnet is social media!

I wouldn’t be without my mobile now, although I don’t use it to its capacity. I ALWAYS have it when I go out walking after reading about two sisters jogging on a canal path in the middle of nowhere when one of them tripped over a tree root and fractured her ankle. It took the other sister ages to get help and the injured one had to have her ankle amputated as blood flow was so restricted. I got fed up not having adequate pockets, so I now have a lanyard that fits my phone and is worn across the body with a pretty rope. Available on Amazon for around a tenner. My sister dropped hers down the loo which was in her back pocket, a very expensive wee!

My mom feels the same as you. She came a cropper this week when her airline she was using to travel only do boarding passes via their app. She also needed to prove vaccine status- again on the app.
Whether we like it or not eventually your diving licence, pass port everything will be apps and no paper versions. Payment and banking app only.
She tried resisting and it literally got her nowhere.

I now have one, but it rarely has power , or credit and indeed rarely know where it is. You need people to ring for it to be useful

I do not have a mobile phone and do not want one. As far as I
am concerned I do not need one. I have home desktop computer and landline and use internet but only simple stuff.
I did not grow up with mobile technology and have no interest in keeping up with it all even though in the future I am aware everything will be on phones and apps. I intend leaving it as long as possible not to have one as seeing all ages constantly on phones when out and about tapping away and never wanting conversations with people is boring all the social skills are lost.

Absolutely love my smartphone, can’t imagine life without it. I don’t carry a handbag nor a purse simple phone with cards in my pocket. Life is so much simpler.

I have a mobile phone, but it's only a basic one, not a smartphone. All I use it for is emergency contacts when I'm not at home.

We originally changed to mobile phones to save having to pay a substanial annual fee for the pleasure of having a land-line.

When we moved house, we didn't bother with a new land-line.

I have an android phone that can do all the things a smart phone can, but only use it for phoning, text messaging and taking photos.

My sight is no longer good enough to allow me to use the phone instead of my laptop, nor would I be at all happy about only having access to the Interet and all I use it for over my phone. After all I might lose my phone, or break it, and what would I do then?

Don't get a mobile, if you don't want one,

My DH doesn't have one (though he had one when he was working).
I find mine invaluable for keeping in touch and for very simple banking. Even DH admits he needs one now to get easy banking and to keep in touch whilst travelling.
We've been out of our home due to building work for the last three months and my phone has been invaluable, though I'm really sick of him relying on me for phone calls.
I do find that I get eye-strain from too much use though.

I did hold out for quite a while, but certainly wouldn’t be without mine now. I love all the photos and little vids of the Gdcs, plus you can phone on WhatsApp for free - I use it for friends and the odd relation abroad.
Instant WhatsApp messaging too - I’ve had a ‘conversation’ this morning with a Swedish friend in Majorca.

There are certain aspects that grate on me though - the other day we were in quite a smart restaurant (not in the U.K.) where the waiter expected us to use our phones and an app for the menu. ?
I bloody hate having to read a menu via a phone app, it’s just too small, so I said so (more politely) and he did bring me a proper menu.
When Covid was much more of a thing I could understand it, but now??

I do not pay a substantial annual fee for the pleasure of having a landline, my very reasonable priced broadband is inclusive
of my telephone line and as long as I do not call out to mobile numbers then my bill is low.
Any friends and family with mobile have to call me as I keep my costs as low as possible, I am not made of money and everything is so expensive now. If there was an emergency and I had to call to mobiles I would.

I can’t imagine our lives without one, and even though I do not use mine very much, I don’t go out without it. It is a phone, a message pad, a satnav, a torch and best of all, a camera. I don't tend to use apps, and don't use it to pay with though.
A smartphone is needed for claiming Universal Credit and so many more things. Years ago, I thought I might be able to finish my working life without using a computer, but wouldn’t imagine how essential it would become. Same with a mobile phone.
I don't walk along looking at mine, it is often on silent so I rarely take calls on it, but I would not be without it.

I meant to say, I only use my laptop for banking, and use my ipad more than any other device.

It’s called ‘freedom of choice’ something we still have in The UK.

I have a phone which does so much that I’ve done away with laptop and computer…. my 10 year old granddaughter didn’t know what a computer was when I mentioned this to her! Yes , there are people who do g use one ….I have a friend like this…. she puts everybody to a great nuisance by not having one.

Also….. quite recently I saved someone’s life while out walking by using my mobile. We were miles from nearest landline. Think on that!

For me it's not the phone that fits the title of this thread, it's a dishwasher. Any of my friends with one seem to have to wash everything by hand before putting it in, otherwise it doesn't come out clean, and invariably don't have a clean cup to hand as they're all in the dishwasher. I wash up manually once a day and it's just right

I have had a mobile phone for some years, but despite the wide range of options offered, I only use it for phone calls, WhatsApp, texting and emails. Everything else I do on my iPad simply because of the size and the additional options it offers.

I know someone who doesn’t have the internet and she misses out on so many activities and social gatherings because of it. She doesn’t use her phone much,either. She is becoming very isolated because people just don’t get round to telling her about things going on. Sad really, she is a nice person.

Had a work mobile for 16 years from 1999 until I retired. Decided not to buy one to replace as we have iPads but that was overturned 5 months later when we went abroad on holiday. Only recently replaced my mobile and don’t feel I’d be able to do with it now. My husband however has never felt the need to have a mobile.

I panic if I go out without mine in case I brac down in thecae or get taken ill or I need to get in touch with my daughter when I'm picking up my grandchildren.

I couldn't get myself organized without my phone.

It has everything I need: calendar reminders Keepnotes for just about everything, online banking,alarm clock, almost all my photos which I am in the process of digitizing, my recipes, contact numbers, dictionaries. And lots more.

I suppose I managed in the past without one but nowadays it's almost impossible to be without one.

You can't book anything, get a doctor's appointment (to be fair, that's almost impossible even with a smartphone).

So I'm not alone, and my husband doesn't have one either (tell a lie he has a brick . Sadly we are increasingly finding that we have to have ones that are SMART to carry out activities relating to purchases etc.

I feel bullied and pushed into buying one of these phones which a) I don't want & b) Can't afford