Originally Posted by
Barry
Like you Marco I continue to use a 1.5G phone for calls and the occasional texts (occasional, because the phone does not have a QWERTY keyboard). It has a built in camera, which I have used only once to show a glazier the type of glass I wanted replaced, but don't know how to download any subsequent photos to my computer.
Like you I find predictive texting exasperating and always have it switched off.
Having said that my partner has a 3G (or it might be a 4G) phone, and I am impressed by the easy access to the internet, Google, eBay, Amazon etc. that these devices can achieve. Google maps is quite useful if you are on foot in an unfamiliar place. And the predictive text function on her phone makes passive suggestions; you have to click on them if that is what you want - very useful if you are texting in a foreign language.