Hey! I'm quitting GSM!

[Vorteggs]

I don't need it now.
The GSM service, you know.

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My mom forced me to have a pocket phone since I worked then at those times a relatively dangerous work and she needed to know if I'm well.

My mom died and I work now a different work, relatively safe.

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And I'm quitting GSM service - not needed for me  

[Vorteggs]

And as we all gonna extinct at the end of this year (they say...) ... ... , ya know, so why do I need this phone?

People it's interesting to me how or do you need your cell phones. <scratching head>
(have heard Stephen King doesn't use one, for example)

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[T6]

i use my phone for work, to contact my family and friends and also to take pictures(it has a decent enough camera)

other people tends to be allergic to technology, sometimes for good reasons

sometimes i don't want to have the phone on me, it is a concern on most cities, people like to steal cellphones so be a victim of a robbery is common

it could be seen as something complicating your life but it also makes more simple some things

certain technologies are not for everybody, you seem to be a person not needing a phone

[aguila]

I have two (company and personal) and sometimes I actually make a phone call.

Else I use it for texting, e-mail, feed reader, internet, chat (What's App).

But to be really, really honest, I'm not sure if I would miss anything if I didn't have one. Sometimes it would be less stressy to not have one.

[TerryH]

And as we all gonna extinct at the end of this year (they say...) ... ... , ya know, so why do I need this phone?

Then just keep it and run up a big bill, so if we're not going to survive, you won;'t have to worry about paying the bill 

[ka9yhd]

I have been reading articles about Cell phone providers are refarming their 2g (GSM) networks for 4g LTE.  So in a few years you will probably need to purchase a new phone anyways.

[T6]

the networks will remain hybrid for some time

for those who can't get 3G thanks to poor coverage, phone uses frequencies for 2.5G or EDGE, blackberry does that alot, once a blackberry user complained that his blackberry was damaged because it didn't had edge, i explained him that edge is what you have when you don't have 3g or 2.5g 

4G won't cover entirely the country so the slower networks will remain in place for a long time

most gsm phones have 4 bands now, 850, 900, 1800

some has 1900 and recently 2100 depending on what network uses it for 3g and 4g/lte

4g is for data only for the moment, so phones will use gsm frequencies for calls and 4g for internet

[Vorteggs]

So...
My meaning is that I never needed urgent/mobile connection.

I have an e-mail account, I have a stationary phone (Bell phone Ya know ).

If there's something urgent they tell me over cell-phone -  I can't come there for this urgent 4 minutes.
After those 4 minutes if the caller is still alive (my children, my friends) then they would be able to call me later/tomorrow on the e-mail or by the old Bell-phone (wired phone ).

So it seems to me I don't need a cell-phone then.

[T6]

"Bell phone Ya know"

i hate those phones, if i could i cancel that line

it stresses me the sound of those, it is even more stressing when i can't reach in time the phone

sometimes you just hate technology altogether

[Vorteggs]

And don't you hate it if it rings in your pocket? Or somewhere in your guts?

And you can't pretend you're not there at home?

[T6]

"And don't you hate it if it rings in your pocket?"

sometimes i do, but i can choose the sound that will cause me stress, on the fax i can only change the frequency

"And you can't pretend you're not there at home?"

i could do that with my old phone, it had weak signal so make excuses was easy when required 

with new one i can say that it was on vibrator mode or that i couldn't hear it