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Comment by PaulHoule | Hacker News Reader

Never had one. Phone carriers haven't invested to have cell coverage in my neighborhood, why should I invest $1000 to have a $100 a month bill?

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My bill is generally less than half of $100/mo and my phone was significantly less than $1,000. I also use Wi-Fi the majority of the time and still find my phone generally useful in areas where I don't service. Although admittedly, loss of service is a rarity for me.

Spending $500 to get a $50 a month bill doesn’t sound that much better to me.

Of course when you word it that way :) I don't spend money on a phone for the purpose of paying a bill. I spend money on a phone and pay my monthly phone bill because I think it adds enough value to my life to make it worthwhile. Others may make a different decision on the tradeoffs and decide it's not worth it. I was just pointing out that the numbers used in your previous comment seemed very high to me.

Can you describe how life is without a smartphone?

I've got two landlines at home. I usually have one if not two tablets in my backpack. Skype is my "mobile" phone plan and works wherever there is WiFi.

Me too. Never had a smartphone or any type of cell phones.

When I'm out, I only have my bank card, driver's license, car key in my pocket. And a bootable USB stick containing all my working environment.

How does you USB stick work? Is it just a Linux ISO or are you able to boot into a system with custom configuration?

It is a Debian setup with my custom configuration

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