Many of us carried the old flip phones for many years and thought they were our best choices. Old school was the answer.
Then I was confronted with having to change providers and being handed a free "smart phone" or paying for a new flip phone. I took the free phone.
Easier texting, a better camera than any I own, access to internet, GPS capability, instant weather alerts w/maps, Zello capabilities.
It is about the same difference between friction fire and a Bic lighter.
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