# Do you carry your cell phone everywhere? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196 "2010-08-23T20:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/21 "2010-08-23T20:55:48Z")
Always, 24/6, but never on the Sabbath, so I voted ‘Other.’ I don’t generally have it on my person while I’m at home, but we don’t have a landline, so I try to keep it where it’ll be in earshot. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/22 "2010-08-23T21:11:02Z")
Not water proof so not in the shower. Got one because my mother was ill and I had to be available. Got in the habit. Since I no longer fly for a living, it is my phone & clock. I wish it had better range and no camera. I want smaller & lighter & work better, not weigh more and do stuff I don’t want it to do. I want hands free, voice activated, direct to head bone audio as I do not like things in my ear with sound quality in & out so as to be usable over loud chopper pipes noise while in a running gun fight. Now that would be a phone I could get behind… ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/23 "2010-08-23T21:16:49Z")
It lives in my purse, which means that I’m carrying it when I’m out. At home, the purse is usually way at the other end of the house. At a friend’s house, the purse is usually by the front door. My voicemail message actually says something about don’t bother leaving me a message, I probably won’t check it for days, so just call the house number. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/24 "2010-08-23T21:19:44Z")
My cell phone is my business phone, and I always want to be available to answer clients’ calls. I also have five kids who need to be able to call/text me at anytime. It is my little ball-and-chain. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/25 "2010-08-23T21:21:36Z")
It is also the only alarm clock I trust, so yes, 24/7 is about right. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/26 "2010-08-23T21:23:36Z")
I always take it with me when I leave the house for work or any other reason…when I’m at home it just sits on the charger. I dislike carrying it on my person for any reason…while at work I just leave it on my desk, or when in the car, on the seat next to me…I ain’t wearing that thing on my hip. It aggravates me enough as it is with people calling/texting stuff that’s mostly meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/27 "2010-08-23T21:25:57Z")
I have a pay-as-you-go phone in the car, just in case I break down. For all practical purposes though, I don’t really have a cell. No one knows the number (I guess I have it somewhere) and it is almost never on. I turn it on once a month or so to be sure it has a charge. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/28 "2010-08-23T21:28:29Z")
I do not understand the purpose of a cell phone that is turned off. You are paying regardless. That is the same as you unplugging your house phone when you are not expecting a call or do not need to dial out. Just leave it on the standby times now a days are over 10 days long. Landlines are a waste of money. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/29 "2010-08-23T22:09:02Z")
I said Other. My cell phone lives in my car. I’m not allowed to take it into work. On very rare occasions, I’ll put it in my purse and carry it with me - like when I was at a conference out of state. But the main reason I have it is in case of emergency on the road. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/30 "2010-08-23T22:15:47Z")
Stored music, streaming radio, Google Maps, internet access, and I can even call somebody if I need to. It’s just too useful not to have with me 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/31 "2010-08-23T22:32:20Z")
it is my phone, my calendar, my phonebook, and my books - i have over a thousand books loaded onto it. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/32 "2010-08-23T22:57:04Z")
Every. Waking. Moment. And I keep it beside me when I sleep. Now of course I don’t spend every waking moment actually using it, but it is always with me if I need it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/33 "2010-08-23T22:58:24Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It goes with me always. It’s notepad, camera, web browser, eight different calculators including specialized work-related ones, Pantone colour matcher, three dictionaries, Japanese tutorials, email, music player for those long bus rides, GPS locator and maps, compass, book reader, calendar, contact manager, texting app, video games, movie player, netradio player, currency converter, remote for controlling my laptop to make presentations… and, oh yeah, I can make calls on it. > > Edit: …also watch, alarm clock, weather forecast client, music identifier, barcode reader, VNC client, restaurant finder… What you said. I really don’t use it for making calls, though. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/34 "2010-08-23T23:40:20Z")
> [@ChrisBooth12](#): > > I do not understand the purpose of a cell phone that is turned off. You are paying regardless. That is the same as you unplugging your house phone when you are not expecting a call or do not need to dial out. Just leave it on the standby times now a days are over 10 days long. Landlines are a waste of money. I leave mine on at home, but in the charger. Landlines are still imortant for people that don’t get good reception at home. From my experience, even in areas with so called good reception, the voice quality still sucks. It’s like talking on a CB. Not something I like when on a long phone call. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/35 "2010-08-23T23:46:18Z")
I have only a cell phone, Always on unless I’m in class ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/36 "2010-08-23T23:49:18Z")
I don’t take it to the bathroom. Otherwise, it’s always near me and always on. No landline. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/37 "2010-08-23T23:59:42Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > Always with me. I don’t wear a watch, nor do I have a landline at home. It’s also set up so that it just vibrates once when it rings. This pretty much me, except I have it in normal vibrate mode. I can’t really afford not to have it on. My business depends on the telephone and email. When I’m at home it usually is lying around on a table somewhere, not on my person. When I first got a cell phone in 1999 or 2000, I went kicking and screaming into the mobile telephony age. Now, I can’t imagine my life without one. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/38 "2010-08-23T23:59:47Z")
Almost everywhere. If I take a walk or walk my dog, I almost never take it. In the house, I put it down and it stays wherever I put it. (I don’t have a land line.) Do people actually walk around the house carrying their phone? Also, when I go to the gym, I leave it in my purse in my trunk. At night I leave it in the living room because otherwise the blinking light drives me crazy when I’m trying to sleep. Otherwise, it’s nearby. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/39 "2010-08-24T00:04:13Z")
It’s always near me, unless I’ve forgotten it in my car or at home. I don’t actually use it much, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196/40 "2010-08-24T00:07:46Z")
It’s in the bedroom plugged in. I do take it whenever I leave the house. Although they banned cellphones in our building at work because of a couple of incidents of gross stupidity, so I leave it in the car during the day. Which is just as well anyway, because it was really getting old seeing these stupid fuckers “secretly” texting under their desks (you’re fooling no one) or playing games on them when they’re supposed to be working. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-everywhere/551196.md?page=3)