So, we found ourselves owners of 2 old iPhone 3GS, courtesy of our children who abandoned these phones for newer, badder, bigger Android phones.
Well, in fact I have been overlooking them for a month now, and on a bit chilly day (of 68F) decided to pull them out and to set them up for our use. I dunno about all the games, or apps and stuff, but I guess the large 32GB memory will be useful for storing and playing MP3.
It irked me that I have to use iTunes to transfer MP3 files from my laptop to the phone, and then have to create an iCloud mail account, just to get my other non-Apple mail account. Yeah, iThis and iThat. The fight for world domination, but then Google and anybody else is doing the same thing. Sigh... Yep, they are reeling me in. iTunes wants my credit card number, just in case. Good thing I managed to cancel and get out of that screen. Lordy!
In looking to transfer contacts from my old dumb Samsung phone to this iPhone, I discovered that the old phone got a built-in GPS. Son of a gun! I have had this phone for 3 years, and never bothered finding out what it could do. Well, the darn thing is turned off most of the time anyway, and I have been using it mostly as a watch. I often forgot my phone number even. Well, I have it only because the incremental cost is only $10 in the family plan, and my wife handles all the phone talking on her own phone when we need to contact anyone anyway. She's my secretary to handle all the chores, while I concentrate on getting money off the market (and BS'ing on this forum). Oops, I digressed...
So, I have these phones up and running, and could check email, play some music. Then, time to turn mine off again to conserve battery power. Compared to old dumb phones that can be on standby for almost a week, these smartphones are power-hungry, aren't they?