At the movies, while at work, international travel if going long periods w/o easy access to an outlet, and in some countries where I'm particularly worried about security concerns.
Ask HN: Do you turn your phone off ever?
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#22On silent by default. I have an iPhone and Watch. When the phone rings, it displays on the watch. I can answer if it's important enough.
I turn it off in flight, sometimes. Airplane mode otherwise.
Very rarely off completely.
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#23In theaters, when I need to conserve battery and before passing airport security.
Also, an incidental reboot happens because the battery runs out.
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#24I turn mine off. I have an android smartphone.
It's not very important to me. I live in a rural area with bad coverage, but more importantly--I own a computer, and I spend most of my day on it. I can't see the use for my phone when I'm sitting at my computer.
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#26Always on silent, DnD at work, and usually have it turned off the entire weekend.
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#27These responses seem completely alien to me.
Do those of you who turn your phones off or leave them places not have spouses/children to be responsible for, aging parents/grandparents to help out with, or in generally want to be available for friends when they need anything or just want to grab a beer and catch up?
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#28These responses seem completely alien to me. Do those of you who turn your phones off or leave them places not have spouses/children to be responsible for, aging parents/grandparents to help out with, or in generally want to be available for friends when they need anything or just want to grab a beer and catch up?
We somehow survived w/o back in the day, and that feeling of constantly being contactable, or feeling you need to be, is debilitating imo.
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#29Nope. It's a Nokia 130 or something with no internet stuff, and the only people who know the number are close friends who only call when it's really necessary.
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#30I rarely turn it entirely off, since it takes an annoyingly long time to start back up again, but it stays in silent mode most of the time. I don't use email sync, either, and I leave location services disabled unless I'm about to launch an app for which I think location services would be useful. Basically I want the phone to sit there and do nothing until I decide I want something from it.