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In reply to the discussion: I am in a constant struggle with all the electronic crap and "upgrades" that do nothing to improve [View all]hunter
(38,310 posts)It will take pictures and video but "cloud" data is expensive. I generally download any photos and video I take to my computers using a USB cable.
I've never exceeded the text limit. Text and voice minutes roll over to the next $100 block of service I buy. I have a huge bank of them, about two years of normal use. $100 is the minimum I have to pay annually.
Sending texts is a bit awkward on a flip phone but I've gotten used to the predictive mode. A few taps of the 0-9 keys usually pulls up with the word I'm looking for.
It works for me, possibly because I'm terse talking on the phone or texting.
My wife has a smart phone and is always sending and receiving texts. She uses some sort of shorthand app to compose texts. She's not tapping on each individual letter when she's composing texts.
Her texts to me can be long. Mine will be like "OK"