Doug85 Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 I take my smartphone to keep in touch with mates who are at the festival and camping away from us as we are in crew camping. I also like to keep up to date for any possible secret sets that may pop up on here or with secret glasto on twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry49 Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 49 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said: Old cheap Nokia burner phone with a Pay as you go sim, reasons being: 1) So I don't have to worry about losing my normal mobile 2) so I can't get work related emails, calls and texts 3) internet detox 4) Can't be arsed charging phones at the festival 5) Tradition! Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedra Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Smart phone for photos mainly and keeping in touch. Battery is a bit crap though as it’s a bit old now so try not to surf Internet or anything to save battery life. Have 2 reasonable chargers plus a smaller one. Used to have an old festival phone with an EE sim but it doesn’t work anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Smartphone on ultra power saving mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithy Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Take my normal smart phone and carry on with my life as normal. Never understood this shutting yourself off from the outside lark. Phone allows me to keep in touch with my camping group via WhatsApp as we all split up during the day, take photos, check Twitter occasionally for any updates on secret sets, read the news and reviews in the morning whilst lying in my sleeping bag and keep in touch with friends and family. Don't worry about losing my phone as to me it's no different than going to gigs and other fests where I take my phone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madyaker Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Smartphone because the glasto app is handy and I can check weather forecasts every morning. It also takes really good pictures, I've gotten them enlarged and framed in the past and they look great. If I was to bring and old skool phone id wouldn't be able to take any pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondo Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 (edited) I will be taking my smartphone as it has a great camera and saves me taking a separate camera with me. Also got a cheapo alcatel one as back up and a contact if I do lose my main phone. Edited May 20, 2019 by dondo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJP Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 I take a burner phone and my iPhone. Burner phone is used in case I burn through my rechargeable batteries. Going to be trying an EE plan this festival to see if my phone works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHew Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 I used to put the phone in the lock ups for the festival and just check it once a day. These days I take smart phone but keep the data turned off. Just use if for basic comms and photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaseTMT Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 i take my smart phone and a charge pack. I don't check any social media but use it to take a few photos/videos during the week and also to contact the rest of my group when we arrange to meet after sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfurbdogg Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Good thread this, I've always just taken a burner phone and it's been absolutely fine (except the one year where we all managed to buy burner phones that had a similar battery life to smart phone!) Shocked to see so many people vote for smartphone, never really considered it before, but now after reading this and seeing the other thread about the decent power packs you can get, i'm now definitely thinking about it. I'm a bit of a phone addict tho, always find myself just scrolling through twitter almost involuntary sometimes, and 100% don't want to be doing this at Glastonbury. Airplane mode seems a good shout, as people have said. So do you all just give it a good charge over night and then that lasts the whole day (if it's used sensibly)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaseTMT Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, bigfurbdogg said: Good thread this, I've always just taken a burner phone and it's been absolutely fine (except the one year where we all managed to buy burner phones that had a similar battery life to smart phone!) Shocked to see so many people vote for smartphone, never really considered it before, but now after reading this and seeing the other thread about the decent power packs you can get, i'm now definitely thinking about it. I'm a bit of a phone addict tho, always find myself just scrolling through twitter almost involuntary sometimes, and 100% don't want to be doing this at Glastonbury. Airplane mode seems a good shout, as people have said. So do you all just give it a good charge over night and then that lasts the whole day (if it's used sensibly)? I'm always on social media but easily avoid it at Glasto as the interest in looking at it goes completely. Personally wouldn't recommend putting the phone on airplane mode as it will stop you receiving calls/being able to call the phone if lost. You can help battery life by turning off all notifications, bluetooth, wifi etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke88 Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 The signal on 3 on the farm when it's busy is absolutely shocking. As in you send a message to arrange to meet, and they get it four hours later. Wondering if it's worth getting a PAYG sim for another provider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodiles Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Smart phone for pictures although most of mine are rubbish will try harder this year . Haven't got any of my shit old phones locked away . Need new charger and will be swapping phone this week as current one on last legs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulbread Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Normal smartphone for taking pics and keeping in touch with pals at the festival in what's app. Easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfuhruhurr Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Smart phone: frickin secret frickin sets - plus photos, and we have a whatsapp group for the 8 of us going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madyaker Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 I don't find myself spending time reading crap on my phone at the fest. There's too much interesting stuff to see and do. Generally internet is too slow for that and I'm trying to save battery. Handy torch for the tent as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus Gwertigan Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 I take this. Ticks all my boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Sir Robin Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Having lost a couple of smartphones whilst Gillespied, I’m in the old Nokia camp. It’s great to be away from t’internet for a few days (you can always check via mates), tho not having a camera is a pain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Smartphone but the reasons supplied are a bit narrow. I want photos, clashfinder, the app, maybe a map and a text or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Smartphone off and popped into the lockups for all but the first and last day - I resort to yer standard old burner that’s really only for telling the time and the occasional text to other people at the fest. This might sound a bit miserable ?? but I like doing my own thing and meeting up with people isn’t especially high on my agenda - let alone those big groups where you have to stop every hundred yards for toilet/pizza/more gin/Dave’s buying something/Claire is lost/etc etc etc. I’ve got places to be and things to see and do! Wednesday and thursday are different, cos they’re entirely open schedules. But when the music starts: cheerio mates, I’m offski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZigster Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Old Nokia plus spare batteries. I'm talking basic phone and text only here. Had to replace it this year. The new one has an MP3 player, radio and a camera but that's it. It's missing a countdown timer, a stopwatch and the reminders function is now pretty much unfunctionable (you can enter reminders, and it will ping you to remind you, but you can't go through your reminders to see what reminders you have set. Ffs). All stuff I used to find really useful and used pretty much daily. I really would love a smartphone at the festival. But. The expense (plus I have no idea about phone plans. They're a confuseopoly. PAYG here), plus not enough time to learn how to use one properly will probably mean I won't bother to get one. I also have issues with how much time I spend online. If I'm home, the PC's generally on and I'm online on something. If I had that walkabout I'd never be offline. Truth is I only ever got a mobile because of the festival. It just became the way of finding where your crowd were at (people trying to justify flags at stages as "to find my mates" take note). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.M.V Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/20/2019 at 10:43 AM, Zoo Music Girl said: I take my smartphone but not really because of wanting to be on social media, more so that I can take photos and contact the few people I know who are going via whatsapp. Also I have decent power packs, so can't be arsed to buy a shit phone just for the festival. I do have it on battery saving mode or airplane mode a good chunk of the time though. This. I can never remember everything I see or do so like to take ninja snaps as I go throughout the day. Tend to just bimble but also to try and meet up with others depending on what acts are on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.M.V Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Also handy for getting pics of Neil wearing a Corbyn shirt. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 5 hours ago, H.M.V said: Also handy for getting pics of Neil wearing a Corbyn shirt. ? need a shirt suggestion for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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