I don't like mobile phones
Being long-sighted and having man-hands mean that I find the interface frustrating to use.
They sound terrible too.
The ringtones might be polyphonic but the speaker still sounds like a shrill piece of plastic.
However, I recently returned to full-time work and they insisted I'd need one.
One of the IT guys couldn't believe I didn't have a phone, but I wasn't going to list the ways an iPhone had disrupted my life five years earlier -- especially since he was clearly an Android user.
The phone they gave me has been useful for the demands of checking-in at supermarkets, now that COVID-19 contact tracing is part of our lives.
And it's quicker to see if there's an email waiting for me, although I will use a computer to reply.
The phone makes strange noises at times and I haven't learned what they mean.
I've disabled a lot of the apps but some of them still seem to announce themselves.
Anyway, last week the Disquiet Junto project asked for a transformed sound and I thought I'd try to improve the ringtone of the mobile phone.
I've slowed it down and replaced the instrument with a piano that has a lot of character.
There might be a way that I could use this piece as the ringtone, but I worry that might change my relationship with the mobile phone.
I've seen how addictive these things can be.
