Phone divert.

It would need to be something that interfaces with the landline, rather than an individual phone.

History - I've lived here long before mobile phones arrived, or indeed cordless ones - is why every room in the house has a landline socket. And most a phone too. So if the landline rings, I can hear and answer it anywhere. Or make a phone call.

I've no need for a mobile phone contract given its limited use, so it is PAYG. Relying on BT to give me an internet connection when out and about in London if needed.

And I simply don't want to carry it at all times.

I think you have seen my point. I didn't ask the question to be told I should simply carry my mobile at all times. If i was happy doing that, no point in the question.

Do like the rather good snapshot camera in my phone, though. It probably gets as much use as the phone itself. And the convenience of it. I'd not bother carrying a separate camera unless I knew I'd use it.

I am the same, but I do it the other way around. I have my landline number always ring on my mobile as well as the landline. I ask everyone to always use my landline number.

I do this by using VOIP for my landline and by my mobile being a smartphone. I got my old BT phone number transferred to VOIP about 10 years ago, it is good quality and reliable.

If you get phone and internet via openreach you can transfer a phone number to VOIP when converting the line to SoGEA.

VOIP on the mobile isn't always brilliant but it is good enough and I can always phone back on the actual mobile number if there are problems.

I've got a case which can be threaded on my trouser belt that takes a smart phone while allowing earphones/hands-free set to be plugged in. You can adjust the volume without taking the phone out. Unfortunately they aren't available for all sizes of phone.

The disadvantage of the wallet type case is that every (Android) phone has different locations for the sockets and buttons so, even if you get one for your make of phone, there's no guarantee that it will be correct for your model. There seem to be hundreds of different phones with different arrangements.

I cannot use any camera without a proper viewfinder, apart from low-light conditions, and no sunlight at all, else the LED screen is unreadable.

Or pay for a live-in minder to constantly watch what you are doing.

though the DECT phone won't work when you wander off to the corner shop

- which may not matter if you don't have a pocket for anything in your pyjamas :)

That sounds even worse in terms of the phone taking to the air !

PA