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British musician Ed Sheeran, a songwriter, has opened up about why he does not have modern communication technologies.
The musician recently featured on a podcast episode of Therapuss with Jake Shane, had to tell the presenter that they couldn't exchange phone numbers since he didn't have a cell phone to contact or text from.
The award-winning singer said, “I don’t have a number, but you can have my email, That isn’t me playing you off either.”
However, the singer admitted that his team gave him a phone to use when he attended events to be active on social media.
He said: “I have something to like video stuff that would go up on social media. But it’s not like an active working phone.”
The decision to get rid of his phone in the first place occurred in December 2015, when the singer recalled having too many contacts to keep up with.
“I had the same number from like age 15, I think,” he said. “I got famous, and I had 10,000 contacts in my phone that would just - people would just text the whole time. And I was just constantly in touch with a lot of people.”
Consequently, Sheeran made the decision to get rid of his phone and only use an iPad.
His primary method of communication is now email, with the singer explaining that he only checks it around once per week.
