So, yes I take it into my bedroom. I switch off the ringer, but the alarm clock sounds still work.

I use the alarm function to wake up, and put it on a stand to charge at night.

I use "Do Not Disturb" between 9:00 PM and 9:00 AM, so any calls go straight to voicemail, which I generally don't access anyway , and I don't use any other phone functions in bed. At night, it's just a face-down clock on my nightstand.

I dislike my phone, but I'll be damned if I'll buy a separate alarm clock when I paid so much for the freakin' phone!

Also, family crosses several time zones.

Because I use it to set my alarm to wake up.

Only if there's something critical going on within the family---as in, if someone is hospitalized in serious condition, or something like that. Otherwise, only if my husband is away.

like a fire or a break-in or if I get sick. I also sometimes use it as an alarm clock.

Have left it in the living room since the day she died.

because I'd get at least one call a day from him or his carers and there was always a problem I had to deal with. I never got out of the habit even after he passed away, and especially now that I've ditched my landline the phone is near me all the time.

I used to have my phone in bed with me when my husband was in a nursing home. I’ve heard that is not healthy. I have not seen the results of studies on cell phones causing cancer and other health problems.

We used to go to bed, and fall right off to sleep. Wake up in the middle of the night with the TV still on. Fumble around in the dark looking for the remote, and end up being wide awake without a good night of sleep.

I'll use it to check the time, weather, news and whatnot...Before retiring one of my jobs was at a good sized hospital in the computer operations department where we monitored over a dozen screens with info on the hospital computers and also several remote clinics related to the hospital and their functions, backups, faxes and other stuff. I like keeping informed...just me...

As a retired teacher, who substitute teaches occasionally, I need to have my phone on to pick up jobs at 5:00 to 6:00 am. Unfortunately, I have friends who like to post witty comments at 1:00 or 2:00 am. GRRRR.

Apple has that setting, don't know if android does.

Do not disturb has the side effect of no longer showing new message dots on the app icon, so you might miss some, because that notification is silenced too.

I use DND as well as mute to prevent interruptions at all sorts of times.

If a tornado alarm goes off then I can see if I need to take shelter.

The land line is useful for calls that aren't necessarily to one or the other of us.

If we have to get up in the middle of the night, we use the flashlight function so we don't trip over the dogs.

However, I have an extension to my landline next to my bed. I turn the ring OFF when I care to do so. Same goes for the old answering machine in the kitchen.

I do not like ringing phones at night when I am in bed asleep.

Only my iPad stays in my room and I’m thinking about also keeping it downstairs in my house. I also have an alarm clock and a landline in my bedroom.

I wear a smart watch when I sleep so I can track my sleep and how much deep sleep I get. I used to keep my phone on when I slept but too often I'd get a text or email from a company or someone late at night which would cause my smart watch to vibrate waking me up. I've never had a text or email that needed an immediate response so I turn my watch off and if someone needs to call me late at night they can call me on my landline.

If you have a landline phone nearby you probably don't need your cellphone, but if you don't have a landline any more (I ditched it some years ago when I realized that it had become just a conduit for telemarketers), the cellphone is the only way you can get help if you need it, especially if you live alone. Fire? Burglar breaking in? Sudden illness? How are you going to get to the cellphone you left downstairs in the living room to call the fire department if your house is on fire and your room is full of smoke? Or, are you going to ask the burglar in your living room to hold off for a minute while you get the cellphone off the coffee table and call the police? Having a heart attack and can't even breathe let alone get out of bed, walk down the steps in the dark, find the phone and call an ambulance? Seems kind of insane to me not to keep the phone in the bedroom if it's the only one you have.

And ABC Always Be Charging. From my laptop at work, plug in in the car, the chair I’m sitting in right now (electric recliner with a USB port).

My phone doesn’t hold a charge very well but I like the size. I keep the ringer off - way too many loan calls.

OTOH, it's not unusual for me to leave it home when I leave. I hate the damned things and resent that they are a necessity these days.

Of course, I always wake up before the alarm goes off though.

I also use it for audiobooks before bed and I check DU before going to bed. It is also my alarm clock. I have no friends so no one calls or texts me in the middle of the night. My iPhone is always with me.

This way it's at 100% when I wake up, and there next to me for potential emergencies.

I can see the exact time, in the morning I check the weather. Occasionally, I will turn the darn thing completely off. I often remember times past when we had no cell phones. We did manage to function and live happy lives. 🤗🤷🏼

apartment. And I don't get a lot of calls.

Unless I need to set an alarm for early arrisal.

gotta be available for emergencies, usually cows on interstate that I can't actually do much about in the dark but the cops sure want you do come stand around with them.

I'm on 24 hour call, have been for over 14 years. Don't often get a call at night, but it still happens.

but then, 99% of the time it never leaves my living room either

I have never wanted people to find me 24X7

My wife does too, on the other nightstand.
So, both of us have it right there.
When I was working I got calls from a dozen different time zones, so I had to have it handy.
Just got in the habit of always having it nearby.

many reasons. Emergencies. Time. Reading at 3am, or talking to a friend. And the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT REASON-- the call we are ALL waiting for!

I have to have a white noise app with Bluetooth headphones to block outside noise in my bedroom.

but I turn the volume down. I don't use it in my room, except if I need an alarm.

I no longer have/use an alarm clock radio.

Also, it is a backup light source (instead of a flashlight) if the power goes out. Good enough to get out of bed and safely over to where I keep the proper flashlights.

no one should ever use me as an emergency contact!

Also, my office is in my bedroom anyway.

Emergency notification if I don't keep it next to me?