(05 Jul 2022, 10:51 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Surely anyone worried about their phone battery would carry a power pack. They even sell decent ones in Tesco and argos, these days.
We had them occasionally about 5 or 6 years ago - I remember in particular one on a rather packed 20. (might have been on our way to the see it do it citaro launch)
It's not just running out of battery that puts me off using the app, it's also the inconvenience of having to load up the app (it's easier just pulling the ticket out of my pocket), wondering whether I'll have signal (I know it's supposed to cache the ticket, but I've had it a few times where it hasn't loaded in because I've automatically connected to the bus WiFi but haven't 'signed in' to it so there's no internet connection), and also just general reliability of the app. I've lost count of the amount of times the app has just crashed for no reason, or it hasn't loaded in the ticket even with 5G.
As for ticket inspectors, last time I saw one was on the Angel pre-StreetDecks, I think I was at College so it must have been ~2016. Before that I would see them regularly on the 10 when I would go to the Metrocentre after school.