What kind of cellphone you got? And Why?

[Eclectic Dreck]

None, because I don't want or need one.

I thought I was the only one. I get made fun of for not having one. (Seriously, who makes fun of someone for that?)

The modern world you Luddite.

Actually, that was a joke. I have a cell phone because I don't have any other phone and unfortunately my work requires it, not necessarily because I'm in love with the idea of being tethered to the world.

 

[Corven]

I've never had a use for one, so I don't have one.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

LG Scoop or something like that... it was free and it has a keyboard...

 

[War Penguin]

A moderately old phone that I can't remember the name of because I left in my dad's car. I got it because my parents gave it to me even though I didn't want one. I'm not a fan of cell phone (although I have found myself wanting an iphone).

 

[matsm]

Samsung Omnia

wanted a smartphone and iphone is not an option and ive owned several samsung phones before and they never failed me before.

 

[Player 2]

One of those slidey ones. It's blue, and really scratched.

 

[chaosfenrir]

Motorola Rokr

Why? It was free, it was an engineering test sample that my Dad received, plus it looks cool XD
Anyway, I onli need my phone to text and call, if it looks good, thats a bonus. Music? I have an iPod so...

 

[IntoxicatedKnight]

Samsung G600. It looks good, has a 5 megapixel camera and...well it's just cool!

 

[tinkyyy]

Nokia N73 because it was free on my contract. It has a lot of good features but it's really slow and crashes sometimes (like when it turns off) but most of the time it gets the job done. I only use it for texting and calls anyway.

 

[Andalusa]

I have one of these [http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/orange-berlin-93496/review], it's a bit rubbish.
But it calls and texts which is all I need it to do.

 

[Dottie]

The HTC tilt before touch screens were "in" lol but seriously At&t,make me buy that piece of crap then release all the cool phones shame on you .___.

 

[psijac]

This thread isn't as entertaining as i thought it would be, how odd. I have a G1 android so I can spam huge sms messages to my friends

 

[Sevre]

Nokia 6 something or another, I broke my phone so my mother gave me her spare, it's alright, I use it for Bebo.

 

[Virus49]

This thread isn't as entertaining as i thought it would be, how odd.

It's because of all of those tools buying iPhones when they could have got a proper bloody phone instead. Cretins.

I bought it with my money. I think its great. Yet the first thing you do is complain about why I am wrong and you are right. Thats quite pathetic, something thats mainly based on opinion cannot be declared this is better than that. Because I think the iphone is better than all other phones at the present time. If you don't think that fair enough, but dont try and force what you think on others.

 

[Nerdfury]

iPhone 3G, 8GB.

Why? Because after a couple of months of reading technical and user reviews, play-testing with people's phones, I finally decided it would suit me quite well. It does everything I need out of a phone, plus a heap of stuff I didn't know I'd find bloody useful.

I was once one of those sad bastards that got shitty about everyone and their cool phones by saying "If I need a camera, I'll use a camera! And if I need music, I've got my mp3 player! And if I want to play games, I've got a PSP/DS!" but then I realised I couldn't be arsed carrying around all this crap in my bag, so I slimmed down to the Nokia N95, which was a great little beast.

In the end, the iPhone was a natural choice. In retrospect, though, the camera could have been vastly improved.

Agreed.

I'm a bit hypocritical about iPhones... well I sorta stand by a lot of what I said about them even though I've loved mine ever since I bought it.
A) I hate iTunes, most cumbersome and awkward program I've ever encountered.
B) Camera sucks major Donkey Dong.
C) Bluetooth compatability is a joke.

But apart from that I find that I'm actually quite dependant on my iPhone, I can keep in touch with mates overseas and close friends// family etc via it.
Facebook//email//MMS//txt, plus it holds all my delicious music and my Rolando and iShoot games, even downloaded an Easytuner program that lets me tune my guitar when I'm out on a trip with it. It's impressive what the developers of iPhone apps can do with the iPhone!

p.s nice avatar

Agreed on most points. iTunes is a ***** to use, yeah. I find it simpler to enable the options for manual transfer only, then just drag and drop from my music folder directly. A lot easier than ticking things and trying to sync.

The camera is good for what it is. Admittedly, for all the good in the phone, Apple could have done better to put in a better camera (5mp, at least!) and a flash. Or at least some kind of image stabiliser. At least, though, there's apps that can improve picture quality. One takes a dozen shots and merges them into one good photo, and another only takes shots when the camera's steady.

And the bluetooth is funny, because I hear it's actually only useable for bluetooth devices, and isn't actually designed to work with transfer. Part of Apple's you-can't-share-anything policy.

 

[Agent Larkin]

One that makes phone calls. Why? Because it is a god damned phone not a portable computer. If I want one of them Ill buy a laptop.

 

[DazZ.]

I has a £10 epic one. So I can fall on it and break it, as often happens, im on my third in 1 year and its not a problem because its still cheaper than having a "good" phone that I dont want.
Couldn't be going around being careful about what ive got in my pockets, drunk or otherwise.