Phones

[kasperbbs]

I have samsung galaxy s3, i have no complaints, except for the fact that it's torturing my pockets and since mobile internet costs an arm and a leg in my country i only use it for calls and sms, might as well be a nokia 3310, except that it also functions as an mp3 player at work.

 

[Something Amyss]

Some phones have programs you aren't allowed to delete. The iPhone doesn't let you delete its Stocks, Weather, Passbook, Games Center, or Reminders app, and according to my dad there's a few programs Android won't let you delete, either. It's like the way a Windows computer just comes with Windows Live, Outlook, and Solitaire. You can download your own apps that do the same things and use those, but unfortunately most of the programs that were on your phone when you first got it are there to stay.

Android phones (and other devices) are stuck with Google related apps unless you root them. Which really sucks, since phone companies then add their own stuff you can't delete unless you root the phone. Like half my Galaxy S4's 16 GB internal memory is taken up by crap amd the OS, which in the case of the GS4 has been demonstrated to be bloated. A little less than half, actually. Which means I have a bunch of excess crap. I don't know how it compares to an iPhone because I've never owned one or thought to ask my family (I'm the only Droid owner out of my immediate family).

Loled. I never understand people who take pride in old phones. Use whatever suits you best, be it android, iOS, Windows, or a flip phone or a full keyboard. I won't judge (out loud)

To that end, it's not exactly different from the people who take pride in new phones. In fact, it could totally be a pisstake on the douchecanoes who brag about their phones to no end.

Not that I dislike having a smartphone. I just wish it had better battery life, like those old bricks and flip phones.

 

[SnowyGamester]

Yeah, unfortunately you can't easily remove any of the preinstalled 'system' apps. If you were running 4.0 or higher you would be able to disable most of the unnecessary ones from the application manager but the San Diego afaik runs 2.3 (unless it has updated to 4.0 since launch...not much info about it online) which means you're stuck with them unless you root your phone and use a third party uninstallation/disabling app (I use one called RootAppDelete).

But yeah...as mentioned, the Galaxy series are pretty top notch. Responsiveness, screens, build quality and battery life are all great. My biggest complaint about the series in general (at least up until the most recent ones) is the crappy chrome painted plastic rims on I believe every single model that chip off and look like shit. But other than that one gripe (which I think is fixed on the S4) they are some of the best. Probably consider one of them when you upgrade.

 

[Fijiman]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 from Sprint. Pros: it's a smartphone, use your imagination. Cons: The damn thing(this referring only to mine as far as I know) loves to spam the damn menu button from time to time.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Loled. I never understand people who take pride in old phones. Use whatever suits you best, be it android, iOS, Windows, or a flip phone or a full keyboard. I won't judge (out loud)

To that end, it's not exactly different from the people who take pride in new phones. In fact, it could totally be a pisstake on the douchecanoes who brag about their phones to no end.

Not that I dislike having a smartphone. I just wish it had better battery life, like those old bricks and flip phones.

Tell me about it. My friend recently got his iphone 7 upgrade and was kinda gloating about it cause of its little tweeks and features that Andoid doesn't have. While he did convince me of the value Apple phones seeing as they're durable and streamlined I still don't give a hot shit cause I like the app support for Android and the variety in size and build of Android devices. Different strokes

 

[Juste Goose]

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II. If you like big screens, forgedaboudit.

Spoiler: She's the one on the left.

I like it. It's a bit tough to stuff in my pockets when I wear my hipster skinny jeans, but I've never had any problems with it. It runs emulators and includes a pen for drawing, which is all I want in a phone. Web browsing and youtube viewing all work great, as you might imagine.

 

[Something Amyss]

Tell me about it. My friend recently got his iphone 7 upgrade and was kinda gloating about it cause of its little tweeks and features that Andoid doesn't have. While he did convince me of the value Apple phones seeing as they're durable and streamlined I still don't give a hot shit cause I like the app support for Android and the variety in size and build of Android devices. Different strokes

I hate this sort of brand loyalty. It approaches brand-mob-mentality. My family all use iPhones, so they ***** about my preference. Most of them use Macs, so they ***** that I like Windows machines. I think if I went Linux it'd kill my grandmother. They all drink Coke, and I used to drink Pepsi. I swapped because I got really sick and my body still associates being sick with certain things like drinking Pepsi and they treated it like I'd just denounced cannibalism.

I like being able to fix my own computer. I like the Android platform. I liked Pepsi until my body decided to make an issue out of it. They don't, that's fine. Why is it a big deal?

My brother's the only level-headed one in the lot. He has an iPhone, and we've compared features because I was curious as to what I might be missing. He uses Macs exclusively, but he's rarely even talked about them. But everyone else?

Gobble gobble...One of us...

 

[Something Amyss]

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II. If you like big screens, forgedaboudit.

Spoiler: She's the one on the left.

I like it. It's a bit tough to stuff in my pockets when I wear my hipster skinny jeans, but I've never had any problems with it. It runs emulators and includes a pen for drawing, which is all I want in a phone. Web browsing and youtube viewing all work great, as you might imagine.

Just out of curiosity, how is it holding it to your ear?

I've been part of the Galaxy line (S2, 3, and now 4) for a few years now, and while the larger screen seems like a plus for other things, it seems like a downside for the phone aspect of it. I don't even have a store in my town these days, so I have to drive like 30-40 miles just to TRY something like that.

 

[Juste Goose]

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II. If you like big screens, forgedaboudit.

Spoiler: She's the one on the left.

I like it. It's a bit tough to stuff in my pockets when I wear my hipster skinny jeans, but I've never had any problems with it. It runs emulators and includes a pen for drawing, which is all I want in a phone. Web browsing and youtube viewing all work great, as you might imagine.

Just out of curiosity, how is it holding it to your ear?

I've been part of the Galaxy line (S2, 3, and now 4) for a few years now, and while the larger screen seems like a plus for other things, it seems like a downside for the phone aspect of it. I don't even have a store in my town these days, so I have to drive like 30-40 miles just to TRY something like that.

Not bad. Things come in clear, people can hear me and all that. I don't really have phone conversations that last more than a few minutes though, so it might get unwieldy after a while.

Spoiler: I have one of these covers for it, which cuts down on the holding-a-giant-slab-of-glass-against-my-face feeling.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

HTC 8X, first off.

Spoiler

GAAAAH! MY EYES!

Can you change those colours to something a little less... Bright?

I have an old Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and just use it for ebooks, light net browsing, email and music.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

I hate this sort of brand loyalty. It approaches brand-mob-mentality. My family all use iPhones, so they ***** about my preference. Most of them use Macs, so they ***** that I like Windows machines. I think if I went Linux it'd kill my grandmother. They all drink Coke, and I used to drink Pepsi. I swapped because I got really sick and my body still associates being sick with certain things like drinking Pepsi and they treated it like I'd just denounced cannibalism.

I like being able to fix my own computer. I like the Android platform. I liked Pepsi until my body decided to make an issue out of it. They don't, that's fine. Why is it a big deal?

My brother's the only level-headed one in the lot. He has an iPhone, and we've compared features because I was curious as to what I might be missing. He uses Macs exclusively, but he's rarely even talked about them. But everyone else?

Gobble gobble...One of us...

Ugh I hate all dat shit. I won't lie, I used to be an Apple hater but I can't exactly ignore reality. My uncle who's a complete computer noob has been using the same mac book for almost 10 years so obviously Apple is doing something right. Not to mention their computers aren't made of cheap parts so the Apple hater "$1000 sticker" is nothing but hyperbole. On the other end of the spectrum, I don't like Apple's policies and their computers are still a few hundred bucks more expensive than a similarly speced Windows machine plus I need Windows because its generally compatible with more software. Not to mention the Apple cult is extremely off putting when they think that Steve Jobs invented the wheel. Then there's the people who built a freaking desktop which is about as complicated as connecting the dots and think their genius high end users and yet won't even look at a piece of tech unless it runs Windows 7. I'm a fan of companies like HTC, Sony, and Google cause they make shit I like, not cause they're superior

I feaquently look up phone news so this mentality is especially annoying cause there's some kind of rivalry between people who like the HTC One and people who like the Galaxy S4 even though they're both great phones with a pretty balanced pros and cons list

 

[freaper]

Nokia master race reporting for duty!

I've had only two cellphones so far, both of which were Nokia and both of which have lasted/are lasting me over 3 years.

 

[Yopaz]

I won't be completely alone here (I've seen one Nokia here, but it wasn't an advanced one), but I am going to present my choice of Nokia E7-00.

I bought this phone because it comes with a complete (physical) QWERTY-keyboard which means I can easily write long texts without losing my mind. The model is old so it won't be able to stand up to the more recent smart phones in terms of functionality or app support. It also uses Symbian which is now a dead platform, thanks for that Microsoft, so there are few updates for it.

It got a decent battery life, mine which is more than 2 years old now can still last me at least 3 days without a charge, about 10 days if I adjust the settings a little.

Ever since I've got the phone it has been working as it should. No issues that can be blamed on the phone, one that can be blamed on me, but I can't recommend anyone to buy it. It's quite expensive for a phone that old and its limited app support might not be to everyone's liking. That said I wouldn't want any other phone and I won't get a new one until this one is completely broken.

 

[Klumpfot]

Spoiler: Check THIS shit out!

Nokia 3720 Classic. 2.0 megapixel camera, mp3 player, phone book and it even keeps a log of who you've called and who's called you! Also, it came with crappy mobile versions of Spore, The Sims 3 and Monopoly pre-installed. Aw yeah.

In all seriouslitude, it works beautifully for what I need it for, it's built like a freaking tank and the battery life is pretty darn good. Also, it's kept me from being reliant on all the Facebooks and Twitterses and whatnot that them younglings are so attached to.

 

[DefunctTheory]

HTC 8X, first off.

Spoiler

GAAAAH! MY EYES!

Can you change those colours to something a little less... Bright?

I have an old Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and just use it for ebooks, light net browsing, email and music.

I don't see why not.

Spoiler

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II. If you like big screens, forgedaboudit.

Spoiler: She's the one on the left.

I like it. It's a bit tough to stuff in my pockets when I wear my hipster skinny jeans, but I've never had any problems with it. It runs emulators and includes a pen for drawing, which is all I want in a phone. Web browsing and youtube viewing all work great, as you might imagine.

Just out of curiosity, how is it holding it to your ear?

I've been part of the Galaxy line (S2, 3, and now 4) for a few years now, and while the larger screen seems like a plus for other things, it seems like a downside for the phone aspect of it. I don't even have a store in my town these days, so I have to drive like 30-40 miles just to TRY something like that.

Not bad. Things come in clear, people can hear me and all that. I don't really have phone conversations that last more than a few minutes though, so it might get unwieldy after a while.

Spoiler: I have one of these covers for it, which cuts down on the holding-a-giant-slab-of-glass-against-my-face feeling.

A couple of people at my last work places had Note IIs. While nice, when I tried one out, I could not get over the feeling that I was holding a plate up to my ear.

 

[Yopaz]

Nokia master race reporting for duty!

I've had only two cellphones so far, both of which were Nokia and both of which have lasted/are lasting me over 3 years.

You know, I'm on my third Nokia and I've been using them for more than 10 years now. My first one lasted me about 5-6 years before I had to replace it. I had a glitch with the alarm where it wouldn't slumber after the set time if it wasn't stopped so it had kept beeping for 3 hours causing some major issues with the microphone and sound afterwards. My second one was going strong for about 4 years when it was stolen so I have no idea how long that one would have lasted. So my experiences with Nokia have been mostly good. Of course I have been trying to learn how to use my mom's phone which is a total mess... Nokia should never have started using Windows on their phones ever... I'm still bitter about this...

 

[vrbtny]

I bought a cheap simple smart phone and just use custom rom's because screw google being all over my phone. I appreciate it if it their OS, but i just hate all the bloatware and crap that is installed by the manufacturers, let alone all the stuff forced on by google.

So Sony Xperia U with SlimCyanogenMod ftw. It is a small, inconspicuous, convenient little phone that doesn't look like I am overcompensating for something by having a massive screen or anything.

Runs damn smooth, i can text, call people, instant message people, skype people, watch youtube vids, listen to music, all the shizzle, just on a cute small phone.

I hate people with 3 phones because they need one for music, one for texting and calls, and one for internetz.

My cheap little phone does all of that thanks, and hooray for custom roms!

Spoiler

Trying not to sound like having a self wank, just annoyed by really big phones is all xD

 

[Evil Smurf]

I have an iPhone 5, before that I had a Galaxy Mini 2. I like iOS so much better.

 

[Angie7F]

I wish I could delete all the stock OS apps that I dont need.
i hate that some of them cant be dumped in a folder

 

[ClockworkPenguin]

I'm considering getting a new phone actually and I was wondering how expensive the internet is on them (compared to say home broadband) because I am jealous of people who can use GPS whilst walking. I'm not so fussed about everything else, but I could definitely do with a better system for finding places I've not been before than printing out a page of directions before I leave my flat.