What Kind Of Cellphone Do You Use?
 

I will preface this by saying that I have been a wireless consultant since 2007, and I am huge a tech geek. I love all things that pertain to cellphones (It's what pays my bills). So let's compare and contrast our mobile devices!

I personally use a 32GB iPhone 4. It is a GSM version that runs on AT&T's network. It has a 3.5'' capacitive touchscreen, a 1GHz A4 processor, a 5MP rear-facing camera, and a VGA (640 x 480) front-facing camera. I'm running iOS 4.3 (build version 8F190), and don't plan on jail-breaking it anytime soon. I've got around 100 apps installed. I prefer this device because it has a large capacity, friendly user interface, lots of available apps, and a fast processor. It is quite convenient to have a media player, web browser, e-mail, GPS, compass, calendar, note pad, voice recorder, calculator, clock, etc. all in one device. I keep mine in an Otterbox Defender series case.

****ty walmart prepaid phone.

Errr, first cellphone was a motorola back in 1999.
Had a lot of crap (3310, Some Toshiba, an 'OEM" motorola), then a K750i from Sony, A Nokia E65 and now an E75.
I'll probably buy a Se-X1 from a friend. Will borrow it for a week and see if I like it.
If I do, I'll take it.

i'm using Nokia C3. it's not the best, but i can use it for calling and texting and saving contact numbers and there's some games into it as well, i'm satisfied with a cellphone like that.

I'm using an old Samsung cameraphone that's about 3 years old now, and until the thing falls apart in my hand I don't feel the need to change it, as it still does everything I need it to do.

That's right, I'm one of those A-to-B dullards...

I've got a blackberry Bold. I probably would have got something cheaper but its really the only phone I could find where I could really customize the font size and stuff.I don't know how people are able to use those touch screen ones.

I used to have a Blackberry Storm, but the touch screen was horrible. It wasn't sensitive enough which made it really hard to navigate. I just got the iPhone 4 and it's so much better in terms of touch screen sensitivity.

Blackberry Bold 9780. Its such a sexy phone, its hard not to feel like a badman when you take it out of your pocket lol. Its nice to get instant notifications from facebook, twitter, emails as well as the usual texts and calls. And of course BBM is a great feature. As long as my phone is by my side there is no reason I cant reply to any message within a few minutes these days tbh. The camera is pretty awesome too, 5mp autofocus with a flash as well. And it can take a 32gb micro sd card to double up as an mp3 player as well.

iPhone 4 (32GB). My first smart phone, picked it up in December. Prior to that I was using basic clamshell phones but the last was a candybar with a slide-out qwerty, great for texting.

Oojay, I can't believe you work in the wireless business and you own an iPhone 4. Wow that's all I have to say to that.

right now I have a Motorola i776 but it's on its way out. I have had it for a little over two years and the speaker decided to blow out in the head piece part. I guess the flipping over time caused it to blow out.

I'm saving up for a Motorola i1 or I might get the Atrix 4G once it gets released.

I have a BlackBerry Curve 8900. Either getting a BlackBerry Torch or an iPhone 3 with my upgrade soon.

If their service was halfway decent here, I'd go for a Droid. Verizon has awful coverage here, though.

Are those Android phones?

My second cell was a RAZR. I liked everything about it except for the side buttons which didn't lock. They'd be pressed in my pocket or bag and mess my phone up!

I remember we also had a Motorola car phone when I was a kid:

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I have two phones at the moment. My main one at the moment is an LG Optimus GT540 with Android and a touch screen that I got a few months back. It's an alright phone although it does tend to restart itself occasionally for some reason.

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The other is a Nokia 6300 which I've had for nearly 3 years now. It's a very good reliable phone so I decided to keep it and buy a new SIM card especially for it.

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yes, they are!

iPhone 4

And a prepaid burner.

Some cheap LG phone, it does the job.

Motorola Backflip that I got last year...love it so far. My first smartphone.

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great choice for your first smartphone.

some cheap Nokia - 2330, I just checked

i'm not into all those funky what have yous - all I need it for is calling and texting

A cheap red Sony Ericsson.

It doesn't have a lot of memory. Seriously, I've only taken like ten pictures and it's already full.

The iPhone 4 does everything that I need it to. Most "tech" people prefer Android, but I don't really like it. While it is more customizable, it is also more prone to viruses and cyber attacks. Plus the OS isn't as smooth or refined as iOS. People point out that Android OS is out-selling iOS (about 33% of market share vs. 24%), but keep in mind that there only 3 handsets in production that run iOS, and hundreds that run Android. So on a per-phone basis, iOS actually wins.

I would recommend staying away from the Motorola i1. It is only running Android OS 1.6, and will never get any updates. Also, the iDEN network that it runs off of has one foot in the grave.

The Atrix 4G is awesome (it has a biometric lock on it), but I've had several returns on it lately, with most citing that it freezes up and stalls too often.

I have the iPhone 3G. I've had it for 2 years now, so I am eligible for an upgrade. I'll probably get another iPhone. My friend has an Android, and it just doesn't appeal to me.

I heard Android isn't that great though. A couple of my friends have had their phones messed up from glitches and such with the Android OS.

Edit: just saw oojay's post. I have to agree there.

Thanks for the heads up on the i1. I will just get the Atrix then. For me, being able to customize beats out every other reason to get an iPhone plus I can't buy any apple product. I hate Steve Jobs too much for him to get my money.

I have the Rumor 2 which I only use for texting and calling. Not paying 15 bucks a month for internet service when I have access to an actual computer.

i have the nokia E66 . i love it!!

Why do you hate Steve Jobs so much? Is it him as a person, or his company, or his products? I'm kind of in the dark here man. I love Apple's products, with or without Steve Jobs behind them.

And I would stay away from any iDEN phone (they're model numbers all start with an "i" followed by some numbers.) They run off of the old Nextel network that Sprint purchased years ago, but they don't utilize any of Sprint's towers (which are all CDMA). And Sprint is truning the iDEN network off at the end of 2011, unless they can sell it to T-Mobile (which doesn't look very likely at this point).

If you are looking at the Motorola Atrix, you might also check out the HTC Inspire. The Inspire has a bigger screen (4.3'' vs 4.0''), same speed processor (1 GHz), same OS (ships with Android 2.2, later upgradeable to 2.3), and a better camera (8 MP vs 5 MP). The Atrix also has MotoBlur, which most people tend to get tired of after a while.

the main reason I was going to get the i1 is because I'm on Boost's plan and my uncle still contacts me via the chirp thing.


As for my apple rant well here I go.

It all started when i was looking for mp3 players at Best Buy one day years ago. I put up an iPod next to a creative zen player to compare the video demos and iPod's video quality was just not up to par. So, I'm like why the eff are people paying more for something of sub quality? Oh that's right because it's popular and Apple likes to boast that they are user friendly. Bleh whatever I want quality for my money. If you are going to rape my wallet at least give me top notch quality.

Ever since that faithful day, I have been anti-Apple. Then it ventures into the whole idea that Steve Jobs doesn't want to allow flash on iPhones and I hate how iTunes is instilled into everything and I just hate iTunes in general. **** paying a dollar for each single. I bought a zune and I'm happy with their zune pass even though I do download with torrents and mediafire from time to time as well. I just hate how apple products are so restricting and there isn't too much wiggle room for customization. I would NEVER buy an iPhone, iPad or anything of that nature. I will always look for a far superior product. If I wanted a tablet. I would get a Xoom, far superior than both the iPad and the iPad2.

The reason they don't allow flash is because it's so unstable. Flash is fucking up my computer right now actually! :D And the reason they aren't customizable is all because of design. The more options there are, the higher the chance is of something going wrong. It's also pretty pointless. Back in the day I used to think the same way. I hated that Facebook wasn't customizable, and that Myspace was. I can't change my background? I can't edit my profile? This is shit! You could do anything you wanted on Myspace! But once I learned more and more about design, I realized why. Apple's design is unbelievable. Their stores, their products, their packaging, their advertising, etc. I think that's why I like them so much! It's the designer in me.

Nice, iDEN is the only network technology that let's you chirp for free. You can use "Push-To-Talk" on most other carriers, but they charge extra. And Boost Mobile's plans are impossible to beat. If you stay with them for 18 months, you can get unlimited talk/text/web for $35/mo.

That's the main reason most people dislike iPhones. I agree, it should use Flash. Jobs views Flash as a dying/obsolete technology, and prefers H.264 and HTML5. But why not incorporate it anyway, just to cover all your bases. It really stems back to how crappy Flash used to run on the Mac OS. Apple blamed the glitches on Macromedia (who was later acquired by Adobe), and Macromedia blamed them on Apple. It's really just two sides refusing to back down.

On a side note, all of the WebKit browsers (including Safari on the iPhone) are going to start incorporating "Walaby," which will automatically convert most flash files into HTML5, thus letting it be displayed on your iPhone.


I've had 2 Zunes (80GB and 120GB) and I absolutely loved them both. I didn't care much for the software to load them (Zune Marketplace or w/e it's called), but the hardware was amazing. I loved that little 'squirkle' track pad. And the ability to wirelessly transfer content between Zunes that were near each other was awesome. I never subscribed to the Zune pass, but I am curious about it. I know it's $15/mo for unlimited downloading, but do you lose your downloaded songs if you fail to renew your Zune pass, or do you always own the content?

Yeah, I'm working on that plan at the moment. In about two months or so my bill should be down to 45 instead of the 50 that it is at right now.

You don't lose all of the downloaded songs because they are still in your collection but you lose the right to play them until you renew your Zune pass but what they do now is they give you 10 free songs each month. Those 10 free songs you can keep for whenever you stop paying for the pass.

I liked that it has a radio and the ability to transfer content wirelessly as well

An FM tuner would be awesome in the iPhone. There's also talk of implementing IR controls and NFC (Near Field Communication) into it, allowing you to simply wave your iPhone over a sensor to pay. They call it the "iWallet."

I hear that Microsoft has stopped working on zune devices and they are throwing their development behind Windows 7 phones.

What is your opinion on those?

I haven't done much research on them. I just know that they use the zune software and can access your account.

Very true. Microsoft has stopped manufacturing Zune hardware. They're putting the bulk of their attention towards Windows Phone 7. I personally like the new OS. It incorporates Zune as it's media player, it has Windows Marketplace to buy apps, a great web browser, and it has Netflix (which is only available on WP7 and iOS). Screw Android. It can also wirelessly sync your contacts, bookmarks, favorites, etc, from your PC.

Windows Phone 7 is just one type? I thought there were different models of it.

If there are which one do you recommend?

Windows Phone 7 is the operating system (the software). It's pretty tight. As far as the hardware goes, it depends on your carrier. For AT&T, the HTC Surround is pretty sweet. For Sprint, the HTC Arrive is the one to go with, and T-Mobile has the HTC HD7.

oh yes duh me of course it's the OS.

I will probably go with the HTC Arrive. I have had good experience with Sprint in the past.

I use a Samsung Gravity. It's just a standard talk/text phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

I'm testing a Sony Xperia X1 from a friend right now.
If I like it, I can buy it. It's working fine, except for the internet which is really slow.
Can't see why...

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