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thehollow:
--- Quote from: ZJGent on 04 Apr 2008, 18:10 ---My current phone is bulky, comfy, and calls people. That is all I need, really.
--- End quote ---
Truth. Here's my phone:
and for a size comparison:
I got it 4 years ago, it still works perfectly, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. It's got a battery that can last me a week (granted, I don't talk on it as much as most people I'd guess), and it's rugged and sturdy and I never need to worry about breaking it. Also, it's big enough that I could probably bludgeon someone to death with it if need be. I get plenty of shit for it, but I don't really care (the Zach Morris references seem to be particularly popular). It calls people and stores phone numbers, which is all I really need it to do; I could give a shit about internet access or playing videos or whatever.
Darkbluerabbit:
I swear to god they are intentionally making cell phones shtittier. I had an old LG about five years ago, that I've "upgraded" since. My new phone lasts for all of two days, battery wise, and the antenna snapped off when my cat nudged it off or my kitchen table. The antenna is now held on with electical tape.
My brother can't keep a phone to save his life. He's had them stolen, had them fall into bodies of water, etc. He's now using my old phone and it works perfectly.
Eventually America's economy will get bad enough that this disposable culture will go away. In the meantime..seriously guys, stop making shit now.
öde:
Buy a Nokia 3310 they were probably the perfect mobile phone; virtually indestructable, strangely good for calling and SMSing, have games, and that was about it I guess. We're inbetween mobile phones and (practical) mobile computers now, so most handsets are phones which have a lot of stupid shit on them instead of computers that can make phone calls, etc. The Motorola Razr has been working for me, it's just a cheap, simple, stylish mobile phone.
Narr:
I agree about the fact that new phones are crap.
I don't think it's ALL new phones, just the majority of them. The phone culture is more a status thing now. You don't get a phone for it's functionality; you get it as an accessory to your lifestyle, a symbol that you are in fact well-off or at the very least "hip." Why would a company spend the time and energy to create a cell phone that lasts longer than 4 weeks now that people exchange them in 4 days for the newer model?
thehollow:
yeah, almost all of my friends have shitty clamshell phones that have broken on them at least once. Narr pretty much nailed it; the ability to make and receive calls seem more like features added on as an afterthought to what basically has become a glorified mp3 player. Things like how strong of a signal it gets is less important than how many songs you can download. My brother is on the exact same plan as me with a phone that's 2 years newer than mine, and we can be standing in the same spot and he'll have 1 or 2 bars while I'm at full bars.
My mom even took me into the Sprint store when she needed to replace her phone to try and convince me to get mine replaced as well. The guy at the store helping us agreed with me and said that he wouldn't replace it either. When the guy whose job is to try and sell you phones tells you not to buy a phone, something's wrong.
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