am i the last person in the usa without a smartphone?

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Order 66

i dont see why anybody would hold off

I lurve my droid. Its like an appendage.

[D.]

I think what i use my phone for the most is the gps, internet, kindle app, and soundhound. pandora is an excellent portable radio, too.

[Order 66]

Yeah i'm a tool

... a sexy tool

[cocksure]

i just bought a phone for 1€

it's about 5 years old and it works like a charm

[Ihaguitar]

I have an htc, I've rooted it and installed a custom ROM to get more internal storage. I like it. I find the whole app thing a bit tedious though, I end up uninstalling most of them because I never use them.

[opera de nuit]

i seldom use apps or play games on mine either. maybe a few times a year.

[redbreegull]

i have the oldest cheapest flip phone verizon still makes. it makes calls and texts

[Future Boy]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

hey, man. that sounds okay.

ill sell it to you for 100 bucks

trying to get a nexus 7

ot, anyone have a nexus 7?

[KAT]

i have an iPhone

[myosis]

i don't have a cell phone, let alone a smart one.

[Trotskilicious]

i admire your resolve

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

that's not making fun. when i had a landline people would text it all the time and say 'didn't you get my text?' or say 'where are you?' like i could be anywhere other than home.

that's just them being stupid and making assumptions. i mean, that really shouldn't hurt your feelings or make you have second-thoughts. made me mad more than anything, especially when the same person would do it again.

i never said people make fun of me. but i see you were talking to trots, sorry

[reprise85]

i can send emails with the text feature, try it out dudes. useful for emailing pictures you took with your shitty flip phone to yourself!

[porte peinte]

the text feature

[porte peinte]

must be the new version

[reprise85]

yes

[vixnix]

I know lots of people without smartphones here is Australia. I wish smartphones had never been invented. I'm sitting here at the breakfast table with a beautiful view out the window but I don't feelquite right unless I have my iPhone in front of me sucking away minutes of my life i'll never get back. It's like a sickness. I try not to use it but then I sit down to check my email and half an hour later I'm still tapping away on this tiny fucking screen. Hopeless.

[Luke de Spa]

i like my iphone. huge help while travelling, mobile email saves time elsewhere (better use of time replying to people on the bus or while waiting for coffee etc. than at home/work), rdio + music apps mean i can listen to basically any music i want, and the reeder and kindle apps mean i always have something to read. vastly prefer it to carrying around a clamshell phone, an ipod and a palm pda, which is what i used to do

i've never had any compulsion to look at it while with other people, though. it's inconsiderate enough to pull out your phone as soon as a text message arrives. if it's important, they'll call – otherwise, keep talking to the person who's made time to be with you ffs

[bunny]

I cancelled my cell phone three years ago. haven't regretted it, wouldn't even want a free one. it was as flip top from 2002.

I deal with musicians all the time, and they're just the worst people in the world when it comes to scheduling. Having a phone meant I kept getting calls to modify plans at the last minute. That and "Hey i'm just calling to let you know i'm going to be late" about 2 mins before the person is due to show up. fucking clowns.
Since I don't have a phone it's easier to be clear ahead of time that if they're late I might just have to leave and I'll deal with them on another day. Last minute plans are rarely interesting enough to offset the dredges or improve the quality of my life.

for some reason not having a phone reenforces peoples misconception that i'm a drug dealer. Maybe someone here can explain it to me because that always sounds backwards to me.

[D.]

Originally Posted by bunny

for some reason not having a phone reenforces peoples misconception that i'm a drug dealer. Maybe someone here can explain it to me because that always sounds backwards to me.

cell phones are traceable, therefore a drug-dealer would steer clear of one? But then again they have pay-by-the-minute/pre-paid phones available so I dunno. Someone who has watched The Wire could probably tell you for sure.

[reprise85]

the last few events i've been at with a few people (thanksgiving, new years, couple parties) there were several times where i was the only person in the group not on their cell phone texting or on facebook. a good time to reflect.

[Order 66]

Anybody ever notice people in movies and tv shows still use flip phones. Kinda weird

[ilikeplanets]

I don't even have internet on my phone, and am going to lose texting in one month

[SuckSuckStyle]

I don't have a phone or a watch and I plan to keep it that way as long as I can.

[Shallowed]

All but two of the phones that I've had previously belonged to either my mother or her mother. Never owned a smartphone.

[mxzombie]

*pats everyone in thread on back*

[MyOneAndOnly]

Reprise,

If you do want to get into a smartphone cheap....check out Republic Wireless. they only have one phone choice, but it's as cheap as most basic cell service plans. Their phones piggyback on wifi where it's available and Sprint when you're roaming.

http://republicwireless.com/

I have a friend who just got one and says it works fairly well for him and only costs him $35 per month (including the data plan). the only catch is that you have to buy the phone, but there's no service agreement so you can cancel anytime you want.

[Dead Frequency]

I really don't think that the device makes people shitty simply due to the introduction and increased familiarity of it, I mean, people haven't changed as a result. We are all just as human as ever.

[MyOneAndOnly]

we're all just animals

[Dead Frequency]