Mobile Phones...
I've never been one of your early adopters; those people who are the first to buy, say, an ipod, then ditch that in favour of an ipod with a colour screen, then ditch that for one with a slightly bigger screen or video or a toaster or whatever Mr Jobs and his crazy friends come up with next.

Nope, that's not me. And the same is true of mobile phones... I didn't get one until almost everyone else in the world had one. Indeed, the only reason I got one then was because someone had upgraded their phone and, no doubt out of pity, donated their old one to me.

The only reason I've then replaced one for another is because I've lost it, or it has been stolen by the filthy smack heads that robbed my house, or during less than sober occasions I've managed to put a perfectly round hole in the screen (which I still can't explain to this day). Never, you understand, in pursuit of the latest technological breakthrough.

And so we reach the point of disappointment. They're never very good. They promise the world, but in reality they never live up to the hype. I have a camera, which is great at being a camera; my phone is shit at being a camera. I have an mp3 player (not one of your new fangled "itouch" things, just a little plastic thing that plays music), and it's great at being an mp3 player; my phone is a shite mp3 player. I have a computer for the internet, and a job with free internet, these both provide me all the internets I need; my phone? Yep, rubbish internet. The same goes for almost every feature beyond making calls and sending texts occasionally (even if it does it's best to suggest text speak... bastard).

I shouldn't really complain as I've never paid a penny for one, but if they're going to build these features into them, can't they make them so they're at least a bit good?
( Moey, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 13:53, 13 replies)

i got a mobile phone six years ago
then had it stolen a few weeks later.
i got my second mobile phone last sunday, purely because my dad never uses it.
they're shit.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 13:59, closed)

I'll disagree with the MP3 player
The MP3 player on my phone is pretty decent. It's easy to use and sounds good, which is what I've seen from most (recent) phones.

The only phone that's decent to browse the net on is the iPhone. Unfortunatly, it's shit at actually being a phone.

You get to pick and choose.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:00, closed)

@Hair Pot
This is why the iPhone is a waste of money, IMO. And I say this as an Apple fan.

I'd rather have an iPod touch, and keep my existing basic Nokia phone.

Actually, I'm quite happy with my digital camera, 3rd generation iPod and ordinary mobile phone. As Gunter said, at least they do their respective jobs properly.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:04, closed)

I agree.
My phone is cool, but was cheap.
It makes calls, sends texts, and that's all I use it for. It has a shitty, shitty camera, but low-res photos make me die inside a little.
( Cawl, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:11, closed)

I agree
I don't understand this fascination with squeezing more and more functionality out of everything, when it invariably ends up being a bit crap at everything it tries to do.
( Thinker, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:13, closed)

The Nokia N95
Is THE WORST example of "Kitchen sink-ness". Too many things going on in it.

* I have a battery life that lasts as good as every other day if I am lucky.

* It sometimes gets confused and crashes.

* I have to carry around a spare battery if I am out and about in case my phone conks out.

* Because of the above, the phone is now on battery lid replacement No.4 because of small, and crappy latches/teeth snapping off.

On the plus side, it's camera is AWESOME. But, it's crap at being what it was supposed to be in the first place...A MOBILE PHONE.

And it still pisses on the Apple iPhone (even the 2nd Gen one), as I fucking detest Apple iPods and iPhones (the reasons are numerous and lengthy).

My previous one was a Nokia N70, and it was brilliant apart from the fact the mains chargers were shite (wire would break at base of charger, this happened 4 times). My GF loves my old phone (I re-shelled it in a black "N70 Music Edition" case and it looks great").

I am getting something a lot less complex. I want the Sony Ericcson C902 personally. I am more intrested in having a decent camera in it than all the silly excessive stuff.


Oh, and have a fucking massive clickerage too.
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:26, closed)

@Panteneman
Why not buy a camera then?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 14:48, closed)

I have an iPhone
and I adore it.

It seems to be a device that splits people into two camps, lovers and haters. You can split those camps further into "have actually used one beyond two minutes stabbing at it in an Apple Shop", and those who have strong feelings (either way) for the device but haven't actually used it*.

I've had phones by Nokia (hit and miss), Motorola (100% miss), Sony Ericsson (100% hit) and a couple of randoms, but I've always wanted to try something new when my contract was coming to the end. With my iPhone, I have no desire for any other phone on the market.

Now, I'm not ignorant to it's faults, but it simply surpasses every mobile phone I've ever had, and nothing currently (or forthcoming) on the market has tempted me so far.

*I'm not implying that those who have posted here about the iPhone are rubbishing it despite never having used one!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 16:02, closed)

pearoast...
the only prick in the vill-age
back in the early ninties i moved from the city to a fairly crappy rural location. the local pub was a deliberately quaint affair with a few loyal regulars who had probably been there since the days when it was still a proper village pub. my girlfriend was away overnight 'on business' and i couldn't be arsed cooking for one, so duly headed off to said local for some pub grub. They did a decent steak so i decided a bottle of red was a good idea. the locals, who i knew only vaugely, had already on previous visits decided i was a 'yuppie incomer' for the following reasons.

1. i worked as a graphic designer
2. we owned two cars and commuted to 'the city'
3. my girlfiend was not a blood relative

...and crucially i had a HUGE twunty mobile phone, this was back in the day when they were a distinct novelty. So after my meal I got chatting, started necking double brandies (yup! ...prick) ostentatiously buying rounds and generally playing up to the 'townie arsehole/yuppie' image they had of me. I then proceded to get massively pissed, bragging about my 'highflying' career (shit job in a shit company) talking utter pish and generally being a right tit. Sadly - i do NOT suffer from alchohol induced memory loss. So the two most oustanding perfectly clear memories I have are: having a loud 'conversation' on my 'fancy yuppie phone' with, brilliantly, no-one on the other end. Also - lurching out of the gents, where i had thoughtfully pebbledashed the only cubicle with a foul cocktail of (very rare) steak, red wine, and multiple brandy vomit, safe in the belief that 'someon else' would get the blame - who 'someone else' was in a pub with 3 locals quietly sipping pints and marveling at the eyewatering staggering level of irksome cuntage that was moving into their little village, is still a mystery to this very day.

genius
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 16:10, closed)

@LabiaMajora
I was bought an iPhone for christmas (had a touch, so I knew what to expect). I gave it until the end of January, then gave it to my sister before going back to my N73. So far, it's been all around the family (everyone has give it a month trial before making a verdict), and everyone has rejected it. Now we're trying to negeotite with O2 to let us cancel the contract. There's just too much basic functionality missing from it.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 17:04, closed)

@ K2K6
I do have one, but now the N95's camera is better than the digital camera (3mp vs. 5mp).

Saves on carrying one less thing to be honest.

I am contemplating on getting a lower spec' phone and a really cool camera. But the Sony Ericsson C902 is tempting me away. I have had Sony Ericsson phones before and they were good.

The only quibble with them is that the space key for texts ("_") is on the hash ("#") key instead of Zero.
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 19:43, closed)

@ LabiaMajora
quote: *I'm not implying that those who have posted here about the iPhone are rubbishing it despite never having used one*!

I am not going to go into discussing the iPhone, as it's been done to death and discussed everywhere.

I would rather cut off my cock and fry it in garlic than buy or use any sorcery that has been created by Apple.
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Wed 2 Jul 2008, 19:47, closed)

@Panteneman
N95 FTW!

Camera,MP3 Player, Internet Access, loads of applications available, WLAN, GPS. The list goes on. I've never been more satisfied with a phone.

Do I need to get out more?
(Swarve, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 5:22, closed)