My kids
have phones with slide-out keyboards, and have envy of my sister's iPhone.

I have a basic Motorola flip phone, and really don't want to have a phone that does a thousand things badly- I'd rather have a separate laptop that does most of those things well, and a simple reliable phone.

Is this a sign of impending geezerhood?
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 4 May 2009, 21:45, 6 replies)

no!
it's a sign of common sense!

(now get off my lawn, you damn kids!)
(fai is rocking khaz modan server as of, Tue 5 May 2009, 3:08, closed)

Absolutely not
I can't understand the logic of "look, I can play this game, but not as well as on a computer" or "I can do this task, but in 3 times the speed of a computer."

There are things to do these complicated tasks.

They're called laptops. Get one.

(Mutter mutter...in my day this was all trees, grumble grumble.....)
( Undercovercarrot got done for gross misconduct on..., Tue 5 May 2009, 3:49, closed)

Laptop shmaptop
Is a desk top model too old fashioned for you whipper-snappers? As for cell phones: mine makes outgoing calls and takes incomming calls. If it does other things, I don't want to know about it.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Tue 5 May 2009, 3:56, closed)

I'm only 25 and I get this
My camera is distinctly better than any camera on a phone, and the mp3 players are pretty crap and clunky.
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Tue 5 May 2009, 11:38, closed)

My phone is over 6 years old
It has a green screen with black lettering.

I refuse to upgrade until they bring out a phone that picks up long wave radio.

(For the cricket)

(Bit like baseball but a game lasts 5 days)
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Tue 5 May 2009, 16:09, closed)

I've got a fantastic phone.
It makes calls and does texts. It has an alarm I can set.

It's sturdy as all fuck... It's scratched all to hell and it's still perfectly functional.

They don't make phones like this anymore. They really don't. And that's a fucking shame.





...I'm 21.
(Scritty Bakerman., Thu 7 May 2009, 2:27, closed)