Out of the loop - don't judge me!

Larianne

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Ahm....for which device?

:pac:

:cool: For my €50 nokia, cheeky.

Dropped it twice last week. Still works!!

kowloon

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

You have an unhealthy obsession with sharing your bathroom habits. There used to be somebody else round here who did the same. Think they're banned now.

It's been done. Get over it.

Flutt was much better at it too.

efb

Are you looking for validation?

Yitzhak Rabin

kowloon wrote: »

Flutt was much better at it too.

RIP

Dyr

kowloon wrote: »

Flutt was much better at it too.

"better" probably isnt the right word.

fishy fishy

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I'm not getting a smart phone. Ever. Not unless normal run-of-the-mill phones become obsolete and I'm forced to buy one. The reason? I don't want or need one. I've got the most basic of Nokia phones and it's perfect for my needs. It's got Snake, a flashlight, a little calendar to note down birthdays and Shark Week and it can text and make phone calls. It also has a ringtone sounds like a baby giggling and who doesn't love a (cute not ugly) baby? I'm happy as Larry!

Recently people (friends and colleagues) have actually been scoffing at the fact that I don't own one. Up till about 2 years ago no one batted an eyelid but now people openly laugh at me and my phone and now they have a right auld gawk at it like I've taken out a tube of thrush cream to make a phone call on. I feel like I'm making some kind of one woman protest against smart phones when all it comes down to is the fact that I simply don't want one.

Am I the only one? Anyone else like me? Anyone else feel persecuted? And if you do judge, why?

i have highlighted the relevant word above.

woodoo

woodoo wrote: »

What about the cost is it sore on electricity?

Its costs almost nothing to keep an iPhone charged.

Legs.Eleven

efb wrote: »

Are you looking for validation?

Aren't we all to some degree?

joetoad

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Aren't we all to some degree?

I can look up porn anywhere, another great function of a smart phone

Legs.Eleven

Yitzhak Rabin wrote: »

I can't watch high definition pornography on the LUAS on my nokia 3210.

Sure I can look at text message based porn such as ( . Y . ) and 8::::::: ) - - - , but I haven't been able to masturbate to that stuff for years.

joetoad wrote: »

I can look up porn anywhere, another great function of a smart phone

Yeah this reason has been given before just with a bit more wit. Back to the drawing board for you, I'm afraid.

--Kaiser--

Smart phones make for dull people

joetoad

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Smart phones make for dull people

I find it the other way around, old people over 30 mighn't bother with smartphones while most young people can't live without them. I'd personally be f**ked without it.

Some yokes to have when travelling for GPS. Find everything. Look up reviews for restraunts and prices and bars near you. check account balance anywhere, skype and viber anywhere, tis the job

OP get out of the stone age

Ush1

Your friends sound a bit strange but usually the people who piss and moan about smartphones don't have one or haven't properly used one.

I couldn't see the appeal until I got a decent one but now I think they're the best thing ever.

Emails, calendars, addresses, navigation, internet browsing, audio books, music, ordering taxis, shopping, taking photos/videos, booking flights, etc..

Ush1

Ush1 wrote: »

Your friends sound a bit strange but usually the people who piss and moan about smartphones don't have one or haven't properly used one.

I couldn't see the appeal until I got a decent one but now I think they're the best thing ever.

Emails, calendars, addresses, navigation, internet browsing, audio books, music, ordering taxis, shopping, taking photos/videos, booking flights, etc..

The OP isn't moaning about smartphones though, she just doesn't want one. It's other people at her over her old phone that's making her piss and moan.

I have a very basic smartphone. 99% of the time I use it for just texting or calling. Not everyone thinks it's the best thing ever, what with everyone being different and all.

BopNiblets

Better to have Angry Birds and not need it, than need Angry birds and not have it...

hairyprincess

BopNiblets wrote: »

Better to have Angry Birds and not need it, than need Angry birds and not have it...

Wise words Bop, wise words.

Daveysil15

Just wondering what people are paying for their smartphones per month if its bill pay?

beks101

But you can't check into cool places on facebook such as expensive restaurants and douchey nightclubs or sign off your emails with "Sent from my iPhone" if you don't have one...

_Kaiser_

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Just wondering what people are paying for their smartphones per month if its bill pay?

35-40 a month with unlimited calls and texts to every Irish mobile, free landline calls (regular numbers), 15GB data and eircom wireless hotspot access.

eMobile

Free Galaxy Note 2 at the time as they screwed up the billing - again! At least you can usually get them to compensate for their mistakes though with some persistence!

amacca

beks101 wrote: »

But you can't check into cool places on facebook such as expensive restaurants and douchey nightclubs or sign off your emails with "Sent from my iPhone" if you don't have one...

true that........can a modest soul such as myself turn off the "sent from my iPhone" message should he want to I wonder

or even change it


sent "from my modified 10 year old microwave oven currently running nestle jelly tot nutella v 6.01.45.2"

amacca

amacca wrote: »

true that........can a modest soul such as myself turn off the "sent from my iPhone" message should he want to I wonder

It was one of the first things I did when I got mine. I didn't want to be one of those smug Apple snobs.

orestes

Meh, don't have one, don't care. I don't like gadgets but why should I begrudge people their toys?

When technology gets to the point that books stop being printed then I'll start firebombing apple stores, but until then leave the folks to it.

Fox_In_Socks

orestes wrote: »

Meh, don't have one, don't care. I don't like gadgets but why should I begrudge people their toys?

When technology gets to the point that books stop being printed then I'll start firebombing apple stores, but until then leave the folks to it.

Hi, I have an appropriate fireproof transport vehicle for the Molotovs-where shall we meet?

SilverScreen

To be honest the only reason why I have a smartphone is for Android app development and email. I don't care about having a Facebook app or playing Angry Birds and I find having the internet at my fingertips 24/7 distracting. Sometimes I go back to my old 5 year old Nokia and I feel I can focus on things more after a couple of days. The only real negative is not being able to access my email until I get near a PC.

FizzleSticks

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_Godot_

The only reason I don't have my old Nokia 3310 is because I lost the charger. I have another oldish Nokia phone, went through the wash twice and the dryer once and still works. Only just bought my first smartphone today, I'm terrible with the touchscreen keyboard.

Chuck Stone

Got a well regarded budget android phone a few months back because I was a bit nervous about being 'left behind' (in a technological sense).

xOxSinéadxOx

Still using a ****ty nokia. Had a smartphone few years ago but I just broke really soon after I got it. Thinking about getting a new smartphone but I'll probably just break it. The battery life on smartphones annoys me but I'd like to have one especially for emails, checking bus times or anything like that when out and about and maps for when travelling.

joetoad

If I could ride my phone I would

joetoad

joetoad wrote: »

If I could ride my phone I would

You really do have a riveting life.

NegativeCreep

I dont get the argument that smartphones break easily. I've had mine for 3 years and it's not given me any trouble at all. The battery lasts a full day too and I charge it all night so mo complaints there either.

MickFleetwood

I don't even own a phone.

strobe

I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

Chuck Stone

strobe wrote: »

I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

Ooh Mr Fancy Pants keeps a pigeon in his pocket. Well lah-de-dah good enough for some - lucky to have a job, running water, bone marrow.

I keep kindling in a handkerchief and use shmoke signals like we did in t'olden days. None of that fancy shmancy avian communication systems here.

MickFleetwood

strobe wrote: »

I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

Hah, I hate hipsters. I don't own a phone because I just contact people through Facebook, not because I think I'm some rebel or something.

IM0

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I dont get the argument that smartphones break easily. I've had mine for 3 years and it's not given me any trouble at all. The battery lasts a full day too and I charge it all night so mo complaints there either.

try dropping it on the floor/ground, from a few feet, ESPECIALLY if its a touchscreen

NegativeCreep

IM0 wrote: »

try dropping it on the floor/ground, from a few feet, ESPECIALLY if its a touchscreen

Accidentally dropped it down the stairs once and accidentally hopped it off a rock in the zoo and all it has to show for it is a barely noticeable chip off the top right-hand corner

getzls

My Nokia is about eight years old. o2 have told me i am entitled to a free Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, don't want it as my old Nokia is fine for me.

joetoad

getzls wrote: »

My Nokia is about eight years old. o2 have told me i am entitled to a free Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, don't want it as my old Nokia is fine for me.

Would you not just take the phone and sell it then?

T-K-O

I'm the exact same OP but about electricity, fcuk that sh1t

dark crystal

strobe wrote: »

I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

Because some people don't own a smartphone it makes them hipsters now??

Well I've definitely never been accused of that one before!

Tonyandthewhale

I hate those tosspots smartphone fanboys who think I'm being 'individual' or 'retro' or 'hipster' because I use a basic phone.

I don't own a smartphone because if I go hiking or mountain biking and I have a fall/twist my ankle etc I want to be able to take my phone out of my pocket and call mountain rescue. I don't want to take my iphone out of my pocket to see that the screen has been smashed in the fall and all I've got is a 600e paper-weight.

There are other issues, battery life (I'm not at home every night to charge it so **** that), cost etc and I'm sure smartphones will catch up there eventually but for now, for me, reliability is king.

Legs.Eleven

strobe wrote: »

I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

Oi! You calling me a hipster? You clearly don't understand what a hipster is! No self-respecting hipster would be seen without a smart phone, specifically an Iphone. Fact.

Not liking technology or buying some new gadget simply because those around you have one makes you the total opposite of a hipster. Hipsters would buy a smart phone (Iphone) but the only thing they'd do to distinguish themselves is put one of them pretend cassette tape covers on them.

How not buying a smart phone simply because you don't want one or need one (and not because everyone has one) makes someone a hipster is beyond me. You need to double-check your definitions, pal!

Legs.Eleven

Genuine question: has anyone ever in all their lives seen a hipster without an Iphone? No? I rest my case. :cool:

MickFleetwood

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Genuine question: has anyone ever in all their lives seen a hipster without an Iphone? No? I rest my case. :cool:

I think he was talking to me because I don't own a phone. Apparently I should buy something even though I have no use for it.

Legs.Eleven

MickFleetwood wrote: »

I think he was talking to me because I don't own a phone. Apparently I should buy something even though I have no use for it.

No doubt I'll be labelled a hipster too but I'm like you - I don't use my phone really except for the alarm and the odd text and to receive the odd phone call from my boss. All my communication is via Facebook and email. It's just how it worked out. I used to be made for the texting and phone calls but Facebook has almost completely replaced that.

MickFleetwood

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

No doubt I'll be labelled a hipster too but I'm like you - I don't use my phone really except for the alarm and the odd text and to receive the odd phone call from my boss. All my communication is via Facebook and email. It's just how it worked out. I used to be made for the texting and phone calls but Facebook has almost completely replaced that.

Indeed. What do I need a phone for? I can contact anybody I need to contact via Facebook. When I'm out an about I've never had to use a phone.

I have been considering picking up a ****, cheap phone in case of emergencies but in general I've never needed a phone.

iPhone sent back for a warranty repair and I'm using an old Nokia now for a few days and painful is the word for it. Its just so inferior in every way, trying to type texts with a keypad is an abomination, I've nearly dropped the phone trying to type and its so bloody slow.

Legs.Eleven

Chris Witty Resort wrote: »

iPhone sent back for a warranty repair and I'm using an old Nokia now for a few days and painful is the word for it. Its just so inferior in every way, trying to type texts with a keypad is an abomination, I've nearly dropped the phone trying to type and its so bloody slow.

But does it have a flashlight?

Legs.Eleven

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

But does it have a flashlight?

No flashlight :eek: