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Do you have a smart phone? If so, iPhone, Android, Windows phone, or something else? (Original Post) LuckyTheDog Mar 2013 OP
iPhone 3GS Betsy Ross Mar 2013 #1
Android. Can't get through the day without it. nt rrneck Mar 2013 #2
I am totally drinking the Android Kool-Aid LuckyTheDog Mar 2013 #20
I have a stupid phone HarveyDarkey Mar 2013 #3
I got an android IcyPeas Mar 2013 #4
Android tabbycat31 Mar 2013 #5
Samsung Galaxy IIIs hibbing Mar 2013 #6
Android! Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #7
iPhone 5 name not needed Mar 2013 #8
I'm waiting for the implanted phone olddots Mar 2013 #9
No. Doc_Technical Mar 2013 #10
Droid is alot better than iphones. darkangel218 Mar 2013 #11
Andriod. and while I could live w/o a smart phone, it is an idulgence i enjoy and don't mind paying KG Mar 2013 #12
Android union_maid Mar 2013 #13
iPhone 4 here. Bake Mar 2013 #14
Started a couple years ago with the original Motorola Droid OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #15
No smart phone. Just an old phone that doesn't even take pictures, and the bike man Mar 2013 #16
I have a Galaxy III Loryn Mar 2013 #17
Thought of pipi_k Mar 2013 #18
severely hacked up galaxy s3 sir pball Mar 2013 #19
Who's your provider? sharp_stick Mar 2013 #23
Verizon sir pball Mar 2013 #24
iPhone 4S... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #21
It's an HTC libodem Mar 2013 #22
iPhone--it works well with my Mac Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #25
iPhone 4. madinmaryland Mar 2013 #26

Betsy Ross

(3,147 posts)
1. iPhone 3GS
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 11:30 PM
Mar 2013

My niece got a 5 and gave me her old phone, my first smart phone. It is still much smarter than I am.

LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts)
20. I am totally drinking the Android Kool-Aid
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 02:55 PM
Mar 2013

I got an LG Spectrum 2 mainly because the Blackberry was dying and Verizon offered it to me for free if I renewed my contract. I am amazed at what it can do. It's basically a tablet computer that makes calls.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
5. Android
Wed Mar 13, 2013, 11:55 PM
Mar 2013

And I already know what my next phone will be (Samsung Galaxy 3 or 4 depending on what the 4 is like).

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
6. Samsung Galaxy IIIs
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 12:10 AM
Mar 2013

Hey,
My last phone was almost three years old. This thing is so much faster and lighter, and has some other nifty features.

Peace

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
7. Android!
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 01:38 AM
Mar 2013

I still have the original Android phone, the G1. In fact, I have four of them each with a different country's GSM card, but they're flashed with Cyanogen's Froyo Android 2.2.

All of them prepaid. I don't even have any dataplans anymore.

Yes, I did brick one of them in the process.

 

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)
11. Droid is alot better than iphones.
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 06:42 AM
Mar 2013

My work cell is an IPhone, its a pos. My personal cell is is a droid HTC, works perfectly.

I hate I Phones.

KG

(28,751 posts)
12. Andriod. and while I could live w/o a smart phone, it is an idulgence i enjoy and don't mind paying
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 06:51 AM
Mar 2013

for.

union_maid

(3,502 posts)
13. Android
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 06:55 AM
Mar 2013

I like it. Don't use a lot of what it does. Hell, I probably don't know half of what it does, but it comes in handy for some situations and it gets much better reception in my house than any cell phone I had previously. My house is like a tiny bad reception zone and our little section even shows up that way on all the coverage maps of every provider I can afford and then some. One street over on either side gets fine reception where ours is moderate at best. With this phone a paltry number of bars work better than with others I've had.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
15. Started a couple years ago with the original Motorola Droid
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:25 AM
Mar 2013

and have had several Moto Droids since. Currently on a Moto Razr M.

Can't even imagine life without it now. Them angry birds ain't gonna launch themselves!

 

bike man

(620 posts)
16. No smart phone. Just an old phone that doesn't even take pictures, and the
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 10:59 AM
Mar 2013

keypad is an old one with numbers and 3 letters on each button.

I take it out of the motorcycle saddlebag on the first of every month and charge it.

Loryn

(944 posts)
17. I have a Galaxy III
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 11:26 AM
Mar 2013

I love it. I don't really like talking on the phone, but it entertains me in so many other ways.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
18. Thought of
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 11:31 AM
Mar 2013

upgrading from my iPhone 4 to iPhone 5 (which Mr Pipi has) but it really doesn't look seem all that much different from mine, aside that it can talk to him (Siri).

I like my IPhone.

Also have an iPad, which is basically the same as the phone only bigger and I can't make phone calls on it, but I did find out that I can still email... and do Face Time with anyone whose phone also has that ability.

sir pball

(4,741 posts)
19. severely hacked up galaxy s3
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 11:33 AM
Mar 2013

Rooted and bootloader-unlocked, completely wiped and reloaded with the latest Android Open Source Project build (the bare-bones open-source code released directly by Google and built by the community).

It's the fastest, most rock-solid phone I've ever used and literally everybody who spends time with it agrees, even iFanbois. Phones nowadays are stuck in the same rut that computers are; hardware improvements are generally negated by software bloat. The proprietary frontends (TouchWiz, Sense, MotoBlur, iOS, etc.) just keep getting fatter and lazier and there's no functionality they add that you can't get with a 3rd-party app that's significantly lighter. Ditching all that useless crap and letting one of the fastest mobile processors on the planet run free is amazing.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
23. Who's your provider?
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 03:49 PM
Mar 2013

are you finding any resistance to using your phone by providers? The reason I ask is that I'm interested in going the same route but I haven't really looked into it that much yet.

sir pball

(4,741 posts)
24. Verizon
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 04:20 PM
Mar 2013

Never had any issues, in fact the 4G got markedly faster. Carriers don't generally care if you're running a custom ROM as long as you aren't screwing with the network itself, though it does void your warranty...not that you can't flash back to a factory stock state with a little knowhow and some grey market software

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
21. iPhone 4S...
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 03:15 PM
Mar 2013

delivers my voice mail when it feels like it. The important people now know if I don't answer...text me.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
22. It's an HTC
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 03:22 PM
Mar 2013

I'm seriously not sure what to call it? It has the green robot guy to add for smilie texts.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
25. iPhone--it works well with my Mac
Thu Mar 14, 2013, 05:59 PM
Mar 2013

and I can use the same apps for the iPad, too.

My phone is like a second brain. It contains my music, has e-mail and web capability, a Kindle app with dozens of books, a temperature guide, a radar weather guide, a currency converter, Netflix, Hulu Plus, MHz Worldview, as well as apps from my banks. I also put my shopping lists on its Notes app.

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