Cell Phone?

[D3V]

What Cell and Provider does everyone have?





I've got a newer Model NOKIA, not exactly sure what kind it is though, it's a flip phone, works pretty good as of now.. .who knows what the future might hold though (they don't holdup very well..)

And we're running through T-Mobile right now, it's alright I mean, it could definately be better, but you can't beat MyFavevs and free N+W

[klo]

Sidekick 3 from T-Mobile

[Lenny]

You get T-Mobile in the US? Well I'll be... thought it was an English provider.

I've got a Sony Ericsson K800i (http://e-katalog.ru/jpg_zoom1/46654.jpg), and I'm with Orange.

[D3V]

I know like 4 people literally that have that phone, I need to get an upgrade of what i've got.. Ugh.

[klo]

lol, I <3 it...unfortunately so does Kaneda lol.

Yup, T-mobile is here, never heard of "orange" though.

[HandOfHeaven]

OMG YOU POSTED AT 12:51!

Sprint, with a generic flip phone. Going to get http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone if I ever change mine.

[klo]

It's 10:51 for me, nice though. lol

[Dar_Win]

Motorola Q with Verizon. I don't know about other places, but T-Mobile has horrible service in Maryland.

[D3V]

Where I live I don't get really any service, with any provider. It's not until I get off of our road til I get service again, damn Boonies.

[Lenny]

Where I live, the only provider we can get reception from is Orange.

It's amusing when people come over and have to walk to the top of the lane to get a signal, simply because they're not with orange.

[-Spector-]

Motorola l6 Slvr, with T-Mobile. Honestly I hate T-Mobile... horrible coverage but cheap none the less

[Sovereign]

ATT

I've got some LG phone (don't remember the number). It's cool as fuck and works great, but damn does it heat up if I'm talking and chariging or viewing videos. It's tolerable though.

[klo]

Vegas has great coverage for T-Mobile...but ive heard it sucks for traveling too far...

I also have a verizon phone through work.

[Tyrannicide]

I have an LG VX8100 and im with Telus. I get great service/reception from them no matter where I am. I find its better than Rogers. Aliant wasn't bad, but there plans cost more than the Telus one I got and the phone only cost $60 witha 3yr contract. The bill is around $35/month. I can't complain, its a camera/MP3 phone to.

[klo]

Were r u from? And how long is the shortest-possible contract? Here if you don't want to do month-to month and pay more its 2 years.

[Vollstrecker]

I use Verizon as my provider, and am actually in the process of getting a new phone.

My new phone will be an LG enV:
http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/mobile%20phones_select%20by%20carrier_verizon_ENV. jhtml

My current phone is an LG VX8100:
http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/mobile%20phones_select%20by%20carrier_verizon_VX81 00.jhtml

[Tyrannicide]

Were r u from? And how long is the shortest-possible contract? Here if you don't want to do month-to month and pay more its 2 years.


I'm from NS, Canada. It's pretty much the same all across the country though.

You can get 1, 2 and 3 year contracts. I could have gotten a 2yr contract with this phone, but then I would have had to pay the full cost of the phone. It was one of those deals where if you sigh up for 3yrs, you can get this phone for x amount (being a hell of a lot cheaper). My last phone was a Samsung that I got with aliant, for $25 with a 2year contract (gave it to my sister last year since it was under parents name and got the LG from telus), which is normally $250 if I didn't get the 2 year contract. It's that simple and the phone is holding up great for being a year old. No problems from it. Now, in another year and a half (2.5 years from start of contract), I can get a new phone with a deal by sort of renewing my contract, of course depending on what they are offering at the time. They could offer a phone I want for like $50 if you sign up for another 2years and so on.

Im surprised you didn't get those types of options, so where are you from again? I find it strange that you haven't heard of that type of stuff...

[WetWired]

I have a Samsung N400 with Sprint. It's a really old phone, but it still works and they stopped making phones in the style.

[klo]

I'm from NS, Canada. It's pretty much the same all across the country though.

You can get 1, 2 and 3 year contracts. I could have gotten a 2yr contract with this phone, but then I would have had to pay the full cost of the phone. It was one of those deals where if you sigh up for 3yrs, you can get this phone for x amount (being a hell of a lot cheaper). My last phone was a Samsung that I got with aliant, for $25 with a 2year contract (gave it to my sister last year since it was under parents name and got the LG from telus), which is normally $250 if I didn't get the 2 year contract. It's that simple and the phone is holding up great for being a year old. No problems from it. Now, in another year and a half (2.5 years from start of contract), I can get a new phone with a deal by sort of renewing my contract, of course depending on what they are offering at the time. They could offer a phone I want for like $50 if you sign up for another 2years and so on.

Im surprised you didn't get those types of options, so where are you from again? I find it strange that you haven't heard of that type of stuff...

Vegas, NV.

We have kinda deals like that...if you sign a 2 yr contract instead of paying month by month you save A LOT of money in txting and nights and weekends. And we get like %10 off a new phone if you sign another 2 yr contract....i still paid like $400 for mine when I bought it new.

[HandOfHeaven]

I thought most 2-year contract dealers cream themselves when you signup with them, so you usually get the phone for free.

[klo]

You can get a cheap old phone for free...

[HandOfHeaven]

Just think of what you could've done with 400 bucks. That's 4 high quality hookers for a night. :P

[Vollstrecker]

Most companies are a standard 2 year contract with a steep equipment discount, some offer a 1 year contract option with a smaller equipment discount.

Month to month is not commonly available outside of Prepaid type services as a startup plan.

[Hades-Knight]

I got the Helio ocean (awesome phone, look it up on youtube) and have the unlimited everything plan (data, txt, msgs, minutes) for $99/mo

[NyxianaSpades]

I have ATT or Cingular... and just whatever cheep free phone they had last time I renewed my contract lol I don't even know what brand it is... I don't pay that much attention

[Chruser]

Nokia 3310.

[Thanatos]

I have the Green Chocolate (http://us.lge.com/products/model/detail/mobile%20phones_select%20by%20carrier_verizon_CHOC OLATE%20-%20GREEN.jhtml) from Verizon.

It's a piece of shit, though. The battery only lasts 1 day, and that's only if you don't use any special features. I've got about 150 songs on it, which is the main reason I still have it. I either want the newer Chocolate that just came out or an upgrade to a diff. Verizon phone. I've used Verizon for about 5 years now and I've always been satisfied with them.

[D3V]

Damn 1 day? I'm lucky to get a full day at work, let alone from when I wake up til when I go to bed, it's usually giving me the 'battery low' signal around 10:00pm.

[HandOfHeaven]

Mine usually doesn't crap out until 2 days of use, unless I'm on it constantly. It's a shitty and beat-up phone, but I guess it's alright.

[klo]

I have a friend that has a helio.

Kaneda and I pay about 105 a month but that's for 2 phones, unlimited txt, unlimited internet access and like 700 mins.

And I get battery power up to about a day depending on how much i txt and have the internet window open.

[MightyJoe]

I've got the Verizon lg 5200 I think. Getting a new plan this fall, so I'll be picking up a new phone as well. This is what my brother currently has, which I'm debating getting. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=2627

[Vollstrecker]

My new Verizon enV arrived today, it's pretty cool so far. I'll be reading the manual at work tonight. :D

[Silverjinx18]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/misskiki18/phone.jpg

I have an LG Sprint music phone, but I have no idea how to put my damn music on it :(.

Anyone have an iPhone?

[HandOfHeaven]

FUCK the Iphone!

[Silverjinx18]

lol I know right! Some of my friends want one, but I just think it's a bad investment when you're in college.

[talentedhamster]

i have T-mobile too, the stripe i think its callled. Service sucks. i don't get it anywhere but work. oh the irony.

[Lenny]

It's a nice idea, and I'd have one just to say I've got one... but not until the third generation at least. By then all the bugs will be ironed out, the phone will be built a lot better, it'll be cheaper and... erm... third generation, yeah.

[HandOfHeaven]

My old landlord came around and showed us pictures on his the day after they came out. What an asshole.

[Lenny]

Hahaha. He's got his priorities right. Good man! :p

It's kinda like how I took pictures of the PS3 and showed everyone at school the next day. How they hated me. :D

[Vollstrecker]

I'd get an iPhone, after a while and when I can afford a frivolous expense like that. :)

[JRwakebord]

Verizon, VX8300

Friend of mine works for Apple, got the iPhone free

[Willkillforfood]

They're nice, but their screens would probably become a smudy mess pretty quickly. Plus they don't have a real keyboard.

[Vault Dweller]

They are pretty cool, but like Lenny, I don't want to deal with the first gen bugs or the absoludicrous price. I do wonder about the effects of long-term screen touching also.

I have a Kyocera flip phone that I got free from Verizon. It's a piece of crap, but I really don't want to browse the internet or look at pictures or listen to music on my phone. It's a fucking phone. And my battery lasts about 5 days.

[Raziel]

I'm not actually sure that the 50-dollar-a-month hunk of plastic I attempt to use as a phone is, in reality, a fucking phone. I think it used to be a phone, but has since transformed into something far less useful.

[HandOfHeaven]

Too much abuse?

[Raziel]

I love with my fists.

[HandOfHeaven]

Mine splits off into two parts, but not like a transformer. One chuck too many.

[klo]

my fing phones buttons weren't working so i brought it back and the mofos gave me some piece of shit to use as a "loaner" phone while they get me a new one. is some "nokia" thing. UGH, i was like "why don't you give me YOUR sidekick and you use the loaner piece of shit" then he looked at me funny and we left. bad day that was.

[HandOfHeaven]

I kind of want to get a Helio Ocean.

[Hades-Knight]

I kind of want to get a Helio Ocean.


I love mine man, it's fucking sweeter now that you can load your apps on it...Im using opera mini for web browsing in 3g speeds.

If you gonna sign up let me know so i can refer you

[HandOfHeaven]

I hate my phone because the alarm on it sucks and it is beat up.

[D3V]

I'm so close to getting a new phone, getting tired of this "Nokia 6133" The screen is cracked ( not it's fault ) but the picture quality has dropped 10 folds, the speaker hardly works I HAVE to use speakerphone just to hear whoever i'm talking to, and signal randomly disappears wherever I go. And the powerbutton doesn't work anymore. And this phone is only 6 months old and I hardly ever use it

:mad::mad:

[HandOfHeaven]

Is that one of those shitty Nokia phones from 1940? My girl spilled a drink on her old phone and has to use this humongous nokia phone for now, which has a large crack right over the screen, and the buttons come off. Ha.

[D3V]

Nah it's a newer flip-phone, it was very sweet when I got it, but the quality of the phone diminished almost instantly after taking it out of the package and using it for a while. I've never really had a problem with cellies before :(

[HandOfHeaven]

I'm due for a new one next month. My flip phone has survived quite a few wall hits, drops, burns, and even an immersion in water. It's scraped and a little bit of the paint up front is chipped off, but the phone is still as functional as it was ~2 years ago.

[Vault Dweller]

I got a letter from my local Verizon store the other day. They claim that I'm "eligible" for a new phone so long as I upgrade my plan to include another line.

Another line? I'm sure they have my age and marital status and, hell, my phone records on file, for that matter. They should realize that I have no interest whatsoever in another line, unless they think I'm interested in texting on one phone while talking to someone on the other. No thanks, Verizon. No thanks.

The kicker is the fact that another local Verizon store sent me a nearly identical letter two days later. Goddamnit! Do your research, leave me alone and stop wasting paper!

I'm done now.

[Draco2003]

Well, I just signed up with Verizon after a few years with a prepaid Boost...

I love my new phone! Looks like the new Camaro, or to me at least.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=3988

[Tuttifrutti]

Lol Draco, nice bumping. Anyways, I have a stupid Samsung Hue, as does Kaz, from Alltel. I wish I could get my fucking upgrade or at least afford a new phone because I really want one with a full qwerty keyboard, like the LG Scoop :(

[Grav]

I have an LG Chocolate. Don't get one.

[Willkillforfood]

Really really old samsung flip phone. They definitely don't make these anymore. I'm going to get a new one, but I honestly don't like a lot of the new ones. They break easy and are battery hogs.

[Thanatos]

I have an LG Chocolate. Don't get one.

Same here... I had the older version that was green, now I have the newer version which is black. And they both suck balls.

Good thing I get a free upgrade soon.

[D3V]

Well, I broke my phone over the weekend in Orlando. Great.

Now it's time to get a new phone. I'm thinking the new G1 (tmobile's iPhone ..essentially). We'll see :(

[Tyrannicide]

Same here... I had the older version that was green, now I have the newer version which is black. And they both suck balls.

Good thing I get a free upgrade soon.

What's so bad about the LG Chocolate?

I'm just trying to figure out what will be a good phone to get next upgrade (Not until February) but doesn't hurt to start looking into it lol. I love my current LG phone and I found them to be pretty reliable, so enlighten me about the probs of the Chocolate.

Telus is usually a little behind on phones lol, but if I resign with them, I can keep my dirt cheap plan.

[-Spector-]

No more L6 since it jumped into the cup of orange juice.

Now I use my mom's old Blackberry.

[HandOfHeaven]

I have the Alltel Hue by Samsung. It's a standard flip phone, plays music and allows me to call and text.

[Thanatos]

What's so bad about the LG Chocolate?

1. Incredibly short battery life.
2. Touchpad becomes really hard to use after a year or so.
3. Screen gets damaged easily.
4. It's supposed to be a music phone, but the music options suck.

Don't get one.

[Lenny]

Well, my K800i died at the start of November, to my disappointment.

From that, I went to a Samsung B130 - screen the size of a postage stamp, horrible clicky buttons... basically the cheapest bit of plastic a tenner could buy me. After about a month of using it, I gave up - the microphone is so useless that it's quicker to walk to wherever the person on the other end is calling from and shout down their ear than try and get them to understand what I'm trying to say through the phone.

http://www.gsmhelpdesk.nl/toestellen/Samsung-B130.jpg

Today I ordered a new phone, and my first contract deal (through the power of the intarwebs, I've managed to get £8 a month knocked off, which translates into a saving of about £124. The contract in total is around £315, which I find amazing - to get the same perks on Pay As You Go would mean a £30 top-up each month, plus the cost of the phone: a whopping £745!). Again I'm with Orange (they're the only provider with whom I have signal at home and at Uni). The phone:

http://www.sindhtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sony-c902.jpg
Sony Ericsson C902

Here's the old K800i:

http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/08/03/se_k800i_1.jpg

I'm going to miss the joystick, but I'm incredibly happy that I've got the C902. :D I've even been able to persuade my parents to pay for the first twelve months of the contract, and put a tenner towards the remaining six months. Silver tongue for the win!

[-Spector-]

I purchased a used L7 SLVR off of Ebay a couple weeks ago. It was only 25 dollars as opposed to $150+! It works pretty well, only missing a button, but I have an extra I can replace it with, and it works fine without it.

[D3V]

Dude, that's a damn good deal, forrrr real. I'm looking for my old phone I broke like two months ago (been using brothers oldddd ass phone). Meh.

[Draco2003]

Just wanted to add some cool info about my phone... remember when I said it looked like the Camaro? Well I recently found out that it talks to me too now... it's totally awesome! When I put it on charge it tells me, "Battery is charging" in a female robot type voice...


It's like my own little Knight Rider... when it was a GM, not the shitty Ford Cobra KR500 or whatever it is now...


Also, I am wishing I had gotten one with a qwerty keyboard, because I didn't think I would be "TXT"ing that much, but it is much easier to talk to my sister in KY rather than those long pauses if I were to call her...

[-Spector-]

A car looking phone that talks to you? What the fuck?

[D3V]

I need help deciding on my next phone.

I'm really just wanting to snub something off of Ebay or Craigslist for around 100-200 bucks. Prefferably a Blackberry type phone that is used. (I Know it may be hard to find), or even a Gphone (android G1) through T-mobile. There's so much garbage out there, I may just end up going back and getting another Sidekick, .. but I really would rather have something a bit more normal.

[Lenny]

Still got my Sony Ericsson C902, but I'm looking to upgrade it to this:

http://www.yugatech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/htc-hero.jpg

It's the HTC Hero - the latest Android phone from HTC. It's not a "with Google" phone, so I'll have to manually update Android (I don't know how well it will work, seeing as the UI - HTC Sense - is built on top of Android. There'll probably be a few breakages with each new firmware, so I think if I do get one I'll wait for the bugs to be ironed out for each update), but that doesn't bother me.

The model I'd get (from Orange) is Graphite coloured:

http://www.softsailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/HTC-Hero-Graphite.jpg

I'll have to work a bit longer still - the upgrade will cost me £100 for the handset, and however much to change my contract (an extra £15 a month for another 12 months maybe), I think.

[!King_Amazon!]

I've got a Motorola Q.

[Asamin]

I have the all new non-phone. It doesn't actually exist but it has all the abilities of a regular phone without the annoying pocket space taken up and it has a a lifetime Guarantee not to break ever!

[Grav]

This was a skittles-like post

[Asamin]

:P I felt slightly humorous.

[Lenny]

You poor sod. :(

---

The Orange UK site tells me that the HTC Hero is available on my current contract, with £166 for the handset. Seeing as I won't need to change contract, I'm even more tempted by it now! I'm working again this Summer, and I've not got much to buy, so £166 for the phone is no biggy. And maybe £30 for a Class 6 16gb microSD card (apparently it's slight lag problems can be minimised massively with a good microSD card, as the phone stores a swapfile on the memory card. Thus, the faster and bigger the card, the faster the phone).

[D3V]

After having a few prepaid phone temp after busting my other phone I'm settled right now with another Sidekick (ID). It's another temp phone, but i'll probably only have it for another month or so.

[Lenny]

Ended up having to order the HTC Hero with a new contract. Luckily, my sister wanted a contract, and she really liked the Nokia 5800 I won from Pepsi, so she got the second one of those and I got the HTC Hero.

Absolutely amazing phone! The physical design is incredible, the UI is sleek, and I'm in love with Android. :D

[Lenny]

I've decided that this is going to be my next phone:

http://stuff.tv/csfiles/blogs/live/IMG_0289.JPG
http://stuff.tv/blogs/live/archive/2010/02/16/htc-desire-hands-on-picture-gallery.aspx

It's the HTC Desire, it's fucking huge, and it's basically the Nexus One but with HTC's own UI. Can't wait! I get an upgrade from April (which, coincidentally, is when the Desire is launched), and Orange (my network) are carrying it. :D I don't care if I need to cancel my current contract and start a new one - I'm going to have that phone before I return the Uni at the end of April.

Important specs: 3.7" AMOLED, 1ghz Snapdragon CPU, 528mb RAM, Android 2.1

[Grav]

What will you use it for? It is superfluous for my needs.

[Lenny]

Communication, organiser, maps, instrument tuner, note taking, photo taking, web browsing, and so on. Everything that my current phone does, really. My current phone (HTC Hero) has changed the way I do things - I'm so much more organised now, and have got used to having everything at my fingertips.

And my current phone will be my development phone - I want to start building apps for Android, and I don't particularly want to put things on a phone that I use constantly.

I'm a massive gadget nerd and a huge fan of Google, you see. :)

[Skurai]

Heck, all I need is ringtones that'll piss people off and a picture taker thingy, and I'm good... Cellphones are barely even phones anymore!

[Draco2003]

It's been a minute, but just wanted to say my Camaro had a stroke and uncontrollable bowel movements simultaneously, so I had to get a new one. Got me an HTC Incredible. Still with Verizon, but I love my phone. 8 Megapixel camera, too. I have a Super Nintendo and Gameboy Advance emulators on it, though no ROMs as of this time. No physical keyboard makes them difficult to use. I actually like the touch-screen keyboard, though; the haptic feedback helps somewhat. Music player option and speaker is pretty good and loud.

Best thing is, so far all the apps I got have been free, and I see no real reason to pay for apps. They do all kinda look cookie-cutter-ish, though.

[D3V]

How you like your HTC? I have a MyTouch so it's basically the same thing, great platforms!




droid os > iphone os

[Lenny]

Best thing is, so far all the apps I got have been free, and I see no real reason to pay for apps. They do all kinda look cookie-cutter-ish, though.

Oooh, nice phone, the Incredible. I'm slightly jealous. :p

I've been using Android phones for nearly a year (HTC Hero and now a Desire), and haven't paid for a single app yet. :)