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Who gave up on using a smartphone?
lilshawn:
i switched from a blackberry to an android (LG Optimus 3D). i'm not totally convinced yet. i loved my blackberry, but they have a terrible habit of abandoning their hardware and no longer making any updates for it.
the battery life of the LG sucks compared to my blackberry (i realize it's 3g VS 4G) BUT i'm only getting about 7 or 8 hours at best where i was getting about 10-12 on my blackberry. i can increase the life to about 15 hours if I enable "only connect to 2G services" but then the network connection is slow as hell. i guess it works just fine as a phone and for texting in this configuration, but viewing websites is super frustrating. WHY CANT I JUST HAVE 3G, why must i go all the way down to 2G?!?!?!
i agree the apps are horrible, but they are horrible on all phones. they offer only basic functionality vs their website versions (facebook twitter etc) even mobile versions of their websites (which seems to be all you can get from some sites when you view them on a mobile device.) are plagued with issues.
no real issues with the on-screen keyboard since this particular phone can rotate to a landscape view automatically, so you get a keyboard about 2x the size of the standard portrait view keyboard. the only real issue i have with it, is the words it offers up for typos.... have nothing to do with what i'm currently typing, if it even offers anything at all.
all you can do is stick with a phone as best you can, and use it for what you need. if that means a regular "dumb phone" than so be it. :dunno
unreal2k5:
I have a smart phone (first run droid) while it is nice to have I really have no need for it. Its nice to have all the features on it and the 3g network anytime I need it but I can live with out it. If I got one from work it might be a different story.
I mainly use it for personal use. The problem is I'm a hermit and I rarely use the phone or text people. I only use around 15 minutes a month on the phone and only send around 20-30 texts a month. I see the wife every day there is no need to talk to her when I am at work.
When my contract is up in April I plan on canceling the service and just get a prepaid phone. if any phone. I just cant justify spending 70 bucks a month for a cell phone I don't use enough. The nice thing is I can still use my old phone on a wireless network after I cancel so the apps I have wont be wasted.
Vigo:
I'm not gonna begrudge anyone who doesn't want to use a smartphone, but it looks like we are all getting pushed into them whether we like it or not. If you look at every carrier, their regular cell phone selection absolutely blows chunks. For anything that doesn't look like it came from a cracker jack box, you will need a data plan to even purchase.
garwil:
If work emails bother you, turn the sync/receive to manual and set up an auto reply saying you check your emails at whatever times you normally do and leave it at that. Anything more urgent you'll get a phone call, in which case, caller ID is great!
Blanka:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on October 12, 2011, 01:54:19 pm ---Another thing...
1 day is not enough time to post an accurate review of a product. Give it some more time ya big wuss.
--- End quote ---
It was a whole week, with almost 3 hours/day fiddling. When I used an iPhone once, I understood how everything worked in maybe 1 hour.
OK, I'll give it a try again as dumb phone. I'm not going to put in any syncing, no accounts. Just a molbile hotspot and the contacts from my sim, and a few songs on the playlist. One question remains:
How the F do you get the number-keyboard away when using a HTC to call. If I want to call by entering a number, I want to have the keyboard as option. Now it covers the contact list by 80%, and contacts are called immediately when touched.
On a Sony Droid you just have 2 tabs. One with contacts, and after pressing one you have to confirm
The other tab allows old fashioned number entering.
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