Posted on 12/18/2011 4:22:25 PM PST by varmintman
Prior to 02 I'd gone for some time hoping I could die of old age without ever touching a cellphone but that clearly wasn't going to happen; I was getting into too much trouble from not being able to find pay phones which basically stopped existing around that time. I mean, superman never had to look more than 30 feet for a phone booth to change in, but he'd go crazy now.
And then, a bit less than a year ago, the company I work for insisted on me buying an Iphone and the main idea was having access to email on the road. I mean, I'd never wanted anything to do with Apple after the stunt they pulled shutting down the Atari 520ST in 85, but I ignored any misgivings I may have had and bought the thing....
The biggest problem has been the thing getting a mote of dust or lint or something in that little hole for headphones and believing it was working with headphones when it wasn't. That keeps the user from hearing the other guy unless he figures out what's going on and puts the phone on speaker. The problem can usualy be fixed by blowing PC cleaning air into the headphone hole but it can take an hour or more of doing that.
That is still preferable to taking the thing to the local Apple store for service. Their normal mode is to have you make an appointment to be seen in two or three or four days and that basically means going several days off the air.
Then there's the thing about batteries. If a battery dies on any other cell phone you buy a new battery for $20 or $30 and replace the dead one. The Iphone needs to be replaced if a battery dies and, that's right, you need to make an appointment for that and that can mean several days off the air.
I mean, who the hell would buy a car which had to be replaced whenever a battery died.....
But the kicker came yesterday morning when the thing (actually the second one after the first being replaced for a battery), not only pulled its ugly little thing of acting like it thought it was on imaginary headphones, but aside from me not hearing other people other than on speaker, nobody else could hear me.
The normal deal with ATT is to be eligible for phone upgrades every two years; in this case the situation wasn't going to go for another year or more and I simply paid the full price for a Samsung/Android phone and the best ATT could do was a trade-in program which gave me 200 for the Iphone so that the whole deal cost more like 400 than 600, but I view that as money well spent, the Samsung Galaxy appears to be a much nicer phone.
On what planet is that?
Here on this planet, almost all the Apple robotoids I have come across are leftists
To me it seems that “just sayin’ “ has replaced “nota bene” among the uneducated slum classes.
And the apps? They almost all, without exception, work as advertized. Can't say that about the Android phone/apps - I have an HTC Evo as well - Meh, better browsing, but that's about it. It does everyone else ok except be a phone.
IPhones are far superior.
What did Apple have to do with the Atari ST?
From reading this and seeing what is going on in society around me, I don’t understand how I survive with just a cheezy little pre-paid LG.
Yep my tracfone does what phones are supposed to do and not much more.
My 2005 Verizon flip phone still works great. I receive calls, and make calls, and if I ever feel like it I can text message with it. Plus, it seems to work everywhere. Sure, I need to recharge it a lot these days, but if I keep it plugged in on the car charger whenever I drive, that’s not an issue. I drop it on the driveway sometimes but it just bounces and never breaks. I highly recommend it.
Maybe you could find one on ebay.
FRegards,
LH
As I reported earlier, it so happened that I stumbled by accident into an Apple store for the first time ever on the evening of Steve Jobs’ passing. I spoke with a few of the employees there, and one thing that I couldn’t help but notice was that everyone of them, just like every one of the people I know who own and use Apple products, is a Constitutionalist right winger!
Well, I’m just sayin’ about what you were just sayin’ about just sayin’ is just sayin’ is exactly what just sayin’ is about.
Just sayin’.
I like your plan. I think after my contract is up I’m going to get a cheap phone to carry all the time to make calls, and small tablet that runs over wi-fi for everything else.
CarrierIQ has me freaked out, and I’m as nerdy as they get.
What planet are you on? Here on Earth, EVERY iPhone user I know is a conservative constitutionalist.
On the money.
Me too ;-0)
“Just saying” something is a way to say it, yet remove oneself from the consequences of saying it. Example:
“I’m not saying you’re fat. I’m just saying that you’re starting to look a little heavy.”
I have had every iphone. I use it 24/7 and love it. You either had a lemon or operator problems.
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