Mobile Phone thread: do you use them and if you do, what's your device?

[Az]

Hi, so I got me a new mobile phone yesterday. My old one was pathetically old, circa 2000, IIRC. The thing was enormous, and lately, the batery was getting lazy, so I decided to get me a new one.

here it is, a Samsung 624.



This one is around 4 inch in length, including the antenna, and weighs... next to nothing, really. It has WAP. woohoo.


here's my old one. It about 1.8 times the length, about 5 times the weight.




So, do you use cell phones, what are the models that you use, etc. Do you hate cell phones, what are your ringtones , and how much do you use them.

[Zero]

I terminated my service so I dont have a phone as of now. I first enjoyed the freedom of not having a phone (can make up all sorts of excuses to why you didnt contact your friends families) but Im starting to feel the absence of the phone when I could use it.

Ive had all sorts of phones. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, ericsson...

as for how much I use my phone, I rarely call people. Im a bit of antisocial, but I get billed up the wazoo cause friends call me for the most stupidest things.

[Az]

they bill you for PEOPLE CALLING YOU?

something's rotten in America.

[Frankychan]

Any way to make a buck in America.

I have a cell phone cause my 25 yr old sister is always on the phone. When I have to give out my number, I just give my cell phone cause ppl can contact me easier.

I have a Nokia 3390 with an "S&M" leather case. If I can find a similar case for a new phone, I'll switch but I have yet to find one...

[Az]

Nokia 3390? not familiar with that model. could you post a pic, Franky?

oh, and yes, it's great. noone calls me on the regular phone these days. In Israel, the phone company slowly starts to make most of their bread in data carrying. ( ADSL )

[Sirotnikov]

Aza - you're speaking boo boo.

No company makes money out of ADSL. Bezeq may get some marginal profit while the ISPs all lose major bucks.

But I too often use cell phones because it's nicer. You can always reacha person, and I know he's going to answer and not someone else in his house howm I don't want to bother.

[Q Classic]

i don't like to use my cell; indeed, the only reason i have it is so i can have virtually free long distance, what with mom paying the bill and all.

that, and she calls me on hers. some family plan with sprint pcs.

kinda different than most college students it seems-- oodles of them have 'em.

well:
mine's an lg tp5250 and was the immediate precursor to the lg 5350 in sprint pcs's lineup.

[Az]

so I am crapping out of my mouth. Big deal.

I am talking about bezeq. ISPs do lose money.

But the cell carriers aren't doing so hot either, it's the weak economy. Just orange is making a profit ( yep, I am their client. )

[Zero]

Originally posted by Azazel
they bill you for PEOPLE CALLING YOU?

something's rotten in America.

Rules apply the same way as if you called them. Minute is a minute, no matter how you spend it.

[Frankychan]

Originally posted by Azazel
Nokia 3390? not familiar with that model. could you post a pic, Franky?

oh, and yes, it's great. noone calls me on the regular phone these days. In Israel, the phone company slowly starts to make most of their bread in data carrying. ( ADSL )

Ok, here it is...

That's the "S&M" leather case I have. If you turn it upside down, the part where you put your ear to, looks rather "compromising".

This is the color of my phone...

[Az]

That's a sold phone, Q^3. but I don't like the ones that open up.

[Zero]

that was my last phone too!

[loinburger]

I've got a Nokia Trac Fone. No contract or monthly fees etc. I've got 240 minutes on it (though calls cost double in some remote regions), and when they're gone I just have to go and buy another card to recharge the phone. My leftover minutes expire in February 2004, though, at which point I'll need to spend another twenty-or-thirty-or-forty bucks to keep the phone activated for another year (and to put another couple hours of time on it). I keep it for roadside emergencies.

[Az]

Oh, that one. I could get it, but I am having some sort of anti feelings against Nokia, lately.

"S&M" That's what you meant....


so, how much do they charge you for a minute, there?
For me, it's now ~13 cents a minute for all in-country destinations.
( but the Country is the size of New Jersey or something, )

[Zero]

you mean with calling cards..

I might have to take that route. I really have to cut spendings on bills and living without a cell phone at al seems a bit harsh in this day in age.

[Sirotnikov]

My device:

(i didn't pick it. my father bought it for himself, to save space [he had a bulky one before] but then decided it was too small for him, and bought himself a bigger one. I got this one)

[Az]

Calling cards? those suck IMHO. you can always check you bill anyhow, so why bother?

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Calc II
you mean with calling cards..

No, they're cards that put X amount of minutes on your phone. The minutes last a month, but if you add more minutes at the end of the month then your old leftover minutes don't expire. I bought 250 minutes that last for an entire year, which is another option. It's not a calling card, because once you enter the card's information into the phone the card is just worthless plastic, and you'll never need to enter its access number or PIN or whatever ever again.

[laurentius]

Nokia 3650, My phone
I use it to surf the net, take dodgy photos of my friends and play mp3's

[MRT144]

I use payphones and calling cards. seems to work for me and is cheap

[Starchild]

I've got a bog standard Nokia 3330 that I can't live without simply because of all the txt messages I send. I want laurentius' phone however. The 3650 is kickarse.

I'm still amazed that in America you get charged if someone calls you and that pre-paid minutes expire at the end of the month. In the UK, you only pay if you call/txt someone and any minutes from a pre-paid card stay in your account until you use them.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Starchild
I'm still amazed that in America you get charged if someone calls you and that pre-paid minutes expire at the end of the month. In the UK, you only pay if you call/txt someone and any minutes from a pre-paid card stay in your account until you use them.

It all depends on the calling plan, really. Trac Fones are cheap ass phones, which is why there aren't any perks to them -- I see them as no-frills emergency phones and nothing more. I was talking to a mobile phone junkie the other day, though, who was trying to decide whether he'd prefer Phone A (which had unlimited text messages, didn't charge for incoming calls, had unlimited calling minutes between 7:00 PM and 6:00 AM, and had 400 minutes available for the rest of the time) or Phone B (which had no test messaging, charged for incoming calls, had unlimited calling between 7:00 PM and 6:00 AM, had 600 minutes available for the rest of the time, and cost half as much as the other). It all depends on what you're looking for, i.e. how tied to your cell phone you are.

[Sirotnikov]

Btw, Azazel - I think that in Israel until a few years ago, people would also pay for incoming calls.

[Dis]

yes. mainly for work. I really don't have much of a social life

I use AT & T service and use a motorola. I did have cingular service before and a Nokia phone. I may go back to that.

[Urban Ranger]

Mine is a Nokia 2100. Got it just a couple of days ago.

[Aro]

Samsung and Nokia.

[Zopperoni]

Siemens M50, I had a Siemens C35i before this one. My network provider is Vodafone, and I'm quite content with it.

[Az]

Sirotnikov: That was a COUPLE OF YEARS ago. in cellular time history, we're talking stone age.

Zop, that's a great phone. simple and effective.

[Sirotnikov]

It terms of cellular history, US is hardly entering the iron age

[Az]

yeah, they're lagging behind. But in terms of Broadband internet connection, we've just invented fire, while the Japanese have already landed on Alpha centauri in both fields.