Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
For £10 a month you can have a new blackberry 150 mins, u/l txts & u/l internet.
or Sim only for £7.94 a month 600 mins u/l txts and u/l internet,
All on virgin.
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What do you need a mobile phone to do
- Thread starter public school boy
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For £10 a month you can have a new blackberry 150 mins, u/l txts & u/l internet.
or Sim only for £7.94 a month 600 mins u/l txts and u/l internet,
All on virgin.
Box of Frogs
Zamoras Left Boot
I use my iPhone for making and receiving calls, texts, emails, listening to music, getting me places (sat nav), accessing the internet when away from home, buying/selling on eBay, playing games, checking my calender etc etc.
Its not just a phone, its a multi function device.
Its not just a phone, its a multi function device.
If I had to drop one function from my phone, it would be the function of making and receiving calls. It's the one I use least.
My phone is as a small handheld computer.
My phone is as a small handheld computer.
I had a look on the Virgin site and couldn't see anything like that, could you possibly link it?
pretty much exactly what I said, agree entirely
Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,873
My £10 Samsung can make phone calls and send texts and nothing more - marvellous! Trying to look at the internet on a screen the size of a badger's ringpiece really isn't my bag.
In a lot of cases you'd be right with that. Fortunately there is an app for that. In fact, there are lots of apps for that. Tapatalk, for example, makes it very easy to use NSC on a small screen.
bhaexpress
New member
Yes, I find from time time a phone with a Sat Nav is very handy. Whilst like most people I have on in my car I work in and around London a lot thus a hand help sat nav is very useful.
Meade's Ball
Well-known member
I tend to use mine for running. About 6 months ago i nipped out for a 40-minute run in my pre-iphone world. I came back 2 hours later having dumbheadedly got lost in east London. I deliberately didn't take any cards or cash with me, so i was going around Victoria Park with my internal compass completely shot. Bus-stops were around and had maps in them, but i'd prehaps gotten into a sweaty and tired fluster. Now, if i went out for a jog in an area a little unknown to me, i couldn't get lost. The maps are fabulous. And the app for jogging and logging my routes is good enough. Whilst i have spotify too so can listen to the new tracks i have shoved on a playlist or two as i go.
It is an eerie device in seeming to be everything you want a small machine to be. It's as if some clever people asked clever people what they would want from such an item, ad then slowly and precisely put it together with suggestions and repeated testing in mind and action. I have the imdb app and one for tv guide. That's pretty much access to my joys in life or things i don't like to not know about.
It is an eerie device in seeming to be everything you want a small machine to be. It's as if some clever people asked clever people what they would want from such an item, ad then slowly and precisely put it together with suggestions and repeated testing in mind and action. I have the imdb app and one for tv guide. That's pretty much access to my joys in life or things i don't like to not know about.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
My iphone contract has just expired and I have changed to a £10 a month rate but keep my iphone which I now use like an ipod touch, so I have all the facilities of an iphone, calender, currency, mp3, weather etc but at a greatly reduced cost. Internet access should I need it is fixed at a max of just over £1.00 per day, but still works on wi-fi. I doubt I'll access the internet more than 3 times a month whilst out and about. Best of both worlds imo (albeit it's ONLY a 3g)
Fef
Rock God.
- Feb 21, 2009
- 1,729
Several years back I carted around a whole pile of tech including a Palm Pilot (superseded by an HP iPAQ) to maintain and sync calendars, a procession of mobile phones to make calls and texts, a small CD player to listen to music (superseded by a hard disk iPod) and a small GPS to find my way to clients offices. Now all these devices are converged into the smart phone; back then it suited me and suited my lifestyle, but I couldn't wait for this convergence to happen to provide all this functionality (and more) in one device.
The iPhone isn't (just) a phone.
The iPhone isn't (just) a phone.
Nottseagull
Well-known member
I suspect you are a little envious of people who can operate these devices because you lack the intelligence to understand them yourself.
public school boy
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I have an HTC HD02 which has been replaced 6 times, once because I dropped it and 5 times due to hand set problems. I only use it for calls, as a walkman, taking pictures, emails ( which I don't really need as I can check them when I get home ) and the internet for checking flight times. I bought a long life battery for it so it only needs charging after three days. I don't download or use it as a navigational device. If I replace it when the contract runs out what phone should I go for? If I keep it I can reduce my monthly bill as I will not paying for a fashion accessory ( handset )
- Aug 8, 2005
- 27,229
This. You don't buy an iphone just to make great calls.
I use mine in so many ways now and am constantly amazed at the things it can do. I often think it gives you everything that you used to see on those gadgets on James Bond or Blakes Seven. Although I have yet to find the teleport app. I'm sure it's in development though.
Sergei Gotsmanov
Russian international
No they f***ing HAVEN'T
All these activities and functions I perform with my phone every day can mean that come evening time, when I may want to go out with my mates, the thing is on reserve power and will die on me just as I'm arranging where to meet using the good old fashioned call function.
If you have battery problems I recommend a mobile charger. You can pick one up for £10-15. They are small enough to fit in your manbag or pocket and are perfect for getting some juice into your phone when out and about. Most will give at least 1 full charge. A very handy addition to your tech kit.
mcshane in the 79th
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- Nov 4, 2005
- 10,485
None of the smart phone features are essential to me, I could easily get by without them. But I do find it handy to have a camera, video camera and internet connection to be able to check anything news/sport related when out and about. Also check train times, emails, play games, use as a sat nav, act as an alarm clock, listen to music/radio etc etc the list is almost endless. And it have all that in one small device that also makes calls and sends texts is ideal.
Essential? No, not for me. Damn useful? yes
Essential? No, not for me. Damn useful? yes
Chris_Highwind
New member
On a ten pound a month deal with o2 on my little nokia brick, free texts and 100 minutes does me fine! Got an iPod touch for other things, usually can get a wifi somewhere as I have my mums btopenzone login details and the wifi on UEA Campus is decent!
public school boy
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Why do I need a phone for playing games when I can happily sit at home or in my cab playing with myself?
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
What sat nav app do you have, the basic one it comes with is not very user friendly.