Hand (cell, mobile, cellular) phone for you?

[The Red Guy]

You have one?

[Bruce]

No cell for me...

Hell, they'll practically give me the cell for free, but I can't afford an other $50 a month to use it. For my internet connection, and phone service, Verizon is already getting almost $100 a month, and now they want another $50 for cell phone service?!?! That's murder, I tell ya!! :mad:

[nitroboy]

yes I have one, using it daily :classic2:

[Jan]

I have a cheapo one, prepaid. It is just for people who really want to contact me while I am on the internet :o

[Rebel]

I have a cell phone that I keep with me always. It is my lifeline in regards to business and personal effects. In fact, I don't even have a landline because I am always out and about.

[Toefur]

I was always against mobiles, but got one last year.

I use it a bit; but not that much really. I'd never go on a plan; I just don't see any point, so I have prepaid as well.

[trenzterra]

yes

[Canuckkev]

Cellphones are useful for certain things, like if you are a plumber or something, and are always out of the office. It is also useful to call friends, tell them where you are, so you can meet up, stuff like that. But I don't have one. I hate phones, and hate getting calls. I don't know what it is about them, but I can never pay attention to the conversation when on the phone. Sometimes after I hang up, I can't even remember who called...it's sad.

[GregT]

I never use my phone either, if someone wants to contact me they can just leave a IM, phones cost too much, and arent worth it.

[Daniel]

I got a cell phone...I pretty much use it alot when I'm at school.

[Hoth]

I send and receive about 3 phone calls per year, so I'd have no use at all for a cell phone. Don't have any use for any type of phone really, except for the internet.

[jmiller]

I have a cell phone, my lovely and inexpensive Nokia 3360, silver coloured.
With me at all times as my landline is usually busy, so its the only way people can contact me. :)

[syd]

I have one. I only use for important calls (such as to pick me up from work or if someone changes plans when I'm not home), but I don't use it for average conversations. I have a pre-paid plan, and have used about $60 in the past 3 months

[allanh]

hey, the poll result is interesting. I would have thought that 90% of people would already have a mobile phone.

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Bruce
No cell for me...

Hell, they'll practically give me the cell for free, but I can't afford an other $50 a month to use it. For my internet connection, and phone service, Verizon is already getting almost $100 a month, and now they want another $50 for cell phone service?!?! That's murder, I tell ya!! :mad: I paid $150 CDN for my phone.
Including a car charger, handsfree headset, charger, $50 radio shack gift certificate, 6 months of caller id, call waiting, voicemail, and 6 months of service with 250 weekend and 100 anytime minutes. :)
So I'm sure you could get soemthing better than what you posted above. :rolleyes:

[Daniel]

Damn Mr. Miller..damn.

Mine costs $50 a month with a $99 set up charge.

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Daniel
Damn Mr. Miller..damn.

Mine costs $50 a month with a $99 set up charge. Haha, Mr. Miller
Mine is now like $30 since the first six months or up, but either way i still have the phone and accesories, worth more than $100 themselves. :)

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Miller

So I'm sure you could get soemthing better than what you posted above. :rolleyes: Eh? Not really.

The price they charge isn't that bad for what you get, but the problem is, I don't need that much so I don't want to pay that much.

Here is the current "starter" special I can get in my area:

-500 minutes/month
-unlimited night (11pm - 3am) and weekend minutes
-caller id, call waiting, call forwarding, 3-way calling, 411 connect, mobile messenger, voice mail, etc., etc.
-$199 setup (cost of phone)
-$49.99/month -- 55&cent a minute over

The point is, I don't ----in need that many minutes!!! Yet they don't offer a smaller plan!!! Ugh. :mad:

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Bruce
Eh? Not really.

The price they charge isn't that bad for what you get, but the problem is, I don't need that much so I don't want to pay that much.

Here is the current "starter" special I can get in my area:

-500 minutes/month
-unlimited night (11pm - 3am) and weekend minutes
-caller id, call waiting, call forwarding, 3-way calling, 411 connect, mobile messenger, voice mail, etc., etc.
-$199 setup (cost of phone)
-$49.99/month -- 55&cent a minute over

The point is, I don't ----in need that many minutes!!! Yet they don't offer a smaller plan!!! Ugh. :mad: Dude. That crap. Now I see where you're coming from. :rolleyes:
I think I can get a plan starting at $20 CDN.
Are you sure there's nothing smaller than that? isn't there more than one carrier in your area?

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Miller
isn't there more than one carrier in your area? Dude, are you kidding? Is there more than one high school in my area?

I live in Maine... the answer to the previous question, along with the one you asked, are both no.

I looked into their prepaid packages recnetly as well... they aren't looking much better...

-Audiovox CDM-100pp + accessories = $60 + $15 setup

-100 minutes = $35
*expires after 30 days

Now what the ---- is up with that?!

:angry2: :angry2: :angry2:

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Bruce
Dude, are you kidding? Is there more than one high school in my area?

I live in Maine... the answer to the previous question, along with the one you asked, are both no.

I looked into their prepaid packages recnetly as well... they aren't looking much better...

-Audiovox CDM-100pp + accessories = $60 + $15 setup

-100 minutes = $35
*expires after 30 days

Now what the ---- is up with that?!

:angry2: :angry2: :angry2: Geez, that really is tough. Where I live I have several providers. In fact I have TELUS, Bell, and Rogers AT&T all within a block from each other. Not to mention a few small providers I can't remember right now.
So its no trouble finding what you want. :o

[Daniel]

Over here, I got Bell, Telus, Rogers, Fido, and some other ones.

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Daniel
Over here, I got Bell, Telus, Rogers, Fido, and some other ones. Ah yes, forgot Fido. In a mall downtown here there's Bell and Rogers, a block away there's fido and another rogers, then a block from that there's TELUS.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by Miller
Ah yes, forgot Fido. In a mall downtown here there's Bell and Rogers, a block away there's fido and another rogers, then a block from that there's TELUS.

Wow some competition. :D

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Daniel


Wow some competition. :D There's way more stores than that though, those are just downtown.

[manni]

I have a Siemens M35i (http://lambda.nic.fi/~manni/myphone.html). I have had it since Feb 2001.

[The Red Guy]

My mum always says cell phones are not for schooling ppl and refuse to get me one.

[Toefur]

Well, that's true.

If me and all my friends survived school without mobiles... I'm sure all the kids of today can as well.

Mobile phones are definately a want rather than a need.

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Toefur
Well, that's true.

If me and all my friends survived school without mobiles... I'm sure all the kids of today can as well.

Mobile phones are definately a want rather than a need. I survived without one until grade 11. :rolleyes:

[trenzterra]

I want to get a Nokia 3350 soon (Asia-Pacific region)

[Daniel]

I got one in grade 11, my mom wouldn't buy me one either so I bought my own. :biggrin2:

Actually, my little brother, gotta a cell phone and he's only 12.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Toefur
Well, that's true.

If me and all my friends survived school without mobiles... I'm sure all the kids of today can as well.

Mobile phones are definately a want rather than a need. Yes. IN S'pore if u dun hav one, u're an outcast.

[Daniel]

And your point is?

*starts old man voice* You know, when I was your age, we didn't have cell phones...or we did but they were bulky and cost a lot...just like they do now.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Daniel
And your point is?

*starts old man voice* You know, when I was your age, we didn't have cell phones...or we did but they were bulky and cost a lot...just like they do now. Yeah, the first one.

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by Daniel
I got one in grade 11, my mom wouldn't buy me one either so I bought my own. :biggrin2:

Actually, my little brother, gotta a cell phone and he's only 12. oh boy 12 is a little too old. All my classmates have one.

[jmiller]

Originally posted by trenzterra
oh boy 12 is a little too old. All my classmates have one. Geez, kids nowadays. When I was 12 I could care less about talking on the phone, I was more concerned about my valuable Magic cards. :o

[Blank Verse]

Hell, I've gone 19 years without even thinking about cell phones. I don't want one cause of all those damned ringing tones. That makes me dislike them. Why does someone have to know they have a call by having a bunch of keytones play out "The Entertainer"?

[Toefur]

Originally posted by The Red Guy
Yes. IN S'pore if u dun hav one, u're an outcast.

So if you can't say, "Baaaa"; your lifes not worth living?

[Akalon]

Yeah, trenz... wtf are 10 year old's doing with mobile phones? What in hell do you use it for? :confused:

[JemR]

hell , i just dropped my phone in bath! no phone for me

*moms voice* oh for god sake, everythign you touch brakes dun it, fu!k's sake your not getting another one. wait til grandpa heres about this

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Toefur


So if you can't say, "Baaaa"; your lifes not worth living? Yes, but I've somehow managed to not kill myself.

[Dusty]

Yes, I have a cell phone. It's just a basic prepaid one from Wal-Mart, but that's fine for me as I never use it. In the past five years maybe ten calls at most have been placed. It's purely for emergencies and it's never been the receiver of a call-- I actually couldn't tell you its number if I had to.

Those that seem to be on their cell phones twenty-four hours a day genuinely irk me. I haven't seen them too much here, maybe they're more prevalent out west, but in Europe a walk down the street of even the quietest town would make you believe everyone's got a cell phone-- if not two or three-- and they're always on and active. That doesn't bother me so much though, it's what they're talking about that baffles me: they have absolutely nothing in the world to say, yet they say it anyway. This is a piece of an actual conversation I overheard on Nassau street in Dublin: "You won't believe the car I just saw go by, it was blue! (Pause) I don't know what kind, it was the kind with windows." Who in their right mind would say that? More so, who would want to hear it? I just don't understand the two people on either end of that line, though I suppose if you're tied to the phone for all your waking hours you do quickly exhaust your supplies of interesting topics and bottom-of-the-barrel lines like this are all that's left.

[The Red Guy]

Then how did you guys ask for one? (My birthday is coming, so I'm gonna ask)

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by Akalon
Yeah, trenz... wtf are 10 year old's doing with mobile phones? What in hell do you use it for? :confused: for the original purpose of using it. I share it with my mum so its not too wasteful. Sometimes I SMS my cousin.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by Akalon
Yeah, trenz... wtf are 10 year old's doing with mobile phones? What in hell do you use it for? :confused:

Exactly what I was thinking. A mobile is phone is usually for 1) Emergencies 2) A personal life(which 10 year old's don't have) :rolleyes:

[alien]

Hey yeah! A Nokia 8850... :D

[MN-Carl]

I just got a pre-paid vodaphone , with about £3 credit on it... which doesn't run out :cool:

[The Red Guy]

I think I'm gonna get one by tml! Depends on my mum, got past my dad... *praying*

[xsnetwork]

This is the phone I have : http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/images/siemens/c45/pic1.jpg - copy and paste that one or http://www.freshmobile.co.uk/images/siemensc45.gif

I like it, but want a new one! This is about my third mobile phone so far, before this one I had a nokia 5110 which was a brick, I'm hoping to get an 8310 next or maybe wait and see what develops with bluetooth and the other mobile technologies

[jmiller]

This is the phone I have: http://www.nokia.ca/english/products/3360.asp
Except, they don't have faceplates, only covers (which are just liek casing for the insides) and my original cover got scratched to hell so I had to shell out $30 for a silver cover. :(
And now all the girls say my phone is "cute". Is that a good thing?

[Dean]

Aussies own 13 Million

[trenzterra]

I have a Samsung R220, and hope to get a Nokia 3350 soon.


Phones I owned:

Dec 1999: Nokia 3210
Dec 2000: Nokia 3310
Nov 2001: Samsung R220


I hope that today:

Nokia 3350:D

[Dean]

I gotta 3350

[syd]

I think I lost my phone, I can't find it :cry2:

[nitroboy]

I'm still using my 2nd nokia 3310

[bigperm]

I went to the AT&T wireless place to get one... and they wanted an $800 deposit. Damn. I just couldn't swing that. Then I went to cingular and they wanted a $250 deposit. I didn't have that on me at the time, and haven't went back yet.

IF I get one, I can imagine it going off ALL THE TIME. Everyday when I coem home I have a bunch of messages, and for every message, 3 people called for me and didn't leave one. I don't know if I really want to pay to talk to these people either...

[Toefur]

Why does everyone have an obsession with Nokia? Talk about being brainwashed into pointless allegences to large corporations.

Seriously, I got an Alcatel, and it does all I need it to do - ie: send messages, and do the whole "PHONE" call thing. Then these young kids come up to me and start making fun of me, "AHAHAHAHA, IVE GOT A NOKIA 34353569876 AND YOUVE GOT AN ALCATEL!!!!"

"Your point being?" I ask them.

"AHAHAHAHA MINE HAS BETTER RING TONES THAN YOURSS! YOU SUCK!"

I think the only ring tone I've ever used on my mobile is the one that actually sounds like a phone ringing.

[trenzterra]

for those who own a nokia 3350, how do i turn off that damn clock screensaver?

[Dean]

Menu - 3 - 1 - 2 - 9 - 4

[MN-Carl]

I'm gonna get a "Nokia 8310" .. .just gotta get a package right for me first.. and make sure i can transfer my number over :cool:

[The Red Guy]

I finally have got a hp! Now's 3310, but I'm gonna get a 8250 in a few months time!!! yes......

[invisionz]

Yes a nice 8250 for me :)

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by The Red Guy
I finally have got a hp! Now's 3310, but I'm gonna get a 8250 in a few months time!!! yes...... no offence, but I got a 3310 in 2000.

and get a newer model, 8250 is going to be in Previous Models soon.

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by Phyxisus
Menu - 3 - 1 - 2 - 9 - 4 thanks. they really buried it deep enough.


And to Toefur, what's a NOKIA 34353569876?


And BTW my auntie who works in SingTel gave us a Nortel handphone in 1999 and it was pretty basic. And it came at the size of a Nokia 5110. But I destroyed all that by locking the SIM Card (PIN) :p



I think Alcatel has come cool games... I've seen it before.

[goirulz]

man, you guys are all living in the past over there, id thinking about getting a 7650 or 7250. Nokia 7650 has a color screen, gprs and bluetooth, AND a small digital camera in the back!!! and Nokia 7250 has a color screen, wireless technology, and its triple-band!!! Right now i just have an old Nokia 8210. And i just want to say that telecommunications in North America are WAY behind those of Asia's. I mean, we don't have any "calling plans" or anything. we just buy a phone, get a sim card, either prepaid or monthly service, and then we can do whatever we want with the phone

[The Red Guy]

The digital camera's picture resolution is average and is better used for detectives!

[Toefur]

Originally posted by goirulz
man, you guys are all living in the past over there, id thinking about getting a 7650 or 7250. Nokia 7650 has a color screen, gprs and bluetooth, AND a small digital camera in the back!!! and Nokia 7250 has a color screen, wireless technology, and its triple-band!!! Right now i just have an old Nokia 8210. And i just want to say that telecommunications in North America are WAY behind those of Asia's. I mean, we don't have any "calling plans" or anything. we just buy a phone, get a sim card, either prepaid or monthly service, and then we can do whatever we want with the phone

phones are for making phone calls...

what the ---- is the point of all that ----?

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by Toefur


phones are for making phone calls...

what the ---- is the point of all that ----? 3310 and 3315 are the two best phones around. They have 459 characters to spare for sms.

[goirulz]

the point is, we'll be talking over live video feed on our cellular phones while you guys are still "just making phone calls".

[trenzterra]

I don't see any use of the digicam and the 7650 is damn bulky because of it.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by goirulz
the point is, we'll be talking over live video feed on our cellular phones while you guys are still "just making phone calls". Hand Phone = A medium for you to make phone calls with. That's what a phone's for. SMS is also gd, but definitely not cameras.

[goirulz]

I was merely exaggerating. My point is, telecommunications in asia is advancing much faster than north america.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by goirulz
I was merely exaggerating. My point is, telecommunications in asia is advancing much faster than north america.

Like most of us care. :rolleyes:

I know I certainly don't.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by goirulz
I was merely exaggerating. My point is, telecommunications in asia is advancing much faster than north america. That's true. North Americans don't bother to upgrade.

[jw]

Its cheaper to do business in asia, thats the basic reason. Also, telecom companies have practically run eachother into the ground lately by being so competitive. You can get a $20/month plan with 500 weekend minutes and 60 weekday minutes plus a free phone right now. The telecom companies barely make (if not lose) so much money, they can't afford to upgrade infrastructure. And by the way, we have that digital camera phone, etc, also, people just don't see much of a point in it. Asians are more receptive to new technology than Americans who prefer to think the older it is the better it is and that modern technology is corrupting our lives.

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by jw
Its cheaper to do business in asia, thats the basic reason. Also, telecom companies have practically run eachother into the ground lately by being so competitive. You can get a $20/month plan with 500 weekend minutes and 60 weekday minutes plus a free phone right now. The telecom companies barely make (if not lose) so much money, they can't afford to upgrade infrastructure. And by the way, we have that digital camera phone, etc, also, people just don't see much of a point in it. Asians are more receptive to new technology than Americans who prefer to think the older it is the better it is and that modern technology is corrupting our lives. That's true. Here, there were four companies but virgin closed down. The market here is so small and competition is tough.

[goirulz]

The new, sort of old, Sony Ericsson t68 is pretty good. It's triple band, color screen, gprs, bluetooth, wap, java, its got the works. But I'd probably wait for the newer version to come out. I think its coming out in a month or two?