Iphone 5 ..in the drawer

[biff]

Hi..tried to enjoy my iphone 5 ..to big in the pocket, don't need to walk around with a computer.Back in the drawer.

Pulled out the $20 Nokia..small ..easy to text, has alarm, no camera..screen barely visible though.

Went and bought a $50 Nokia, put screen saver on it.

Simple things are so much easier to use.

[Davis Knowlton]

Totally agree. I have a cheapo Nokia that is now 12 years old. It sends and receives texts and calls perfectly, which is all I care about. Phone company gives me a couple free smart phones every year or so, they go directly to my wife and kids, or to the maids. Why the fuck would I want to lug something around all day so I could check e-mails? They'll wait. If I didn't need the phone to call my driver, or occasionally my wife, I'd pitch that in the bin as well.

[Breny]

Ive got one of the Nokia (no camera ) phones, have had it for about 3 years now. Its a tidy little phone and the battery power lasts for ages, A blackberry has come and gone in that time.

[cyrille]

Hi..tried to enjoy my iphone 5 ..to big in the pocket

Shame you had to buy it to find out it was too big.

[Thormaturge]

I can't believe all the people lugging tablets around.

OK if you are Moses and have a few commandments to negotiate I suppose.

[cyrille]

I can't believe all the people lugging tablets around.

I can see the combination of a tablet and a basic phone making sense.

It's these ever larger smart phones that I'd avoid on size considerations.

A literal pain in the nether regions.

[harrybarracuda]

Horses for courses.

If you don't want to be driving a Lambo on the information superhighway, just keep pottering around the back streets in your Citroen 2CV.

[biff]

The Iphone was a gift, but I did try , its a good phone, just not for me.

Maybe next year..

[biff]

Agree with you Cyrille, combination of both in one.
For me spent hours a day on phones, in front of computer, now phone rings maybe 10 times a day,

At 60 , small phone in pocket , simple.

[david44]

Horses for courses.

If you don't want to be driving a Lambo on the information superhighway, just keep pottering around the back streets in your Citroen 2CV.

A classic bought one for £ 100 drove it to Portugal,the seat scome out you can sit inside great turning circle.

Grat headroom
Reassuring so many rattles that new ones inaudible,panels so thin can bend back with a broom !
more legroom than my Volvo estate and you can sleep camp if seat out on the beach also double the fuel economy of the volvo and of course I left it a stip for my Algarve host as refused to ship to Brazil !


Phone toy fashion,bigger smaller thinner fatter,yawn

[cyrille]

Horses for courses.

That's it isn't it.

I'm a teacher. ( )

Can't see any reason why a teacher would need to be making more than half a dozen phone calls a day. Also I don't have kids, which decreases the need still further.

If I were a financial adviser (god forbid) or something like that it'd be different.

I've got a colleague who's into all the latest tech. I got a message from him the other day, presumably meant for his wife, asking 'What did you have for lunch?'

I can survive until I get home without being in possession of such scintillating information.

[Davis Knowlton]

^Indeed. My professional life would have been much different had these devices been available back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But they weren't....

Now, semi-retired, I deal with the business via a daily phone call or two to my partner. My wife might call once a day if she's out somewhere. I doubt that I make/receive more than a few calls a day, and a few texts.

I have always thought success was defined by a lack of ball and chain, and not by adding more..................

I lived for decades without carrying a camera with me 24/7.....reckon I'll survive now.

[Dillinger]

I bet the iPhone 5 is half the thickness of your Nokia

Are you sure it's an iPhone and not an iMobile ?

[barrylad66]

a cheap nokia bought in mbk about 3 years ago, less that 10 quid. probably use it twice a week to give me mam a call, turned off the rest of the time..

[Necron99]

Well, I love my iphone.
Great camera without having to "look after" a camera.
In the car it is both stereo and gps.
When I'm forced to wait it's my ipod and book reader.
When I get home it syncs my bookmarks to my ipad so i pick up on the right page.
The only thing I don't use it for is a phone....

[harrybarracuda]

If you don't know what you'd do with a smartphone, then it's almost certain that you don't need one.

[biff]

Yes its a Iphone, Nokia fits easy in my pocket, Iphone was a pain, as it was always in the way.
Take it out, forgot it a few times, back to the office, get phone.