Pet Hates........or FFS

[Macca]

If you only want it to make and receive the occasional phone call and connect to the car stereo it really doesn't matter a jot. Any 'phone on the market will do that perfectly well.

if you want to be one of these idiots glued to the thing all day, even whilst walking down the street, and you want to download all sorts of 'apps' and so forth then you might need to do a bit of research.

nearly killed one of those idiots yesterday, stepped into the street at a very busy junction, my driver had to take evasive action. When I looked back she was still staring at her telephone, she hadn't even noticed that she'd come inches from death or serious injury.

[Marco]

Ah yes, an iZombie!

You get an extra 500 bonus points, when you take out one of those useless fuckers...permanently

But yes, you're right. However, me being me, it'll still have to look 'sexy' and (preferably) be different from what's used by the masses. It's a matter of principle, dude.

Right - I'm off to have my lunch and watch a movie [see the Screening Today thread].....!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Like Grant, I favour iphones, and it's not a new one, it's a family member's cast-off. I pay about £13 a month for a sim-only contract. It's an iPhone 5 or 5s or something, I don't know. My last one was an Android powered something or other, and it did my head in. I find the iPhone more intuitive somehow. It's as though IOS works the same way as my brain, only much smarter. But Mrs. P prefers her Android Samsung.

My use doesn't even scratch the surface of what it'll do, and that's fine by me. All I want is calls, text, photos, what app, weather forecast, Shazam and sat nav.

Marco, if you want to be different, get your car audio man to make a bespoke MDF case for it, painted metallic black with a big silver Brabster 'B' on the back. I bet no one else will have that.

[Marco]

You know me too well!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

You know me too well!

Marco.

I know, I can read you like a pamphlet!

One more thing about my iPhone: when I acquired it at the beginning of the year, Anita warned me about crap battery life, and true, it would go flat after a few hours. I took it into a phone shop where they replaced the battery for £25. Now it'll run for 2 days between charges, and I have it switched on ALL the time. Mind you I'm not one of these people who can't even go to the bog without it.

Having said that, the arse wipe app has been invaluable this last few weeks.

[struth]

Like Grant, I favour iphones, and it's not a new one, it's a family member's cast-off. I pay about £13 a month for a sim-only contract. It's an iPhone 5 or 5s or something, I don't know. My last one was an Android powered something or other, and it did my head in. I find the iPhone more intuitive somehow. It's as though IOS works the same way as my brain, only much smarter. But Mrs. P prefers her Android Samsung.

My use doesn't even scratch the surface of what it'll do, and that's fine by me. All I want is calls, text, photos, what app, weather forecast, Shazam and sat nav.

Marco, if you want to be different, get your car audio man to make a bespoke MDF case for it, painted metallic black with a big silver Brabster 'B' on the back. I bet no one else will have that.

mine's a 5c with plastic white back plate. works fine and was my sons a long time ago. he said he didnt like it and got an android...now he wishes he had my iphone lol. works in conjunction with my ipad4 too.. i too have a sim only deal from virgin.. more than i could use every month.

[Firebottle]

Alcatel A3 XL, very plain, does the biz.

[Pigmy Pony]

My previous phone, made by Alba had a sat nav function that was so bad I once followed this dot on the screen (which was me) as it went round all these streets and into the next town, for about half an hour before I realised it wasn't taking me anywhere, it was just showing my current position on the screen, and if it wasn't for my superior intelligence I would still be following that little dot round the country.

You'd expect better from a premium brand like Alba wouldn't you? That phone cost me 50 quid.

[Marco]

Up until now, I've always used Motorola mobile phones, but I don't think they make smartphones, do they?

I liked Motorola ones because they were always a bit more stylish... My favourite was the Startac, and a lovely wee green flip-open one I once had:





Back then, the smaller the phone, the cooler it was! Not like today, where they're big and bulky, and all the same boring shape....

Marco.

[Macca]

The one I have spare is pretty big but I thought you might want a big screen so the virtual keys are large enough for your sausage fingers...