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Out of the loop - don't judge me!

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    #182
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    I dont get the argument that smartphones break easily. I've had mine for 3 years and it's not given me any trouble at all. The battery lasts a full day too and I charge it all night so mo complaints there either.


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    #183
    MickFleetwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭MickFleetwood


    I don't even own a phone.


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    #184
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

    Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.


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    #185
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    strobe wrote: »
    I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

    Ooh Mr Fancy Pants keeps a pigeon in his pocket. Well lah-de-dah good enough for some - lucky to have a job, running water, bone marrow.

    I keep kindling in a handkerchief and use shmoke signals like we did in t'olden days. None of that fancy shmancy avian communication systems here.


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    #186
    MickFleetwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭MickFleetwood


    strobe wrote: »
    I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

    Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

    Hah, I hate hipsters. I don't own a phone because I just contact people through Facebook, not because I think I'm some rebel or something.


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    #187
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    I dont get the argument that smartphones break easily. I've had mine for 3 years and it's not given me any trouble at all. The battery lasts a full day too and I charge it all night so mo complaints there either.


    try dropping it on the floor/ground, from a few feet, ESPECIALLY if its a touchscreen


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    #188
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    IM0 wrote: »
    try dropping it on the floor/ground, from a few feet, ESPECIALLY if its a touchscreen

    Accidentally dropped it down the stairs once and accidentally hopped it off a rock in the zoo and all it has to show for it is a barely noticeable chip off the top right-hand corner :D


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    #189
    getzls
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    My Nokia is about eight years old. o2 have told me i am entitled to a free Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, don't want it as my old Nokia is fine for me.


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    #190
    joetoad
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    getzls wrote: »
    My Nokia is about eight years old. o2 have told me i am entitled to a free Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, don't want it as my old Nokia is fine for me.

    Would you not just take the phone and sell it then?


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    #191
    T-K-O
    Registered Users Posts: 6,309 ✭✭✭T-K-O


    I'm the exact same OP but about electricity, fcuk that sh1t


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    #192
    dark crystal
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    strobe wrote: »
    I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

    Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

    Because some people don't own a smartphone it makes them hipsters now??

    Well I've definitely never been accused of that one before! :D


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    #193
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    I hate those tosspots smartphone fanboys who think I'm being 'individual' or 'retro' or 'hipster' because I use a basic phone.

    I don't own a smartphone because if I go hiking or mountain biking and I have a fall/twist my ankle etc I want to be able to take my phone out of my pocket and call mountain rescue. I don't want to take my iphone out of my pocket to see that the screen has been smashed in the fall and all I've got is a 600e paper-weight.

    There are other issues, battery life (I'm not at home every night to charge it so **** that), cost etc and I'm sure smartphones will catch up there eventually but for now, for me, reliability is king.


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    #194
    Legs.Eleven
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    strobe wrote: »
    I'm such a plays by his own rules individual rebel I just keep a pigeon in my pocket incase I want to contact someone further than shouting distance away.

    Serious stank of pseudo-hipster off of this thread.

    Oi! You calling me a hipster? You clearly don't understand what a hipster is! No self-respecting hipster would be seen without a smart phone, specifically an Iphone. Fact.

    Not liking technology or buying some new gadget simply because those around you have one makes you the total opposite of a hipster. Hipsters would buy a smart phone (Iphone) but the only thing they'd do to distinguish themselves is put one of them pretend cassette tape covers on them.

    How not buying a smart phone simply because you don't want one or need one (and not because everyone has one) makes someone a hipster is beyond me. You need to double-check your definitions, pal!


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    #195
    Legs.Eleven
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    Genuine question: has anyone ever in all their lives seen a hipster without an Iphone? No? I rest my case. :cool:


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    #196
    MickFleetwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭MickFleetwood


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Genuine question: has anyone ever in all their lives seen a hipster without an Iphone? No? I rest my case. :cool:

    I think he was talking to me because I don't own a phone. Apparently I should buy something even though I have no use for it.


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    #197
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    MickFleetwood wrote: »
    I think he was talking to me because I don't own a phone. Apparently I should buy something even though I have no use for it.

    No doubt I'll be labelled a hipster too but I'm like you - I don't use my phone really except for the alarm and the odd text and to receive the odd phone call from my boss. All my communication is via Facebook and email. It's just how it worked out. I used to be made for the texting and phone calls but Facebook has almost completely replaced that.


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    #198
    MickFleetwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭MickFleetwood


    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    No doubt I'll be labelled a hipster too but I'm like you - I don't use my phone really except for the alarm and the odd text and to receive the odd phone call from my boss. All my communication is via Facebook and email. It's just how it worked out. I used to be made for the texting and phone calls but Facebook has almost completely replaced that.

    Indeed. What do I need a phone for? I can contact anybody I need to contact via Facebook. When I'm out an about I've never had to use a phone.

    I have been considering picking up a ****, cheap phone in case of emergencies but in general I've never needed a phone.


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    #199
    [Deleted User]
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    iPhone sent back for a warranty repair and I'm using an old Nokia now for a few days and painful is the word for it. Its just so inferior in every way, trying to type texts with a keypad is an abomination, I've nearly dropped the phone trying to type and its so bloody slow.


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    #200
    Legs.Eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Chris Witty Resort wrote: »
    iPhone sent back for a warranty repair and I'm using an old Nokia now for a few days and painful is the word for it. Its just so inferior in every way, trying to type texts with a keypad is an abomination, I've nearly dropped the phone trying to type and its so bloody slow.

    But does it have a flashlight?


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    #201
    [Deleted User]
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    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    But does it have a flashlight?

    No flashlight :eek:


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    #202
    Yawns
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    I'm 26 and don't have a mobile phone...


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    #203
    Steve O
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    Chris Witty Resort wrote: »
    iPhone sent back for a warranty repair and I'm using an old Nokia now for a few days and painful is the word for it. Its just so inferior in every way, trying to type texts with a keypad is an abomination, I've nearly dropped the phone trying to type and its so bloody slow.


    All you need are lenseless glasses and a faux American accent now, then you'll be full hipster.


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    #204
    Legs.Eleven
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    Chris Witty Resort wrote: »
    No flashlight :eek:


    My Nokia has a flashlight :cool:


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    #205
    [Deleted User]
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    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    My Nokia has a flashlight :cool:

    It has a radio does that count for anything?


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    #206
    ziggy
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    #207
    TheUsual
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    Yawns wrote: »
    I'm 26 and don't have a mobile phone...

    I still don't know what a tracker mortgage is...


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    #208
    fussyonion
    Registered Users Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    I have a Smartphone but I hate it.

    It has a touch screen and I find it IMPOSSIBLE to text on.
    My fingers aren't so fat they they won't find the right letters, but I keep hitting the wrong letters nonetheless.

    It took me THREE MINUTES to text a message the other day, whereas back in the good old days of phones with BUTTONS, I was a whiz, tapping out a text in ten seconds.

    I got Vodafone to switch the Internet off on my phone because I realised they were taking credit off me everyday; something that is normal with Smartphones because they need to "update" or something.

    I don't download apps and I hate answering it because of the stupid touchscreen.

    I was as happy as a pig in poo when I had my old Nokia with the loveable, yet frustrating Snake and my lovely buttons.

    Hate touchscreen/Smartphones.


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    #209
    Scruffles
    Registered Users Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Scruffles


    havent even got a mobile phone of any kind,whether a nokia brick or a so called smart phone,am communication impaired and cannot use phones,and buying one just for the point of texting utter bollox when am able to do that for free with the family/support staff via facebook or email does not make any sense.:cool:

    one day people wont even need phones anyway,they will just make the call in their head thanks to EEG technology,they may end up in a pysch ward due to passerbys thinking theyre delusional and halucinating but it will have a apple logo on the device and thus make every sheep like person buy it.


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    #210
    joetoad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 295 ✭✭joetoad


    fussyonion wrote: »
    I have a Smartphone but I hate it.

    It has a touch screen and I find it IMPOSSIBLE to text on.
    My fingers aren't so fat they they won't find the right letters, but I keep hitting the wrong letters nonetheless.

    It took me THREE MINUTES to text a message the other day, whereas back in the good old days of phones with BUTTONS, I was a whiz, tapping out a text in ten seconds.

    I got Vodafone to switch the Internet off on my phone because I realised they were taking credit off me everyday; something that is normal with Smartphones because they need to "update" or something.

    I don't download apps and I hate answering it because of the stupid touchscreen.

    I was as happy as a pig in poo when I had my old Nokia with the loveable, yet frustrating Snake and my lovely buttons.

    Hate touchscreen/Smartphones.

    Less Curry's more onions


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    #211
    Defiler Of The Coffin
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    Legs.Eleven wrote: »
    Recently people (friends and colleagues) have actually been scoffing at the fact that I don't own one. Up till about 2 years ago no one batted an eyelid but now people openly laugh at me and my phone and now they have a right auld gawk at it like I've taken out a tube of thrush cream to make a phone call on. I feel like I'm making some kind of one woman protest against smart phones when all it comes down to is the fact that I simply don't want one.

    I don't see why people should scoff at you for not owning a smartphone, still plenty of 'dumb' phones around and of course there is an argument to be made that buttons are superior to touchscreens for input. If it works for you then great.

    However you are fooling yourself if you think you aren't missing out on some level. The technology inside smartphones is simply superior to what you are using now, no question.

    You have mentioned that you own a separate MP3 player and would like the Google maps functionality. Why not buy a smartphone and have all them features included on one device? Why carry 3 or 4 different devices when you just need one?

    Your attitude doesn't make any sense, what if this was the late 90s or early 2000s and you refused to upgrade to one of the new Nokias at the time (something similar to what you have now) from an old brick-like Motorola simply because you "Don't want or need one. I've got the most basic of Motorola phones and it's perfect for my needs." That would be a bit silly wouldn't it? Peoples needs change all the time. Why not embrace superior technology? A smartphone could make life easier for you in ways you mightn't even imagine yet!

    Maybe it's just your stubbornness that people are scoffing at.


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