How do you know if somebody owns a smart phone ?

Lapin · 30-05-2011 01:17PM #1

Because they usually can't wait to tell you.

And then they go on to prove it by showing you all the fantabulous things it can do.

I can make and receive calls & texts on my phone. There's an alarm clock on it too which comes in handy, and a camera thingy that I never use.

Thats all I want a phone to do.

But if someone else's phone can dance jigs, climb Everest, translate Latin verse and find its own way home from Siberia - Good. I'm happy for them.

But I really couldn't care less.

This is my rant of the month.

stovelid · 30-05-2011 01:18PM

Just get a loan and buy one if you can't afford it.

chickendinner · 30-05-2011 01:19PM

You are just jealous.

Posted from iphone

whiskeyman · 30-05-2011 01:21PM

You should get one with a RantApp.
You'd love it.

krudler · 30-05-2011 01:21PM

Lapin wrote: »

Because they usually can't wait to tell you.

And then they go on to prove it by showing you all the fantabulous things it can do.

I can make and receive calls & texts on my phone. There's an alarm clock on it too which comes in handy, and a camera thingy that I never use.

Thats all I want a phone to do.

But if someone else's phone can dance jigs, climb Everest, translate Latin verse and find its own way home from Siberia - Good. I'm happy for them.

But I really couldn't care less.

This is my rant of the month.

You should try it its pretty cool, say if you see someone smiling or "posing", if you point the camera thingy at them and push the button it "takes" whats called a photograph, you havent stolen their soul and imprisoned it in a sort of lcd phantom zone for all eternity, so dont worry about that. It merely uses technology to capture the image of that person, or scenery, or dog for your future viewing pleasure.

Sykk · 30-05-2011 01:22PM

Lapin wrote: »

I don't have a decent phone so I'm jealous of everybody who does.

FYP.

Mickeroo · 30-05-2011 01:23PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bcryQUuDwM

NothingMan · 30-05-2011 01:23PM

I have more than got my moneys worth from Angry Birds alone....

Mint Sauce · 30-05-2011 01:24PM

I'd be lost without mine. literally. The sat nav is brillant on it.

Kensington · 30-05-2011 01:27PM

My iPhone can do this, look!

Yeah, just like the other 73 million bloody iPhones out there can?

*silence*

:pac:

Lapin · 30-05-2011 01:28PM

stovelid wrote: »

Just get a loan and buy one if you can't afford it.

They're not that expensive.

chickendinner wrote: »

You are just jealous.

Posted from iphone

I could never be jealous of someone who leaves their phone lying in a prominent place on the bar for all to see when I'm out for a night.
Instead of leaving it in their pocket where it belongs.

krudler wrote: »

You should try it its pretty cool, say if you see someone smiling or "posing", if you point the camera thingy at them and push the button it "takes" whats called a photograph, you havent stolen their soul and imprisoned it in a sort of lcd phantom zone for all eternity, so dont worry about that. It merely uses technology to capture the image of that person, or scenery, or dog for your future viewing pleasure.

Eh?

I have a camera for taking photos.

And its a lot better than any phone.

GavRedKing · 30-05-2011 01:31PM

Go down to your local mobile telephone provider and burn down the shop.

Problem solved.

Or buy a Samsung Galxy S from the shop.....and then burn it too ground.

Moral of the story, fire is good.

krudler · 30-05-2011 01:31PM

Lapin wrote: »

Eh?

I have a camera for taking photos.

And its a lot better than any phone.

my sarcasm is wasted around these parts

phones do great photgraphs these days, 10MP cameras are commonplace on phones these days

gosuckonalemon · 30-05-2011 01:32PM

Lapin wrote: »

Because they usually can't wait to tell you.

And then they go on to prove it by showing you all the fantabulous things it can do.

I can make and receive calls & texts on my phone. There's an alarm clock on it too which comes in handy, and a camera thingy that I never use.

Thats all I want a phone to do.

But if someone else's phone can dance jigs, climb Everest, translate Latin verse and find its own way home from Siberia - Good. I'm happy for them.

But I really couldn't care less.

This is my rant of the month.

OP you either can't afford it or you do not have the technological know how to operate one. What's it gonna be?

Either way, the intensity of the jealousy you are portraying cannot be good for your health!

Vicxas · 30-05-2011 01:32PM

If im being honest Smart phones arent all they're cracked up to be, i dont use 90% of the gadgets on it.

Nice to have tho....

Doyler92 · 30-05-2011 01:34PM

krudler wrote: »

my sarcasm is wasted around these parts

phones do great photgraphs these days, 10MP cameras are commonplace on phones these days

True, I know someone with a 12.1 megapixel camera on their phone.

Auvers · 30-05-2011 01:34PM

phones where always sh1t and uninteresting

and then the smartphone came along

Lapin · 30-05-2011 01:34PM

krudler wrote: »

my sarcasm is wasted around these parts

So is mine

CiaranC · 30-05-2011 01:35PM

Lapin wrote: »

I have a camera for taking photos.

And its a lot better than any phone.

So? What are you telling us for?

listermint · 30-05-2011 01:35PM

I found trying to find the answers to quiz questions on my old nokia somewhat slow and unhelpful....................

Mark200 · 30-05-2011 01:36PM

Lapin wrote: »

I could never be jealous of someone who leaves their phone lying in a prominent place on the bar for all to see when I'm out for a night.
Instead of leaving it in their pocket where it belongs.

Some touch-screen phones have had problems with their screen when they're left in tight pockets... some even say in the manuals to take them out of your pocket when you're sitting down.

Lapin wrote: »

I have a camera for taking photos.

And its a lot better than any phone.

And I have an owl for sending messages, but it's still a lot more convenient to have many features in one item rather than having one item for every single feature.

And I'm confident you'd be hard pressed to be able to figure out which pictures were taken from a phone and which were taken from a camera, unless then pictures were taken by a professional photographer.

efb · 30-05-2011 01:36PM

Lapin wrote: »

Because they usually can't wait to tell you.

And then they go on to prove it by showing you all the fantabulous things it can do.

I can make and receive calls & texts on my phone. There's an alarm clock on it too which comes in handy, and a camera thingy that I never use.

Thats all I want a phone to do.

But if someone else's phone can dance jigs, climb Everest, translate Latin verse and find its own way home from Siberia - Good. I'm happy for them.

But I really couldn't care less.

This is my rant of the month.

I don't care, but I must pontificate about how much I don't care...

jurahnimoh · 30-05-2011 01:37PM

If you had a smart phone you'd be too busy playing with it to bother bitchin bout them, FACT

RichieC · 30-05-2011 01:38PM

yea iPhone owners brag about their phones like they invented the things...

sensibleken · 30-05-2011 01:38PM

Doyler92 wrote: »

True, I know someone with a 12.1 megapixel camera on their phone.

which barely matters as its still comingthrough a tiny lens. The size of the censor is chiefly used as a marketting ploy to make people think big numbers mean better quality.

old_aussie · 30-05-2011 01:39PM

I have a Samsung Google Nexus S and it can do bla bla bla bla bla.

I only use it to make and take phone calls, it was free from my provider.

No, really I do have one.

JayEnnis · 30-05-2011 01:40PM

I've gone the opposite, I used to have a few smartphones (two nokia N95's and a HTC) but I kept breaking the fecking things because of the hobbies I have, so Now I'm back to a good oul brick of a Nokia that can take a tumble down a hillside no problem.

Lapin · 30-05-2011 01:41PM

CiaranC wrote: »

So? What are you telling us for?

I was responding to another post.

gosuckonalemon wrote: »

OP you either can't afford it or you do not have the technological know how to operate one. What's it gonna be?

They're not that expensive. I could easily afford one.

As for technical know how - there is none.

Any gobshíte can use them.

(And many do).

sensibleken · 30-05-2011 01:42PM

JayEnnis wrote: »

I've gone the opposite, I used to have a few smartphones (two nokia N95's and a HTC) but I kept breaking the fecking things because of the hobbies I have, so Now I'm back to a good oul brick of a Nokia that can take a tumble down a hillside no problem.

plus you dont have company recording your every movement like idrones

krudler · 30-05-2011 01:42PM

RichieC wrote: »

yea iPhone owners brag about their phones like they invented the things...

I dont know anyone with an iphone that brags about it anymore,t hey're common as muck these days the "oh look at me I have an iphone" thing is long gone, now its just another phone

Mark200 · 30-05-2011 01:43PM

sensibleken wrote: »

plus you dont have company recording your every movement like idrones

Which he would have opted in for.

How do you know if somebody owns a smart phone ?

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