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I am the proud owner of an uncool phone
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RoseMaybud
14-03-2012
It is a MYX2 by Sagem that I got in 2002 and I have never bought another. This wasteful and competative, phone disposal society annoys me.

Are you the proud owner of a retro cell phone?
Pumping Iron
14-03-2012
Are you skint?
RoseMaybud
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by Pumping Iron:
“Are you skint?”



No, I'm just as tight as a fishes wotsit.
Pet1986
14-03-2012
No. I update my phone every year when its due for an upgrade. I could have had the iphone4s (that speaking thing annoyed me) this time but didnt want it. Ive got the Sony Xperia Arc and i love it does everything I need it to. Superfast android nice big clear screen 3D camera etc whats not to love
RoseMaybud
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by Pet1986:
“No. I update my phone every year when its due for an upgrade. I could have had the iphone4s (that speaking thing annoyed me) this time but didnt want it. Ive got the Sony Xperia Arc and i love it does everything I need it to. Superfast android nice big clear screen 3D camera etc whats not to love ”

That's easy for you to say.
goonst
14-03-2012
I have this badboy.

It's cute, it's simple, its battery lasts for about a fortnight (of near-constant use) and its predictive text makes sense. I got it to use for a month because I'd forgotten to top up my other, fancier phone and so didn't have any free texts for the month. But I honestly love it so much I decided to swap to it completely. Then the day after I'd swapped all my numbers and such, it got nicked. Sod's law. Thankfully since it was so cheap I could easily get another one, and could get my SIM replaced with all my credit, texts and minutes intact. Yay.
RoseMaybud
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by goonst:
“I have this badboy.

It's cute, it's simple, its battery lasts for about a fortnight (of near-constant use) and its predictive text makes sense. I got it to use for a month because I'd forgotten to top up my other, fancier phone and so didn't have any free texts for the month. But I honestly love it so much I decided to swap to it completely. Then the day after I'd swapped all my numbers and such, it got nicked. Sod's law. Thankfully since it was so cheap I could easily get another one, and could get my SIM replaced with all my credit, texts and minutes intact. Yay.”

Posh!
goonst
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by RoseMaybud:
“Posh!”

Rubbish! It's basically the same as yours except a little bit more sleek-looking.
iamsofired
14-03-2012
Im still rocking a motorola razor, will probably cave in and buy something swankier sometime this year though.
Pet1986
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by RoseMaybud:
“That's easy for you to say.”

Not really, its only the yearly upgrade everyone gets offered from THREE or 02, thats mine in the middle

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/
myss
14-03-2012
I've got an 'uncool' phone too, one with an actual keypad on it! It's very slim and sleek and it does what I need to do with it - phone, text, pictures and music.
Like you OP, my phone's reasonably cheap, so if something goes wrong, can I buy another without breaking the bank. I don't need to have the latest whatever just when what I have does the job. As the saying goes, 'if it ain't broke, why fix it'.
Goldbear86
14-03-2012
My mum is!! In fact both my parents are now I think of it!!
Bedsit Bob
14-03-2012
I've still got my prehistoric Nokia 1100.
Bedsit Bob
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by goonst:
“I have this badboy.”

I have one of those, in place of my house phone.

Paid less than a tenner for it at TESCO, complete with a free PAYG SIM.
johnnybgoode83
14-03-2012
Samsung S 2 here. I get free upgrades on my contract so I would be a fool not to do it
BK.
14-03-2012
I had the Sagem MYX3 when I was 12!
alfster
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by RoseMaybud:
“It is a MYX2 by Sagem that I got in 2002 and I have never bought another. This wasteful and competative, phone disposal society annoys me.

Are you the proud owner of a retro cell phone?”

]

I'm jealous mine is only 5years old - a Nokia with a colour screen unfortunately.

I'm happy to have a mobile phone that IS primarily a phone, I can text from, tell the time and a couple of retro-games on it.

Oh and is pre-paid pay-as-you go.
KJ44
14-03-2012
Nokia 5130 FTW!

Good sound quality, great video player, sensible predictive text, nice key action, battery life excellent, built to last.
Bedsit Bob
14-03-2012
I keep getting these texts, telling me how much is in my "phone fund".

I don't want to replace the bleeding phone.
owl61uk
14-03-2012
I am the proud owner of a Nokia 3310. I use it for texting and phoning on a PAYG. Why spend a small fortune each month on a contract, and get the latest must have phone is it to look cool. This crap with all the latest apps MP3 player GPS, internet watching a programme on the go on a 2 inch screen WHY
nanscombe
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by Bedsit Bob:
“I've still got my prehistoric Nokia 1100.”

That's a nice modern phone.

I've still got my Nokia 5110, bought at the end of 1999. I used it until the tailend of 2008 when I upgraded to an iPhone 3G. I wonder if you could still get a sim to work in it?

Strange but no-one seems to want to pay me any money for the Nokia.

I now use an iPhone 4 that I bought in 2010.
RoseMaybud
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by goonst:
“Rubbish! It's basically the same as yours except a little bit more sleek-looking. ”

far2cool
14-03-2012
thats not too bad,

Even though I have fairly new (well, almost 2 years) smartphone, I still love old mobiles - there's something quite nostalgic about it

oh, and iPhones aren't cool
Bedsit Bob
14-03-2012
Originally Posted by nanscombe:
“I've still got my Nokia 5110, bought at the end of 1999...

...I wonder if you could still get a sim to work in it?”

I don't see why not.

Get a PAYG SIM and bung a fiver on it.

If it doesn't work, you've only lost a fiver.
Farmer Ted
14-03-2012
I have two phones - one for regular use and one standby (as being on call is part of my job) - the main one is a BlackBerry, the backup is an age old Nokia.

Guess which one is more reliable - to the extent that I might switch them? Yup - a 6 year old Nokia (on the same network) has better call quality, MUCH better battery life, the only downside is that I can't use it for emails.

So much phone stuff is just "designer tech" these days - designed for the young'uns - and that's fine.
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