Poll: What brand of Cell Phone do you have?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: What brand of Cell Phone do you have? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=166&ref=forums.macrumors.com)

[rainman::|:|]

motorola T720 all the way. it's the only phone that packs the features i want into a decent form factor. 'Course, the OS isn't the greatest, but i can live with it...

i just wish verizon didn't suck so much as a provider :P locking me out of features on my phone... blah...

pnw

[Simon Liquid]

No one would call me anyway.

[Nermal]

An old $50 Alcatel. Don't use it much but it's good to have.

[iElvis]

Kyocera 2119b it was a gift...and its perfect for my needs.

[Hemingray]

Well, considering I just dropped my Nokia 3395 a couple weeks ago, it was a good excuse to take the plunge and buy a Sony Ericsson T68i. Ahhh, Bluetooth... now if I only had it on my computer... :p

I thought my Nokia 3395 was tiny, but they just keep getting smaller! The T68i is at least 15% smaller. But you get used to it...

[shadowfax]

i'm far too reclusive to give people that much access to me.

[DreaminDirector]

I have the T720 from Motorola and I'm begining to wish I had the T68i. It's not that it's a bad phone or anything, it's just not as mac friendly as the T68i. I'm on the T-mobile network, if anyone want to trade me phones! PM me!

[scem0]

Sorry Double post (stupid XP)...... delete.

[scem0]

An old Nokia.... My newer one managed to get itself in the washing machine..... Stupid phone... http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202 http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=257755

Is there a reason those images aren't displaying? :confused:

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by scem0
An old Nokia.... My newer one managed to get itself in the washing machine..... Stupid phone... http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251202 http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=257755

Is there a reason those images aren't displaying? :confused: haha! sucker :p

this is spam...

[alset]

Sanyo makes quality (drop them fifty times from a balcony and they stll work) phones. Woohoo!

Dan

[Tobsen]

Hey, the 13% other must all be Siemens users! Just switched back to the S45 from T68i. ;-)

[comrade]

always nokias. My last one was free. I like Motorolas though, and Siemens interest me enough to check them out further.

[trebblekicked]

my ericson is three years old, and it was the shiznit when i got it. best part is, it came with voice dialing, adn at&t (my service provider) recently called me to ask if i wanted to upgrade to a voice-dialing activated phone. then again, their telemarketers call me once a week to ask me if i want to get an at&t wireless phone and account. idiots.

[kanaka]

Originally posted by scem0
An old Nokia.... My newer one managed to get itself in the washing machine..... Stupid phone...

Heh, I have a Motorola Talkabout that got itself into the washing machine. And then it was stupid enough to get itself in the dryer! I kinda heard something banging around, but I was too lazy to see what it was before I left the laundry room. Anyway, my phone took a 30 minute swim in hot water, and then thunked around in a dryer on high heat for an hour. When I found the phone in my jeans pocket it was too hot to hold and yet still dripping wet! I figured it was hosed, no piece of electronic equipment can survive that kind of abuse! But I let it dry out for an hour, and it works fine! Absolutely unbelievable. Anyway, I just got a t68i because I wanted the bluetooth and mac-friendliness. I'm fairly certain that if I let a sprinkle of rain get on the t68i it will die immediately. And the T-Mobile service is terrible in my area. I have a lot of trouble explaining to my friends that I traded in a super durable phone with a great service plan for a fragile phone with no service just because it's a cool toy for my Mac!

[melchior]

sharp

but i'm in japan, so yeah.....

[RandomDeadHead]

I have a sanyo, and I hate the little mother *******. It reminds me of pc's sometimes. Has too many features, most of which dont work right, and the layout sucks like none other. It has a crumy color lcd with 2 dead pixles and poor response time. lots of ghosting when fliping through menues tops it all off.

Its battery life is extremly good though.

Thats the last time I let the wife buy a phones.:rolleyes:

[rjgjonker]

Where's Siemens? There are a lot more Siemens phones than some other brands mentioned (Motorola, Sanyo, Panasonic).
I've got an M35i myself, my network is T-Mobile.

[backspinner]

Originally posted by kanaka
I figured it was hosed, no piece of electronic equipment can survive that kind of abuse!
Well, maybe not the battery, but it is perfectly right to do that to the electronics parts. They do this kind of cleaning in the factory (but with different cleaning agents) so it was just a deja vu for your phone!

[scottlee]

Come on Apple, let's see some isync support for Nokia.. especially 3650!

[kylos]

Kyocera 2325. It has a speaker phone built in. Quite handy. Main reason for buying? Button size and height and well-featured.

[sparks9]

This poll sucks, the one who made it forgot siemens, but incl. Sanyo (what's this?) and panasonic, which are much smaller brands.

[mac15]

I have a Sony Erricsson t68i, I bought this long after the isync rush and i still don't have a BT adapter

[zarathustra]

SonyEricsson T68i - loving it. Bluetooth works great and i use it to get my IMAP mail and is also a decent internet connection backup (somewhere around 28,8 Kbps).

[Wry Cooter]

I would have had a Treo, before the days of bluetooth, or a SonyEricsson t68i, but the decisionultimately isn't mine, it is the carriers marketing in the area.

I wish consumer demands had more influence on what IS available.

[joker2]

The list of "Other" is growing rapidly, including mine, Kyocera.

[idkew]

Just got a T68i from Amazon.com for -$30!

Right now I have an LG I think... a very finiky one that is...

I can't wait to play with bluetooth!

[knoxer]

Add another check for Kyocera. I don't know what model it is... let me check under the battery... ummm 2035a? Whatever was their popular low end model about 2 years ago is what I have. Pretty good phone, it's been dropped a time or two with no problems.

[JesseJames]

"Can you hear me now? Good."
"Can you hear me now? Good."
BARK! BARK! GRRRRRRR...BARK!
"Ohhh, ahhh! Ohh! For God sake help me!!! $#@$%! Ahhh! I'm running! I'm running! Help me! Help! Can you send help?! What?! AHHHHHH!"

[iShater]

I'm using a Samsung A400, bought it last April, pretty much a few weeks before they discontinued the sucker. But I love it, only thing it is missing (as far as I am concerned) is a called-id display ont he outside (the A420 has that).

[Fender2112]

I've been a Nextel user for quite a few years now. In the construction business it's hard to get by with out one.

My biggest grip is the lack of etiquette people have when using the two way radio:

"Hey, you there?"...Yes but I'm in a meeting.
"Hey, you there? ... Yes but I'm on the other line.
Beep beep beep...clear... beep beep beep... I'm with a customer, I'll get back to you.
"$#@@...!#@%" ... I appreciate that and so does your boss who is here with me.

Sometimes folks just have no manners.

[Les Kern]

I have a "Neekogda", made in Bulgaria. It's missing the "4" key and screams instead of rings. To get good reception I have to be at least 500 feet above sea level. I got it becasue I felt sorry for the folks at the factory, who lived under the Soviet 5-year plan for way too long.

[celaurie]

Why are you differentiating between Ericsson and Sony-Ericsson phones? Technically, they are the same thing...

[Spock]

I love my Samsung s105

[Mosco]

LG VX4400 = the best phone verizon offers. I would have like some of the cooler GSM phones but GSM coverage is sub par atbest unless you live in a large city.

Verizon seems very good. I have only had them for about a month (had Sprint) and they seem to have the best coverage out of any of the other providers although they are more pricey.

And to person who was was mad because of the limitations verizon puts on the phones. You can get around them easily. do a search for GAGIN, i think it works on the T720. Check out Howardforums.com and wirelessadvisor.com. I was able to make this my backround: http://homepage.mac.com/themosco/.Pictures/applebanner2.jpg

[bousozoku]

I've only had two phones, a generic freebie Motorola and a Motorola StarTac, which I got for $9.99 after markdowns and a huge corporate discount.

I'm not sure what I'd choose next time, but I like the style of the Samsung phones.

[Vonnie]

i have a nokia 7100, sweet but kinda big :)

Yes, I watched The Matrix way too many times :)

[kas95125]

Originally posted by RandomDeadHead
I have a sanyo, and I hate the little mother *******. It reminds me of pc's sometimes. Has too many features, most of which dont work right, and the layout sucks like none other. It has a crumy color lcd with 2 dead pixles and poor response time. lots of ghosting when fliping through menues tops it all off.

Its battery life is extremly good though.

Thats the last time I let the wife buy a phones.:rolleyes:

This sounds eerily similar to my experience with the T68 (minus the dead pixels). I love the level of intimacy it shares with my Mac, but it's slower than a 386 PC and it "crashes" way too often -- usually about once or twice a day. When that happens, I must pull out the battery and snap it back in to "reboot" the phone.

I've thought about having its firmware upgraded to the T68i, but SonyEricsson wants about $40 to do the job, and I'd have to ship it to them, thus depriving me of a phone for about a week.

Anyone used BOTH the original T68 AND the T68i? Is the difference worth the pain of upgrading, or should I just wait for their next little gem to come out?

[network23]

Kyocera 6035 here. Would love to get either a Treo or the new color version of my current Kyo, but will have to wait another year before I can.

Love the convenience of not having to carry around a cell phone AND a PDA. Love the sharing of data between the PDA and the cell phone.

Great phone!

[noel4r]

Nextel i90c baby, nothing beats direct connect for keeping in touch with friends and family. pretty soon they'll have nationwide direct connect which means i'm a touch of a button away from communicating with any Nextel subscriber across the county, even Hawaii...

[beatle888]

Originally posted by idkew
Just got a T68i from Amazon.com for -$30!

Right now I have an LG I think... a very finiky one that is...

I can't wait to play with bluetooth!


i cant believe you went for that. i cancelled the process once they asked for my drivers license and social security number. maybe im just paranoid.

[Nipsy]

Danger Hiptop

[yzedf]

Motorola v.60 >> T-Mobile

Much nicer hardware than any of the Nokia's I ever owned. Prefer the menu style of the Nokia however...

[idkew]

Originally posted by beatle888
i cant believe you went for that. i cancelled the process once they asked for my drivers license and social security number. maybe im just paranoid.


every buy a cell phone before? those are regular questions.

[FelixDerKater]

Motorola v60t. I would like to have one of the SonyEricsson t68i phones, but there is no GSM service in the area other than Nextel and I haven't seen them selling that phone.

[FelixDerKater]

Originally posted by idkew
every buy a cell phone before? those are regular questions.

They have to make sure you have good credit.

[Mosco]

Originally posted by FelixDerKater
Motorola v60t. I would like to have one of the SonyEricsson t68i phones, but there is no GSM service in the area other than Nextel and I haven't seen them selling that phone.

Nextell isn't GSM, its IDEN which is why Moto is the only company that makes phones for them.

[MacFan25]

I have a Nokia 3360. It works just fine. I don't have any problems with it. I don't use it too much, so I don't think that I will get a nicer phone for a while.

[g30ffr3y]

i use an lg 5350 through sprint... i only have it cause i work for them... sanyo makes the best phones though overall...

[ibookin']

I have an Audiovox CDM-9500 with a color screen. It is a great phone, though it does not seem to be as sturdy as my previous Kyocera. I use it as a modem with a USB cable to my iBook, and the data service is included in every Verizon price plan, so it only uses my minutes.

I wanted a T68, but Verizon does not have them and I do not want to switch providers Cingular, T-Mobile, and AT&T are all really crappy in my area. The only providers that get service are Verizon, Sprint, and Nextel. I already had Verizon so I stuck with them.

[gerror]

nokia 7650 and I love it.
Playing Prince of Persia and Doom in the train is so relaxing. And the camera is sweet.

[neilt]

for the last 2 days I have had a LG VX4400. - kind of big, and i haven't quite figured out all the menus.

before that I used a Motorola T720. very small and thin for a flip phone. Menu's weren't great, but better than the LG.

On Monday I will be getting a Kyocera 7135 Smartphone. Hoping that the palm function will sync with my mac with out issues.

I also have a t68i that i just gave to my wife. Although I love to use the bluetooth with sony ericson clicker to control my mac. I used it on Tuesday for a keynote presentation. Makes the pc guys in my office look like chumps!

neilt

[JEdiBeavis]

LG (Lucky Goldstar) TM510 thru Verizon.

Flip Phone, very plain black, industrial looking almost. No bells & whistles, but great sound quality. OEM battery was terrible. Upgraded to bigger battery, now happy with everything except phone book, which lists entries numerically instead of alphabetically.

And I've been very happy with Verizon's service.

[pimentoLoaf]

Nokia 5165 (http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/5165)

[scem0]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
haha! sucker :p

this is spam...

being V is harder than I thought. I shouldn't have had trouble
getting her emoticons in.... :(

[alexlai5050]

t68 old one upgraded software

[kansaigaijin]

in Japan, just down the road from Kyocera, but I have a
Toshiba
camera, video, e-mail, web, etc.

wish I had got the Sanyo that takes the SD cards, nice to have 512MB card.

[tazo]

kyocera 5xxx series

[GeneR]

This sounds like a silly thread. Why are we even discussing it? There are more important issues in life than which cellphone brands we have....

such as...

uh...

well...

evil babies with glowing red eyes?


;)

[iWantAMac]

Sony Ericsson (T68i) and a Nokia (8250).

[chrisfx811]

samsung a500.
bad thing about samsung now is that they are putting out phones every month now, and they do not seem as durable as they used to be. sam 8500 was the shiznit.
i am in the cell phone business and i can say this:
motorola: outside of nextel, most of their phones are made poorly. startac, v60, v120 with the retractable antennas all had issues with their antenna durability.
sanyo: makes incredible phones for sprint. strongest signal available for sprint.
samsung: best color lcd, usually has the best features in terms of usability and reliability.
sony/ericsson: before sony they had the worst q.c. their color screens are nothing to get excited about, but their phones are better now with sony onboard.
nokia: other than their newest, and mostly euro-gsm phones; most of their stateside phones are kinda cheap and behind in the technology. the kiddies love them because they are customizable
kyocera: sucked when they first took over qualcomm's phone division, but they seem to have made great progress with their newest phones
l.g. a phone per week i think is their motto. they do offer good features at cheap prices if you're not the sucker who buys it the day it comes out.
siemens: not as much experience here yet, but they are very reliable and durable

[Giaguara]

motorola flare (1995) was horrible >>

nokia 5000 (1996) lasted long and is now in use of my dad >>

nokia 3210 (1999) was a bit smaller and nice >>

nokia 3330 (2001) is still working but i sold it. i moved to US and i can't use a dual band euro phone, so i got now >>

ericsson t39m.


i like nokias but i want mac compatiblity..

[GeneR]

But it gave off a lot of heat. Now I don't have any because I'd rather keep as many brain cells in tact as possible. :D

Brain Cancer would = yuckiness.

[runningman]

Nokia 6370 chose it because it was lighter than the 3 series phones and was easier to carry when running the voice command feature though doesn't work well with any background noise.

[sandro]

I have a Sony Ericsson T68i

[baby duck monge]

i had a kyocera until about a month ago when the display completely went nuts on me (color would reverse, screen would go blank, etc...). now i have a samsung a460. hopefully it will work out alright.