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Mobile OSs What's your smartphone OS history?

Started on iOS with an iPhone 2G, went to Windows Mobile 6 with a Motorola Q9h, back to iOS with an iPhone 4, currently using a HTC One with Android 4.1.
 
iPhone OS 2.2.1
Android 2.0
iPhone OS 3
iOS 4
Android 2.3
iOS 6
Android 4.2

Messed around with blackberry and Windows Mobile a while back too.
 
I didn't get a smartphone until my third year of college. I started with the iPhone 4. Then I went to the iPhone 5 a few months ago.

I've had a bunch of crappy phones all through out elementary/middle/high school.

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Ericsson T10S - No idea what OS (1998 - 2004)
Nokia something (2004 - 2005)
Motorola L6 (2005 - 2008)
iPhone 3G (2008 - 2010)
iPhone 4 (2010 - 2012)
iPhone 5 (2012 - )
 
First to last:
Motorola Q - Windows Mobile 5 (I think) in 2007. Great for a first smartphone but I ditched it when it started freezing a year later.

iPhone 3G - iOS 3-4 - 2009 - One of the best I've ever had. I was happy with this phone the whole time I had it - it was fast, reliable, and well built. If Apple hadn't killed it with the awful 4.0+ updates, even downgrading wouldn't fix whatever they did to it, I would probably still be using it now.

Samsung Focus - Windows Phone 7 - 2010 - Great phone, iPhone 3G had better camera though. Accidentally dropped it into a pond while at a park lol

Blackberry Torch 9800 - Blackberry 6 OS - 2011 - Replaced Samsung Focus, love/hate relationship with this phone because of the terrible lag/crashes but it's my go-to backup because the hardware is so sturdy. The camera was honestly one of the best I've ever used on a phone though thanks to the incredible autofocus/stabilization (I have a problem with shaky hands), I loved being able to download in the browser, and the hardware keyboard was incredible.

iPhone 4S - iOS 5-6 - 2011 - Replaced my Torch with an iPhone 4S. It was a nice upgrade but the Camera was just okay and I missed being able to download apps/file/anything from the web browser rather than a store.

HTC One X - Android 4.0 - 2013 - Traded my iPhone 4S in for this, loved having a huge screen and a phone that had all the options from Blackberry plus a great camera and great battery life with zero lag. Absolutely best phone I've ever had but lost it while on a road trip. :mad::mad::mad:

HTC One X+ - Android 4.1 - 2013 - AT&T replaced my HTC One X with this and it's okay. The phone is ridiculously hot to touch, lags when it gets too warm, heats up and lags when downloading large files on network, and it can't last a full day of use for me - all thanks to the Tegra 3. Kind of a downgrade despite the name but at least it has 64GB of storage rather than the 16GB the One X had.
 
Hastings101 said:
First to last:
Motorola Q - Windows Mobile 5 (I think) in 2007. Great for a first smartphone but I ditched it when it started freezing a year later.

iPhone 3G - iOS 3-4 - 2009 - One of the best I've ever had. I was happy with this phone the whole time I had it - it was fast, reliable, and well built. If Apple hadn't killed it with the awful 4.0+ updates, even downgrading wouldn't fix whatever they did to it, I would probably still be using it now.

Samsung Focus - Windows Phone 7 - 2010 - Great phone, iPhone 3G had better camera though. Accidentally dropped it into a pond while at a park lol

Blackberry Torch 9800 - Blackberry 6 OS - 2011 - Replaced Samsung Focus, love/hate relationship with this phone because of the terrible lag/crashes but it's my go-to backup because the hardware is so sturdy. The camera was honestly one of the best I've ever used on a phone though thanks to the incredible autofocus/stabilization (I have a problem with shaky hands), I loved being able to download in the browser, and the hardware keyboard was incredible.

iPhone 4S - iOS 5-6 - 2011 - Replaced my Torch with an iPhone 4S. It was a nice upgrade but the Camera was just okay and I missed being able to download apps/file/anything from the web browser rather than a store.

HTC One X - Android 4.0 - 2013 - Traded my iPhone 4S in for this, loved having a huge screen and a phone that had all the options from Blackberry plus a great camera and great battery life with zero lag. Absolutely best phone I've ever had but lost it while on a road trip. :mad::mad::mad:

HTC One X+ - Android 4.1 - 2013 - AT&T replaced my HTC One X with this and it's okay. The phone is ridiculously hot to touch, lags when it gets too warm, heats up and lags when downloading large files on network, and it can't last a full day of use for me - all thanks to the Tegra 3. Kind of a downgrade despite the name but at least it has 64GB of storage rather than the 16GB the One X had.
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Ha ha spot on with the the differences between the One X and One X+. I couldn't get decent battery life for nothing and almost anything you did that required a little horsepower would turn it into a gaddam furnace. The worst part about it for me was that there was almost zero development for the X+. I mean, if you have to start a donation for something as simple as a usuable aokp/CM port you know things aren't looking to bright. Whomever stole my One X+ actually did me a favor, it wasn't half the phone the One X was/is.

Although I do miss the luxury of having 64 gigs. It was definitely great for media consumption and tegra games were rather nice.

The One x is still going strong though :D
 
iPhone 3GS - iOS
iPhone 4 - iOS
iPhone 4S - iOS
iPhone 5 - iOS
Samsung Galaxy S3 - Android
Google Nexus 4 - Android
Samsung Galaxy S4 - Android
 
Original iPhone 2008
iPhone 3GS 2009
iPhone 4 2010
-----Droid experiment----
Droid X late 2010- Good phone crappy camera, laggy
HTC thunderbolt early 2011- Great LTE, terrible battery life
HTC incedible 2 mid 2011 - Good phone but crashed and restarted all the time..
------Back to iPhone-----
iPhone 4S late 2011
iPhone 5 late 2012
 
Sony Ericsson P900 (circa 2005)
Blackberry pearl - 2007
HTC touch Diamond 2 / MDA Compact V -2009 (Windows mobile 6.1)
iPhone 3G - 2008
iPhone 4 - 2010
Samsung galaxy Y- 2012
Samsung galaxy note- 2012 - present
 
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i used a symbian for almost 2 yrs
then i went to java on my sanmsung star(2.5 yrs)
then i got the iphone(1.5 yrs)
and now i use the android, (note 2)
 
iPhone 1-,3G, 3GS,4, 4s,5
HTC G1, S1, S2, S3, S4, Note 2
Galaxy nexus, Nexus 4, Atrix 4g
Nokia 900, 920, HTC 8x

Blackberry curve (original 2007), 8900, 9000, 9700, 9900

Palm treo (forgot which model)
Htc windows (forgot which model)

Nokia n95, e71

So I have essentially used everything the past 7-8 years except webos (did own touchpad briefly)
 
Blackberry curve
OG iPhone
OG droid
palm pixi
blackberry bold
iphone 4
galaxy nexus
iphone 4s
galaxy s3
iphone 5 (black)
galaxy note 2
galaxy nexus
galaxy s4
iphone 5 (white)

Next phone - Nokia Lumia 928 - learned my lesson and wont get rid of my iphone though...just get curious and wanna try these new phones...once the new wears off i always come back...
 
-Samsung Blackjack II
-iPhone 2G
-iPhone 3GS
-HTC Inspire
-iPhone 4S
-Galaxy Nexus
-iPhone 5
-Galaxy S3

I've experimented with Android on 3 separate occasions. I've gone back to iOS after each time. Still want to dive back in though.
 
iPhone 3G
iPhone 4s
Galaxy Note 2

Galaxy Note 3
Galaxy Note 4
Galaxy Note 5....:D
 
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