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Which mobile device do you own?

By Patrick   Follow   Tue, 12 Feb 2013, 12:46pm   524 views   14 comments
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Just a survey for fun, and to see if I can collect a significant amount of data.

Which mobile device do you own? Only one selection allowed for now.

iPhone
iPad
Android phone
Kindle
Blackberry
Symbian
other
none

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1. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,518 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

   1   12:48pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   What no Symbian?

2. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,235 threads 6,171 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

   2   1:15pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   OK, Symbian added.

3. CrazyMan Follow Befriend 449 comments Boulder Creek, CA

   3   2:12pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Rooted Rezound and an iphone 3Gs that I use for a wall clock :)

4. jvolstad Follow Befriend (4) 1,003 threads 1,146 comments San Antonio, TX jvolstad's website

   4   3:18pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   HTC Rezound running on Verizon Wireless LTE.

5. epitaph Follow Befriend (3) 5 threads 185 comments

   5   3:31pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Old dumbphone Nokia brick. Had one of the early androids, battery life was brutal. I've heard they have made huge strides in this department the last couple of years, so I've been looking for a good deal on a Galaxy S3 for the last few weeks. If I do snag one I'm sure I will miss the 6 days of usage i can get on one charge on this thing.

6. SFace Follow Befriend (2) 61 threads 1,334 comments Premium

   6   3:49pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   No need for a survey, it's public knowledge Mobile: (Samsung (56) and Apple (34) 90%, Blackberry 6%, Microsoft and rest 4%. Tablet: (Apple (56) and Samsung (34) 90%, and the rest Kindle, Microsoft with 10%.

7. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 296 threads 5,259 comments

   7   4:06pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   LG Esteem from Metro PCS The wife has an iPad that no one hardly ever uses. I'm wanting to get one of these Maybe I can make some use of recording some new material I've been working on.

8. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (17) 785 threads 7,956 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   8   4:52pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   I have an Android HTC Evo smart phone that I just use for development because Sprint forces you into a rip-off data plan if you activate a modern smart phone. So I use my old Windows CE phone for telephony. Before that I had a Palm OS phone, which I liked better. The HTC Evo is a nice smart phone, and I would use it as my primary device if I didn't have to sign up for a data plan. However, I checked other in the poll above because my primary Android device is the Google Nexus 10 with an amazing 2560x1600 display -- I wish I could buy a monitor with that resolution -- and 32 GB storage. It's a great platform. The only downside is that the battery is not replaceable, so it has a fixed lifespan. Hopefully, some will create a hack to replace the battery within the next few years. I honestly cannot understand why anyone would want a piece-of-shit IPad when there exists such awesome alternatives. But then again, Apple is a religion. You can't expect rational thought from its users.

9. curious2 Follow Befriend (5) 32 threads 2,344 comments Premium

   9   4:59pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   @Dan8267, check independent cellular providers. Sprint uses CDMA, which is also available via MetroPCS and others. The "prepaid" services tend to be cheaper than postpaid, but Telnamobile offers T-Mobile GSM at cheap postpaid rates. No need to pay for the big names' advertising budgets. Regarding Apple products, they have the best OS for people who want their devices to work without too much effort. People really love Apple products. Personally, I prefer machines that I can take apart and tinker with, but people love their Apple products like they love their pets. They wouldn't think of cutting open the dog to replace his bark, and they wouldn't think of taking apart their iPhone to replace the memory chips. Apple users are often nice people, they just don't have the same interest in taking stuff apart and they are willing to pay extra for something simpler.

10. donjumpsuit Follow Befriend 15 threads 484 comments

    10   5:11pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I have an iPhone. Since the day it arrived in 2007, I have owned one. I have never needed my phone for business uses, and I do quite a bit of browsing on my phone, from day to day, but never have gone over 0.5 GB of data a month. I have always enjoyed the fact that I can purchase "Apps" from the Apple App store and not have to worry that they will corrupt my phone, or be clones of popular software that are designed to trick me. I have never had a burning desire to customize my phone, ringtone or otherwise. I always was disappointed that maps didn't have turn-by-turn driving instructions, although I used maps all the time. I understood I could have gotten a TomTom App for that purpose, but was quite glad that the most recent OS update allowed for turn by turn built in. I don't really use SIRI, and find it about as useful as Google Chrome for the iPhone. I appreciate that Apple doesn't push technology that isn't ready or readily accepted, that other manufactures include just to have "the latest and greatest" That being said, if I had to disapprove of a certain point, it would be the ridiculous up charge in memory. I find it funny that Android/Samsung users constantly bash iPhone people, and iPhone people could care less. It just doesn't concern me what Android people do. I don't think their phones are superior, or inferior, just don't really care. I know that just about every feature of an iPhone or iOS is available on an Android phone, but appreciate how built in it is for Apple and seamless. I do update my phone every 2 years. I get the 1,3,4,5 updates, and not the "S" updates. When I get a new phone, I always sell the old one, for close to the price I will purchase the new subsidized phone for, so I don't see this as a problem. I love that the iPhone has a text app which allows iPhone users to text each other without using an "App" but automatically, and it doens't count as a text. I was able to eliminate my text plan because of this. I have kept my original "Unlimited Data" plan since 2007. I acknowledge that at any time they could remove this, but most plans are around $30 anyway. My girlfriend is using my old iPhone4 right now with no data. We were able to activate a miniSIM in her dumbphone, and block data on that account, and then transfered it to the iPhone. We are both quite pleased it has worked so far.

11. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,518 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    11   5:22pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   donjumpsuit says I find it funny that Android/Samsung users constantly bash iPhone people, and iPhone people could care less. ? Sure they care. iPhone "people" do plenty bashing of their own.

12. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 56 threads 4,081 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    12   5:40pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I'm ambivalent, I wrote a post on here a long time ago soliciting opiinions whether I should get the Iphone or samsungs3... http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1216397 But, it turned out, one of my phones was still under contract till December, so I couldn't upgrade and change to verizon at that time... Thank goodness! Tmobile's new value plan, they don't give you the phones anymore. BUT they cut my phone bill for 3 lines by nearly 100 a month. Well, now when I considered getting the s3, I'd have to pay full price. Come to think of it, my htc mytouch 4g works fine and I don't need a new phone, when it comes to spending nearly $500 on one! Maybe the next Iphone of samsung will convince me... I'm waiting to see the next rounds this spring/summer.

13. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 434 threads 4,247 comments Baltimore, MD

    13   5:44pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   None needs to be an option.

14. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,235 threads 6,171 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

    14   7:34pm Tue 12 Feb 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   zzyzzx says None needs to be an option. OK, None is now an option.