Someone explain to me why I need a phone the size of a small piece of sheet rock?

[LynneSin]

I thought the brilliance about technology was that things would get smaller. Now Apple is telling me my phone is too small. That I need H*U*G*E* and if I don't have H*U*G*E* then I am some sort of cretinous technology lug being left behind with my smaller iphone.

I'm already pissed at Apple for ditching my Ipod Classic 160gb (bought a refurb online for backup incase my current one dies). But I am not spending any more money on Apple and even if I was I sure as hell do NOT want anything bigger? This cell phone I have barely fits into the tiny wristlet purses I have. What do these idiots think I do with my phone? "Oh geez that traffic light just turned Red perhaps I can catch up with the 'Real Housewive of some random city in the USA' while I wait thank goodness I have a bigger screen to watch it on my phone"?

It's a damn phone! I use it for phoning people. Now if I wanted to get a new Apple phone I would have to get something bigger that would not fit into any of my small purses. I'm not a big bag kinda gal. I do have a work purse/bag because I also carry lunch supplies in there. But the rest of my life I carry a wristlet and it needs to fit my iphone, my ipod classic, face powder, lipstick, debit card, cash and a few other misc items. I do not like lugging suitcases around with me everywhere.

And I can't imagine how the new Iphone classic is going to work out for men - that thing is not going to fit into a pair of jeans and will make pickpocking a heck of alot easier.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. What I've noticed is that the last three phones I've had were...

pretty good for texting (aside from autocorrect), watching movies, taking pictures, writing novels, listening to music, finding local restaurants (and your way) checking your heart rate....

BUT SUCKED AS PHONES!

As the features multiplied, the voice quality went downhill. I've been tempted to get an old fliphone just to make calls.

[LynneSin]

2. At this point I'm happy with my iphone but not ecstatic

You're right - as a phone the quality it ok at best. Either I have to be on speaker phone or wear a pair of earbuds to ear what anyone is saying but I always chalked that up to listening to Led Zeppelin at volume 10 when I was a little kid.

Having said that I play to keep my iphone 5 until it dies and after my contract expires in February I'm downgrading my dataplan. AT&T keeps convincing me that I need to pay all this money for an unlimited dataplan but yet I barely use 1gig a month. I have absolutely no plans for streaming movies in the middle of the woods so my thoughts is I'm going to ditch that and save more money.

I do like the idea of having a GPS on my phone. I can't say that I hate my iphone but I'm not sold on buying another Iphone when this dies nor do I need to have a giant size phone either. Anything bigger than my iphone 5 is too big for me.

[hobbit709]

3. My Tracfone does what I want in a phone.

it makes calls and receives calls.

[dr.strangelove]

4. I miss my flip phone

I have this droid monstrous thing now that can reportedly do my laundry while I watch netflix episodes of the A-Team on it, but I am the worst smartphone user in america. I have it as part of my family plan and since I use very little data, the family loves it, but I use it as a phone. It was free, but I miss the days of my little flip phone. Other than texting, my phone is the dumbest smart phoen there is.

[NV Whino]

9. Oh man, I want the one that does my laundry.

[orleans]

10. i love my stupid little flip phone. it's a pay as you go

--i don't use it *that* much, i don't text, and well, it's perfect for me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Crazy, isn't it?

When cell phones first came out they were the size and weight of a brick. Then they gradually got smaller and smaller, which was nice because they fit easily into a pocket, but they didn't do much of anything but phone calls. Then Apple got this bright idea of making a phone that did other stuff: Behold the "smart phone," which other companies eagerly copied. The first iPhone was flat but it wasn't very big. Then it started getting flatter but longer, and competitors like Android and Galaxy started making wider ones, because the phone function of the phone had become secondary to its computer function, and the original screens were too small to see and do all that new stuff. So now we're carrying around little computers that we occasionally use to make phone calls. But the damn things are getting too big to be easily portable and will soon merge in function and size with the tablet.

I like my iPhone 5 but I don't want a bigger phone!

[LynneSin]

6. I don't have an issue with smartphones

I like the idea of having Google Maps on there to help with directions when I need them.

But more and more I am realizing there isn't much of anything else on my iphone that is justifying why I need to upgrade to a more expensive phone or why I need a larger phone.

[pipi_k]

7. Heard the other day...

that companies responsible for smartphones are basically running out of ideas for apps and stuff.

So it looks like they're coming up with "new" ideas, like combining a phone with a tablet. Which turns out to be a "phablet".

Bah. I'm not impressed.


A little over 3 years into my current AT&T contract, I decided I wanted a new iPhone. So I waited till the 6 came out, read about the features, and said "Meh". Again, not that impressed, plus I decided that if there are going to be bugs and glitches, I'll let others be the lab rats. But I still upgraded from a 4 to a 5S, and the great thing about that was, because I waited, I got an awesome deal on a new 5S. I just hope the insanity stops by the time I'm ready to replace my 5S, because I won't upgrade to a phone that could give someone a concussion if thrown at their head.

So yeah, I'm wondering too, how the hell are guys supposed to carry something the size of a small Kindle around in their pants or shirt pockets?

[LynneSin]

8. a phone that size screams 'I'm a target for pickpockets'

just saying

[fizzgig]

11. i had to find a purse just so i could carry my phone

with the case on it, it's the size of my hand and i won't carry it in my back pocket because it would be so easy to yoink. i'm going to carry a backpack to the festival this weekend and keep it in there under my hoodie because i don't want to carry my purse.

but it cost us exactly zero dollars, so i'm not going to complain.