What Brand and Type of Cell Phone Do You Have Now?

Ruthanne said:
I like my moto with the stylus because it's easier on the wrist. I was specifically looking for a phone with a stylus that was included inside of it and found it at Metro (t-mobile).
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I've never tried using a stylus, and it is awkward to try and send a text or write a reply on this forum....so, I since I rarely do a text and never post on forums with my smartphone, I'm okay for now. I'm sure a stylus makes it much easier to not make mistakes when typing anything on a cell phone. I have Consumer Cellular, and they always advertise new phones, but mine suits my needs, which are very simple.
 

Manatee said:
We still mostly use the landline. Our daughter bought us both i-phones a few years ago. About the time I get it partially figured out, along comes an "upgrade" that completely changes the whole thing.
I look at it when I am having breakfast to see the weather forecast and some news.

We have never owned a laptop, we have his and hers desktops on his and hers desks.
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We still have our landline, same number we've had for decades. I do have a laptop, so I could use it in another room besides the computer room. Just bought it in 2019, only use it maybe an hour a day.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I've never tried using a stylus, and it is awkward to try and send a text or write a reply on this forum....so, I since I rarely do a text and never post on forums with my smartphone, I'm okay for now. I'm sure a stylus makes it much easier to not make mistakes when typing anything on a cell phone. I have Consumer Cellular, and they always advertise new phones, but mine suits my needs, which are very simple.
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Yes, it's easier to not make mistakes when using the phone stylus to text or reply here. I still have a problem with my wrist from when I injured it a year and a half ago. Using my fingers on my phone irritates it further. Can't seem to get rid of the problem. The stylus helps me in that way. I should just get up off the couch and use the computer like I am now...lol

Great that your phone suits your needs!
 

These are all my phones that I've owned in the last 12 years or so......

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The phone on the far left is my Iphone X which I have now
The 2 middle one upper and lower are previous versions of Iphones..

The silver and red are my old Blackberry's which I had before the iphones, and to this day would prefer to have if they hadn't gone out of business..

Bottom left is a tiny little Sony Ericsson which fits in my palm .. and bottom right also is a a Sony Ericsson
 
Keep hold of your phones Holly, collectors pay a good price for classic phones.
The first truly mobile cell phone that I ever saw was a huge great thing: The battery was about the size of a car's battery, it sat in some kind of satchel with the phone's handset on top. The handset looked much the same as the landline phones of the day. My thoughts were, "It will never catch on."
But then came "the brick!" And how it shrank:
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My first phone, an Alcatel, was issued through my credit card company, you can clearly see the word: Barclaycard, on the handset.
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The second phone is the one that I still have eleven years later. It has no name on it and although it could be used for internet connection, I never could grasp how it was so easy for most people but beyond comprehension for me, so rather than get frustrated I just use it for voice & text.
 
I have an old LG flip-phone and a low end model Tracfone that are both “pay as you go” plans and are kept in vehicles for use when communication from the road proves necessary since roadside pay phones are extinct or nearly so. My on-line life is through a tablet or laptop…
 
Another benefit of smartphones is the GPS navigation system built into them. Our CR-V has a built-in navigation system, but it comes with a 100 page manual that I have yet to look at. It's easier to just use my phone. I use the built-in system to look at upcoming streets while I'm driving. It's kind of a convoluted system. I should really look at the manual for it, but using the phone is so easy and I already do too many things that I don't want to do.
 
hollydolly said:
These are all my phones that I've owned in the last 12 years or so......

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The phone on the far left is my Iphone X which I have now
The 2 middle one upper and lower are previous versions of Iphones..

The silver and red are my old Blackberry's which I had before the iphones, and to this day would prefer to have if they hadn't gone out of business..

Bottom left is a tiny little Sony Ericsson which fits in my palm .. and bottom right also is a a Sony Ericsson
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Cool that you still have them all!
 
horseless carriage said:
Keep hold of your phones Holly, collectors pay a good price for classic phones.
The first truly mobile cell phone that I ever saw was a huge great thing: The battery was about the size of a car's battery, it sat in some kind of satchel with the phone's handset on top. The handset looked much the same as the landline phones of the day. My thoughts were, "It will never catch on."
But then came "the brick!" And how it shrank:
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My first phone, an Alcatel, was issued through my credit card company, you can clearly see the word: Barclaycard, on the handset.
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The second phone is the one that I still have eleven years later. It has no name on it and although it could be used for internet connection, I never could grasp how it was so easy for most people but beyond comprehension for me, so rather than get frustrated I just use it for voice & text.
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Wow that's a lot of phones! I don't even know what's become of some of mine. I think I threw a few in the trash..lol
 
Ruthanne said:
Cool that you still have them all!
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yes well because they're relatively modern I kept them because I was going to sell them while people were still buying the model... but then I never did sell them and now the iphones are too old a model, and the Blackberries are defunct.. and so that's the reason I have them..but I do believe there might be a collector for the Blackberry phones in a few short years , because of course they're not made any more...

I wish however I;d kept the ancient old brick phones we had in the early 80's.. they definitely would be worth something now...
 
hollydolly said:
yes well because they're relatively modern I kept them because I was going to sell them while people were still buying the model... but then I never did sell them and now the iphones are too old a model, and the Blackberries are defunct.. and so that's the reason I have them..but I do believe there might be a collector for the Blackberry phones in a few short years , because of course they're not made any more...

I wish however I;d kept the ancient old brick phones we had in the early 80's.. they definitely would be worth something now...
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They are worth keeping as they are nice phones. Some of ones I threw out were very small and not smart phones but a few others were. RIP ...LOL.
 
I have owned only 3 cell phones ever. The first one was a Samsung G-TE1086 back in maybe 2011. Then about 8 years ago, I got a Samsung 3. That worked just find until last year when there were a few issues with it. When I got my first stimulus check and trying to stimulate, I bought a new Motorola Moto G.

My phone is not my third arm so like a few others, it just a tool. Limited use. Ninety-nine percent of the time when I am out and about locally, it is sitting at home. It is used more when I travel for things like getting a Uber/Lyft.
 
I have an Alcatel, never figured the darn thing out, so I keep it for emergencies, I am told one can get nineoneone no matter as long as it is charged. My attitude towards the phone has always been that it is there for my convenience, if someone wants to call me and I am not home they can call later. I used to unplug the phone now and then and my friends knew it. They would say "what if you miss a call?", I would say if they really wanted to talk to me they would call later. I never took the cell phone with me, except on our senior recreational vehicles (disability scooters) in case of an emergency while we were out . My opinion too is if I am out I don't want to be bothered by a phone. Again it is here for my convenience.
 
PamfromTx said:
I need help. Hubby thought my birthday was next week. Can you believe that?!? He says he went to Verizon to look at phones. He looked and almost bought an Iphone. Arrrggghhh. Which do you all recommend, it's got to be a Samsung though. Help me decide, please. Man, what a surprise.... I have to select the birthday gift.
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I don't know anything Abt Samsung's sorry. I hope someone will help you with that. Good luck ☺️
 
Della said:
We're still holding out to be the only people in America without one. My husband has noticed that all the homeless people who come into the food bank where he volunteers have cell phones.
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You are not alone. I have a good friend who is committed to never getting one. i have a cell phone, but essentially with no data plan, so used only for making and sending phone calls and text messages. My wife's fingers don't seem to work with touch pad screens, so finding a cell phone with real push buttons is extremely limiting, and those phones where you have to push a button 3 or 4 times to get a single desired letter are torture machines. And I'm simply not willing to spend $500 a year for a cell phone plan, let alone the phone itself. My $120/yr plan and $50 phone gets my necessities done.
 

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