 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
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Re: Just when I was thinking about buying one... said by pablo:Hi, Thank you for your response. I'm going to assume other phones offer the above features. Many of the most basic phones have the above features.
In fact, my dumbphone/featurephone w580i had copy-paste, a2dp, voice-dial, mms, the same quality 2mp camera, removable memory, and a removable battery.
My even older razr had MMS, copy-paste, and a removable battery.
Both of those phones cost me 10%-25% the price of an iPhone - so those aren't features that shouldn't be expected on a $500 device.
Given my disdain for cell phones, a lot of the above features don't apply to my klunker except for the `no removable battery' That is absolutely awful. What do folks do when the battery has memory-effect? Chuck the phone? Send it back for `repairs'?
They have to purchase Applecare (for $70), and send (you pay shipping) the entire phone in for repair. You're covered for 2 years, but if the battery is not more than 50% depleted, (which you can't measure ahead of time because you can't remove the battery), you're not covered.
Anyone who thinks the iphone is "one of the best phones on the market", either:
1) hasn't looked at the market
2) has fallen victim to the marketing
3) fallen victim to the fad
4) doesn't know what they're missing
5) gauges what's "best" by what everyone else has and probably also thought the Razr was the "best phone on the market" because everyone had that too.
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pabloMVM
join:2003-06-23
kudos:1 | Excellent response. Thank you.
I suspect if I ever get rid of my klunker, I'll be posting on here for recommendations. The one thing I like about my phone (the only thing actually) is it has the ability for me to plug in an external antenna.
I have a Yagi antenna at my cottage and use it to get reception on my mobile phone. We don't have phone service there so that's how I get it to work.
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