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  • I'm not going to highlight all the phones I've ever owned, quite a few were second-hand and didn't last long.
    But I WILL use this opportunity to wax nostalgically over my old Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. It was tiny, the battery lasted for two days easily, water proof and it was bright orange/red.
    It was the perfect phone for me and I've never seen anything like it again. Sure it was slower and the resolution was nothing spectacular, but it did everything I wanted and it was so easy to carry with me.

  • Dunno why this got downvoted, it's a great question:

    Nokia 3310 - legendary, got stolen

    Moto Timeport 7382i

    Sony CMD J70 - dial operation menu

    Sony Ericsson T610 - joystick got fluff jammed.

    LG Viewty - mediocre iPhone imitation but great slow motion vids 120fps

    Blackberry Curve 8520 - batteries heat and swell when browsing!All the apps were shit, and no games. ... but the physical qwerty keyboard was divine though - fastest I have ever typed AND accurately!

    iPhone 4S - solid

    Samsung (not sure which) too small

    Moto G7 Power - 4 years still sweet.

    Gotta love old Firefox on any platform, never lets me down

  • I got a mobile phone because somebody gave me one. I can understand the price I paid for it after discovering all of the annoyances. OH the LUXURY!

    WHY anyone puts up with the terrible hardware compromises, the terribly designed UIs, the shit software, the crappy audio, the constant charging, the security threats, the unregulated demands on our time, etc. etc. is beyond me.

    I use one roughly once a week, ONLY because I found a really cheap plan. But then, I never needed to talk to someone while I was walking down the street - and if I just had to (never), there were public phones everywhere. A dime for unlimited local calls. No fear of dropping a phone booth. Or accidentally leaving the phone booth at the bar. And they had doors - so you could hear yourself think. Or change into your costume.

    I suppose that back when beaverskin hats and buckboards were trendy, everyone just knew they had to have one. But oh, the price we're paying.

    • I use mine for internet in my pocket, not for calling people

      • That makes the most sense ... as a source of info, like a map, or nearby business locations, or quick advice.

        If you don't mind leaking your current position. (I wonder if cows' eartags do that these days.)

    • Flip phone
    • HTC Legend
    • Galaxy Nexus
    • HTC One M8
    • Nexus 5
    • Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 (boy that one sucked)
    • HTC One M8 (same device, just finally got S-OFF on it to use it with my carrier despite "incompatibility")
    • Galaxy S7
    • OnePlus 8T
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