I love their smartphones, though, as they're built like tanks (battery life could be better.)
All their stuff is, right up until the first thing goes wrong with it. After that, burn/bury/etc. it and move on, as once you fix one thing, it's like a cascade effect has been unleashed and everything else will start to go in quick succession. They've historically been bad about burning out the amps in their cellular circuits, so if you ever go from everything working great but suddenly not being able to either make or receive a call (not necessarily both--there is at least one amp for each process and both rarely fail at the same time), go ahead and get it fixed under warranty then sell it off and buy a brand new one (or something else).
Still loving the 4S, probably because I refused to update and screw it all up. The Razr was great, and every time i see one at a thrift store I'm tempted to forgo the internets and return to the flip phone. I only stopped using it because it took a tumble and had issues after that.
A little late to the cell phone game. My wife is still shocked that I had a house phone in my dorm room. Met her in 2007, so she missed those days .
The Razr was great, and every time i see one at a thrift store I'm tempted to forgo the internets and return to the flip phone. I only stopped using it because it took a tumble and had issues after that.
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You and me both. If I didn't have a job that requires constant contact via FB, I'd go back to a razr, Definitely my favorite non-smart phone
2004-2009 - Kyocera brick cellphone. So ancient by today's standards: Extendable antenna, tiny B&W LCD screen, physical keypad. It was solid as a rock though, I dropped and abused it so much but it never stopped working. It also had Tetris, which was cool.
2009-2012 - LG flip phone. It was okay, not much say about it.
2012-2014 - Motorola Droid X. My first smartphone, I was pretty much the last to the party among my friends & family getting one. Good phone, it had a mini-HDMI connector in addition to a micro-usb port so I could plug it into any HDTV or monitor and mirror pictures, audio, and video. Had I not dropped and damaged the screen, I'd probably would've used it for another year or two.
2014 - Google Nexus (forget the model). I had it for about two weeks and returned it. The Verizon model had two separate antennas for CDMA carriers which made it a battery hog.
2014 - Samsung Galaxy S3. I hated the design and UI skin. Returned it after a day and swore never to buy a Samsung phone again.
2014-2017 - Motorola Moto X (1st Gen) - Great phone, almost pure android UI with minimal carrier bloatware. By this summer though, I could tell the phone was dying of old age. The battery couldn't make it a full day any longer, and my cell phone reception started fading. About two months ago the 1X antenna (or maybe some chip) died completely. 3G/4G cell data still worked, but the phone could no longer send/receive calls or texts.
2017 - iPhone 4S - Old phone stashed in a drawer my Mom loaned to me while I looked for a new phone.
2017 - Motorola Moto E4 - I didn't have the inclination to blow $600-1,000 on a new cell phone, so I looked at budget phones. The Moto E4 got excellent reviews as a budget phone and was similar in size and specs to my old Moto X. Dropped $130 at Best Buy and got an unlocked model. So far I'm pretty pleased with the phone. I mostly use my smartphone for calls, texts, youtube, & web surfing so the low-end specs don't bother me. Plus the standard battery is oversized compared to the phone's specs; I can get 3 or so days out of a single charge with my normal use.
Too many many phones to remember them all. I was a big fan of my Palm phones though. Motorola is rereleasing the Razr flip phone soon, that should be interesting.
2017- Got an iPhone 7 in June. Despite the different headphone jack, I absolutely love it. Well worth the price. Going to happily use this until it eventually stops working.
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I love their smartphones, though, as they're built like tanks (battery life could be better.)
All their stuff is, right up until the first thing goes wrong with it. After that, burn/bury/etc. it and move on, as once you fix one thing, it's like a cascade effect has been unleashed and everything else will start to go in quick succession. They've historically been bad about burning out the amps in their cellular circuits, so if you ever go from everything working great but suddenly not being able to either make or receive a call (not necessarily both--there is at least one amp for each process and both rarely fail at the same time), go ahead and get it fixed under warranty then sell it off and buy a brand new one (or something else).
Can't remember a lot of them after that... at various point I had the LG Chocolate, a bunch of the Droid phones, Galaxy 3 and now I have an LG G6.
11)OnePlus 5
-Razr (2008?)
-Android "upgrade" garbage (2011?)
-iPhone 4S (2013?)
Still loving the 4S, probably because I refused to update and screw it all up. The Razr was great, and every time i see one at a thrift store I'm tempted to forgo the internets and return to the flip phone. I only stopped using it because it took a tumble and had issues after that.
A little late to the cell phone game. My wife is still shocked that I had a house phone in my dorm room. Met her in 2007, so she missed those days .
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-Razr (2008?)
The Razr was great, and every time i see one at a thrift store I'm tempted to forgo the internets and return to the flip phone. I only stopped using it because it took a tumble and had issues after that.
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You and me both. If I didn't have a job that requires constant contact via FB, I'd go back to a razr,
Definitely my favorite non-smart phone
2009-2012 - LG flip phone. It was okay, not much say about it.
2012-2014 - Motorola Droid X. My first smartphone, I was pretty much the last to the party among my friends & family getting one. Good phone, it had a mini-HDMI connector in addition to a micro-usb port so I could plug it into any HDTV or monitor and mirror pictures, audio, and video. Had I not dropped and damaged the screen, I'd probably would've used it for another year or two.
2014 - Google Nexus (forget the model). I had it for about two weeks and returned it. The Verizon model had two separate antennas for CDMA carriers which made it a battery hog.
2014 - Samsung Galaxy S3. I hated the design and UI skin. Returned it after a day and swore never to buy a Samsung phone again.
2014-2017 - Motorola Moto X (1st Gen) - Great phone, almost pure android UI with minimal carrier bloatware. By this summer though, I could tell the phone was dying of old age. The battery couldn't make it a full day any longer, and my cell phone reception started fading. About two months ago the 1X antenna (or maybe some chip) died completely. 3G/4G cell data still worked, but the phone could no longer send/receive calls or texts.
2017 - iPhone 4S - Old phone stashed in a drawer my Mom loaned to me while I looked for a new phone.
2017 - Motorola Moto E4 - I didn't have the inclination to blow $600-1,000 on a new cell phone, so I looked at budget phones. The Moto E4 got excellent reviews as a budget phone and was similar in size and specs to my old Moto X. Dropped $130 at Best Buy and got an unlocked model. So far I'm pretty pleased with the phone. I mostly use my smartphone for calls, texts, youtube, & web surfing so the low-end specs don't bother me. Plus the standard battery is oversized compared to the phone's specs; I can get 3 or so days out of a single charge with my normal use.
2013- Samsung Ace 2.
2015- iPhone 4.
2017- Got an iPhone 7 in June. Despite the different headphone jack, I absolutely love it. Well worth the price. Going to happily use this until it eventually stops working.
2005 - Motorola V323
2007 - LG VX8700
2009 - Motorola Droid A855 (1st generation android smartphone)
2011 - Samsung Galaxy Nexus (still rocking the same model to this day!)