Thread: OT: rfc iPhone 4S

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:17:05 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

>OT: rfc iPhone 4S
>
>I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
>
>That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
>
>Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
>
>I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
>
>Pisses me off!!!
>
>Andy


No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
(Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. It took me five years to
finally upgrade to it from a flip phone.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:53:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:17:05 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >OT: rfc iPhone 4S
> >
> >I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
> >
> >That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
> >
> >Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
> >
> >I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
> >
> >Pisses me off!!!
> >
> >Andy
>
>
> No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
> (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. It took me five years to
> finally upgrade to it from a flip phone.

You're working and it's paid for by your job or you write off the
expense?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On 10/15/2011 7:17 AM, Andy wrote:
> OT: rfc iPhone 4S
>
> I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
>
> That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
>
> Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
>
> I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
>
> Pisses me off!!!
>
> Andy


You mean LESS than state of the art???

The 4S isn't state of the art. It's the state of Apple.

<or is should that be the State of Apple?>

On Oct 15, 7:53*am, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> wrote:

>
> No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
> (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. * It took me five years to
> finally upgrade to it from a flip phone. *

I'm still using a pay as you go flip phone. Somehow I just can't see
justifying the price of the smart phone plus the monthly contract. I
guess if I needed to use the phone as an offshoot of my computer I
would get one, but right now it's not very high on my priority list.

I do think it would be fun to have one if for nothing else it really
IS a little computer in your hand now.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:01:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Oct 15, 7:53*am, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
> > (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. * It took me five years to
> > finally upgrade to it from a flip phone. *
>
> I'm still using a pay as you go flip phone. Somehow I just can't see
> justifying the price of the smart phone plus the monthly contract. I
> guess if I needed to use the phone as an offshoot of my computer I
> would get one, but right now it's not very high on my priority list.
>
> I do think it would be fun to have one if for nothing else it really
> IS a little computer in your hand now.
>
>
I can handle the cost of a smart phone. I'd like one to access Google
when I need an address while I'm out, google maps and the GPS feature
would be nice, but I don't need them often enough to justify the
monthly internet charge.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:01:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Oct 15, 7:53 am, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
>>> (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. It took me five years to
>>> finally upgrade to it from a flip phone.
>>
>> I'm still using a pay as you go flip phone. Somehow I just can't see
>> justifying the price of the smart phone plus the monthly contract.
>> I guess if I needed to use the phone as an offshoot of my computer I
>> would get one, but right now it's not very high on my priority list.
>>
>> I do think it would be fun to have one if for nothing else it really
>> IS a little computer in your hand now.
>>
>>
> I can handle the cost of a smart phone. I'd like one to access Google
> when I need an address while I'm out, google maps and the GPS feature
> would be nice, but I don't need them often enough to justify the
> monthly internet charge.

Google (enough for addresses) and GPS (including the "go to" feature, with
step-by-step turn maps, if needed) are all included as a basic service on
my 4-year-old-Crackberry. Price per month just went up from $49 to $59 a
month, but many more features were added (that I'll probably never use).
Can't complain. Well, I can, but I really shoudn't.

In article <[email protected]>,
Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:17:05 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
> >
> >That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
> >
> >Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?

> No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
> (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. It took me five years to
> finally upgrade to it from a flip phone.

My two year contract is up in January. I am considering a smarter
phone. My daughter has had an iphone for years and loves it. I just
looked them up. I can get one for ... free! The Apple iphone 3GS is
free, just US$15 a month for the minimum data plan.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:33:46 -0700, sf <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:53:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:17:05 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >OT: rfc iPhone 4S
>> >
>> >I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
>> >
>> >That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
>> >
>> >Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
>> >
>> >I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
>> >
>> >Pisses me off!!!
>> >
>> >Andy
>>
>>
>> No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
>> (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. It took me five years to
>> finally upgrade to it from a flip phone.
>
>You're working and it's paid for by your job or you write off the
>expense?


Nope, comes out of my pocket. My phone did everything I wanted and
more. It made outgoing calls, it took incoming calls, and as a bonus,
it even had the time of day.

After having that phone for a few years, it was getting a bit dinged,
so I opted for the Motorola Atrix. It does lots of nifty things and I
use some of the features. But it will be a long time before I'd
consider an upgrade since this is very adequate. IMO, the people
standing in line for the latest gadget are crazy, at best.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:31:18 -0700, sf <[email protected]> wrote:



>>
>> I do think it would be fun to have one if for nothing else it really
>> IS a little computer in your hand now.
>>
>>
>I can handle the cost of a smart phone. I'd like one to access Google
>when I need an address while I'm out, google maps and the GPS feature
>would be nice, but I don't need them often enough to justify the
>monthly internet charge.


It is a handy gadget. I've used it for practical purposes too, such
as looking being out and about, we decided to check out something so
we were able to look up a store and calling to find out the hours.
Safer than risking an hour of time and gallon of gas if it was closed.
Having conversation with friends, a subject came up so I was able to
Google some information to clarify something.

When taking a restroom break you can catch the latest news. Waiting at
the doctor's office you can do that, maybe even send an email.

We survived without for decades and we can in the future too, but if
you can justify the extra $15 a month for a data plan, it can be fun
and useful. I don't have a texting plan and chose to pay 20¢ each. So
far, I've spent maybe a buck on texting.

In spite of some good things it has done, it has not "paid for itself"
and never will.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:17:05 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

>OT: rfc iPhone 4S
>
>I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
>
>That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
>
>Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
>
>I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
>
>Pisses me off!!!

Doesn't piss me off... I don't have a cell phone. I don't know why
anyone needs a cell phone... I have a land line with an answering
machine, that's as high tech as I want... and anyone can't wait for me
to return their call can keep dialing until their finger falls off. In
all my years I maybe used a pay phone twice, and I'm sure not for
anything so important it couldn't wait until I returned home. WTF do
all those sickies with a cell phone superglued to their ear have to
talk about 24/7... I've never yet been driving down the road and got
an urge to conversate... if I wanna hear strange voices my vehicle has
a stereo! I remember years ago the first few times I noticed people
on the street talking loudly and flailing their arms I thought they
had escaped from the Central Islip/Pilgrim State Mental Institution. I
still think they're whackos talking to themselves... I've never yet
heard any of them say anything worth their breath... and for some
strange reason only the truly psychotic must comprehend they all make
sure that everyone within fifty yards can hear their words of wit...
NOT! When people call me on a cell phone the second they begin to
fade I hang up without saying a word and I won't pick up when they try
again... I'm not gonna strain to figure out some dolt's broken up
gibberish. Two paper cups and string is more reliable than any cell
phone. Cell phones are less reliable than communicating with tomtoms
and smoke signals.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:46:45 -0400, "John Smythe"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:01:07 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 15, 7:53 am, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> No matter what new phone may come out, as long as my present phone
>>>> (Android) keeps working, I'll keep it. It took me five years to
>>>> finally upgrade to it from a flip phone.
>>>
>>> I'm still using a pay as you go flip phone. Somehow I just can't see
>>> justifying the price of the smart phone plus the monthly contract.
>>> I guess if I needed to use the phone as an offshoot of my computer I
>>> would get one, but right now it's not very high on my priority list.
>>>
>>> I do think it would be fun to have one if for nothing else it really
>>> IS a little computer in your hand now.
>>>
>>>
>> I can handle the cost of a smart phone. I'd like one to access Google
>> when I need an address while I'm out, google maps and the GPS feature
>> would be nice, but I don't need them often enough to justify the
>> monthly internet charge.
>
>Google (enough for addresses) and GPS (including the "go to" feature, with
>step-by-step turn maps, if needed) are all included as a basic service on
>my 4-year-old-Crackberry. Price per month just went up from $49 to $59 a
>month, but many more features were added (that I'll probably never use).
>Can't complain. Well, I can, but I really shoudn't.

It costs far less to buy a Garmin with lifetime free updates... which
stores all the addresses of everyone you can possibly know and many
more, and keep the phone directory for your driving area in your
vehicle (I thought everyone already did that). You won't like using
GPS on an iphone, besides the monthy fee. I just bought a Garmin,
it's fantastic.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:17:05 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

>OT: rfc iPhone 4S
>
>I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
>
>That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
>
>Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
>
>I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
>
>Pisses me off!!!

I'm waiting for Fios to come to my area, then I can dump my crumby TV
cable and I may consider an iphone. I have Verizon high speed
internet but Fios is not here yet... this area is low priority,
population density is too low.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:56:44 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:



>It costs far less to buy a Garmin with lifetime free updates... which
>stores all the addresses of everyone you can possibly know and many
>more, and keep the phone directory for your driving area in your
>vehicle (I thought everyone already did that). You won't like using
>GPS on an iphone, besides the monthy fee. I just bought a Garmin,
>it's fantastic.


I've had a Garmin for a few years now. The technology is fantastic.

I took it to Italy and it really was worth the money.

In most cases, in the US I can get to most any big city just having a
little knowledge that Ohio is west of PA and when I get to Cleveland,
it will take me to the particular address I want. In Europe, I'm a
little less familiar and used the Garmin pretty constantly. It guided
me through some really small towns and some wild twisting roads.

On 10/15/2011 3:34 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Doesn't piss me off... I don't have a cell phone.

Makes sense.

People who don't have friends or family who call them don't need a cell
phone.

People who don't go anywhere don't need a cell phone.

People who communicate with cats better than they do with humans don't
need a cell phone.

People whose definition of "conversation" is insulting people they have
never met on the internet don't need a cell phone.

Besides, no cell phone means you have more room to keep your hand deeeep
in that pocket when you want to get in touch with yourself.

George L

In article <[email protected]>, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1>
wrote:

> Doesn't piss me off... I don't have a cell phone. I don't know why
> anyone needs a cell phone... I have a land line with an answering
> machine, that's as high tech as I want...

how's that work when you are on some less travelled road and your car breaks
down?

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:11:42 -0400, Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:

> We survived without for decades and we can in the future too, but if
> you can justify the extra $15 a month for a data plan, it can be fun
> and useful.

To date, I can't. I've only needed those features maybe once or twice
a year - if that often.

> I don't have a texting plan and chose to pay 20¢ each. So
> far, I've spent maybe a buck on texting.

I turned texting off completely because the texts from my carrier
trying to sell me something outnumbered real text messages. So it was
a useless feature AFAIWC.
>
> In spite of some good things it has done, it has not "paid for itself"
> and never will.

I hear ya.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

ImStillMags <[email protected]> wrote:

> I do think it would be fun to have one if for nothing else it really
> IS a little computer in your hand now.


ImStillMags,

That's very much the point!

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:
> OT: rfc iPhone 4S
>
> I've gotta wait until Dec. 1st to get upgraded.
>
> That means I've got over a month to feel left out.
>
> Any rfc members bought an iPhone 4S?
>
> I can't stand being lesser than state of the art!!!!!!
>
> Pisses me off!!!
>
> Andy

My 19-year-old got one - we ordered it for him earlier in the week and
it arrived, as promised, from Verizon on Friday. It's great - reminds
me of my iPad2, just smaller, and it's his iPod as well, hold all his
music.

What's not to like? We're probably going to get a few more of them -
we've got one more upgrade we can use now and another coming due in
about a month. My wife wants because she's never had a smart phone and
since she doesn't have a GPS in her car, she wants that functionality.

If you're on Verizon, sometimes they let you upgrade a little before
your due date - ask them about early upgrades. (You can just call 611
from your cell phone.)

-S-

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:48:27 -0500, George Leppla
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 10/15/2011 3:34 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Doesn't piss me off... I don't have a cell phone.
>
>Makes sense.
>
>People who don't have friends or family who call them don't need a cell
>phone.
>
>People who don't go anywhere don't need a cell phone.
>
>People who communicate with cats better than they do with humans don't
>need a cell phone.
>
>People whose definition of "conversation" is insulting people they have
>never met on the internet don't need a cell phone.
>
>Besides, no cell phone means you have more room to keep your hand deeeep
>in that pocket when you want to get in touch with yourself.
>
>George L

RU NUTZ

If I'm on my way to visit someone WTF (Why The ****) do I need to have
a conversation with them while on my way before I arrive, then I may
as well not go, we've already hit all the salient points we'd discuss
on the visit, coulda just had a conversation from home and never
bothered to visit at all. It's yoose who yak on cell phones 24/7 who
don't ever visit anyone, yoose don't need to, you're all talked out.
George, you're one sick bastard, VERY SICK... and STOOOPID... you are
as stupid as stupid gets. George, you have the IQ of a bucket of cat
litter! I'm positive that you never graduated high school, or you
wouldn't have a job that requires less skill than hawking girl scout
cookies.