watching someone hold their iPhone in front of you: classic or canine?

It only seems like a weird thing to do in hindsight.

have not experienced this

What's the difference between an IPhone and a regular phone? Why would watching it be weird?

I don't know that there's a better solution, if more than one person is watching. Maybe it's even considerate, holding it aloft for maximum visibility. But if you're not watching the video yourself, and seeing this scene from the side, it's a bunch of people standing around staring at someone holding an iPhone aloft.

Maybe it's what it was like when someone on the block just got a new TV, but your parents were too cheap to buy one, so you have to watch his instead.

Haven't done it and haven't experienced it. Wouldn't really feel it's weird.

have not experienced this

It happens. "Oh you have to see this video, I have it right here..." And suddenly the party stops.

Ah well, I'm a mum: never attend parties. :-)

I dunno, I wouldn't ever do this, I think, but mainly cause they blocked my internet (on 3G) after getting a massive phone bill. I had it reduced to zero, but "payback" was that I couldn't surf the net on 3G. Whatevs, I prefer that over paying 1200 euros. :)

Oh, you can watch videos on your phone these days? I really don't know much about the advancement of cell phone technology, I still have an old phone from the beginning of the 00s with a greytone LCD display. For me it's enough that I can, you know, call with my phone, I don't need any special features.

"Smart phones" are so much the big shit now that service providers are having to slap themselves and remember to think about all the people who still have just plain cell phones.

Oh, you can watch videos on your phone these days?

worthless, i mean priceless!

Tuomas, there's even this thing called INTERNET

I was at a party a couple of weeks ago, and someone told she'd gone to two different cell phone stores and said she wanted to buy the cheapest phone they had, and in both stores they refused to do that and instead tried to sell her some brand new super luxury phone with a two year binding lease agreement or something. In one store they had a cheap phone with a price tag on their window display, and when this girl asked if she could buy it, they didn't want to sell it. Wtf?!

I am posting this message from my iPhone cos it is better than my work computer.

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Tuomas: my ordinary cell phone (well, it's a Sony mp3 player, too, but so goddamn what) cost $110 at the AT&T store, and $30 at Radio Shack. I picked Radio Shack.

Sadly, that was with a two-year binding agreement. :(

When you have a number of providers selling what is basically a simple generic product with a service attached, the only way the sellers can justify their involvement in the process is to make the product more complicated. Otherwise you'd just buy them in the supermarket. Hence contracts and bundles, and why there is no such thing as 'a cheap phone that just does stuff'. See also: new cars.

i keep getting blackberries bc i refuse to pay at&t iphone rate plan and stick with cheaper t-mobile.

When you have a number of providers selling what is basically a simple generic product with a service attached, the only way the sellers can justify their involvement in the process is to make the product more complicated.

Kind of true, a little. But in the US, the cell companies have basically formed a cartel. No, they've literally formed a cartel. The prices are artificially, INCREDIBLY high compared to anywhere else, especially compared to Asia. The tech is dirt cheap anywhere. The reason cell phone companies keep bending us all over the barrel is that they've all agreed that we'll pay those rates. And turns out, they're right.

Off topic, though.

I was watching Sky Sports on someone's iPhone the other day, that was pretty classic (even though it was just Andy Murray losing in some mediocre tournament)

tbf us carriers are tasked with keeping a much larger geographic area wired than most Asian carriers

Yeah they can agree on ridiculous prices, but not on building better infrastructure.

Seriously, though, I don't want this thread to be another one to bitch about hos cell phone companies suck.

would like to know which hos cell phone companies are sucking

I dunno, I wouldn't ever do this, I think, but mainly cause they blocked my internet (on 3G) after getting a massive phone bill. I had it reduced to zero, but "payback" was that I couldn't surf the net on 3G. Whatevs, I prefer that over paying 1200 euros. :)

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 05:13 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

!!!!!€1200, how did you manage that?

Apparently something went wrong with the connection (instead of WIFI, it connected to 3G). Also, Belgium is renowned for ripping off people. I read in the contract that no matter how much you are on 3G (for one session), the minimum they charge is 5 minutes. hah! Assholes. Anyway they reduced it to zero.

I'm frequently around people that are standing around holding their iPhones. I find it comforting. When people are at my apartment, they use their iPhones to vote on what music to play. I'm sure there have been at least 5 out at that time.

No flat rate data plan for iPhone in Belgium !!!!! (I'm off to buy shares in Belgacom or whoever sells the iPhone there)