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Survey: Do You Own an Iphone?


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daedelus



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:17 pm Reply with quote
I would own an iphone, but I didn't want to leave Sprint. I have an Instinct, and have been very satisfied so far.
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biolizard_alpha



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:18 pm Reply with quote
No, but I have an iPod Touch.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:34 pm Reply with quote
I have a 30GB iPod and a Macbook, but I do not own nor do I want an iPhone. Why does Apple want to know if we do? Watching anime on small devices is terrible.
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prime_pm



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:36 pm Reply with quote
I use a cellphone to call people.

I may also use it to receive calls from said people.

Why?

Because it is a phone.

And that is what a phone does.

That is all.
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whoisfriend



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:41 pm Reply with quote
Why yes, I would like an ANN iPhone app.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:41 pm Reply with quote
I stay away from overpriced Apple products starting with a lowercase 'i' or any of their products really.

My phone is a pretty old Nokia brick. My mp3 player is some $10 chinese mp3 player. Both of these do what I want them to and I saved a lot of money. Call me thrifty, but saving money is good.
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RenTers



Joined: 29 Dec 2008
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:54 pm Reply with quote
Yes I do own an iPhone (1.0)

I use it as an iPod, browsing the internet, texting, and of course *gasp* as a phone.

As for watching videos. It's quite ok. I like the quality the iPhone has for videos. (that is if you got the video off of iTunes)
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:06 am Reply with quote
prime_pm wrote:
I use a cellphone to call people.

I may also use it to receive calls from said people.

Why?

Because it is a phone.

And that is what a phone does.

That is all.


Same here. I have a couple pictures of my dogs, but I most use my cell phone to call and receive calls.
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Cloud668



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:12 am Reply with quote
I don't use American phones.
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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:14 am Reply with quote
Cloud668 wrote:
I don't use American phones.


It's made in China. Do they even make cellphones in the U.S. these days?
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RenTers



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:18 am Reply with quote
fuuma_monou wrote:
Cloud668 wrote:
I don't use American phones.


It's made in China. Do they even make cellphones in the U.S. these days?


I don't think so. Most gadgets and electronics are mostly made in China
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:19 am Reply with quote
Call me old-fashioned, but I don't own a cell phone, I think they're a sign of self-importance. There's no call I need to make that can't wait until I get home from wherever. My words aren't so great that a person can't wait to hear them, and neither are yours.

I may end up buying one in the future for emergency purposes only, but until I do, I don't see the need for one, certainly not one as expensive as an Iphone. It's triviality to the nth degree.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:22 am Reply with quote
A lot of us use cell phones because it's much cheaper to have a cell phone than to have a home phone.
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Unholy_Nny



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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:22 am Reply with quote
If it weren't so expensive, I would totally own one.
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Tenchi



Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:32 am Reply with quote
Nope.

I have a very basic Motorola cellphone with a simple black-on-grey LCD dot matrix display which I haven't even used since 2004, when I moved to Ottawa. (It still has a Montreal phone number which I presume is inactive now.)

Luddite that I am, if I ever needed to start using a cellphone again, I'd probably just find a way to get an Ottawa number on the bare-bones phone that I already have.

EDIT: I also don't have an iPod (or any other portable digital media device), since, like I said before, I'm a Luddite and am only interested in buying all my music and video on old-fashioned physical media like CD's and DVD's/BluRay's.
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