Im more of an Android person myself. I don't see what all the fuss is about, i have to laugh at the sad people queuing up overnight to be the first people to buy them..Get a life..

Nothing wrong with queuing for Macca.

I remember staying in line for concerts or to see a movie. Who would have thought someday people would wait overnight in line for a phone. The times, they are a-changing.

I'm thinking about checking out the new iPhone 6 myself. But i always say that when the new model comes out and so far i've never owned one.

I remember when Windows 98 first came out Best Buy opened at midnight and there was a pretty massive line of people waiting to get it. We were driving by and we asked someone why everyone was there and one girl screamed "for WIN98"! So i asked her couldn't you wait until the next day, do you really need it at 1am in the morning?

Microsoft SUCKS if you ask me. The only time I lose my temper is when I have to do something with Windows on the computer. My kids have Windows 8 on their gaming computer and that software is so f'd up that I lose the screen I'm on all the time. It just vanishes. APPLE is the best. I am definitely getting an iPhone 6 but gonna wait a month or so.

I've been using a Toshiba Chromebook for my everyday Internet needs for the better part of a year now. Between that and my iPhone 5, I don't think I've been on my desktop three times in the past six months.

When did everyone get so attached to having a phone with them? I may be overly old-fashioned but I just don't understand the attraction to having a phone connected to my face 24 hours a day.

I was out socially two weeks ago. A group of twenty people (ages ran from 20s through 60s). All but myself and one couple had phones in front of themselves and some seemed to be checking them every few minutes. You're SOCIALIZING ..... do it with the people in the same room as yourself!

Another good thing about the iPhone is its ability to serve as a hotspot. When we're in Florida, the free wifi at our condo blocks this site (among others), so for years I couldn't post much from down there. But now all I have to do is add the Sprint hotspot and use it selectively when I need to check a blocked site. The download speed is fast enough for all of my basic Internet needs.

SC you can tinder with girls while at the bar see whose single and who wants to get down and dirty wooo wee !!!

I don't care for Apple's junk. Android all day here.

My LG G2 would run circles around an iPhone.

Hopefully, how good would that be..

That would be so cool!!! I just got an Iphone. I'd add a BB app.

TIS

It would be great. Some of the other message boards use that Tapatalk. But I don't like it.

Get to work, Geoffy .

ome of the other message boards use that Tapatalk. But I don't like it.

Get to work, Geoffy .

All this shit apple is doing has been the standard for years with androids

Well, if you're an android person and looking for a big screen, the Galaxy Note is going to be even bigger than the iPhone 6 Plus. But how big can you really go without it turning into a tablet?

Is anyone planning on falling into this trap?

Personally, I try not to fall into the vicious cycle of upgrading every single year. But the changes from the 5 to the 6 seem to be significant, and the idea of that plus size screen and almost paper thin body are very appealing, so I'm giving it some thought.

I know Geoffy is a big Apple guy. What do you think, buddy?

I hate my iphone 6 plus. Too big with the Otter case. Its like putting a book to your ear when using the phone.

I hate my iphone 6 plus. Too big with the Otter case. Its like putting a book to your ear when using the phone.

What's hysterical is, for twenty years they poured billions of dollars into developing cell phones that got smaller and smaller, and now they're making them bigger and bigger. The new Nexus is six inches. Tablets start at seven. It's ridiculous. My thinking is, I'm almost better off keeping my tablet with me at all times and going back to a small clamshell phone. I know I'm old and cranky, but I doubt I'm alone in feeling this way.

it was bout that late 98 or 99, yep reception was shite on them phones, worst i had was a motorola , size of a brick used to get hot as f""" after bout 20 mins of talking

I got my first cell phone in 1989, a few years before they became the norm. It was a Motorola about the size of a VHS tape, but a little narrower. By '93, or '94 the smaller flip phones were starting to become popular, and by the mid or late '90s the Motorola StarTAC seemed so far out that it may as well have come off the USS Enterprise. We've come a long way since Maxwell Smart and his shoe phone (which to a grade school kid in the '60s was just about the coolest thing ever).

Yes those Motorolas in the '90's were huge. You could even get the extended battery which made it even bigger. Everyone carried it in their back pocket. it was definitely the size of a brick with an antenna sticking out of it. The nextels were the best and my favorite. I don't know what happened to that technology. it always worked.

Over here in OC & LA I don't think anyone put it in their back pocket they held it to show that they had a phone and you didn't.

I got my first cell phone in 1989, a few years before they became the norm. It was a Motorola about the size of a VHS tape, but a little narrower.

it was a message to your pals; "Fuck you. I went to Florida and you didn't!"

And prior to the tanning booth generation (and the kids on "Jersey Shore" can't even be blamed because they weren't even born yet when those things came out in the '80s), so was the suntan. The February tan was the ultimate status symbol back then. Just think of Cliff Clavin going on and on about his Florida tan on "Cheers," and multiply the obnoxiousness by a hundred.

You both have me laughing. What does the Orange drink look like I can't picture what you guys are talking about?

Can't find an image, AG.
However, I'll try to paint a mental picture... imagine a hollow plastic sippy cup type thing filled with OJ and the screw on cap is like a green stem with a straw.

Now that was a status symbol

Ok I can picture it now. So funny that you were the envy of the town having one of those in your possession. I miss the good ole days. We really had the best childhood if you ask me.

Yep, that and a baseball card clipped to the spokes on your bicycle. Look out, world!

I have a confession... I don't have and never had a cell phone. It's 1954 in Mark's world!

You are the ONLY person I know besides my husband who does NOT own a cell phone.

You are the ONLY person I know besides my husband who does NOT own a cell phone.

You wanna hear "old school?" My brother still has dial-up internet. He does have a Trafone, but seldom/never uses it.



TIS

I have a confession... I don't have and never had a cell phone. It's 1954 in Mark's world!

That's crazy Mark. I hate people whose eyes are always glued to their phone and nothing else but i couldn't imagine not having a phone on me at all times. At least for emergencies?

A gangster does not use a cell phone with a cell plan. Only throw aways.

PB, I know we're offtopic but didn't Jack Falcone give him that phone?

I have an I-phone 5C and I love it. My first I-phone. No problems so far. My daughter has an android and she won't get any other. Me, I'm sold on the I-Phone.




TIS

I hate Apple products and iPhones with a passion. They're all for show. If you want functionality over popularity, then pick a good Android like the Galaxy S4 or S5, or HTC M8, those are good phones.
Also the stupid 0$ offers make you a slave to AT&T for like, 3 years when they've already released 2 new iPhones. What a waste.

I'm have the complete opposite opinion. I strongly dislike Android products. I think people who use Android phones do it just to be "cool" or "different". Android people "don't follow the crowd like the rest of the sheep." However, iPhones are far superior to any android phone you can buy. Android phones get pop ups and viruses, unlike iPhones. Android phones lock up and freeze, unlike iPhones. Android phones are convoluted with all sorts of folders ect... iPhones are simple and to the point. iPhones have an easy to access folder containing pictures for example. iTunes and the App Store are the best music and game application store of any smart phone. The App Store has quality control unlike any store found on Android devices. The App Store is far superior to anything else. The touch screens on iPhones are much better and more responsive than any other smart phone. Cameras on the iPhone are far superior than those on Android phones. I can tell when someone takes a picture on an Android phone because it looks like someone sneezed ranch dressing on the lens of the camera. Bottom line, iPhone is a much better, far more reliable phone than any Android phone.

I think people who use Android phones do it just to be "cool" or "different". Android people "don't follow the crowd like the rest of the sheep."

However, iPhones are far superior to any android phone you can buy. Android phones get pop ups and viruses, unlike iPhones. Android phones lock up and freeze, unlike iPhones. Android phones are convoluted with all sorts of folders ect... iPhones are simple and to the point. iPhones have an easy to access folder containing pictures for example. iTunes and the App Store are the best music and game application store of any smart phone. The App Store has quality control unlike any store found on Android devices. The App Store is far superior to anything else. The touch screens on iPhones are much better and more responsive than any other smart phone. Cameras on the iPhone are far superior than those on Android phones. I can tell when someone takes a picture on an Android phone because it looks like someone sneezed ranch dressing on the lens of the camera. Bottom line, iPhone is a much better, far more reliable phone than any Android phone.

Is anyone planning on falling into this trap?

Personally, I try not to fall into the vicious cycle of upgrading every single year. But the changes from the 5 to the 6 seem to be significant, and the idea of that plus size screen and almost paper thin body are very appealing, so I'm giving it some thought.

I know Geoffy is a big Apple guy. What do you think, buddy?

we rarely agree but this phone shit is beyond stupid

It was bound to happen, Cook .

No two people on this earth are THAT different. If you keep that in mind, and we BOTH learn to bite our tongues once in a while, I think we can eventually learn to treat each other with respect.

Some of my closest friends and allies on these boards started out as the exact opposite. We worked things out through pms and moved on. Now, realistically, you and I will probably never be friends, even in the online sense. But there's absolutely no reason why we can't respect each other and treat each other civilly.

That's my olive branch to you. Before my Dad got sick, it would have been impossible for me to make this post. But life's too short, man. It's too fucking short. Especially for the bullshit.

Racism n racist jokes are hilarious....well the jokes r funny

Too bad people take racism seriously n we have radicals

Not calling u racist, i'm more light hearted than u think

Only race I truly dislike is my own for obvious reasons

What's the consensus on phone insurance? Scam or no scam?

What's the consensus on phone insurance? Scam or no scam?

Scam. I had insurance against theft and my phone got stolen. I had to prove it got stolen, by sending the insurance company paperwork from the police. Even after that it wasn't enough to get my money back. Apparently the circumstances in which my phone was stolen was not a reason for them to refund my phone. Waste of paying a year of insurance.