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not a hard concept
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IPhone is now truly boring?
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If the OP doesnt want responses of that nature, then dont post a thread of this nature
not a hard concept
wow. a whole decade? I'm impressed.
u do realize how ignorant u sound, right? ETA has meant 'estimated time of arrival' for literally hundreds of years. ur telling them to be less judgemental, ur just sounding like a hypocrite
I did not say that "Estimated Time of Arrival" was not first; I am merely saying that "Edited to Add" is a well-established usage, especially on the Internet. I do not think it is judgmental to point out that fact; I do, however, think it is judgmental to label anyone who uses an alternative meaning for the acronym "an idiot."
I don't buy anything to be "cool". I never heard of anyone paying $100 a month for a $200 handset to be cool. It's a great device that is on top of the world of other boring smartphones.
I will not upgrade to 3.1 until a jailbreakis available. I honest can not stand looking at the vanilla iphone.
I have been thinking about jailbreaking but I want an Apple product. I know that i would spend hours and hours modded the **** out of it and I don't have time for that.
What do you mean about having an apple product?
Who says you have to mod it all the time. I haven't changed themes or anything too radical in over 2 months. I surely spend more time on MR than I do modding my phone, plus sitting on the toilet is the perfect time to do modding
Wow, you're bored of the iPhone and you now want to move onto the MOST boring smartphone on the market.... the Blackberry. Good luck with that snoozefest. Emailing on that bad boy is a dream though!
Edit: I see you mentioned the Xperia as well. Read the reviews, way too expensive for what it offers.
Are you two really arguing over the meaning of an acronym? I didn't know what his usage of ETA meant, so I looked it up... Something that should be the obvious thing to do for a mac rumors member.
Back to the OP
I too get bored with cell phones... In the last 12 months, I have went from an LG Chocolate > BB Pearl > T-Mobile G1 > Nokia E71 > T-Mobile G1 and in a few days, I will finally (hopefully) settle on the iPhone. I have learned that a phone doesn't need to be "fun" and "exciting" for the entire time you have it. As long as it does what you need it to do, and it does it in an effective an efficient manner, you should be content with your device.
P.S.
Phone's shouldn't be used as status symbols, nor should you be choosing your phone based on what the majority of people do/do not have.
The problem is you're buying these phones for their looks and "be different" cool factor. The new bells and whistles features will eventually grow stale on you especially if you don't have a use for it. You will eventually get tired of it regardless of which phone you will use if you choose this route. Pick a phone that suits best what you need and you'll never grow tired of it.
Suggestion: If you text msg a lot--> find the most comfortable and easiest to type phone for you--> ask mom and dad for more money to by some diamond studs--> stick diamonds on phone with some crazy glue with desired pattern--> BAM!!!! unique, cool, functional.
Believe me, you will never see another phone like yours until you graduate highschool.
Are you talking to yourself again?
thanks for the responses guys im not trying to be cool or anything like that i could care less i just clearly stated that the iphone is boring me. And yes i do have a jailbroken ipod and all the themes are terrible. I just get tired of this iphone fast and the 3GS dissapointed me without an upgrade at all hardly. If the next iphone isint upgraded drastically im going to some different phone as stated earlier.
It seems to me that you pay attention to what other people are using, and you clearly got some joy out of being one of the 1337 with an iPhone
And if this phone had the same OS and functionality as the iphone i would buy it in a second and have no problems. Its such a nice switch from the everyday iphone
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no i just think the iphone is overall getting boring i look around and see the same old thing like wheres the exclusitivity in phones nowadays?
I did not buy an iPhone so that it could keep me busy when I am bored. I have friends for that. My iPhone is a tool; it stays in my pocket and I only pull it out if I need to use it as a tool. If I need to use the GPS maps to find the closest In-N-Out Burger, or if I need the phone number for a local store to ask them what time they close, that is when I take my iPhone out of my pocket. If I need to Google something or look up a word in the Dictionary App or Wikipanion, then I take my phone out of my pocket. It is a tool. I also use it for text messaging and phone calls and email (along with many other things, like stocks, weather, traffic info, etc, etc). I did not buy an iPhone to keep me from getting bored. I have friends. The iPhone is a tool. It stays in my pocket unless I have a need for it.
However, despite my standpoint here, I am going to recommend that you find some good video games for the iPhone to keep you entertained. There is also Twitter. There is also the camera and pron. And now there's the Flickr App. Also, Cool Iris App. Between Flickr and Cool Iris and searching for "sexy....," there is no way in hell you could be bored. Just whip it out (the iPhone that is), and let your eyes get wide.
Hell, use your iPhone's Safari browser to go to Match.com and eHarmony and find yourself a girlfriend. I don't think you will get bored with that.
(in that case, the iPhone will be priceless)
You contradict yourself. Either you want your phone to be something nobody else has (i.e., to be cool) or you don't.
What exactly do you want that the iPhone doesn't have? You admit that other phones don't have the functionality of the iPhone; is it all about styling? Do you just want a phone that looks different from everyone else's?
I don't think this dude knows what he wants.
This dude for some reason reminds me of a less-articulate TheSpaz.
OP...
The iPhone is (arguably) the best smartphone, so you are going to see people with it.
Do you also get sick and tired of seeing people running windows and mac os x? Everywhere you look, people are using windows or mac os x on their laptops. If they don't introduce some amazing features in their next versions, are you gonna abandon ship and switch to linux full time? I don't think so.
at 201 apps and counting....I've kept things interesting for myself like that. I'm usually checking BeejiveIM and FB. I text all day, browse the app store, and look for updates. Read up on the news in AP, play new games like Modern Combat:Sandstorm, manage school work with iStudiez Pro, look up info in Yelp, manage notes with Awesome Note. At school, I frequently use the Wordbook dictionary and Wikipanion+ apps. Transfering photos with PhotoToMac is awesom, and editing photos with Photogene and ColorSplash is great too. I'm always looking up info in the yellow pages app, and managing my BofA account with their official app. And then theres AppBox Pro, and System Activity Monitor .... So, no my iphones definitely not becoming boring to me, and with annual upgrades and software updates, the flare never dies. By the time I get used to a 3GS, theres a 4th gen model on it's way.
Been an iPhone owner since February 2008, and I still love this device. Some of my friends have G1's, Hero's, etc, and I tried them to see what they brought to the party.
Notifications and the Hero's keyboard aside, they had nothing that I didn't want.
Notifications and the Hero's keyboard aside, they had nothing that I didn't want.
I really enjoyed reading some of the carefully written and wise posts here. However, I would add a recommendation to get away from needing material things to keep you from being bored.
Enjoy yourselves folks (and I mean that literally). You are alive! What could be more entertaining, astounding, complex, intriguing, ...?
To be honest, I am about to get my first iPhone in a month or so. I love it already and I do not even possess it yet (I know how great its gonna be cause I have an iTouch 1G since a year and half).
That's just to admit that material things can add a bit of enjoyment to your life, if you are able to enjoy your life by itself to begin with.
Can spices make a bland piece of meat tasty? I dont think so...
(I dont know if that delivers the message like I intended to, my English is not perfect...)
Enjoy yourselves folks (and I mean that literally). You are alive! What could be more entertaining, astounding, complex, intriguing, ...?
To be honest, I am about to get my first iPhone in a month or so. I love it already and I do not even possess it yet (I know how great its gonna be cause I have an iTouch 1G since a year and half).
That's just to admit that material things can add a bit of enjoyment to your life, if you are able to enjoy your life by itself to begin with.
Can spices make a bland piece of meat tasty? I dont think so...
(I dont know if that delivers the message like I intended to, my English is not perfect...)
