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Name the 5 things you miss most about your previous phone.

1. Time Display without clicking a button, unlocking the phone, etc. Perhaps they could find room for a small black and white LCD info panel.

2. Notification of missed calls, new messages, etc. without clicking a button, unlocking the phone, etc. Another use for a small LCD info panel that is always visible even when the phone is locked. But a flashing LED would work.

3. One-Touch Calling. I don't know how they could do this physically, but maybe replace the functionality with voice recognition of ten or so Favorites.

4. Custom Ringtones. From mp3, aac, and particularly midi.

5. File Explorer. Via Bluetooth.

Perhaps Apple should add ONE more button somewhere to indicate that you want to use the phone function immediately and then display the keypad for dialing and if you press one of the number buttons long enough it will dial a Favorite associated with that number (like on my old Motorola).
 
I had/have a SE T637, here's what I "miss" about it (if I really missed it that much I could put the SIM card back in it!)

1. Loud SMS alert volume (my #1 problem with iPhone).
2. Bluetooth sync/file transfer (although USB is fine)
3. Customizable rings/alerts
4. Increasing ring sound (ring gets louder the longer I don't answer)
5. Louder volume during calls

That said, I love my iPhone! :)
 
About all I miss from my hacked Verizon RAZR is how easy it was to put custom ringtones on. But now that I can get them on my iPhone, it's not as big a deal. Oh, I guess it's annoying that multi-part texts from Verizon users just get truncated (or how long messages from me to them get split up into two). I don't know if that's an iPhone thing or an AT&T thing, but either way it needs to get fixed.
 
Well, let me count the ways...

  1. The 96x65 pixel resolution monochrome display. Snake never looked so good. I became a master at the scrolling pinball game, too; so much so that I could balance the ball on the bumpers and it would be unmovable.

  2. The bug where I'd receive the same text message hundreds of times until I powercycled the phone. If I didn't do this in time, it'd overwrite my old messages due to its limited storage capacity. It would also fail to notify me of new messages. Never had to worry about nostalgia or tracking conversations!

  3. The UFO-esque way the backlight worked. Four lights behind a semi-transparent shell made the phone look like a UFO in the night sky. Made me look super high tech.

  4. The insanely strong vibrate function. Half the time it was louder than the ringtone.

  5. The always helpful predictive text. It really worked better than the iPhone's. I mean, you know. I was trying to write "This phone is really cool." and it was accurately turned into, "This are thing **** crumb."
I love Nokia, and I truly miss my Nokia 2285. I can't wait to have this discussion about the iPhone in the future, because I'm already lining up thoughts on the matter. :)
 
From my Treo 650, I miss:

1. Third party apps, mainly Ultrasoft's Datashield
2. Custom ringtones
3. One touch/speed dial
4. A visual indicator that i missed a call or text (without having to "wake" the phone) via flashing LED
5. Battery life/knowledge I could easily replace the battery
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6. Video camera
7. Ability to sync notes to desktop


Still very happy with the decision, despite all the above.
 
The five things I miss most about my old SE K550i;

1. I could take my phone out anywhere and no one gave a crap

2. I managed my Internet time much better because I had a whopping 1MB/month transfer

3. I didn't waste time sending text message because it was such a pain typing text on a friggin number pad

4. I only needed to sync my address book once because I hardly used my phone

5. Putting custom ringtones and themes was very easy through bluetooth

:cool:
 
I miss my old RAZR because it...

1. Took video as well as still shots.
2. Handled custom ring tones.
3. Folded very slim and unfolded longer than the iPhone.
4. Seemed to have kept a longer charge.
5. Fit easy on my hip holster.

Would I take it back? Hell no.
 
The five things I miss about my Treo650:

1. Constant notifications for sms, email, etc.

2. Push email

3. Ftp

4. Download any file locally

5. Ability to access work email

mokeiko
 
Nothing, because I still have to lug the pitiful sucker around!! As long as the iPhone can't play nice with Microsoft Exchange, I have to keep my Treo 750 around. Hurry up with the Exchange access, please! Yes, I have two phones with me all the time.
 
From my 2-year old Verizon Samsung flip phone, I miss:

1. Reassembling it every time i drop it. Kinda reminds me of Legos which were pretty fun.

2. Using Verizon's $4.99 "internet" option. I could get you a movie time in seven minutes, no problem.

3. Biting the antenna while i was deep in thought.

4. The excitement of a battery charge that lasted 20 minutes of talk time. Cuts down on listening to the gf's "hard" day at work.

5. When it was cold outside, the screen would keep my ear warm.
 
uscmatt said:
1. Reassembling it every time i drop it. Kinda reminds me of Legos which were pretty fun.

2. Using Verizon's $4.99 "internet" option. I could get you a movie time in seven minutes, no problem.

3. Biting the antenna while i was deep in thought.

4. The excitement of a battery charge that lasted 20 minutes of talk time. Cuts down on listening to the gf's "hard" day at work.

5. When it was cold outside, the screen would keep my ear warm.
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LOL @ every one of these.
 
FreeState said:
  1. Not worrying I would lose it
  2. The sticker my partner put on the back of it (it was a practical joke)
  3. My background picture of Moby and me I cant get to download - stupid picture mail you cant access


thats it there is not 5 things I miss about it! It was a POS.
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Just resize that picture in photo shop, then add it to your iPhoto librarary and sync it. Then, just set it as a wallpaper like you normally would.

uscmatt said:
From my 2-year old Verizon Samsung flip phone, I miss:

1. Reassembling it every time i drop it. Kinda reminds me of Legos which were pretty fun.

2. Using Verizon's $4.99 "internet" option. I could get you a movie time in seven minutes, no problem.

3. Biting the antenna while i was deep in thought.

4. The excitement of a battery charge that lasted 20 minutes of talk time. Cuts down on listening to the gf's "hard" day at work.

5. When it was cold outside, the screen would keep my ear warm.
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About #2. I can locate a theater, get showtimes, and have the phone dial the theater and buy the tix within 1-2min on vznavigator (which beats the crap out of google maps), and oh yeah, it would then give me turn by turn directions using GPS. Love the iphone, but I just had to throw that in there. And yes, I pay 99 a month for verizons premium plan...but throw in atnt's rediculous taxes, and im basically paying 10more a month for gps, mms, and dozens of channels of broadband content through vcast. I mean, i was watching an episode of dirty jobs the other day while waiting at the doctors office...if i still had my iphone, i would be watching youtube. No comparison. Yeah, if you can't tell already, i had an iphone and returned it..waiting for some real functionality out of such a pretty device.
 
1. MP3 Ringtones
2. Voice calling
3. Battery would last 5-8 days (of course I used the phone maybe once a week)
4. My perfect case, of which I have one unused one as I bought an extra.
5. I really liked the way the Razr felt in my hand and the sense that it was indestructible.
 
CyberGeek said:
1) Being able to dial a number right after unlocking it.

And that's my entire list. That phone was lame.
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You can actually do that on the iPhone. Before you put it to sleep, the last screen up should be the keypad. Press the top sleep button, and the next time you unlock it, the keypad is the first screen to pop up.
 
i had the original motorola rokr (itunes phone)

things i miss:

1. the ability to throw my phone around and not care about it.

2. text messaging multiple people at one time & mms

3. taking video

i guess that's it.
 
1. MMS. There's no excuse to NOT have a basic feature on almost every phone on the market today. I miss this feature more then ANYTHING. I would use this almost daily to send photos to family members of my daughter, or using it for work related issues. I know people say "Well, you can email it" BUT, not everyone I send images too have easy access to internet, but they DO have their phone with them.

2. Custom Ringtones. Again, this is something a MUSIC player should have.

3. LOUD ring volume. I miss most calls if the TV is on. I can never hear this.

4. Bluetooth file browser. This needs to have a disk mode. 8 gigs and no file transfers, saving images from emails, or saving downloaded content? Come on...

5. Multiple person text messages.

I miss my $1200 on 2 phones, and they are missing so many basic features. Damn, I love this phone, but it REALLY needs an update already.
 
keithpetey said:
i miss the way my old phone and i would connect on another level.

right when i would be in the middle of a important call, it was like it almost knew that it was a perfect time to drop a call.

charging it all time. it was kinda like caring for a child in a way. it was so needy. always hungry for more. in fact i named him, Sam Sung.

once i got really trashed and hung up on this girl and started talking **** about her to my friend, but good old Sam...he knew that she wanted to hear it so he kept her on the line and actually put her on speakerphone. how thoughtful.

dealing with good ol sprint customer support...the phone conversations usually went along these lines.

me: i want to throw more money at you.
them: you do?...uh well...ummm...im gonna have to extend your contract for an additional 2 years.
me: *click*
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Funnyest thing I heard all week lol!
 
1. smaller size
2) bt file exchange
3) games
4) normal ringtones... the iphone has horrible ringtones (who the hell uses crickets?!) the only normal one is marimba... i just want a normal modern sounding phone ring (something like "old phone" but more modern)


other than that, the iphone blows it away...
 
1) Password safe. I can keep several pins and passwords that I need to know but hardly ever use so I don't remember them.

2) Copy and paste. I didn't realize how much I did it until I got the iPhone

3) 3rd party apps. There is some truly useful stuff out there. "Web 2.0" apps don't cut it. I don't want to have to use Safari for apps that don't belong in there. And if Wi-Fi is not available, those apps are painfully slow or simply not available because of my location.

4) Games. Helps keep busy in quiet environments since I don't normally carry headphones with me.

5) Custom ringtones. I like to choose loud, but normal sounding, ringtone. No music, no voices, no happy melodies, just a loud tone type thing of my choosing so that I know it's *my* phone.
 
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