Advice Wanted...Please?
Nov. 11th, 2012 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatYou helped a great deal on the humidifier problem...so wondering if you can help with the smartphones?
I need to upgrade to a smartphone. Feel like the last person on the planet with an old cell phone. Which can't text. Been trying to do this for about a month now. But each time I walk into T-Mobile or any store for that matter, I'm overwhelmed with options.
No idea which one to pick.
My needs are very simple:
1.texting, (probably will do this more than make actual phone calls - people text don't call now.)
2.phone calls,
3. apps for airlines
4. Personal GPS - navigational aid (tells where closest subways are and how to get around)
5. internet access. Don't need it for music (have ipod touch for that). Won't use it to read - already struggling with small print as it is. Probably will use for Facebook. Not for livejournal. And do not envision watching tv or movies on a tiny screen.
I currently have a T-Mobile Nokia Classic flip-phone that is over three years old. Last one I got was in 2008. So no longer on contract. But changing services could be dicey or difficult. Might be easier to stick with T-Mobile even if their in-store service is horrible.
Can you help? Please see poll below of all the types of phones that I know of:
[Poll #1878263]
I need to upgrade to a smartphone. Feel like the last person on the planet with an old cell phone. Which can't text. Been trying to do this for about a month now. But each time I walk into T-Mobile or any store for that matter, I'm overwhelmed with options.
No idea which one to pick.
My needs are very simple:
1.texting, (probably will do this more than make actual phone calls - people text don't call now.)
2.phone calls,
3. apps for airlines
4. Personal GPS - navigational aid (tells where closest subways are and how to get around)
5. internet access. Don't need it for music (have ipod touch for that). Won't use it to read - already struggling with small print as it is. Probably will use for Facebook. Not for livejournal. And do not envision watching tv or movies on a tiny screen.
I currently have a T-Mobile Nokia Classic flip-phone that is over three years old. Last one I got was in 2008. So no longer on contract. But changing services could be dicey or difficult. Might be easier to stick with T-Mobile even if their in-store service is horrible.
Can you help? Please see poll below of all the types of phones that I know of:
[Poll #1878263]
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So many phones so little time.
Date: 2012-11-12 07:51 am (UTC)But I can recommend the Iphone, everyone in my family has a version of it, even my 89 year old mother. It is super simple to use and the text set up on it is the best I've found with any mobile... And I've had every brand since I got my first over 25 years ago.
Seriously a monkey could operate one and the camera and ipod with it are idiot proof and make life so much easier.
Anyway hope this helped.
Cheers :D
Re: So many phones so little time.
Date: 2012-11-12 09:09 am (UTC)Having said that - the 5 lives up to all the cynicism I expect from Apple. Changing the charger is pure marketing rubbish. Grrrrrr!
Re: So many phones so little time.
Date: 2012-11-12 11:17 pm (UTC)AT&T is about that as well.
I don't use it enough. Are there cheaper i-phones?