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Posted by: O_loung1

and how long have you owned your primary phone? looking for any cautions ect, horror stories. this is to give me some ideas and help me with my marketing class. thanks.

Posted by: SharpST77

8290- for school, my beater

V66 SE- weekend or non-school phone

owned the 8290 for a few months

owned the V66 SE for a month

Posted by: AdmiralAK

this is a biased poll

no sonyericcson on here lol

Posted by: O_loung1

sorry, i meant to add sony-ericcson.

im surprised theres so many with multi-cells on this forum!

Posted by: magnesium12

right now: LG TM520

in the past: Samsung T300, Audiovox 8100, Sanyo 4500, Sanyo 4000

Posted by: SVWComm

Primary phone (T68i): owned it about 3 weeks

Posted by: AndyLHoang

Main phone: Nokia 3360. Owned it for about 3 months
Secondary(emergency) phone: Nokia 6188. Owned it for about 2 1/2 years

Posted by: AsTrObOy

Main (for now): v. 60 for 3 months
Owned:
Nokia: 8390 (2.5 weeks), 8290 (1 month), 8260 (3 months), 5190 (2 months), 3390 (10 months).
Motorola: st 7797 (1 year), st 7790, bricks
Ericsson: t28 (1 year), t18 (3 months), kf788 (1 year), bricks

Posted by: O_loung1

this is a little OT:

Assuming you are purchasing a new phone every .5 yrs to 1.5 yrs, what becomes of the earlier phones you used to have? Toss it out?

Bellsouth Wireless (about 1.5 yrs ago) in florida were purchasing back the nokia 5100/6100 for 30usd in exchange when you buy a new 8200 phone.

Are there current buyback systems out? especially outside the states?

Posted by: haritia

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Originally posted by O_loung1
this is a little OT:

Assuming you are purchasing a new phone every .5 yrs to 1.5 yrs, what becomes of the earlier phones you used to have? Toss it out?

Bellsouth Wireless (about 1.5 yrs ago) in florida were purchasing back the nokia 5100/6100 for 30usd in exchange when you buy a new 8200 phone.

Are there current buyback systems out? especially outside the states?

I don't know of any buyback programs at least no in Minnesota. I however just found out about a program that churches in our area is running whereby they take donations of old phones to be used by battered women to call 911 as any phone that has power can call the emergency even if there is no service plan with it and as long as coverage exists in the are for the particular phone, etc. I have about 6 old phones that are just lying around so this sounds like a good place for them.

Posted by: AdmiralAK

I would never sell my phones back..I have such emotional bonds with them

Lets see
8290 - first phone I ever bought -- gave to my mom
T28w -- second phone I ever got -- gave it to a good friend of mine where it is appreciated

other phones I would use as back ups or give them to people whom I know that have need

Posted by: fresh21

nokia 8390

Posted by: O_loung1

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very interesting! cellular wellfare... as each of us pays the .70 old cents for 911 service charge. while the needy ones rely on us who do pay, for the system to work!

nonetheless, the church drive is a commendable service to the community!

Posted by: haritia

Quote:

Originally posted by O_loung1

very interesting! cellular wellfare... as each of us pays the .70 old cents for 911 service charge. while the needy ones rely on us who do pay, for the system to work!

nonetheless, the church drive is a commendable service to the community!

We don't pay (as in charge per call/minute or whatever) for 911 do we? I know we pay a flat monthly surcharge on our phone bill but that was the idea right? Even if you or I use 911, we still don't pay because the taxpayers pay for it right? (I know it's still us but bear with me!) In fact, when you get lost (or have an emergency) thousands of miles away from your home in a different state, and dial 911, it's really free to you because the taxpayers of that state are the ones paying for it, right?

I think these church programs are very good and need the support of all good citizens like you (and me)

Posted by: Caligula

Phones i have or have had:

1st phone: Motorla suitcase phone (had 2 of them)
2nd phone: Motorola analog flip phone (had 2 of them)
3rd phone: Nokia 5120 (drove over it on second day)
4th phone: Nokia 5120 (got smashed at a concert)
5th phone: Nokia 5120 (Drove off with it on my car roof, but survived. Sold it later)
6th phone: Nokia 6161i (got mad and smashed it into the ground)
7th phone: Nokia 8260 (ran over it with the car)
8th phone: Samsung SGH-Q105 (primary phone now)
9th phone: Nokia 3390 GOLD (secondary phone)
10th phone: Nokia 8260 (replacement for the other 8260)

Posted by: O_loung1

i remember the mot analog flips!! those were like face heaters, burnt like ****. the orange alarm clock style numbers are classic.

Caligula: perhaps you need to invest some time in stress management classes?

ive destroyed my old 6120 since it was dropping important calls for me. stomped it into the ground at work and needed it replaced. it was relieving

Posted by: ConceptVBS

How come no Samsung?

Posted by: dm99z

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Caligula
[B]Phones i have or have had:

3rd phone: Nokia 5120 (drove over it on second day)

5th phone: Nokia 5120 (Drove off with it on my car roof, but survived. Sold it later)
QUOTE]

I thoght that only I can drove over the phone, but it simse that i am not along-
I drove over my first phone Nokia 5120 and my third phone Motorola Timeport L7089 !

Posted by: O_loung1

damn! i missed samsung also, i ll try to keep a running tab of samsungs from sigs on this thread. im sure most of the "others" are samsung also. sorry, wasnt on purpose.

Posted by: RyanM

The phones i use now are posted on the left of every post...
6360
3360
8260

I also have a v60t, backup/fun phone, and a old 5165 as backup.

The phone that has the most use on it is the 3360. Now, i use the 6360 the most.

Posted by: RyanM

I guess ill add that my friend uses a 5120, since i cant vote for him. And my g/f uses a 8260, with 8860 casing.

Posted by: cool_dude_007

1. motorola star tac
2. panasonic 210
3. nokia 6185
4. audiovox cdm 8100
5. nokia 3390
6. motorola v 2282
7. motorola v120.c
8. samsung T300
next phone: sony ericsson T200

Posted by: RyanM

thanks for bringing up the old thread

Posted by: LostTexan

What about the old school Ericssons on the list?
Anyways lets see:

Some old analog bricks but here are my real phones:
1st phone: Sony Ericsson t61z (4 months then sold)
2nd phone: Nokia 3395 (used it for 2 days, decided nokia sucks, then sold)
3rd Phone: Ericsson t39m (had it for over 2 months now and it is my favorite phone and I use it about 60% of the time now)
4th Phone: Ericsson CF888 (Just in case I ever travel out of the GSM coverage area)
5th Phone: Sony Ericsson t68i (nice phone, I use it about 40% of the time)
6th Phone: Motorola t193 (backup, in case I want to go to a football game when it's raining and not worry about the phone)

Posted by: aquarius

This is what I use on a regular basis:
Motorola P7689 (Got it the first month it was out in HK)
Motorola T193 (Got it the first week when Rogers GSM is offered in Vancouver, 8390 doesn't exist then)
Ericsson T68mc (Cool phone, bad RF)
Sony Ericsson T200 (Newest addition, a week old)
Nokia 8390 (Great phones, got it the first week it was out)

Backups:
Ericsson T18z (Phone used to play around)
Nokia 5190 (My old fido phone)

Posted by: Scott

I owned a 3390 for about 2 months and now I just got a Samsung N105 and I love it

Posted by: tao980

Ericsson T39m

Posted by: Bob859

I am currently using a Nokia 3360. In past years, I have used the following:

1. Motorola brick phone. (My first phone)
2. Motorola 650 flip phone.
3. Nokia 2160 (I used that phone for almost 3 years, until I ran it over with my car. It still worked after being run over, but the display was ruined.
4. Nokia 5160.
5. Nokia 5165.

Posted by: princessducky

Yeah, how come no Samsung!!!

I'm using a Samsung N105 now.

Had the Nokia 8260 & Nokia 6260 before.

Posted by: joy smahal

Samsung s105

Posted by: LostTexan

Quote:

Originally posted by LostTexan
What about the old school Ericssons on the list?
Anyways lets see:

Some old analog bricks but here are my real phones:
1st phone: Sony Ericsson t61z (4 months then sold)
2nd phone: Nokia 3395 (used it for 2 days, decided nokia sucks, then sold)
3rd Phone: Ericsson t39m (had it for over 2 months now and it is my favorite phone and I use it about 60% of the time now)
4th Phone: Ericsson CF888 (Just in case I ever travel out of the GSM coverage area)
5th Phone: Sony Ericsson t68i (nice phone, I use it about 40% of the time)
6th Phone: Motorola t193 (backup, in case I want to go to a football game when it's raining and not worry about the phone)

update:
5th Phone: Sony Ericsson t68i (too much like the t39m, so I traded it)

7th Phone: Motorola v60i [GSM] (cool phone, MIGHT be my new favorite.)

Posted by: chickenslut

Currently: Nokia 8390

Previous: 8260, 8290

Posted by: princessducky

Switched my Samsung N105 for the Motorola v66.

Posted by: guy_incognito

Nokia 8290 on Omnivoicemobile, or whatever it's called now. Stupid Jamie Lee Curtis and her stupid sexy legs. Cool phone. The reception quality is questionable, but it's hard to tell if it's the phone or the network, because where I live, the T-Mobile network is ***. It blows. I went with Voicestream because I liked the price, and more importantly, I liked the appeal of GSM, I thought the time would come sooner that all of us in the states would be on it. They also told me they were going to merge with various other networks and would soon be the most comprehensive network in the country. This might happen still -- the potential is most certainly there -- but in the meantime, the network leaves much to be desired. I'm shopping for Verizon phones.

Posted by: j'vai

had it for 3- going on for 4yrs. my primary phone, used for a modem for pc @ home & laptop for long trips. this jokr has been a loyal companion, good rf, good audio, battery life ok, it's indestructible. i don't use a watch anymore 'cause this is now my tyme piece. the minibrowsr is great for text data. the black casing shows minimum marks despite the numerous drops on the pavement over the yrs. life tymr: 6541 calls, 72601:57min/sec. so impressed with it that i aquired 2 more, 1 refurbished, 1 brand new, both flashed with new fw(hg1.0.20) & lastest prl(10015). looks like i won't be needing the backups 'cause this one's still walking the walk. manufacturers don't make 'em reliable like this anymore

Posted by: Scott

I am getting a T193

but I still love my N105

Posted by: Cioni2k

Currently: Samsung SCH-A310

Older Phones: Samsung SPH-A500, Samsung SPH-A460, and Nokia 8260

Very Soon I'll be buying: Samsung SCH-A530 (What can I say I like Samsungs

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Posted by: Gatorade

I have no money so all my phones are entry level.

Posted by: mophile

just got a T68i, which is being flashed by LVWireless
SE R520m (best phone I ever owned...yet)
Nokia: 3390 (great phone!) 8290 (OK phone) 5190 (basic)
Moto: 7089 (crap) 7389 (also crap)
Various Verizon (they suck) and ATT (also suck) phones when I was with them and before that Airtouch (bought by Verizon) and McCaw Communications (bought by ATT)

Posted by: O_loung1

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Originally posted by Gatorade
I have no money so all my phones are entry level.

lol, thats what i said when i bought my v60, amazon was on back order with no guarantee for delivery. so i shelled out $150 for it at attws. sure, you still need to front the money and wait for rebates though.

mm. i like the danger hiptop now. thanks for all the good comments.