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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Which Cell Phone do you own?

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    • georgeelG
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      Problem with my new iPhone 5: the extra length involves some discomfort.
      OK, it has a wider screen, but who cares, it's still a phone, I have to keep it in my pocket.

      IH-888S-142OD

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      • hecticH
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        ^ first world problems 😃

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        • SeulS
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          Guys: as you know the screen on my Blackberry Storm 2 is shattered… It still functions (kudos, li'l bastard), but replacing it would cost 100 €... I'm currently looking at a Blackberry 9860... Anyone have one?.. Is it as heavy as a Storm?.. I love the heavy BBs  🙂

          And I'm not very interested in other phones, but if you know of something decent around 100-150 €, let us know...

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          • injunjackI
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            Seul,
            Dunno what they cost down your way , but Samsung 'droids are purdy decent phones…and they come in several priceranges.

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            • DougNgD
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              Blackberry is on it's deadbed, so if you're really jonesing to get one, now it probably the last time you'll be able to get one

              I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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              • S
                Snowy
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                Seul, I respect you're going down with the BB Ship, they're all but out;
                http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/20/blackberry-confirms-massive-layoffs-reveals-1-billion-loss-in-q2-2014/

                I've ready Really Bad things about Q10, avoid like the plague;
                http://blackberryq10.tumblr.com/

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                • S
                  Snowy
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                  Point being your next BB maybe your last, echoing Doug

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                  • mclaincauseyM
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                    Blackberry was fatally disrupted by an upmarket product. Forgive my business strategy geekery but that almost never happens.

                    Think it, be it.

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                    • D
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                      Own iphone 5. My fav phone. 🙂 don't really like android due to it will lag.

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                      • JCMx800J
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                        Les Paul -> ProCo Rat -> Super HardOn -> JCM800 Low Input
                        XXX

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                          @JCMx800:

                          HAHAHAN nice one this one make me speechless. U win. XD HAHAHAN

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                          • DougNgD
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                            Blackberry IS the toilet

                            I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                            • SeulS
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                              I love Blackberries. I'm not buying either a Samsung and defo not an Iphone…

                              Are Nokias decent enough?..

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                              • mclaincauseyM
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                                It's amazing really.  Blackberry's story will be added to the canon of business school case studies.  iPhone came out and they looked at the complexity and cost of the device and couldn't picture how something like this would disrupt them.  How did Apple engineer this–how is this device even possible?  Beyond the technical challenges, why would carriers let a real browser and the concomitant traffic on their choked networks?

                                Verizon probably saw the same thing, which is why they passed on iPhone.  Well, perhaps that and the demands Apple was placing on the carrier, being unwilling to cede control or compromise customer experience.  "You're just the network."  No carrier bloatware, no modifications to the OS, no control over the customer experience.  They wouldn't accept these terms.

                                Then when they realized this was a mistake, and watched as AT&T's network boomed with iPhone subscribers, they went to RIM and asked them to make an iPhone killer.  RIM tried to do this and failed, which left the door open for the next option on Verizon's list, Google + Motorola = Droid, and now we have the rise of Android (mainly Samsung if we're talking about capturing all the profits BlackBerry left on the table).  Palm had a pretty cool solution that never gained traction, Microsoft took too long (their "let's sit back and let's see how this plays out, and then brute force/bully our way in" strategy didn't work this time), and now we have a two horse race.  I don't think this is good for consumers.  I wish that BlackBerry and Palm had been more successful so that we had a rich array of options to choose from and push each other.

                                Think it, be it.

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  Nokia is a turd too, the only decent options for smart phones are iPhones and Androids IMO.  I'd get an iPhone or a stock Android Nexus.

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • tigerpacT
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                                    Waiting for them to announce the Nexus 5 to replace the Galaxy Nexus I have now that's a little long in the tooth.

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                                    • DougNgD
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                                      @mclaincausey:

                                      Nokia is a turd too, the only decent options for smart phones are iPhones and Androids IMO.  I'd get an iPhone or a stock Android Nexus.

                                      Yup, what he said.

                                      We did a pretty extensive study in my agency for what platform should we use since blackberry was failing miserably for out needs. iOS and Android were out top picks. We didn't like Windows. Nokia wasn't even an option from the get go

                                      You seem to have already made up your mind in what you will not tolerate. Just buy whatever in that case.

                                      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                      • SeulS
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                                        I don't use internetz on my phone apart from the very occasional IH forum browsing through Tapatalk… All it needs is a calculator, has to be all touchscreen, heavy, and tough as nails...

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                                        • GraemeG
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                                          Seul, if you want an Android device then either try to get a Nexus 4, which Google were selling for £160 to £200 (in the UK), or join Tigerpac in the wait for the Nexus 5. Most handset manufacturers put a metric tonne of rubbish software onto their phones to distinguish them from the competition, and it never ends well.

                                          Alternatively, if you want to really nerd out, buy a Samsung Galaxy S4 or HTC One, root it, and install the Google Play edition software, that gives you the vanilla Android OS. In the off chance you want to spend entirely too much, get a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, which is the armour plated version, and can take more abuse than most phones.

                                          Or, there's the JCB ProSmart…

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                                          • Finn666F
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                                            @DougNg:

                                            Blackberry IS the toilet

                                            .

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