Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:40 am
I don't want a smartphone, you're correct. I also don't want to pay for a phone at all; I currently get mine for free and pay £15 a month for 200 minutes cross network and 100 texts. I get to upgrade to one of the latest phones of my choosing every year; I currently have a SE w810i.
I also didn't realise the iPhone only had 4gb of memory until a minute ago, that's appalling for an mp3 player in todays world.
You're also right in saying I like to carry multiple things with me, but the way I look at it is:
If I want to make phone calls, I'll take my phone. If I want to take pictures, I'll take my camera. If I want to listen to music, I'll take my mp3 player. In the unlikely event I want to do all 3, I'm prepared to take all 3; as they all do they're own jobs very well, and they all run off a seperate battery, and price combined, they are cheaper than the iPhone.
It's all a matter of opinion, but being completely honest, if I could have a phone that's the size of a pack of chewing gum, with an outragously long battery life, but no mp3 support, no built in memory, no cololur screen, no camera, for the same price I pay now, I'd choose that. Same with mp3 players. Why have companies stopped producing 10gb-20gb mono-screen mp3 players? It really annoys me. I would've paid the same price as my current mp3 player (Zen Vision: M, £140) for an mp3 player with just a 20gb HDD, half the size, monocolour screen, removable battery which lasts considerable longer due to the non-colour screen, no video, no photos, no animations on the UI, etc. I almost bought a 3rd gen iPod 20gb but I couldn't find any that were in good condition, and eventually opted out because they are roughly the same size as the Zen, and also because of being forced to use iTunes (which I never liked with Apple products).
Like now, some smaller companies are producing simple, cheap phones mainly aimed at elderly users, but they still have completely unnecessary colour screens and cameras.
Anyways, I could rant forever. I doubt anyone will agree with me
I also didn't realise the iPhone only had 4gb of memory until a minute ago, that's appalling for an mp3 player in todays world.
You're also right in saying I like to carry multiple things with me, but the way I look at it is:
If I want to make phone calls, I'll take my phone. If I want to take pictures, I'll take my camera. If I want to listen to music, I'll take my mp3 player. In the unlikely event I want to do all 3, I'm prepared to take all 3; as they all do they're own jobs very well, and they all run off a seperate battery, and price combined, they are cheaper than the iPhone.
It's all a matter of opinion, but being completely honest, if I could have a phone that's the size of a pack of chewing gum, with an outragously long battery life, but no mp3 support, no built in memory, no cololur screen, no camera, for the same price I pay now, I'd choose that. Same with mp3 players. Why have companies stopped producing 10gb-20gb mono-screen mp3 players? It really annoys me. I would've paid the same price as my current mp3 player (Zen Vision: M, £140) for an mp3 player with just a 20gb HDD, half the size, monocolour screen, removable battery which lasts considerable longer due to the non-colour screen, no video, no photos, no animations on the UI, etc. I almost bought a 3rd gen iPod 20gb but I couldn't find any that were in good condition, and eventually opted out because they are roughly the same size as the Zen, and also because of being forced to use iTunes (which I never liked with Apple products).
Like now, some smaller companies are producing simple, cheap phones mainly aimed at elderly users, but they still have completely unnecessary colour screens and cameras.
Anyways, I could rant forever. I doubt anyone will agree with me