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What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?

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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #40 on: September 07, 2016, 01:13:43 AM »
That's why you would buy outside of USA. There were watch phones, and touch screens in the early 2000s. If you follow Asia's technology, you won't find such a lag from the 90's to 2007.

Agreed. It was common knowledge at the time that we were years behind other countries.
But practically no one bought phones off plan, especially not from other countries.
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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #41 on: September 07, 2016, 01:26:04 AM »
You left out simple web browsing and opera mini, flip camera phones, texting, simpler apps, BlackBerries and more. Much of smartphone technology was dependent on faster data connections and processor speeds.

My post was obviously a little tongue in cheek.
Yeh we had sms from the early 90's, potato cameras, and unbearably bad browsers coupled with slow internet (chicken and the egg problem, smartphone adoption was the cause for quicker high speed network coverage). Phones that flip, woohoo, the Startac was the first and last innovative device of that era. Blackberries were the first real push into making substantial changes like mobile email and bbm but didn't really go mainstream until around 2006/07 IINM. And then overnight all the tech that was already possible sprung up, but the phones were unrecognizable in almost every single way  compared to the old generation.
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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #42 on: September 07, 2016, 03:34:50 AM »
My post was obviously a little tongue in cheek.
Yeh we had sms from the early 90's, potato cameras, and unbearably bad browsers coupled with slow internet (chicken and the egg problem, smartphone adoption was the cause for quicker high speed network coverage). Phones that flip, woohoo, the Startac was the first and last innovative device of that era. Blackberries were the first real push into making substantial changes like mobile email and bbm but didn't really go mainstream until around 2006/07 IINM. And then overnight all the tech that was already possible sprung up, but the phones were unrecognizable in almost every single way  compared to the old generation.
I don't understand why you won't consider "snake" on the Nokias a massive technological breakthrough accomplished in that era...  :P

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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #43 on: September 08, 2016, 06:48:13 PM »
samsung smiley. it winked at me when I turned it on-like this- :) ;) :)
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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #44 on: September 08, 2016, 06:54:40 PM »
What about out favorite "old smart phones"? 

LG Optimus -
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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #45 on: September 11, 2016, 12:56:47 PM »
HTC One M7 best phone ever till today! I think I have gone through 6 or 7 already

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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #46 on: September 11, 2016, 12:57:59 PM »
HTC One M7 best phone ever till today! I think I have gone through 6 or 7 already
That's already not so old. And I agree. Mine lasted 4 years. Great device.
The Google Nexus as well before that.
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Re: What was your favorite/most used non-smartphone?
« Reply #47 on: September 26, 2016, 08:15:32 PM »
You left out simple web browsing and opera mini, flip camera phones, texting, simpler apps, BlackBerries and more. Much of smartphone technology was dependent on faster data connections and processor speeds.
Can't forget about BBM. That was YUUUGE.
Also Ari Gold was SO effin cool with his Blackberry.

Basically, there was tons of exciting stuff before smartphones. Someone sounds bitter. (really not sure why)