10 years and counting on my Mil Spec flip phone. Except for some business purposes, if you can’t get through the day without all those smartphone apps…….well……..can’t really sugar coat it….. your life must be really shallow.
My old flipper is still working perfect, I average less than 30 minutes a month talk time, less than 20 texts a month. But I’m around computers all day at work. Now my ham radio is another thing…
I still have my flip cell phone. Unfortunately, when the battery dies on it, I’ll have to get another cell. The company I got the current one, doesn’t make that model anymore so no replacement battery for it, unless I try Batteries Plus.
Unfortunately, the reason I had to trade mine in was because it became obsolete. Planned obsolescence on the one hand (a connector that was prone to breakdowns) and the obsolescence of the OS (Palm) on the other. But I loved that Kyocera 7135. Color screen (even if basically EGA-level graphics), 8MB RAM, but it flipped closed so the keypad and writing area were always protected while not in use. And it was the first phone (at least, the first one I had) for which you could create your own ringtones. Couldn’t assign separate tones to separate callers; but every time I got a phone call, you heard two chirps and the voice of Lt. Uhura saying, “Enterprise to Captain Kirk; come in, Captain!” I used to complete the effect by carrying the phone on the back of my hip so I could pull it out and flip it open. There was also a chirp effect when the phone was opened, but only if I wasn’t on a call. Oversight, there.
hsawlrae almost 11 years ago
And I did that exactly that 2 years ago. Went online and got an identical of my old one for $18 for the whole works. Happy again.
firedome almost 11 years ago
last year I got an android phone.
to this day, really have no idea why. my old cell phone did just fine and cost me 35 bucks less per month.
vsqrd almost 11 years ago
My 81 yr old mother loves her iPhone.
vsqrd almost 11 years ago
And her iPad
The Life I Draw Upon almost 11 years ago
When did a flip phone become old?
rmacprivate almost 11 years ago
10 years and counting on my Mil Spec flip phone. Except for some business purposes, if you can’t get through the day without all those smartphone apps…….well……..can’t really sugar coat it….. your life must be really shallow.
Plods with ...™ almost 11 years ago
Yes… yes we are.
SnuffyG almost 11 years ago
My old flipper is still working perfect, I average less than 30 minutes a month talk time, less than 20 texts a month. But I’m around computers all day at work. Now my ham radio is another thing…
sbchamp almost 11 years ago
Inapt
RICHARD VAIL Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’m keeping my flip phone for as long as possible.
ossiningaling almost 11 years ago
I don’t spend a ton of time on my iPhone, but the messaging and GPS come in real handy sometimes. Also, don’t need to carry a watch or a camera.
cbrsarah almost 11 years ago
I still have my flip cell phone. Unfortunately, when the battery dies on it, I’ll have to get another cell. The company I got the current one, doesn’t make that model anymore so no replacement battery for it, unless I try Batteries Plus.
stukuls1 almost 11 years ago
NSA has a harder time tracking you on the older phones!
K M almost 11 years ago
Unfortunately, the reason I had to trade mine in was because it became obsolete. Planned obsolescence on the one hand (a connector that was prone to breakdowns) and the obsolescence of the OS (Palm) on the other. But I loved that Kyocera 7135. Color screen (even if basically EGA-level graphics), 8MB RAM, but it flipped closed so the keypad and writing area were always protected while not in use. And it was the first phone (at least, the first one I had) for which you could create your own ringtones. Couldn’t assign separate tones to separate callers; but every time I got a phone call, you heard two chirps and the voice of Lt. Uhura saying, “Enterprise to Captain Kirk; come in, Captain!” I used to complete the effect by carrying the phone on the back of my hip so I could pull it out and flip it open. There was also a chirp effect when the phone was opened, but only if I wasn’t on a call. Oversight, there.