News I miss the old days of smartphones

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Don't you ever wish we could go back to the days of when phones were fun? Yeah, me neither.

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[mustang7757]

Those were the good times , I made my Samsung S4 and HTC M8 Google Play edition

 

[JudasD]

cell phones are done and just running on inertia. same as PCs did before it. once something "new" arrives, the focus will instantly and easily change, the atmosphere is just primed for it.

 

[SeeBeeEss]

Blackberry Storm, Samsung Galaxy Note 7, HTC Facebook Phone, Microsoft Kin One, HTC EVO 3D, Motorola Rokr E1, iPhone 6, Amazon Fire Phone, ZTE Open, Motorola Flipout, LG 1010, Nokia 7280...

Big sigh...yep, the good old days. Sure missing those "fun" phones.

 

[kolyan2k]

HTC was great. I think we were able to convert Microsoft HTCs to run Android back in the days.

 

[Richard _the_curious]

My guy, are you kidding me. I would so take an hyc one series phone modernized. The design was so good and for someone that loves customization htc did a real good job. Way better than Google or apples real bad attempts. Even third party launchers are better. I don't know why Google hasn't implemented any of these features. I'd love to choose my own icon pack, change my fonts etc.

 

[Tractorlegs]

Don't you ever wish we could go back to the days of when phones were fun? Yeah, me neither.

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The apps and capabilities on smartphones and tablets are redundant. If I can keep up with social media, my banking/health apps and everything else on the tablet, why not go back to a flip feature phone as a telephone? I wouldn't mind an old Motorola PEBL or something like that. The designs of all these old fones are so cool - Nokia, Motorola, etc. -- so why not?

 

[Emaderton3]

I miss BlackBerry and had held on way to long. Before then, nothing beat the satisfaction of the noise that the old Samsung flip phones made when closed. That was actually one thing that drew me to the Z Flip 3 when I finally retired my KEYone.

 

[Village_Idiot]

Blackberry Storm, Samsung Galaxy Note 7, HTC Facebook Phone, Microsoft Kin One, HTC EVO 3D, Motorola Rokr E1, iPhone 6, Amazon Fire Phone, ZTE Open, Motorola Flipout, LG 1010, Nokia 7280...

Big sigh...yep, the good old days. Sure missing those "fun" phones.
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The Blackberry Storm wasn't that fun. I got the Storm 2 and having to press the screen became counter intuitive real quick.

 

[Village_Idiot]

My first "fun" smart phone was the Samsung Galaxy Fascinate (Verizon version of the Galaxy S).

I liked my Palm Treo and Blackberry Curve, and the Blackberry Storm 2 was ok. They were useful, but I wouldn't call them fun.

 

[ummduh]

Hear, hear!

Fully agreed. There really isn't much in the way of ACTUAL consumer choice. Apple and Samsung make a change, EVERYONE follows. I've been around since the original Moto Droid (as far as the current definition of "smart phones" is concerned), which I actually still have in a drawer, and it actually powers up.

I miss my Note4, it was the pinnacle for me. The right aspect ratio, a great screen, ACTUALLY FIT IN MY POCKET, headphone port, sd card, removable battery, buttons separate from the screen, IR control, PERFECT IMO.

 

[Village_Idiot]

For the record. I don't miss the "good ol' days" of smart phones. No water resistance, glass was weak, bodies were plastic and easily breakable. The first "phablets" were bloody huge. The capabilities they had are a far cry from what we can do today.

 

[Laura_1330]

I couldn't agree more! I miss the days when smartphones had headphone jacks and SD card slots. I miss the days before this obsession with "full screen" phones started. We used to have a physical home button at the bottom of the screen, with back and recent apps keys on the side. There was even an LED lamp at the top that would notify us of new notifications or the charging status. Phones shipped with a charger included in the box. Google allowed recording phone calls. Ah, the simplicity... Oh, how I wish they would bring back some of these features, especially the headphone jack!

 

[SeeBeeEss]

I miss BlackBerry and had held on way to long. Before then, nothing beat the satisfaction of the noise that the old Samsung flip phones made when closed. That was actually one thing that drew me to the Z Flip 3 when I finally retired my KEYone.

I could be talking writing out of turn, but I think most former BlackBerry users miss the iconic brand a little and many also held on way too long. Personally, I lost a bit of my Crackberry enthusiasm after the BB10 Playbook fiasco and TCL being licenced to produce the BlackBerry brand. While I stuck it out through the TCL produced Key2, in hindsight I really should have moved on after the Passport (one of my all time favourite phones and the one that I held on to the longest).

During Blackberry's heyday, there was something special about the devices and there was an amazing (almost underground) community of users who knew it. I don't know how many times I connected to someone or they connected to me simply because of the phone we had in our hands, pocket or holster. Most BlackBerry users I met wanted to talk (or brag ) about BlackBerry and BlackBerry devices. Personally, I haven't had that experience with any other phone.

 

[Emaderton3]

I could be talking writing out of turn, but I think most former BlackBerry users miss the iconic brand a little and many also held on way too long. Personally, I lost a bit of my Crackberry enthusiasm after the BB10 Playbook fiasco and TCL being licenced to produce the BlackBerry brand. While I stuck it out through the TCL produced Key2, in hindsight I really should have moved on after the Passport (one of my all time favourite phones and the one that I held on to the longest).

During Blackberry's heyday, there was something special about the devices and there was an amazing (almost underground) community of users who knew it. I don't know how many times I connected to someone or they connected to me simply because of the phone we had in our hands, pocket or holster. Most BlackBerry users I met wanted to talk (or brag ) about BlackBerry and BlackBerry devices. Personally, I haven't had that experience with any other phone.

Couldn't agree more! I was an avid user of CrackBerry but migrated over here. Didn't say much when I got my Flip 3 but got excited by seeing the early enthusiasm for the Flip 6 which just arrived today!

 

[davidmaxwaterman]

I'd quite like to see some front-facing speakers. I find the ones that are facing towards the people around me to be obnoxious, as do they, I imagine.
Are there any phones with front-facing speakers these days?

 

[Tractorlegs]

I love all of the BlackBerry talk in this thread - it brings back a lot of memories! BlackBerry (a 6230) was my first "smartphone", and I owned a number of them (when they were RIM) up through the 9780 Bold, which was awesome for its day. Even cheap smartphones today outperform the old BlackBerrys, but they sure had some personality!

 

[tube517]

Rooting the Evo 4g was really fun. There were many user forums created for that phone.