Mobile Phones - your preferred type?

[ghosthunter]

What is your preferred type of mobile phone?

Candy bar? Sliders? Fold/Clamshell? Touchscreen?

What is your reason why you prefer that style...

[ghosthunter]

I prefer sliders... it combines having a big screen and big keypad for easy operation yet when closed, it's smaller than the combined total "surface area".

Downside, the cable connecting the upper and lower half of the phone does fail over time but replacing it is cheap and quick.

[testament11]

i go with candybars and touch screen phones of the candybar oriented type. ang ayoko sa clamshells at sliders, pag bumagsak, yari ang cable

[leonleon]

i go with candybars and touch screen phones of the candybar oriented type. ang ayoko sa clamshells at sliders, pag bumagsak, yari ang cable

Candy bar din ako for the same reasons.

[testament11]

sir gh, may suggestion ako. bakit hindi mo pala gawin multiple choices?

[ghosthunter]

i go with candybars and touch screen phones of the candybar oriented type. ang ayoko sa clamshells at sliders, pag bumagsak, yari ang cable

So far my two sliders have survived a number of falls to the floor with no negative effects aside from the dents and scratches on the case/body.

I would say that touch screen phones are more prone to damage in a fall simply because of the large LCD screen which may crack if dropped to a hard surface.

[ghosthunter]

sir gh, may suggestion ako. bakit hindi mo pala gawin multiple choices?

Because the poll is about your first choice of phone form-factor .... not about the phones you have used or currently using.

[testament11]

So far my two sliders have survived a number of falls to the floor with no negative effects aside from the dents and scratches on the case/body.

I would say that touch screen phones are more prone to damage in a fall simply because of the large LCD screen which may crack if dropped to a hard surface.

yeah... mas prone sila pag nabagsak dahil more sensitive ang screen than the cable of sliders and clamshells.

as for my suggestion, ok i understand what you mean sir

[renzo_d10]

Candy bar and touchscreen phones.

[badkuk]

candybar. my thinking is that less moving parts the better....and for some reason i obsesss about my ability to dial/text with only one hand -- as if i have a regular need to text while hanging off a jeep B)

[jappy]

primary - candy bar
extra - touch screen

[ghosthunter]

I am so curious why so many people like to have a touch-screen mobile phone. Is it about its phone functionality or just the feel of something cutting edge and high tech?

My reason is a touch screen phone is not as functional as a more traditional phone with buttons. Trying to text on a touch screen takes twice or three times longer and requires you to look will punching virtual keys. Those will greasy fingers will tend to leave fingerprints and streaks all over the screen. People with large fingers will find using a touchscreen phone a near impossibility because they tend to hit the wrong letters/keys as much as the correct ones.

For me, the touch-screen gadget is better removed from the phone part... which gives you the iTouch mobile media device.

[falken]

i go with candybars and touch screen phones of the candybar oriented type. ang ayoko sa clamshells at sliders, pag bumagsak, yari ang cable

Same here.

[Psylocke]

qwerty ala treo. must have touchscreen also.

pure touchscreens are so fussy to txt with

[kevin3000]

Candybars mas madaling gamitin ako kasi basta suksok dito suksok dyan laglag dito laglag dyan especially pag nasa auto pagnadaan sa lubak wala na sa dashboard ung fone nasa matting na .. and matibay pa.. like my 6300 nabili ko to kalalabas palang mga around 06 or 07 ata .. gusto ko din ung din ung di slide parang ang astig (minsan) pero ung sa clamshell NO NO pagnalakas ka ng sara babakat sa screen like ung case ng MOTOrazr ...
teka asan na nga pala ang motorazr? nawala na ata

[frenchtower]

I am so curious why so many people like to have a touch-screen mobile phone. Is it about its phone functionality or just the feel of something cutting edge and high tech?

My reason is a touch screen phone is not as functional as a more traditional phone with buttons. Trying to text on a touch screen takes twice or three times longer and requires you to look will punching virtual keys. Those will greasy fingers will tend to leave fingerprints and streaks all over the screen. People with large fingers will find using a touchscreen phone a near impossibility because they tend to hit the wrong letters/keys as much as the correct ones.

For me, the touch-screen gadget is better removed from the phone part... which gives you the iTouch mobile media device.

Mobile phones have evolved from about a decade ago. Before, it was only used to communicate in a wireless environment. Now, it can do that plus a lot more. Mobile phones are now a source of entertainment (music, videos, games), PDA, Navigation device, camera, ebook reader, medical tool, excercise tracker, etc.

When Iphone came to the picture, it revolutionized the mobile phone landscape.

There's nothing to argue about how inconvenient it is to text message but that is not the phone's fault. It's the user's unfamiliarity with the concept of usage just as like people from 10 years back who are still trying to learn how to text one another.

I think the incovenience of using a touch screen phone only happens when one is pre-occupied in doing something else such as driving, which should not be done in the first place.

The advantages of a touch phone, IMO, outweights the negative. Basically, what the touch screen phone is trying to address is to provide a much wider viewing angle than those offered by conventional mobile phones.

I'm not sure what services can those touch screen phones have to offer in RP but in the US it is a far leap forward. The nav features alone is convincing enough for me to be a convert.

Mobile phones with physical keypads will always be preferred by those who require it. Me, I go with a touch screen type.

Peace

[4agze]

I don't really prefer any type of phone, for me is the applications, ive been a nokia user for 10yrs but for the past 2 yrs i've been using my iphone and has a hundreds of applications for me to play with. but my wife prefer the slide X1 cuz, its fast & easy when on data or wifi thats all she cares for.

[shadow]

qwerty for me...mas mabilis mag text

[ghosthunter]

qwerty for me...mas mabilis mag text

So it's blackberry style for you?

[1D4LV]

i prefer candybars.
have used sliders and clamshells before, mabilis masira ang ribbon.