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| Thread ID: 127503 | 2012-10-27 00:16:00 | What Do You Use Your Mobile Phone For? | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1309063 | 2012-10-27 02:57:00 | 29.5% Email (away from home, computer), 69.5% Internet, sometimes text, hardly ever talk. Have qwerty keypad cell phone, When I order something and have to go back to buy or pick it up, they ask for my cell phone number, I prefer to give them my email address. I wish I could delete the games and recover the memory space I dont how people can text all the time with 12 button keypad, it drove my nuts wasting time at it. |
Frank_sumbody (16923) | ||
| 1309064 | 2012-10-27 03:10:00 | I have a Nokia 100 for texts and phone calls, and the Huawei Y100 just for mucking around with Android. | QW. (15883) | ||
| 1309065 | 2012-10-27 04:08:00 | Mine's used for all sorts of things. Txt, email, (rarely) browsing, translating, navigating, checking lists, storing documents for use outside, tethering to the laptop, listening to the radio, measuring stuff, calculator and sometimes even for ringing up people. POTs seem hopelessly inept. ;) Even when I use the twisted pair, the number normally comes from the cellphone contact list. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1309066 | 2012-10-27 04:14:00 | I've just got a 'thick' phone - so no internet. It is used primarily for texting. I plan to get a smart phone soon. :D | Jen (38) | ||
| 1309067 | 2012-10-27 04:16:00 | On average I use maybe 2MB/mo. Just when we go out and we may need GPS. My Nokia works without 3G, it's offline but 3G in the country (not roaming) is not that expensive for the occasional use. It depends really, I don't make much calls or SMS, just when the time grants it I guess. Never sent a MMS. I don't email while I am outside nor the Internet. I think I used the Internet once outside to google the physical address when the place wasn't in the Nokia's POIs. I mainly use the calendar, calculator, alarm clock, check news-sites at home via Wifi and check email notifications than firing up a computer. I don't have a tablet. Just because I have very simple uses. And when I go on trips the GPS or the occasional outing. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1309068 | 2012-10-27 04:41:00 | 95% for txt and voice call. The screen is too small for me. | bk T (215) | ||
| 1309069 | 2012-10-27 04:47:00 | Outlook almost completely runs my life, and with 2007 automatically syncing to my phone, it does it very well indeed. I'm running a Nokia Lumia 800 and with my - dare I say it - "apps", it gets even better. I carry my Word and Excel reference files with me plus anything else I need to, in Dropbox. Remote access back to my PC, GPS, ASB Banking, Flight Aware, Traffic. The list is extensive. I'm using text more and more especially with the voice instruction facility - also very useful for hands off browsing using Bing. E-mail is automatically synced. Now all I have to do is to get some of my peer group to figure out how to use text ... Games? There are some there, but I'm not a game person and don't go near them. Music? I download my own playlists. Video? There's a few U-Tube favorites. Phone? I probably only use it as a phone about 75 minutes a month. On a $39 a month plan, I'm getting a minimum 200 minutes a month and 30Gb Data. I don't see myself exceeding either cap. :) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1309070 | 2012-10-27 04:54:00 | I must say, before I had data I always wanted it. Now I have it I hardly use it :P although the 500mb goes way further than you'd imagine, mobile sites are very low bandwidth and even youtube seems to be rather light. I have used about 460mb max. Last month was only 380mb When I first saw the data prices I thought they were hideous, I average 3 GB per day usually so I assumed i'd demolish the phone plans. Not worth it since the prices were (and still are) rather massive. Therefore I was pleasantly surprised when I started regularly using data to see that the 500mb holds quite well. You'd be surprised how much you actually use the WiFi when at home (or work if applicable) rather than 3G and how little mobile handsets use. Would be cool if telecom's usage meters could report back to android for data/call/text usage rather than going into their site. I don't think there is a standard for that but oh well. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1309071 | 2012-10-27 05:19:00 | On a $39 a month plan, I'm getting a minimum 200 minutes a month and 30Gb Data. I don't see myself exceeding either cap. Whoops ... the 30Gb Data is my home broadband, not the mobile. Just checked what I get for $39 - it gives me 120 minutes talk plus 100 bonus minutes for "life", i.e. 220 minutes a month so I'm never going to exceed that. The Data allowance is 100Mb which again I've never gone near using that. At home I use the phone to connect via Wi-Fi, again at uni I use Wi-Fi and again at some other business locations and friends' houses. The only reason I went to a larger data plan was for convenience because of having to occasionally roam with 2 Degrees. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1309072 | 2012-10-27 05:53:00 | I'm on 2D $19 prepay and use my phone 80% calls 15% text and 5% browsing and email | gary67 (56) | ||
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