I got my HD2 wednesday because we had a snow day
The next day at school EVERYBODY would be like "woah that's a huge fake iPhone"
that resulted in me getting it taken away by the teacher for the rest of class
What happens when you whip out your snapdragon goodness?
hiddengopher said:
I got my HD2 wednesday because we had a snow day
The next day at school EVERYBODY would be like "woah that's a huge fake iPhone"
that resulted in me getting it taken away by the teacher for the rest of class
What happens when you whip out your snapdragon goodness?
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someone asked me why did i get an iphone. and i said &&%%$
a guy asked me if it was 'the new iphone' and i told him i wouldn't touch an iphone if he paid me, as i was saying that he was pulling out his iphone..... we didn't speak for the rest of the journey.
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a guy asked me if it was 'the new iphone' and i told him i wouldn't touch an iphone if he paid me, as i was saying that he was pulling out his iphone..... we didn't speak for the rest of the journey.
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someone asked me why did i get an iphone. and i said %%&&**.
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hahaha yeah I get asked if it's an iPhone constantly.
In my biology class this kid I didn't like asked me why I got my phone for $200 instead of an iPhone.
I told him "because I'm not a little puss like you!"
then possibly the only other android aware person in my school said "f*** you apple lover! f*** you!"
it was a great day.
although, I like people not saying "that's a brick!" every time I pull out my phone. The g1 was far too thick.
Buddy of mine saw it and started to make fun of it talking about how much better the hardware on his iphone 3gs was. The moment I finished quoting the specs...he gave me this look like his dog had died and then asked where he could get one. Told him it was on T-mobile only and showed how much faster the hspa in my area was...and he got pissed...
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Buddy of mine saw it and started to make fun of it talking about how much better the hardware on his iphone 3gs was. The moment I finished quoting the specs...he gave me this look like his dog had died and then asked where he could be one. Told him it was on T-mobile only and showed how much faster the hspa in my area was...and he got pissed...
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hahaha. yeah I just show them how thin it is, how it's rubber and metal, how gorgeous and giant the screen is and the ui.
However, one person said "that's pretty stupid, why would you want the clouds on your screen"
People seem to be impressed with the screen size - it's a monster. Never been mistaken for an iPhone, and when someone asks about the iPhone, I say, "iPhones are toys for children who needs Steve Jobs to tell them what to do. This is a phone for those who don't wish to listen to the Charlatan of Cupertino."
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People seem to be impressed with the screen size - it's a monster. Never been mistaken for an iPhone, and when someone asks about the iPhone, I say, "iPhones are toys for children who needs Steve Jobs to tell them what to do. This is a phone for those who don't wish to listen to the Charlatan of Cupertino."
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hahaha. I myself am a windows hater, but this phone changed my mind about winmo
First impressions always is about the large screen.
What sold me on this phone is Remote Desktop.
A few of my friends have iphones. After they have seen my HD2, the major consensus was that it was "too much of a phone" for them. Damn straight!!
Most people just ask/say to me "is that an iPhone" or just say "you got an iPhone too"
when I brought my HD2 to Cleveland Ohio in February, everyone on campus was like "ooooh shiny" then when i showed them Swype for text input they were all like "oooooooooooh waaaoooww! where can i get one?"
I said, tut tut, not until late March
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hahaha. yeah I just show them how thin it is, how it's rubber and metal, how gorgeous and giant the screen is and the ui.
However, one person said "that's pretty stupid, why would you want the clouds on your screen"
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LOL...the dynamic weather makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop every time I see it change and go off...oh the simple pleasures that make us happy in this world...
Just show people iwobble on that huge WVGA-screen and they'll love your phone!
A friend of mine just got the 3gs and he was like are you f^&*ing kidding me i thought i had the newest iphone i could of slapped him silly, I then showed him a few features turns out the iphone has been returned
People in class are still wasting their money on the useless old iphone, and where I live it's $538 for an iPhone 3gs 16gb with a data plan and the HD2 cost only 50-100 more. Wanna smack em and tell them theyve wasted their money
After the "Oh, cool, another iPhone"
i reply "no, no its not" as my expression hardens
I finish off my text under the desk and start surfing the internet in class, pissing off all the iPhone users sitting next to me with its speed with its speed
all 20 of em!
only one person has ever asked my "why didnt you get an Iphone"
To which i simply said "Why didn't you get aids? Same thing really".
To be fair, I was in a funny mood.
90% of people I've talked to are impressed, but know little about HTC.
Almost all of them said they like it better than Iphone..
I read the whole thread and I must say some of the posted answers are really funny!
Unfortunately, on the "serious" side of things, this poll makes you wonder..
Even though I deeply hate the iphone, I gotta give apple kudos for engineering something that has become THE standard in the cell phone market.
They managed to create something that has become so popular that everybody knows it, children and elderlies included.
Tech sites and experts use it as reference when comparing it to every new phone unleashed, even if, let's be honest about it, the iphone isn't really that much of a cell..
What's even more depressing is the fact that whenever someone takes a peek at the HD2, he/she immediately assumes that it must be the iphone or worse, like a rip-off of it, not even knowing that the hd2 kicks the iphone's ass from sea to shining sea...
Aaah Apple, congratz!! You have created a share of market that really revolves around you..
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Tell us your story! How many people have seen your N1 and what was their reaction? Did they buy?
In my experience most people ask "What the F*** is that" and I just hand them the phone and tell them its the Google phone and show off some exclusive capability. About 7 people that I know have purchased the phone because they saw mine. Any similar stories?
A few co-workers flipped their iphones in favour of an n1...all it took was handing them the phone and showing them the sdk
Outside of work, a few friends made the switch from Sprint (Pre) to TMO (n1), random strangers who saw my phone sitting on a table while having a meal were quite impressed...
I can only imagine what the adoption rate would have been if Google actually marketed this device. Perhaps if they even bothered to make mention that it was available for ATT 3G, or is coming to VZW. Sometimes Google confuses me....
Everyone that saw my N1 ran out and bought a Droid for 99 bucks. <g>
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Everyone that saw my N1 ran out and bought a Droid for 99 bucks. <g>
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you...you are fired!
My stupid friends only enjoy the Clayton Bigsby sound board and the Boobs, Butts, and Babes app. I try to show off the rest, but they are iphone dilshes and just say "mahhh i want those apps too."
Of course I always complain that I cant play Words With Friends with them.
My boss saw my N1 and bought it the day after. Some of my friends were impressed: "Wow, you've got a Nexus One".
I worked at MWC 2010 here in Barcelona and had the chance to get one. Nobody has it yet here in Spain and everyone's really impressed with stuff I show them.
I personally love the phone, I love Android (first Android phone), and want to start developing ASAP!
My N1 completely sells itself.
I think I installed a bad APK. It keeps listing itself on eBay...
lmfao ^^
haha
everybody who noticed my phone was relatively impressed. only thing that kept them back was the 1000's of apps that weren't on their iPhone but were sitll available just incase.
I got a story to tell.
Went to an Apple store the other day and pretended interest in the iPhone. Asked the first salesperson if it can multi-task yet and how fast its processor is. He got confused and asked if I meant multi-touch (...yeah) and had to google up "iphone processor" before giving up and directing me to their "iPhone expert," whom I proceeded to grill about the iPad and iPhone (can they multi-task? Play Flash in browser? Oh. No?) and they admitted that the iPad is nothing more than a giant iTouch--their words, not mine!
So I further went on to ask them about the next-gen iPhone; the "expert" asked if I already got one and I said no, then showed them my Nexus. He was astonished at how fast, smooth, pretty, and powerful it is--I showed him how many processes were running, some live wallpapers, the pinch-to-leap thing from Desire's Sense, and in the end he said that Apple likes to sit on crucial features and save them for later releases so as to charge people more.
There you go, folks. Straight from the horse's mouth.
Just bored so I decided to write about my coworker and his love for the iphone.
My 65 year old coworker told me he waited in line from 4:30am till 2:00pm, called in sick for work, just to get the iPhone 4, talk about dedication. So he brings it to work, brags to everyone about his new toy, even at random people.
Today, at work we had a 7 year old patient, showed him my nexus one with live wallpaper running in the background and the iphone 4 and asked him which phone was better, "this phone" he pointed at the Nexus. My coworker over heard our conversation and saw the kid pointing at my phone, and confronted the little boy.
Coworker: Wait a minute, did you say his phone is better?
Boy: *Shy smile*
Coworker: Did you see my phone?
Boy: Yeah.
Coworker: What made you say his phone is better?
Boy: I don't know it just is.
Coworker: Come on! you cant even tell me what makes his phone better, and you're telling me this?
Boy: *Kept quiet*
Coworker: So you're not my friend anymore then?
Boy: *Kept quiet*
Boy: *Looked at me and said, WOW!*
Wow... Just thought wow... lol.
Thought I'd share. It cracked me up!!!!!
way to harass a little kid
Personally I can't wait until someone designs an Android based phone with the aesthetics of the iPhone 4.
The kid was obviously trolling your coworker, and deep down was jealous he didn't have more time with the iphone. So in a spur of brilliance he concocted a plan to bring your co worker back over so that he could merely be i the presence of said iPhone.
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The kid was obviously trolling your coworker, and deep down was jealous he didn't have more time with the iphone. So in a spur of brilliance he concocted a plan to bring your co worker back over so that he could merely be i the presence of said iPhone.
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A witch, he's a witch! I mean a fanboy! Burn him! He infiltrated our forums, made friends with us, and is sapping our precious bodily fluids!
JCopernicus said:
The kid was obviously trolling your coworker, and deep down was jealous he didn't have more time with the iphone. So in a spur of brilliance he concocted a plan to bring your co worker back over so that he could merely be i the presence of said iPhone.
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this^
trolls just keep getting younger and younger.
haha nice.
Cool story.
haahhaah owned!!!
Lol, that is funny.
I'm currently over in Santa Monica for a week on business and I couldn't believe the queue outside the Apple store on the weekend!
However I need to confess I did have a play with the Ipad and I am tempted :-\
No useful info in this, but just a story that me and my friend found so funny, I thought I would post it.
So my Apple fanboy friend Colin decided to go and pick up the iPhone4 today. He knows how I feel about Android, and hes also admitted that after seeing all the features of my Nexus One that he has no doubt that Android is dominant over Apples OS. But he still decided to get one, as hes one of those “I just need an iPhone cause its an iPhone “ people. No problem. So I go to T-Mobile with him to watch him seal his fate and sell his soul to Steve Jobs.
We walk in the store and ask for an iPhone 4 to play with, and since there wasn’t one on display (guess people steal them) they said we can play with the model they have open to the public if we do it in the presence of one of the T-Mobile employees. Again, no problem.
So the lady comes up and pulls the glorified app launcher out of her pocket and hands it to him. He starts to play with it and asks me “does your Nexus One have a larger display?”. I pull it out and lay it down next to the “can only hold me with a certain hand and in a certain manner if you want me to even half ass work” device. Now keep in mind, Im American and my friend is British, but we both live in Berlin, Germany. When I lay my phone down next to the iFLOPPED, she says in German “oh you cant even compare the iPhone to any Android phone. It s just on another level”. I smile, as I can speak German, but I didn’t want to take on a salesman with my half ass broken German. I just smile and he asks if she speaks English. Then then replies in perfectly spoken English “why yes, I lived in the UK for many years”. I almost got an erection….
So I nicely ask her…”when you said its on another level, could you give me an example how”? She replies “ where do I start? Firstly, the camera is great. It has a 5mp camera that’s much better than the 3GS model”. I say “So does mine”. She then says “ It shoots video in very high quality 720p”. I replied “um..yeah so does mine” (who cares if a hack did it..it still does ) She then says “Something that’s also been added is that the phone can now multitask with all the apps you want in the background. I replied “um, no it cant". I then said (thank God I had Quickdesk installed) “what it can do is have specified applications that can be chosen to run in parallel to one another, like this” ( I then used quickdesk to show EXACTLY what the iPhones “multitasking looks like and does). I then said, “true multitasking can do this…” I then loaded up my SNES emulator, booted Donkey Kong Country, started playing, then turned on Eminems new Recovery album and had it running in the background, turned on Fring and left it running in the background, and then went to Google Talk and messaged my friend Rene that I would swing by his house later and went back to the game, right on the level I left it. Thankfully, my Enomther rooted Nexus didn’t skip a beat.
So at this point, she starts to get upset. Colin is chuckling to himself but is a bit embarrassed. He then asks “so how much can I buy it for without a contract”? She says “you cant actually buy the phone without a contract right now”. I say “that’s strange. My phone is 6 months old, has done everything that you claim only your iPhone can do, and I got it for 400 euros NEW WITHOUT CONTRACT” (eBay auction sniped in the last 15 seconds ) . After adding up the insane amount of money he would have to pay for the iPhone in the end if he renewed his contract, he put the phone down and just said “hmm..”.
So now shes getting VERY upset. Not only have I just proven her to be a salesman who doesnt know **** about Android OR the iPhones OS, she asks impatiently “so did you want to upgrade?” I then playfully say “yeah Colin. After the way the iPhone just pretty much owned my Nexus with everything she just said, youd be dumb not to buy it right”? She then took the iPhone, walked over to her manager and talked to him for like 2 minutes. They both came back and the manager says “Im sorry sir, but we re going to have to ask you to leave the store. If your friend wishes to upgrade, you will need to wait outside. Colin then says “its ok..I think I wanna have a think about it before I upgrade”. I say thank you to the manager and that “im sorry if I made anyone upset. I just wanted to defend my phone agains the comment the lady said about it earlier”. We then walked out, and Colin starts BUSTING out laughing. But the GREATEST thing is that 30 minutes later, we walked into Vodafone, and we walked out 20 minutes later….with his brand new Nexus One (and hes LOVING it).
Now, if she would have known her stuff, she could have said “it has a front facing camera, higher screen resolution, ect (which I could have still countered with “useless if your friends don’t all have smartphones, blah blah). But she didn’t. Sorry, but I work as a marketing manager and did sales before. So if your gonna attack something Im passionate about, you better know your stuff.
Whats the moral of this story? Simple. If your gonna be an Apple fanboy..fine. But if you want to enter a debate with an Android user, KNOW YOUR STUFF, because we certainly do. (thanks to the awesome and intelligent as FOOK Android community)
Just thought you guys might find that story as funny as we did.
Edit: BTW, I dont encourage making anyone lose a sale at ANY type of store. What I did was self defense, not provocation.
Do you mean ATT? Anyway good story.
Oops, must have missed the UK part in my initial read through.
Blueman101 said:
Do you mean ATT? Anyway good story.
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Nah...ATT is U.S only. Only T-Mobile sells the iPhone4 over here in Germany, and only Vodafone has the Nexus One.
Of course they don't give a crap about phones like a geek does. All she wants is to make the commission off of the sale. It's her job, not a hobby like it is for people like us. So of course they will kick you out if You interfere with their business making money.
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Of course they don't give a crap about phones like a geek does. All she wants is to make the commission off of the sale. It's her job, not a hobby like it is for people like us. So of course they will kick you out if You interfere with their business making money.
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WRONG. First rules of sales are "ABC" (always be a closer) and KNOW YOUR PRODUCT LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND. She didnt, and at the same time SHE DOGGED MY PHONE. Thats the ONLY reason I said anything. If she would have known her product like she should, firstly she wouldnt have tried to sneak a low blow on my Nexus, and more importantly she would have had ALOT more features she could have named to defend their most popular product.
Edit: And the fact that I like to know what I pay damn near 550 U.S dollars for doesnt make me a geek. I like to know what I invest my money in, and at the same time I like to know the competition and the alternatives
I didn't know people actually did that irl.
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I didn't know people actually did that irl.
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Didnt actually do what exactly? Argue with a salesman?
I guess she's used to people who want the iPhone to be the types that are just dazzled by the design and taken in by the marketing.
Still, your mate made the right choice in the end
you sounded like a douche there
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you sounded like a douche there
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Heh. Agreed!
Dude all she wanted to do was make the commission money. The iPhone has one of the higher commission for the sales person out of any other phone. To her its just some stupid job that pays her bills, not some smartphone war between geeks.
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Didnt actually do what exactly? Argue with a salesman?
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I didn't realized there were volunteer spokepeople for products, let alone get into it with a salesperson trying to earn a buck.
Yeah, she wants to make a commission, so what? His friend wanted to get a value for money smartphone. He probably wouldn't have if you were there.
If I were the sales person I'd say something like "I don't go to your job and knock the d!cks out of your mouth!"
Look everyone... the OP has a point. She should have done her homework instead of B.S.'ing his friend "to make a buck". Since she didn't... a Vodaphone salesperson made a buck instead. That's capitalism.
OP, I don't think you were a douche... you didn't whip out your phone until your friend asked about screen size, and you didn't really diss the iPhone so much as you simply pointed out that your 6 month old N1 could do the same. You're fine...don't listen to these guys.
i dont get what everybody's deal is, "trying to make a buck". Know your god damn product and sell it well. its not like he did it to be a ****. she asked.
Nice story, the sales person should know their product, especially if they attack another product. If you're going to make statements back them up. Oh and if I was you're friend who just witness you being asked to leave the store, I would just politely say that I wouldn't buy the phone from this store anymore and that it was bad customer service.
She should say that the iPhone 4 can drop calls on command. That's one thing no Android phone will ever be able to do.
That's a story I know too well. I know what I want and no salesrep has so far been able to sell me something. Even when I WANT to be convinced that buying the phone I want is a smart choise, they still can't win over my more sensible side
And this being an iPhone only makes the story more entertaining :-D
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App
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She should say that the iPhone 4 can drop calls on command. That's one thing no Android phone will ever be able to do.
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Damn, they got us there...
As I was walking past anyway, thought i'd pop into Carphone Warehouse to have a lil look around and price a bigger SD card and car charger....OMG..wish I didn't!
A NON-HTC charger, which looked like it was made of paper and a bit of cotton.....£24.99
After I finished my 2 minute mouth open, blank stare of pure shock, I politely said..."umm, ok, just pricing them for now"
What I really wanted to do is collapse to the floor laughing and say "ARE YOU TAKING THE PISS!!"
But, trying to be polite, I didn't.
Then, just as I was about to leave, he noticed my phone in my hand (****!)
"Are you on contract or pay as you go?"
me: "Pay as you go"
Him: "I notice you've got a HD2 there"
me: "uh, yeah"
"We've got some nice ANDROID and Iphone phones in stock if you are thinking of upgrading"
LMAO - awesome, my time to shine and feel like a GOD!! (i owe you one, Devs!)
me "I'm ok with this at the moment, thanks"
Now I did try not to mention Android on my HTC HD2 to avoid any hassle. BUT...
Him: "Have you tried an Iphone orAndroid phone before? they offer the user a much more entertaining and feature packed experience" (blah blah, he went on about how I can get apps etc with the CRAPPle Iphone and Android)
So, I just had to drop the bomb....
me: I've got Android already mate, your right, it does offer a feature packed experience (LOL)
him: "sorry, can i havea quick look at the model a sec, it is the HD2, isn't it?"
me: "that's right, HTC HD2, i love the thing, best phone i've ever owned"
him "Ahh, right...with that phone, Sir...it's called Windows Mobile, Android and Iphone are different User Interfaces"
(**** it I thought, plus inner feelings of joy and "thank you XDA Devs thoughts..so I said it)
me: "Yes, I know about Android, This has got Android on it."
him: "The phone you have there?"
me: "Yes, love it, Android is fantastic"
him "What that phone has on it is what's called, Windows Mobile 6.5, thats the operating system"
LMAO....lol
me "Yes, I know that, but i'bve got Android on here now, used to have it booting via SD card, but now, thanks to the guys on XDA, it's not running on NAND"
him - blank confused look, so I handed him my phone, which was off...so I had great pleasure it telling him to turn it on and check it out...LOL
Well, to say he was shocked was an understatement. I then spent the next 10 mins telling him EVERYTHING about it, the Roms you can get, the Forum, the whole lot..it was awesome...he called his colleague over and he was blown away...lol...LOVE IT!!
cheers Devs - I owe you one...gonna have a big f**k off grin on my face all day now...lol
had to share my visit to carphone warehouse hehe ;-) ;-)
Great story, I want this to happen to me, time to visit T-Mobile tommorow...
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Haha lol great, I was in there the other day and kept my phone out prominently hoping for a similar conversation (god, we're geeky!)
And yes, prices are ridiculous in there! And SD-cards are well-overpriced everywhere... a 16GB is around £20-£25 online... Good luck finding it for less than £50 in any High Street store.
Muhaha...!
Very cool story! You made my day...
Unbelievably great story!!!!
thats more like it!
love it!
Same thing happened to me in Phones4U.
They seem to know their phones but not wot you can actually do with them.
It is a great feeling, although being aware that were it not for XDA I wouldnt have experienced it.
Last time I was in they tried to sell me a Desire HD ... similar results.
LOL
GG
LOL....
I just read whole story.... I a going to smile all day too
funny story.. it happened to me as well
Lol, nice story. Hope it happens to me soon lol.
You should send this to the writers of XDA. Pretty funny
Before xmas, gf and I went into the local O2 store to get her a 3G payg sim for my old blackstone.
The guy serving us hadn't seen one before, he was young so probably hadn't been working there for long enough.
He asked what I had, I told him and he asked if I was considering "upgrading" to WP7, I told him I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot barge pole and explained the reasons why, and why the HD2 was much better, and pointed out that it could run Android, and for weirdos it will probably get WP7 soon though god knows why.
I think I out geeked him, poor lad.
Hey that's a cool story
I had one time in the train somebody next to me with an HD2, playing with it, so I put mine out of my pocket and started to play with it to (I was running Android from the NAND). The guy saw that I had an HD2 in the hand but when he saw I was going to the Market and saw Android, he just started to look at me like
He didn't asked me how I was performing the trick but he didn't stopped to look at my HD2
Hahah, it's so funny seriously - I felt that same level of smug when I visited an HTC stand in my local shopping centre - I asked to try out WP7 and the guy asked me if I had an HTC already or whether I was looking to upgrade etc (all that crap they say to try and sell you stuff)
He said 'if I'm honest with you I'd go for the Desire HD' and *hehe*
I pulled out my phone and said I'd already got the Desire HD.
He said, that's the HD2.
"I know" I said. "Turn it on"
You should have seen his face.
Right on!!!!! lol
I'd just say "Epic!", but then that wouldn't be at least 10 characters long.
I didn't have an "android boast" experience, but everytime I pull out my HD2 in Montreal, people stare at my phone. One girl at a local liquor store actually said "OMG, what is that phone?? it's so big!" I laughed and said, "Yeah, it's an imported phone, doesn't sell here."
(Keep in mind we have no 4.3 inch phones for sale here in Montreal)
Just like my dong
poor guy... a 4.3 inch dong... :-D
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You should send this to the writers of XDA. Pretty funny
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Guess what... it's reaching the portal soon.
It really is a great story, really emphasizes our love for XDA!
Since people love to talk about this, I thought a formal comment thread on this topic would be nice.
I was at the marathon today, and with everyone around, I made a very big deal of using the phone in public.
For example, I was using the GPS on my phone and walking around with it in my hand, so I would often hold it to my head and pretend to talk on it, and see if anyone cared. If someone happened to be looking at me, or in my direction, I might look at my phone and then pretend to talk about it.
I'd kind of turn away so they could see what I'm doing, then turn back a little so I can glance at them and see their reaction.
It was brutal. People were running away, Women were screaming, and children were bursting into tears. Someone called the mod squad and I got jailed for causing a public disruption.
Okay, I'm lying. The reality is not one person seemed to care. Seriously. Not one person.
When you hold the phone, I assume the phone is centered in your hand so you don't drop it. That means, for me, two thirds of the phone is covered by my hand. The rest kinda just looks like a shadow. I suppose a white phone would be more noticable.
It's just not an issue, folks. Although, this is new york, and we get everything.
I have always suspected that people will, at first glance, consider it a very unimpressive tablet and immediately lose interest in what you are doing with it.
- Frank
ChodTheWacko said:
Since people love to talk about this, I thought a formal comment thread on this topic would be nice.
I was at the marathon today, and with everyone around, I made a very big deal of using the phone in public.
For example, I was using the GPS on my phone and walking around with it in my hand, so I would often hold it to my head and pretend to talk on it, and see if anyone cared. If someone happened to be looking at me, or in my direction, I might look at my phone and then pretend to talk about it.
I'd kind of turn away so they could see what I'm doing, then turn back a little so I can glance at them and see their reaction.
It was brutal. People were running away, Women were screaming, and children were bursting into tears. Someone called the mod squad and I got jailed for causing a public disruption.
Okay, I'm lying. The reality is not one person seemed to care. Seriously. Not one person.
When you hold the phone, I assume the phone is centered in your hand so you don't drop it. That means, for me, two thirds of the phone is covered by my hand. The rest kinda just looks like a shadow. I suppose a white phone would be more noticable.
It's just not an issue, folks. Although, this is new york, and we get everything.
I have always suspected that people will, at first glance, consider it a very unimpressive tablet and immediately lose interest in what you are doing with it.
- Frank
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I always use my Streak in Public as a phone
yeah i think ppl are started to get used to see bigger and bigger screen phone. i dont see anyone seem to bother or care what i am using againt my ear lol
I honestly don't understand why people are making a big deal of talking on this phone, especially compared to other methods. Mind you, I haven't gotten my Note yet, but I would think that it would just be a "Hm, that's a large phone" kind of thing more so than a "why is that guy holding an iPad to his head" kind of thing.
Also, I would rather talk with a large phone to my head than one of the small bluetooth headsets that are popular nowadays, as at least with the big phone its obvious you're on the phone versus the headset which is so small that it looks like you're one of those crazy hobos you see downtown talking to themselves.
On a side note, I am downright astonished that a phone this powerful puts out less of a SAR than the iPhone - 0.16 W/kg vs the iPhone 4's 1.18. Thanks to the lower SAR I'm actually looking forward to swapping to the Note, as my iPhone makes my head feel funny after a few minutes of calling.
wonsanim said:
I always use my Streak in Public as a phone
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Same, I've been a Streak user since Aug of last year, and the Streak is actually longer than the Note, but the Note is a tad wider. My close friends all had a giggle and when new coworkers see it they go "whoa what's that?" but it makes having a niche huge freaking phone fun. If that bugs people, the should probably just get the Galaxy Nexus which is .6" smaller with the same Super AMOLED HD screen. (well 720 vs 800 pixels on the smaller axis, but very close). It's never been a big deal at all, and it fits in all my jeans pockets, though I'm tall (6'3").
For me, the response has changed a little from when I carried the Streak. The SGN actually LOOKS more like a phone than the Streak--probably because the Streak had no visible protruding buttons...People used to say "Is that a PHONE?!!??!"
Now it's..."WOW! That's a big EFIN phone!"
i don't think anyone around really pays enough attention to care that it's an inch or so bigger than a GS2 ... my gf told me i'd look like a dweeb, but i barely take into account what she says anyway lol
It's like a pimple on your chin.
You think it's enormous.
Your friends think it's amusing for 2 minutes.
Most people are more concerned with real life.
sparkyxda said:
It's like a pimple on your chin.
You think it's enormous.
Your friends think it's amusing for 2 minutes.
Most people are more concerned with real life.
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Exactly, you folks worry about what others think faaaar too much
The Note is tiddly! Seriously. I spent a good chunk of the last 12 months using my Galaxy Tab 7" as a phone/tablet. Now that is big, and I didn't get arrested once, no matter how I tried .
The Note is a stunted cousin in comparison. No big deal. The ones to mock are those using tiny 3.5" screens as a "smartphone" .
Like I give a rat's ass what other people think about my phone. I wish a MF would say something smart about my Dell Streak or Galaxy Note. They gonna get their feelings hurt messing around with me, lol.
I haven't noticed anyone staring at me when I'm on a call with the Note, but when I sit down and put it on the table in company, it gets everyone's attention and is overwhelmingly positive.
Only one person, after playing with it, said, "To Big".
Mostly people were in awe of the big vivid screen and interested in the s-pen and usually dropped off when I tried to impress them with the specs of dual processor this and GPS satelites that.
One guy said, "That Steve Jobs was a genius".
I didn't bother to correct him that this was not some giant new iphone and that Steve jobs did not invent smart phones, let alone mobile phones.
see my sig for my usual reaction
Xaddict said:
I didn't bother to correct him that this was not some giant new iphone and that Steve jobs did not invent smart phones, let alone mobile phones.
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Why not? Seems like the perfect opportunity to prove that Jobs was, in fact, not Jesus.
Seriously does anyone care what other people think of the size of the phone they are making calls with? Is anyone's life really that empty?
Why do you think people will care at the first place?
It is just a phone as far as they are concern.
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@fards,
your sig mady my day
mxmarcus said:
Why do you think people will care at the first place?
It is just a phone as far as they are concern.
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Personally I don't care.
But it's a common question to ask for some reason,
and more upsetting is how so many reviews say/warn that you'll look stupid holding the phone.
It's really annoying.
- Frank
wonsanim said:
I always use my Streak in Public as a phone
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Wait, what - you Streak in Public???!
paulshields said:
The ones to mock are those using tiny 3.5" screens as a "smartphone" .
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You couldn't be more right!!!! *thumbs up*