Soldato
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Smartphone addiction
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i used to be like this unfortunately and it ended badly since when we got together we had nothing to talk about as we'd had a running commentary going all day,
so we no longer text unless its important/cute/something funny during 'work' hours
My smartphone means that, during my commute home, I can:
Take a photo of that glorious sunset, watch 3 episodes of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and listen to some of the new music I bought whilst colonizing a planet in Epic Astro Story. If some weirdo on the tube eyeballs me and then tries to balance on one foot in the middle of the carriage, I can film him in 1080p goodness and share with the forum. Then when I get off the tube and get a text from my gf asking me to pick her up something from a shop I am not familiar with, I can googlemap my way there in seconds.
I'd feel like a technological eunuch if I had a 6300.
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My girlfriend does something that's quite annoying and I've never quite understood.
She usually has her phone on silent - which in itself is a new kind of definition to me, these days silent seems to mean no sound and no vibration, whereas to me silent just means vibrate, anyway, she has it on silent (no vibration) and always leaves it face down, but still checks it every few minutes. Surely you'd have it on vibrate or noisy if you wanted to know the exact moment you get a text?!
She usually has her phone on silent - which in itself is a new kind of definition to me, these days silent seems to mean no sound and no vibration, whereas to me silent just means vibrate, anyway, she has it on silent (no vibration) and always leaves it face down, but still checks it every few minutes. Surely you'd have it on vibrate or noisy if you wanted to know the exact moment you get a text?!
You can do all that with a 6300 bar watch a film, which is crap on a phone anyway.
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The daftest one I saw was 4 women who had been invited to watch a local band play and to be honest they should not have been there (if you don't like rock music then don't bother going).
All through the first 45 minutes they just looked down at their phones while furiously texting which annoyed me because the band were really good.
I was laughing about what they were doing when the person who invited them said that because the band were so loud they were texting each other while they were playing
All through the first 45 minutes they just looked down at their phones while furiously texting which annoyed me because the band were really good.
I was laughing about what they were doing when the person who invited them said that because the band were so loud they were texting each other while they were playing
My girlfriend does something that's quite annoying and I've never quite understood.
She usually has her phone on silent - which in itself is a new kind of definition to me, these days silent seems to mean no sound and no vibration, whereas to me silent just means vibrate, anyway, she has it on silent (no vibration) and always leaves it face down, but still checks it every few minutes. Surely you'd have it on vibrate or noisy if you wanted to know the exact moment you get a text?!
Lol my girlfriend leaves here phone on silent all the time too, but she has vibrate on, I call her all the time saying I'm outside her house (to pick her up, NOT stalking) or that I'm almost at her house (Again, to pick her up, NOT stalking) and when I eventually have to call her house phone she asks where I am, I say pick up your phone and look outside.
Some of you might call me lazy, but I actually just hate her house, if I go in to pick her up (say for example, if we're off out for dinner) we end up staying for at least an hour talking to her parents, just annoys me
I arrive, you get in the car, we leave, job done
and she does this... Helps her to wake up apparently 
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I half expected the thread to be started by Robbo about buying smartphones...
In respect of the original question - it's possible there's some form of addiction at play but more than likely it's just habit.
In respect of the original question - it's possible there's some form of addiction at play but more than likely it's just habit.
Really, it's 2MP camera can take 1080p video and you can use google maps on it? Watching videos on a 2" 240x320 screen is crap indeed, perfectly watchable on a 4.3" 800x480 one though.
I'm the opposite.
I will not stop a conversation with someone to answer my phone I find it extremely rude. I don't even look at it until after the conversation has ended.
Some people actually say now "why don't you answer it?", and I say it's rude to stop mid conversation to start another one on the phone.
My pet hate is people texting or phoning at the checkout and unloading the trolley with the other hand...
I will not stop a conversation with someone to answer my phone I find it extremely rude. I don't even look at it until after the conversation has ended.
Some people actually say now "why don't you answer it?", and I say it's rude to stop mid conversation to start another one on the phone.
My pet hate is people texting or phoning at the checkout and unloading the trolley with the other hand...
Really, it's 2MP camera can take 1080p video and you can use google maps on it? Watching videos on a 2" 240x320 screen is crap indeed, perfectly watchable on a 4.3" 800x480 one though.
I was thinking of a 6700 that has a pretty decent 5mp camera but yeah i'm aware it won't do HD.
I have a GS2 btw.. watching movies on it is painful.
Seeing losers totally absorbed in their phone riles me.
Its pathetic and makes me want to rip the phone from them and throw it on the floor.
The funniest thing tho is seeing a group of teenage girls all walking along, simultaneously all texting or using their phones. None of them actually speaking.
Mental.
Its pathetic and makes me want to rip the phone from them and throw it on the floor.
The funniest thing tho is seeing a group of teenage girls all walking along, simultaneously all texting or using their phones. None of them actually speaking.
Mental.
I'm the opposite.
I will not stop a conversation with someone to answer my phone I find it extremely rude. I don't even look at it until after the conversation has ended.
Some people actually say now "why don't you answer it?", and I say it's rude to stop mid conversation to start another one on the phone.
My pet hate is people texting or phoning at the checkout and unloading the trolley with the other hand...
I hate the word "rude" but then I have no manners lol
My other half always says its rude to play on my iPhone whilst eating out at a restaurant, and I'm like "really? why? It's not like I'm looking at porn on it"