A new phone beckons

[barrydidit]

died in the wool

Is that a welsh coroner's euphemism?

[Bunk]

Touchscreens make me sick.

A bit melodramatic?

[stek]

Apparently someone left one of the new unreleased Windows phones in bar last week. It's still there if anyone wants it...

[NickFitz]

That might just be part of iOS 8. Need to wait and see if it's iPhone 6 only.

As people are already developing stuff using HealthKit under the Beta program using current iOS hardware, I doubt it's 6 only

[NickFitz]

Primary functions of a PHONE:

- Make calls
- Send texts
- Send whatsapp messages
- Send emails

Meanwhile, in the 21st century, the primary functions of a phone (which are making calls and sending texts, those being the functions that use the telephone network) are merely secondary functions of the handheld computers so many now have in their pockets

I don't think I've ever regarded my iOS device as a phone. The phone bit is just one app, and an app I don't use very much either.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Meanwhile, in the 21st century, the primary functions of a phone (which are making calls and sending texts, those being the functions that use the telephone network) are merely secondary functions of the handheld computers so many now have in their pockets

I don't think I've ever regarded my iOS device as a phone. The phone bit is just one app, and an app I don't use very much either.

Agreed - I do have an iPhone but it's just there for the apps... Can't do the phone stuff at all because of the bloody touchscreen. It is just permanently tethered to my real phone aka Blackberry.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

A bit melodramatic?

Actually no - they do actually make me sick. If I am in a car (not driving of course), on a train or any other moving vehicle then using a touchscreen does make me physically sick. Whereas my real phone allows me to touch type without using my eyes to go backwards and forwards constantly thus making me puke.

[VectraMan]

Agreed - I do have an iPhone but it's just there for the apps... Can't do the phone stuff at all because of the bloody touchscreen. It is just permanently tethered to my real phone aka Blackberry.

Presumably by "real phone" you mean one with a moronic tiny QWERTY keyboards? A real phone would be one with a number pad a couple of extra buttons. Buy an old Nokia if you want a phone.

Oh and texting is just email for idiots.

[NotAllThere]

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Oh and texting is just email for idiots.

Receiving texts is free, even abroad. Receiving emails uses your data plan or requires WiFi access. A small, but important difference.

I have an HTC One. First smart phone I've liked since I had a Sony Ericsson P950i many years ago.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

In my car my mobile integrates with the car. So I can make calls by pressing the voice button, and saying "Call Home".

It is illegal to use a handheld phone in car, it may make you feel sick, but whilst you are buggering around with the phone it could make you dead.

Can you read or are you unable to process the concept of brackets?