Reply to: Do you look down on colleagues who don't have an iPhone/Samsung Smart Phone?

[mos]

I like iphone but I do not give a about what other people use.

[xoggoth]

I look down on anyone who does not have a 1999 Nokia 7710. Slaves to fashion! Pathetic!

[pFennig]

Pressurized?

I am pressurised from various quarters’ to buy an iPhone/Samsung smart phone.

Why do you think that you need to append an apostrophe to "quarters"?

[nomadd]

Every minute u spent without a smartphone is slapping your client in the face.

Looks like I'll be without a smartphone for quite a few more years, then.

[eek]

Re: Do you look down on colleagues who don't have an iPhone/Samsung Smart Phone?

Every minute u spent without a smartphone is slapping your client in the face.

Actually every minute you sit in a meeting with a dumb phone you scare them. The future is 4g and that has no concept of voice or sms everything is just a byte of data.

[Brookster]

One information I missed to mention in my thread starter was, I am currently working for one of the four UK Mobile Service providers. Not sure how relevant is that in this situation ?

Every minute u spent without a smartphone is slapping your client in the face.

[Darren_Test]

One information I missed to mention in my thread starter was, I am currently working for one of the four UK Mobile Service providers. Not sure how relevant is that in this situation ?

[pauanui]

Buy a Nexus 4. They're like £280 direct from Google. Cheap.

[Spacecadet]

There is a big difference between knowing about technology and having the latest gadgets, assuming that the two are correlated is a bad idea. I've wasted enough cash and been disappointed often enough that the latest gadgets hold little appeal for me now.

You could have said that in two words

"Stephen Fry"

[doodab]

If you pulled out a Nokia 3310/brick in front of me I would assume you have no idea about technology and yes I would be looking down at you.

There is a big difference between knowing about technology and having the latest gadgets, assuming that the two are correlated is a bad idea. I've wasted enough cash and been disappointed often enough that the latest gadgets hold little appeal for me now.

[Wanderer]

Most of my colleagues have either iPhone or Samsung (many got both). Now I have been told not having one is a ‘serious’ social stigma!

Resistance is futile. You are going to get yourself a proper smartphone sooner or later so just put yourself out of your misery and do it.

[gingerjedi]

In my house I’m having speaking tubes fitted so I can summon the butler.

The first house I lived in still had buttons in all the reception rooms and a little panel above the door in the kitchen where a corresponding star symbol would shake when a button was pressed.

Property was cheap in the 70's and my dad was/is financially savvy.

[Paddy]

In my house I’m having speaking tubes fitted so I can summon the butler.

[Brookster]

Just buy one ? They are not expensive for what you get.
I'd much rather have a smart phone when work is quiet than looking at a wall, its entertainment?
All those who are saying they don't like them are in full blown denial - period.

If you pulled out a Nokia 3310/brick in front of me I would assume you have no idea about technology and yes I would be looking down at you.

[DaveB]

It's nobody else's business what people choose to have or not have. Tell them to sod off.

I often wish it was possible to have an iPhone without the phone bit, as I don't like using the phone. (No, an iPod Touch won't do as it doesn't have a 3G data connection.) Idiotic antiquated Victorian technology. We don't travel on steam trains or listen to wax cylinders anymore, so why do people insist on talking to each other when they're not there? We have email and SMS now. Much better.

And don't get me started on phones in offices. "Hey, here's a device we put on your desk whether you want it or not that anybody can use to interrupt you at any time no matter how inconvenient that might be. And it makes a loud noise until you stop whatever task you were engaged in and switch your attention to it. No, you can't turn it off when you really need to focus on a difficult task, or ignore it when something else is occupying your full attention. That would be a terrible impediment to efficiency." Bloody stupid idea

Client Co. uses hot desks so the phones require you to log in. I find myself forgetting on a frequent (permanent) basis.