The Phone Market in the US?

[not really ken]

America seems to be lagging behind but what kind of phones do you have there? What are the major brands? Nokia, Samsung and Motorola? or some other stuff. What kind of prices do you pay for an average phone.

Just drop some info as to how it works in the US please. (in laymans terms)

 

[Prize Gotti]

Samungs seems to be the best at the moment in the UK, especially the D500, awsome phone:

Its a bit old now, but still a great phone.

Nokia used to be popular, some of the phones are ok, camera sucks though.

Motorola are okish, not as good.

Sony Erricson phones are not too bad.

The others suck, especially Sagem.

 

[Prize Gotti]

oh, I thought you wanted to know what phones people had outside america, nevermind.

 

[Dante]

how the fuck are you going to say the american phones are lagging? a phone is a phone. what you have, we have (it's actually the other way around). btw, i am now selling tea proof skins for pal format cellys so you won't have any more unfortunate accidents.

bloody hell.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I have a d600 mofo..

But i prefer smoke signals.

 

[Pittsey]

I always thought America was behind. From what I've seen. Although we only just got the sidekick over here.

When most of the major phone manufacturers are in Europe though it would make sense. Nokia is probably the largest brand.

I think though America have caught up now and may have overtaken, they were behind definately a few years back. It would be interesting to see people post up their phones and see.

 

[Dante]

I always thought America was behind. From what I've seen. Although we only just got the sidekick over here.

When most of the major phone manufacturers are in Europe though it would make sense. Nokia is probably the largest brand.

I think though America have caught up now and may have overtaken, they were behind definately a few years back. It would be interesting to see people post up their phones and see.

the difference isn't that we don't have access to high end and new phones, the difference is what the marketplace endorses. the vast majority of private sector american cell phone users use the phones that came free with their activation agreement. likewise, business and corporate accounts almost exclusively use low-feature phones that they bought in mass buys and will only support these phones for their employees. i know people with 2 and 3 hundred dollar phones, but for of us it's just dumb to drop a load on a piece of plastic that has a zillion features besides allowing you to talk to some asshole to order a pizza.

european phone technology still has nothing on japan, but like i said in my first post, you can get anything anywhere these days. it's all in what it's worth to ya.

 

[ItsmeyaC]

yeah over here people pay like 600 pound for a phone, i got the d500 (the silverish grey one) only got it cuz it came free with the contract last september, i would never buy the fucker, think it wa like 300 quid back then. fukas thatess

 

[Taliq]

I heard Americans use a primitive form of binary communication, where a jelly donut thrown in the air signifies a 0 and a donut with sprinkles signifies a 1.

 

[not really ken]

how the fuck are you going to say the american phones are lagging? a phone is a phone. what you have, we have (it's actually the other way around). btw, i am now selling tea proof skins for pal format cellys so you won't have any more unfortunate accidents.

bloody hell.

Your ranting and stereotyping has no affect on me!

 

[Jurhum]

yep america is laggin big time on cell phones.

the cheapest and worest phones

 

[Think_ThuGLiFE]

yep america is laggin big time on cell phones.

the cheapest and worest phones

are u serious...??!!


Every 6 months a new phone comes out . The razor was the big craze(what i have) now the sliver is the new thing. Every 3 to 6 months a newer better phone comes out. If anything we are not laggin , i wish we were lagging so my phones dont go outdated with in a week.

 

[bigmack]

America seems to be lagging behind

Umm..If i remember correctly,america developped CDMA,which is a superior technology to GSM.All europe phones are GSM = europe lagging behind in technology.

 

[PuffnScruff]

I heard Americans use a primitive form of binary communication, where a jelly donut thrown in the air signifies a 0 and a donut with sprinkles signifies a 1.

nope you have it all wrong, the 1 is represented by a long john

we american get first dips on this bitches (might be out at soon as next month)

chicka-pow....the sidekick 3:woah:

one thing i dont think we have over here yet, or if we do it is not popular yet is the UMTS network.

 

[Cheesyphily16]

Asia is way ahead as far as cell phones go but realistically, until they come up with a phone that does EVERYTHING efficiently, i don't need one chalked full of useless utilities like the shitty vga cameras. There's a new 3 megapixel camera phone comin out i believe which would be pretty bomb.

 

[Fataldawg]

chicka-pow....the sidekick 3:woah:

I NEED that.. the sk2 is the shit.. and the 3 can only be better! Good thing my sprint contract is almost up..

 

[Cooper]

fuck all that it's about the SE w950

 

[Pittsey]

the difference isn't that we don't have access to high end and new phones, the difference is what the marketplace endorses. the vast majority of private sector american cell phone users use the phones that came free with their activation agreement. likewise, business and corporate accounts almost exclusively use low-feature phones that they bought in mass buys and will only support these phones for their employees. i know people with 2 and 3 hundred dollar phones, but for of us it's just dumb to drop a load on a piece of plastic that has a zillion features besides allowing you to talk to some asshole to order a pizza.

european phone technology still has nothing on japan, but like i said in my first post, you can get anything anywhere these days. it's all in what it's worth to ya.

I agree. I have had the same phone for nearly 3 years now. It cost a few hundred dollars when I bought it but I rarely use all the features. I'm after a new phone now but all I want is 1 that makes and receives calls in all countries, which mine does, and has a decent organiser as I am very unorganised. A camera is also handy.

Umm..If i remember correctly,america developped CDMA,which is a superior technology to GSM.All europe phones are GSM = europe lagging behind in technology.

What did Canada develop?

 

[LAZARU$]

nope you have it all wrong, the 1 is represented by a long john

we american get first dips on this bitches (might be out at soon as next month)

chicka-pow....the sidekick 3:woah:

one thing i dont think we have over here yet, or if we do it is not popular yet is the UMTS network.

The side kicks are garbage and useless unless your a tiny bopper.
My phone plays whole movies,has gps,and a shit load of other stuff i rarely use

 

[Killa]

Asia is way ahead as far as cell phones go but realistically, until they come up with a phone that does EVERYTHING efficiently, i don't need one chalked full of useless utilities like the shitty vga cameras. There's a new 3 megapixel camera phone comin out i believe which would be pretty bomb.

Theres quite a few mobile phones that are coming out with 3megapixel camers, i know sony ericsson is realsing one this summer and nokia are realsing a few N series phones which most of them have a 3megepixel camera.. Ive got a samsung d600 ive had it for about 6 months now its a good phone phone and got a dope camra on it, but i wana go for the nokia 8800 its the bomb..

some pics ive taken from my phone just testing the Q of it: