iPhone question for Guys...

[Thanatos340 1]

Line up the Shots Rev Jobs, I think I might try some Kool-aid.
As much as I despise Apple and their "We will Think for you" attitude, I am actually considering an iPhone but I have one major question still..

Guys.. How the hell do you carry the thing around? I have always carried a small Clam type Phone that goes in my pocket. I dont usually wear a belt and even if I did, I think those belt clip things are pretty silly.

Women have a purse to carry the thing around in but what the hell are men supposed to do with it? It doesnt look like it will fit well in a pocket, especially if you sit down.

[BillyVance 35]

My blackberry always go into my back left pocket. It creates about as much bulk as my wallet so I like to even things out. The clip latches on the pocket hem. I have had it fly off a few times, especially when getting out of the car or truck and it catches on the seatbelt.

How many fuckery messages do you get from friends? Just stuff it down the front of your jeans.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Fast 0]

I shove the thing in my pocket.

The one thing I hate about this phone is it lacks a missed call reminder annoyance beep. My old phone beeped constantly when i had a missed call/text/message waiting, this one just sits there waiting to have me look at it.

I don't know if they sell the non-3g ones anymore, but if they do, don't buy one. I hate my non-3g phone basically.

~D
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[Icon134 0]

actually one of the things that is enticing me to finally leave verizon and get an iPhone is that will have more freedom to add applications that I want and not be locked into verizon telling me what software I get to have... (er... which is more or less nothing... for my Dare which was "touted" as an iPhone-esk phone but is no where close)

Scott

edited to add: I'm still not going to buy a Mac... I will however when They finally start getting viruses...

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[Gawain 0]

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Line up the Shots Rev Jobs, I think I might try some Kool-aid.
As much as I despise Apple and their "We will Think for you" attitude, I am actually considering an iPhone but I have one major question still..

Guys.. How the hell do you carry the thing around? I have always carried a small Clam type Phone that goes in my pocket. I dont usually wear a belt and even if I did, I think those belt clip things are pretty silly.

Women have a purse to carry the thing around in but what the hell are men supposed to do with it? It doesnt look like it will fit well in a pocket, especially if you sit down.

Don't drink the Kool-aid and wait for the BlackBerry flip phone to come to Verizon or get it now from T-Mobile... Then you have smart functionality and a flip phone...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[diverds 0]

Hey Jay,
It fits in front pockets of shorts or jeans just fine. It's a bit larger than most flip phones but also a bit thinner so it's really not a problem. You will love it. Make sure the first app you buy is Flight Control. Most addictive game ever. The entire dropzone is playing it here.

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[Thanatos340 1]

Any problems with Butt Dialing or accidental Calls and such with it? (That is the other worry I have about non Flip Phones.)

Nothing worse than calling Great Aunt Martha Accidentally at 2am while at a Boogie.

[doug925 0]

I too drank the koolaid and bought Verizon's version of the Iphone. (VX1000)
Well, i am about to pony up the early termination and go buy the Iphone.
I am tired of Verizon's "version" of the net. Also, charging subscription for app that you only pay once for with apple is stupid! (and VERY restrictive too)

It's really too bad, as I like Verizon as a company, and think that service is great.
However the shortcomings and limitations of Verizon have become too much.

Doug.

PS Thanatos, just stick it in your front pocket. Or carry a man-purse!

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[murrays 0]

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Any problems with Butt Dialing or accidental Calls and such with it? (That is the other worry I have about non Flip Phones.)

Nothing worse than calling Great Aunt Martha Accidentally at 2am while at a Boogie.

Shouldn't be an issue....you have to drag the slider (onscreen) before you can do anything.


I'll be very interested in your impressions if you go ahead.

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Murray

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[JohnnyD 0]

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Any problems with Butt Dialing or accidental Calls and such with it? (That is the other worry I have about non Flip Phones.)

Nothing worse than calling Great Aunt Martha Accidentally at 2am while at a Boogie.

Nope. Requires the heat from your finger to work, so you can't randomly pants dial.

eta: I just put mine in my pocket. Also, I believe I was the vice president of your I hate apple club, because my zen was better than my ipod, but I will have to admit I haven't seen a phone even remotely close to the iphone. I will give mine up when it is pulled from my cold dead hand.

[sundevil777 102]

Get a case to protect it from drop-damage. They are easy to drop because they are so slick.

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[Heatmiser 0]

I got butt dialed from an i-phone just 30 minutes ago. Doesn't happen often, but it can happen.

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I got butt dialed from an i-phone just 30 minutes ago. Doesn't happen often, but it can happen.

I find that incredibly difficult to believe. My guess is that was the excuse used by the person that dialed the phone but it didn't actually happen.

I simply can not in my wildest imagination believe the phone could be successfully dialed by any amount of shuffling around in a pocket.

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[jtnesbitt 0]

My stepdad has one and calls me all the time. He says i am the only one it happens to so i am wondering if it is a speeddial or shortbut option.

Seriously though no joking around it's about once every couple weeks. He is 61 tho so he might be doing something wrong

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[Thanatos340 1]

I have heard this from others. It does happen, I am just curious how often it happens and what steps can be taken to keep it from happening.

[kingbunky 3]

i dunno. to make a call you have to hit a button (pretty much any one will do), then swipe to open the phone. if you have a lock code, you have to enter it. then you have to pick the phone app, then pick a number off you favourites list, pick one from contacts or enter a number. if it's locked, i think you have an option to make an emergency call, but that's about it. too many things have to happen in the right order to make a call for it to happen by accident, with any regularity.

now that i look at it, it's actually a lot of steps to make a phone call! good thing i don't use it for that much.

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

lock it before you put it in your pocket. That's what I do with my blackberry, becomes second nature really quickly.

[JohnnyD 0]

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I have heard this from others. It does happen, I am just curious how often it happens and what steps can be taken to keep it from happening.

You can lock the phone, but again, the touch screen works with the heat of your finger. If you touch the face of the iphone with a coin, nothing happens. Not sure how it would even be possible to pants dial.

[n23x 0]

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but again, the touch screen works with the heat of your finger.

Sorry, that's not right. It's a capacitive sensor, no heat involved. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Capacitive

I will agree that a majority of the people probably used the speeddial and accidently hit someone else's name. I have had zero issues with unlocking/dialing when i didn't intend to.

.jim

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[skydemon2 0]

Maybe the heat of a fart does it?

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[JohnnyD 0]

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but again, the touch screen works with the heat of your finger.

Sorry, that's not right. It's a capacitive sensor, no heat involved. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Capacitive

I will agree that a majority of the people probably used the speeddial and accidently hit someone else's name. I have had zero issues with unlocking/dialing when i didn't intend to.

.jim

I stand corrected and convinced that the salesman was a douche.

[quade 4]

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I have heard this from others. It does happen, I am just curious how often it happens and what steps can be taken to keep it from happening.

As others have mentioned it's a sequence of touches and swipes that requires a certain amount of finesse I seriously doubt could happen by accident. I do not lock my phone and have carried it around in my front pocket constantly for the last two years. It has never once even come close to firing up, let alone making a phone call.

I just do not see how it's possible.

Once you own one you'll understand more about what I'm talking about.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[BillyVance 35]

It has happened to my pager a few times just by trying to pull the pager out of its holster while the holster is in my back pocket. Some of the keys get pressed by accident and when I pull the pager up to my face, I see it attempting to call somebody.

The good thing is that I don't have a calling plan. IE, I cannot call or receive voice calls.

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[bluepill 0]

I put off buying one for a long time. And sixe was an issue for me.
But I got one now and it fits fine in any pocket. I have mine in a hardshell 'INCASE' which is really cool.

Never had a but dial yet but I have mine set to Auto-lock atfer 1 minute.

You may want to think about holding off just now, cos if you believe all the rumour sites, a new phone is on the way probly July, in addition to an OS software update in May.

BP

[murrays 0]

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You may want to think about holding off just now, cos if you believe all the rumour sites, a new phone is on the way probly July, in addition to an OS software update in May.

BP

I believe that the OS Upgrade will be free to iPhone users and $9.95 for iPod Touch users.

But whether or not there will be new hardware...likely announced at the WWDC in June....I got nothin'!

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