Favourite Phone?

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Out of all of the Phones you have had which is your favourite?

Mine is my old Samsung Note 9 which I used for many years.

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The Pixel 2 XL stands out for me - really the only time I wasn’t an iPhone user.

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HTC Radar

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Also Phone nostalgia

@AlanDoe

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Smart phone would be iPhone 5S/SE Gen 1, before smartphones I would probably say my favourite was my Samsung U600 I had when I was in college.

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Mine would have to be the OnePlus One. Back when they were still invite only and genuinely were an insanely good value ‘flagship killer’. Felt like something new and different compared to everything else on the market at the time.

I have a lot of love for the Motorola Razr V3 and Siemens SF65 too, just because they were interesting designs before all the manufacturers settled on flat glass slabs.

The Razr was just cool because it was thin, but I loved how the screen on the SF65 flipped out and rotated so you got a full screen camera viewfinder just like on a modern day mirrorless camera.

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My Nokia N95. Loved that phone.

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Motorola Razr. The original one.

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BBM was so good when I was in school.

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iPhone 7. Jet black.

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Such a lovely colour, but it scratched if you as much as looked at it

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Caseless all the way up to iPhone 11. Barely a mark on it. Still have it in a drawer.

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I had the jet black 7 and it did get very scratched but it was more surface scratches that you could only see if you really looked close. Otherwise it looked fine and I never had a case on it.

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Man this is tough one, it’ll depend on the era.

Possibly, if I could only choose one, my BlackBerry Bold 9900. Man I loved that phone. Would still use it except obviously you can’t really.

Honerable mentions:

  • Motorola Milestone. Amazing phone ahead of its time with biometrics and also a super nice keyboard
  • HTC touch one, nothing will ever beat the sliding down of the keyboard

Then after a few Samsungs I went to the dark side

  • IPhone 8 one of the best phones I ever had, so reliable
  • iPhone 11 Pro, still regret trading this in really.
  • 14/15 pro max if for no other reason than the camera. Absolutely outstanding
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Era dependent. Stand-outs:

Sony Ericcson T28 World, StarTAC original, RAZR original (still have it!), Nokia N95, iPhone 3G, Nexus 1, Nexus 5, Pixel 2XL (still in daily use by MrsW), Pixel 8 Pro (current powerhouse)

Overall by category:

Travel: T28 World
Looks: RAZR
Value: Pixel 2XL

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:jack_eyes:

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I loved my iPhone 3G, I got it after having a BlackBerry Bold 9000 and it felt like the future had arrived. :joy:

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Got a chance to get an iPhone 3G on O2 the day before the UK launch (March 2008?) so jumped. Form factor was amazing but no SMS at the time and a primarily HTML- based experience. Simple. It worked but was basic and although jailbreaking made it better, it was still not for me. As soon as the TMobile G1 came out, bye bye iPhone.

Then Google launched Nexus. Game-changed.

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Strangely, that was very similar to my experience. Went to upgrade my blackberry - looked at the new iPhone3G, decided that I much preferred the G1 and went with that. Sadly, because of the village I lived in not supporting Tmobile, it was very short lived and become a Motorola Milestone very soon after…

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These topics seem to come around periodically.

Still the SPV C500 for me.