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A classic example of a multiple choice question without an alternative answer therefore skewing the result. None of the above apply. I have a Blackberry but that is because my Company supplies it. If it was up to me I would just have basic phone.
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I have an iPad for playing and a cheap and cheerful Nokia for making calls. It isn't smart but that's why I have the iPad.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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There is a huge number of Chinese knock-off iPhones name HiPhone, MyPhone, etc.
Mine is simply named Phone! Honest. 
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I love the Android platform. But Google's shennanigans are just TOO much.
I had a windows 7.8 phone most recently, and enjoyed it tremendously. But had really crappy service.
Rather than risk moving up to a new provider with a win 8 phone, I decided to go back to something I knew would work and got a 64g iPhone 5s on Verizon.
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And you said that you did not want "crappy service"
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It's pretty stellar compared to T-Mobile. That was unusable. Cheap, and unusable.
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I gave up on getting "deals" from network providers a few years ago when T-Mobile screwed me over. I will now buy the handset outright and get a SIM only deal from a network. And if I don't like it, I'll switch to another network.
(I actually now have a PAYG SIM which I can get unlimited data on for £15 per month). Over the course of the standard contract term I'm now much better off, although it does mean a larger upfront payment.
And the other advantage is that I can put foreign SIMs in when I'm travelling. Although the French SIM I have is now a bit pointless since the EU abolished roaming charges from within the EU it is actually cheaper paying my home rate in France, than paying the French rate in France. (Madness!)
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Okay, "will be" cheaper. Since I'm unlikely to be travelling to the rest of the EU before July it is a moot point for me.
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Google's shennanigans are the best thing........I wish they were up to more shennanigans if it makes their services and integration even better.
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I thought that said "tablet" at first, so I checked it in addition to "Android phone" because I have one of those. But then, there's no iPad option, so maybe it's something different???
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One of those goofy android >5" phones. I don't know what the "official" cutoff is. But some of these phones are really more like small tablets. I've seen people with phones that were barely able to be considered handheld.
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We (that is, my family) all have iPhones primarily because FaceTime is far better and more reliable than Skype seems to be and it is the best way to keep in touch with friends and family who can be thousands of miles away. I have a 4s and see no reason to upgrade. Did drop it the other week and shattered the rear cover. Went to the mall and $30 later it was fixed.
They may not be the best smart phones but they've proved to be the best for our needs. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Last year I was on Windows Phone, and recently switched to Android. Both platforms are excellent, and I'll likely switch back and forth several times based on my mood and if I'm writing an application for either of them.
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SAMSUNG or Father of the Lamp.
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I don't like smartphone.. so i use very basic bar style phone.
Pros
- Long battery life, i charge it once a week
- at least i spend some time with my family rather then on FB or whatups 
- cost me around 1700 INR ~ 40$( 2.5 year back exchange rate, currently it would be around 28-29$), not heavy on pocket unlike lot of Smartphones
- its allow basic web surfing, you can open n number of mobile sites
Cons
- any thing which are pros to Smart Phone
"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow
Never mind - my own stupidity is the source of every "problem" - Mixture
cheers,
Alok Gupta
VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV
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I've Got a very basic Nokia, It does have a camera and the battery lasts for ages. It makes calls and Texts.
Why is it when you are busy everyone whats it yesterday, But when your not no-one has any work for you?
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Same here. I got this thing[^] after my Nokia Lumia died, and was shocked to find that I don't miss any "smart" features at all.
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Same here except I've got a '04 Samsung. Even before US Telecoms proved that they can't be trusted with the data they could accumulate from people carrying a tracking beacon with them everywhere I disliked the idea of having a leash in my pocket strongly. Paying an extra $40/month for something that I'd only use at most a few times/month out of my house has never appealed and when at home I've got toys with much bigger screens[^] to use instead.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Ditto. Got a Nokia something-or-other about 8 years ago for £9.99 on PAYG. No phone, no internet. Just calls and texts, which is what a phone is for.
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Ditto...mine's a flip phone and I charge it every couple of weeks. But I don't have text.
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Same with me, only mine is Samsung...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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