# Are You A Cell Phone Nut Case? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cell-phone-nut-case/516922 "2009-11-09T18:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cell-phone-nut-case/516922/61 "2009-11-13T15:08:16Z")
I don’t have a cell phone and I don’t want a cell phone. but if I did: > [@gotpasswords](#): > > I don’t want a camera, I don’t want a keyboard, I don’t want fax, joysticks or 5.1 channel surround sound. I just want something to make and receive calls on. THIS. I don’t want a “3G” or a Blue tooth or “apps.” I wouldn’t want it making funny noises. Just a phone. Even though I don’t have a cell phone, my wife does and on occassion I use it. When I travel for work I sometimes take a loaner phone with me. I’ve never used a cell phone that comes anywhere near the sound quality of a land line and I hate using them. On a cell phone, the above paragrpah would sound like: Even th… I dn’t have a cl phe, my wife (skkzzz) on occassion use it. Whn I trl for I otimes take a loaner (zzzzzt) ne wit me. (You get the picture). So all the bells and whistles mean nothing if I’m having to strain to make out a normal conversation. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cell-phone-nut-case/516922/62 "2009-11-14T14:10:23Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > So all the bells and whistles mean nothing if I’m having to strain to make out a normal conversation. I’m on my third cell phone. Having a decent connection seems to be totaly hit or miss, and so far for me, the phones don’t seem to have anything to do with it. I donno. It may be me, or people are just getting used to the two way radio sound of cell phones. I rarely talk on a cell phone, and only use it for necessary conversations/sharing information. In this day and age, you sort of have to have one. So, as long as I’m going to have it, I might as well have all the bells and whistles. I get very much use out of them. And hey, if I need to make a call, I can do that too. Really, as a programmer, I need to be familiar with the tech. Or at least know the buzzwords. That’s one of the reasons I bought a Storm. Found out I really, really like it. Heck, I can use it as a modum for my laptop. Nothing wrong at all with not wanting or needing one. I find that as people latch on to new stuff, suddenly they are lost with out it. When only a few months ago, they had never heard of it. Of course with pay phones going the way of the Dodo, cell phones are becoming more and more needed. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cell-phone-nut-case/516922/63 "2009-11-14T17:00:28Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > This seems like a good thread to ask this: > > For those who do a LOT of websurfing on the phones, how much does it cost a month? > > I’m interested in getting an iPhone, but I suspect that the data plans would set me back about $1200 or more a year and I can’t justify that. > > FYI I live in Canada. My data plan is $30 a month with Rogers, and it’s more data than I can ever use. I use my iPhone a lot, and haven’t even hit the half way mark on allotted data. What brings the cost up is that’s it’s $30 a month for data PLUS whatever your voice plan is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cell-phone-nut-case/516922.md?page=3)