How Much do you use your Cell Phone?

[oscargarza88]

hey,
its just a stupid question but i want to see where i stand on using the phone.
do u:
1- mostly on weekends
2-talk to friends anytime once in a while
3-am constantly in the phone
4- cant live without it
5- other kinds pleas specify.

and also the total life of the cell phone i currently have 49 hours of use, and i have had it about less than a year. how many do u have?
it doesnt really play a big role in my life as other people say, i guess i could ive without a cell phone although it would be tougher cause most of the time i have it i actually need it
:wink:

[T-Bird]

Well last month I used over 400 minutes on Direct Connect and somewhere around 150 minutes normal phone.

[BADMIHAI]

I use it mostly on the weekends. I have 1000 minutes on evenings and weekends.

[Apac102]

my toilet recently fell in a toilet and i flushed it down....so now i don't' have a phone. I rarely used my old one but since ive been without it, it is kinda hard to keep track of whats going on with friends and planning things. It does help alot... Im about a 2 on your list though.

[SilviaEvo]

^^hahah nice job your toilet recently fell in your toilet. i see. i use my phone not often just a few times with friends

[oscargarza88]

Well last month I used over 400 minutes on Direct Connect and somewhere around 150 minutes normal phone.
wow thats like 10 hours on the phone a week...
buisness or just friends and stuff?

ohh and i forgot while we're at it say what phone you have. please.

and Apac that suks... im the same way, i would have gotten another one by now..

[ZfrkS62]

not much during the day, but from 9PM on you can usually find me on it at somepoint as i have a washington number and talk to everyone back home

[T-Bird]

Well last month I used over 400 minutes on Direct Connect and somewhere around 150 minutes normal phone.
wow thats like 10 hours on the phone a week...
buisness or just friends and stuff?

ohh and i forgot while we're at it say what phone you have. please.

and Apac that suks... im the same way, i would have gotten another one by now..

Mostly Friends. Occasionaly work since everyone there has a Nextel phone. Direct Connect is awesome but you need to turn down the speaker so the whole world can't hear you.
My one friend from work, she "chirps" me all the time and when I go out driving with friends we are on them all the time since we use Group Connect.
I really can't see myself without my phone, I'm calling for parts all the time at school and home.

I have the Nextel Motorola i710 since I didn't want the silver i730. I plan on changing up to an i830 since it just went down to $175

[SilviaEvo]

not much during the day, but from 9PM on you can usually find me on it at somepoint as i have a washington number and talk to everyone back home
The area code is what 425? i live in bellevue yet i have a seattle area code

[pzgren]

i have two... one for business things and a private one. at evening and on weekends i'll turn the business phone of. i am using the phones daily, but only for making calls and calendar functions. i hate to write sms with cell phones. usually i write sms over internet if possible...

[nthfinity]

i loath cell phones!

but, i still have one... in fact, i delayed in getting one until my other roomies at the time decided against a land-line.

even now, i dont use much the one i have... i have never once gone over-minutes for anytime, let alone night/weekend rates...

i likely use my cell an average of 2-3 minutes per day, with some days hitting 20, or more minutes, and even more being 0 minutes.

what i do find it useful for is it is a good alarm clock when im not home :P

[Chaos in 1983!]

I almost never use my phone really, I hate talking on the phone. I can't stand people who talk for hours and hours on the phone...maybe that's why I don't have a girlfriend :? LOL

I just call friends randomly, there can be weeks I never touch my cell phone, and there can be weeks when I have to be on it all the time...

[pzgren]

How much does it cost to use the phone per minute?

We also have a complex pricing. First you have to choose the basic abo.
After that you'll have different prices for different times of the week. But i'll say here in Switzerland you'll pay $0.5 per minute during the day and $0.15 at evenings and weekends. A SMS costs $0.15.
But they gonna change pricing soon because it's really expensive. And if you compare the prices in Germany or Austria... our prices are extremely high!

[nthfinity]

How much does it cost to use the phone per minute?

We also have a complex pricing. First you have to choose the basic abo.
After that you'll have different prices for different times of the week. But i'll say here in Switzerland you'll pay $0.5 per minute during the day and $0.15 at evenings and weekends. A SMS costs $0.15.
But they gonna change pricing soon because it's really expensive. And if you compare the prices in Germany or Austria... our prices are extremely high!
for 500 peak-time minutes, 3500 night (7pm-6am) and weekend, i pay $37 per month... cheapest available plan in my plan choices... and im boosted to $.20 or so for roaming charges per minute. peak hour minutes cost me 7 cents per minute, and less than 1 penny for night/weekends...

[Fleischmann]

I have 280 SMS's per month OR 70 minutes of chat time for free. I never use it all up. My cell phone is generally used to contact my girlfriend and take car pics :D I could live without, it but in many situations it is neccessary to have it with you.

[saadie]

being the smallest i dun have a cell phone ......
lucky me :twisted:

[Fleischmann]

^^I was exactly the same.

Here is my model BTW:

Siemens CXT70
http://www.telue.de/shop/images/Siemens%20CXT70%20T-Mobile%20mit%20Rahmen.jpg


http://communications.siemens.com/cds/frontdoor/0,2241,hq_en_0_63510_rArNrNrNrN,00.html

[gis]

i used to have a contract phone but with it not having any limits i would use it and use it a lot,lol so i changed off contract and went to pay as you go..dont knwo if thats the same term used over in other countrys.but i mainly use it for txts,cheapest way for gettin a message to sum1,if anyone needs to say anythin then they can call me,lol

[ferrari550]

I use my phone a lot, where i am in university a cell phone is a lot cheaper then a house phone. a cell phone for me is crucial.

[TransAm]

I rarely used my cellphone, although I always carry it for emergencies. In fact, since 2000 I have been on pay-as-you-go so you can imagine my phone is not the latest model!!! I am a cheap bastard.

[cateye]

I am a cheap bastard.

Wow now a days people still tell truth about themselves

j/k :P :twisted:

me use 8310 … yeah yeah I know it too old now …. 44/45 hours in total in 2 and half years use to send/receive calls n too much sms but now no rarely some 1 call me. BUt keeps my cell phoen where ever i go ..

[wattawog]

I use my phone every day. To me it is a necessity. SMS 24/7 and i have a girlfriend, therefore it is a must have :) The only time I dont use it is actually when the battery is dead & I dont have a charger. GO NOKIA! :P

[possessed_beaver]

i use my phone alot, my bill is $250 a month, so thats roughley 3grand a year...

nice!

and i have a Nokia, ofcorse!

[dingo]

i use my phone alot, my bill is $250 a month, so thats roughley 3grand a year...

nice!

and i have a Nokia, ofcorse!

Are you crazy? My brother is on a $35/month plan but the most he pays is $75 even if he makes $300 worth of calls. Its with Optus and he is using a Motorola V3 - surely you can find a similar plan to avoid paying that much money every month. :D

[possessed_beaver]

hahaha sorry, i forgot yer like ya brother im on a cap, hahaha^^^

[PATo355]

[quote]

VGA 1000
http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/22/225108/vga1000.jpg


I have that one too , dont use it anymore , just in case i have to use the cdma or analog network , The screen is just unbelivable , prolly the best ive seen.

[PATo355]

I speak about 800 minutes per month , 500 of outgoing calls and 300-350 minutes ongoing calls .


That makes it like 120 hours in the 9 months i have my Samsung E715 , thats 13 hours per months in the cell phone .

My phone is :

http://phone.mobile9.com/img/samsung-sgh-e715-1.jpg

Hopefully in a week or 2 im changing to this :

http://www.myworldphone.com/razr.h6.jpg


And my plan in Chile is as follows :

Cost of the Contract : 37 Dollars
Carrier : Entelpcs www.entelpcs.cl
Anytime , any company minutes : 440
Free SMS : 80
Free MMS : 0
Extra minute : 0.12 cents (us dollars )
Extra SMS : 0.086 Cents ( us dollars )
Extra MMS : 0.17 Cents ( us dollars )
Wap : 0.11 Cents per minute
GPRS and EDGE : 5.2 Dollars per megabyte ( what a ripoff )
Roaming ( outside Chile ) : Around a dollar the minute

Cost of the E715 :

if you have a plan and want to buy : 439 Dollars
If you get a contract : 328 Dollars
For the VIP Users : 170 Dollars

Cost of the RAZR V3 (Inc Bluetooth headset )

if you have a plan and want to buy : 483 Dollas
If you get a contract : 343 Dollars
For the VIP Users : 241 Dollars

* Vip users are members who either talk a lot or have a lot of lines .


Very complete so you can get a peek at the mobile reality in Chile , is way better than the US , but still down compared to Europe .


BTW , this should be moved to comp , gizmos and taht shiot ?¡

[callen]

I bought mine in September, and so far it has been going pretty good. It is a LG5450 Tri-mode PCS Camera Phone and my Provider is Telus. I bought it since I had no land line when I came back up to London in september, and since I didnt really have any money either, I bought into that 3 yr contract. I dont mind so much now, its pretty reasonable, but I really have to limit my usage to the times they allow you, otherwise it can get very $$$$!