Is your cell phone a reflection of you?

Many believe that a person's cellular phone hints at one's personality. At least that's one of the reasons manufacturers keep releasing new models, as they believe that a phone is more than just a tool, but it's an accessory.

What does your phone say about you?
Do you believe that your phone gives the right perception of your personality?
How often do you change your phone?

Please share and post a picture of your phone if you can!:cool::bgrin2:




I have had my Motorolla pebl since June of this year and I think it gives an hint at my personality. It says I'm chic, modish and definitely sophisticated! I've attached two images of my phone, but couldn't get them bigger!

How often do I change my phone? Well only when they are damaged do I change my phone and that's approximately four to seven months. Not because I want to upgrade but really because I'm rather clumsy and my phones usually fall quite often. Since 2005 I've changed a motorolla razor, nokia, motorolla v60 and I definitely hope to keep this one until the end of next year!

I have the Kyocera Strobe.

http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/strobe-phone/

What it says about me? Hmmmm....I got it from my ex-DH who was going to toss it. It has a full keyboard and since I have teenagers, this makes texting my kids a breeze. I guess it says that I am cheap enough to accept a hand-me-down phone and I and immature enough to text with kids? :tongue2:

I have the Kyocera Strobe.

http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/strobe-phone/

What it says about me? Hmmmm....I got it from my ex-DH who was going to toss it. It has a full keyboard and since I have teenagers, this makes texting my kids a breeze. I guess it says that I am cheap enough to accept a hand-me-down phone and I and immature enough to text with kids? :tongue2:

Lol! I guess it also says you have a great sense of humor!:cool::D:p

I have a black motorola razr v3. I'm not sure what it says about me though, but I like it's options.

http://www.wirefly.com/images/phones/motorola_razr_bk_cingular_z1.jpg

edited to add: I change them whenever I wear the last one out. I had my last motorola for 3 years.

I don't own a cell phone.

My phone pretty well just makes phone calls (and is the only phone I have). It can also take pictures but they're not that great, and it can check my email but the network hasn't been working right lately. It's pretty beat up. I had one just like it before, for probably two years or so, but it stopped working. I think I must have gotten it wet at some point. They didn't sell it anymore at the Sprint store and there wasn't another one I liked better, so I just got another of the same kind on Ebay. I dropped it on the floor at Staples a few months ago and the little button on the back that you push to take off the battery cover flew off, so now that part doesn't stay on all that well. But it still makes phone calls and I'll replace it when it falls apart so much that it's not really usable anymore. I would say my phone doesn't really reflect my personality, but maybe it actually does, since it's a little beat up and pretty well out of date but still works fine.

The funny thing is, the phone I had before this one (well, before the one that was like this one that I had before), I had another model that broke and I inherited my mom's phone which was the same model as that one and used it until it also broke. Then I got a different kind because they didn't sell that model anymore. So out of the last four phones I've had, I've only actually had two different models.

This is the one I have now:
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/images/pm325_a_m_bt.jpg

This is the one I had before:
http://www.beststuff.com/images/articles/082101a7.jpg

And before that I had this one:
http://www.cellulargadget.com/lg4ne1_large.jpg

For some reason I seem to have an aversion to the typical clamshell and candy bar phones.

I don't own a cell phone.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:What?

I have a black motorola razr v3. I'm not sure what it says about me though, but I like it's options.

http://www.wirefly.com/images/phones/motorola_razr_bk_cingular_z1.jpg

edited to add: I change them whenever I wear the last one out. I had my last motorola for 3 years.

Razors are sexy and sleek, but mine lasted only two months!:eek: I think phones are not being made as strong as they use to as the manufacturers want people to purchase the later models. Also, maybe the smaller and thinner the phone, the more fragile it is

Or maybe I'm just clumsy as I said before, but the phone (samsung) I had before 2004 lasted three years and I can't even count the numerous times it fell!

This is the one I have now:
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/images/pm325_a_m_bt.jpg

This is the one I had before:
http://www.beststuff.com/images/articles/082101a7.jpg

And before that I had this one:
http://www.cellulargadget.com/lg4ne1_large.jpg

For some reason I seem to have an aversion to the typical clamshell and candy bar phones.

Actually, the one you have now is kinda cute:cool:

I have the LG Chocolate phone in Mint.

http://www.tech2.com/media/images/img_2161_verizon-lg-chocolate-vx8500-mint.jpg

It says that I LOVE the color green. That's probably about all it says about me. I do have a cute picture of my cat on the screen. :D

I like the light touch buttons too.

I don't change my phone very often. I just got this one a couple of months ago and I'll probably keep it til it totally dies.

Nadine.

I don't own a cell phone.

Neither do I George. ;)

I have a Nokia flip phone. It is not really thin, so I guess it looks like me. :o

http://www.letstalk.com/img/prod/cell-phones/att/nokia/30782_pdi.gif

But more than a reflection of me, it is a great tool and part of my life. I like for it to be simple and black, and no fancy ringtones either. The worst that I can imagine is being with a customer and receiving a call by the sound of "La Cucaracha".

My phone wakes me up, it is my alarm. I have a pic of my son as wallpaper. It is my watch.

The reason I picked a Nokia phone is because they have a programable Silent mode where I can program how many hours I want it to be Silent (for meetings). Before I used to leave it in Silent mode for days and then wonder why nobody would call me... duh!

By the way, Nokias are quite sturdy and shock-proof. I used to change my phone everytime my son lost his. I would give him my old phone and buy a new one. But now I just get him the cheapest Nokia I can find and I keep mine. I hope to keep my phone for years!

But it does say something about me. It's a Motorola V557 phone; I basically bought the one that looked the sturdiest, and the clerk told me would withstand wear and tear. LOL! I did not have a personal cell phone until last year, but spent enough time with the on-call phone for work that I knew I needed a tough phone. (I broke the on call phone! :eek: I dropped it on a tile floor! Ooops.)

In spite of the sturdy nature of my phone, it has scuffs and scratches....LMAO....I'm just too clumsy. :D

My phone says "Ouch."

http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/blackberry/blackberry-8800/blackberry-8800-front.jpg

This is my phone, it's a company issue, part fun, part leash! It has GPS which is cool.

It's high tech and sexy like the woman who carries it, of course :rolleyes:

PinkPanther 04, Phil carried a phone like your blue flip phone for a few years. He liked it alot. Now he carries a little phone of some kind, lol. And Sheila, I use my phone for my alarm as well. IT IS SO ANNOYING!!!!!

http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/blackberry/blackberry-8800/blackberry-8800-front.jpg

This is my phone, it's a company issue, part fun, part leash!

It's high tech and sexy like the woman who carries it, of course:rolleyes:

WOOT! DARN THAT THING IS SEXY AND MIGHT I ADD HOT:bgrin2:

Oh yeah...and I forgot to mention...

My current ringtone is "Roxanne" by The Police.

Which says that I don't have to put on that dress tonight...

:D

Nadine.

Pink, I had that same silver LG phone. I loved that darned thing! (even after I lost the two side pieces). Now I have the Samsung sgh d807.

I also HATE clamshell phones. They are a pain to get open and I feel like they always break.
http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/samsung-sgh-d807-white/4505-6454_7-32317405.html

I don't think it says anything about me, except that I hate clamshell phones and I wanted one that wouldn't break. I've dropped it from 2 stories (whoops!) and it's still going strong. I never get new phones, I hate learning new technology, and I only recently figured out how to switch between callers. BUT, it takes good pictures and it gets great reception, so what more could you want?

And my current ringtone is Underdog by Spoon, with a back-up ringtone of Mushaboom by Feist (for Chris). It's hard to get Indie pop ring tones!

Well my dog is going through a chewing phase (shes about 15-18 months old) and I left my beautiful motorola razr on the coffee table when I went to bed one night, so that became an ex-mobile :no:

I am currently using an old nokia that we had lying around (I think from about 2001 or something).

I'd love to say this means I am unpretentious, but it just means I don't want to worry about accidentally leaving an expensive handset around for the puppy to chew :D

Here's mine...It's a blue mint chocolate phone.

I like the way it looks, but as I mentioned in another thread, we have had a few problems. Right now, every once in a while when I slide the cover back into place, it just shuts off.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BBHX23TcL._SS400_.jpg

The frist cell,that I had was Nokia 252c.It was a Trac-phone(aka pre-paid).It was pretty fairly easy to use and understand.The thing i hated about it,was the mins were soo high.

Now have a other Nokia 1800,it too is a pre-paid aka Net-10.It too is pretty easy to use and operate.Also the mins are much much cheaper.I call any-where in the U.S. and some of Canada for 10cents per min.Texting is cheaper too...its 5cents per text message.I use it for all my long distance calling,instead of useing the house phone.When I buy mins,i buy a 300min card....its only $30.


Michael

I have a black motorola razr v3. I'm not sure what it says about me though, but I like it's options.

http://www.wirefly.com/images/phones/motorola_razr_bk_cingular_z1.jpg

edited to add: I change them whenever I wear the last one out. I had my last motorola for 3 years.

This is the exact same phone I have. I like it's size and the fact that I can slide it into almost any space, cuz I don't always carry a purse, esp when I walk my dog. I've had it for two years, no problems, knock on wood.

Well my dog is going through a chewing phase (shes about 15-18 months old) and I left my beautiful motorola razr on the coffee table when I went to bed one night, so that became an ex-mobile :no:

I am currently using an old nokia that we had lying around (I think from about 2001 or something).

I'd love to say this means I am unpretentious, but it just means I don't want to worry about accidentally leaving an expensive handset around for the puppy to chew :D

Wow, I didn't realize that a dog would chew a phone!!! Dbexx, that's a shame!

Those chocolate phones are cute, too! Are they easy to use?

Wow, I didn't realize that a dog would chew a phone!!! Dbexx, that's a shame!
Mine really liked remote controls when they were puppies. Among other things, of course.

I had noooooooooooooooo idea. It lights up like a Chrstmas tree. I never read the instruction manual and don't ever know what a phone does except take calls and dial numbers, and that's all I wanted. I bought it because it's purple.

So the first time that it rang, I was waiting in line to buy a train ticket. That was soooo embarrassing, I had a phone that could have made a teenager happy, not me :o So for the first time I had to read the instructions in order to find out how to get rid of the discotheque in my phone . sheeesh.

ok, I even found a pic on the net of one in full action

http://www.sme.sk/cdata/1621741/18.jpg

This is the exact same phone I have. I like it's size and the fact that I can slide it into almost any space, cuz I don't always carry a purse, esp when I walk my dog. I've had it for two years, no problems, knock on wood.

Great minds think alike! I'll tell you what else I like about this one, compared to my old motorola. I like how the camera eye is protected behind a glass (or plastic??) window. It makes it easier to keep dust and dirt off the camera lens.

It also has an MP3 player, which is the main reason I chose this one. But, I have yet to download music to it. Been too busy!

Wow, I didn't realize that a dog would chew a phone!!! Dbexx, that's a shame!

Those chocolate phones are cute, too! Are they easy to use?

She'll chew anything - I can't tell you the number of pairs of shoes that have died at this dog's teeth :)

Mine really liked remote controls when they were puppies. Among other things, of course.

She loves remote controls too. What type of dogs do you have? And how old were they when they grew out of the chewing?

I had noooooooooooooooo idea. It lights up like a Chrstmas tree. I never read the instruction manual and don't ever know what a phone does except take calls and dial numbers, and that's all I wanted. I bought it because it's purple.

So the first time that it rang, I was waiting in line to buy a train ticket. That was soooo embarrassing, I had a phone that could have made a teenager happy, not me :o So for the first time I had to read the instructions in order to find out how to get rid of the discotheque in my phone . sheeesh.

ok, I even found a pic on the net of one in full action

http://www.sme.sk/cdata/1621741/18.jpg

Your post made me laugh so hard!:rofl: I can't imagine how embarrassed you were when it lit up!:giggle:

I have a Nokia 3130, I think.

It's black and silver-colored along the sides. Don't know quite what it says about me though. I got it because it looks good and has triband, so that I will be able to use it with no problems when I move to the US next year.
I will use it till it wears out of course, no reason to buy a new one before that. :)

http://tech.tom.com/dimg/c/c/cdc2a444a7057756c3130e805d92fb2a6d0d.jpg

I have a Motorolla Razr because it was CHEAP. I couldn't care less about what phone I carry.

She loves remote controls too. What type of dogs do you have? And how old were they when they grew out of the chewing?
One's lab/boxer and the other is mostly lab/blue heeler. They were both nearly two before I could really trust them, but the most destructive phase was probably between 6 months and a year. They'll still get food off the counter and try to raid the cat's litter box, but they leave non-edible things alone now.

I don't own a cell phone.
Good for you!!!

I have a Samsung phone... and don't even know what model it is... LOL
and it has been off for atleast 3 days now....

I used to be a celled phone addict.. but now I don't care about it at all...

http://www.interstar.ua/mobile/img/phones/sonyericsson_w300i_main.jpg

https://images.jiwire.com/images/reviews/palmone-treo650/treo650-front-back.jpg

I have a Treo 650, and no, it's not a company phone - it's a personal phone.

I love it even if it's bulky, it pretty much organizes my life. I got too much stuff going on, meetings here and there, and I feel disabled if I don't have it...

So yeah, my cell reflects me.

One's lab/boxer and the other is mostly lab/blue heeler. They were both nearly two before I could really trust them, but the most destructive phase was probably between 6 months and a year. They'll still get food off the counter and try to raid the cat's litter box, but they leave non-edible things alone now.

We've had to get the cat a covered litter box to prevent the eating of the cat litter.
It is nice to be reassured this is just a phase though :)

I have a Treo 650, and no, it's not a company phone - it's a personal phone.

I love it even if it's bulky, it pretty much organizes my life. I got too much stuff going on, meetings here and there, and I feel disabled if I don't have it...

So yeah, my cell reflects me.

That is one snazzy phone!

My cell phone reflects me to the extent that I am REALLY "anti-phone" at this moment and it's seen quite a hard life. I don't even know what it is. An LG something or other.

It works when I need it to. And, when I don't need it to work, it's turned off at the bottom of my purse.

I just have no need to be "so connected" at this point. And, I've also gone back to actually WRITING THINGS OUT on paper. I have a plain paper notebook that I'd be FAR more upset to lose than my phone at this point.

Scott and SA:thumbsup_still:


Nadine! I can't get your green chocolate out of my mind! Wait a minute! how can chocolate be green?:confused::tongue2: I think it says you are confident, bold and definitely snazzy!

https://images.jiwire.com/images/reviews/palmone-treo650/treo650-front-back.jpg

I have a Treo 650, and no, it's not a company phone - it's a personal phone.

I love it even if it's bulky, it pretty much organizes my life. I got too much stuff going on, meetings here and there, and I feel disabled if I don't have it...

So yeah, my cell reflects me.

Do you get your email on your phone, too? That's why I have a blackberry. Treos also are Windows enabled are they not?

Like some of the other ladies, I have a Motorolla Razr, but mine is in the totally obnoxious bright pink color b/c I always have trouble finding my phones when they are inside my purse so I thought the bright color would help (I should have gotten Aline's phone, hahahah!!!)...I also liked the size and shape of the phone. My husband just got some new Samsung thing that is supposed to be the slimmest phone on the market and makes my phone look big and old, lol. We also have an imate laying around and lots of other phones because my husband loves gadgets and cell phones.

James just went yesterday and got a Motorola Razr (or however you spell it). He really likes it. :)

I have no cellphone. My YM doesn't use his very often and keeps breaking his. He's on some cheap one now. We just aren't interested in being that connected with people. It's incredibly how much alike we are in personality and life attitudes for people that are 23 years apart in age. :D

I have no cellphone. My YM doesn't use his very often and keeps breaking his. He's on some cheap one now. We just aren't interested in being that connected with people. It's incredibly how much alike we are in personality and life attitudes for people that are 23 years apart in age. :D

Miu, you are the fourth person I think who have said they have no cell phone.:eek: How do you survive?

I can't imagine my life without cell phone; in fact I don't remember my life before cell phone. I often wonder how did I cope before I had one; I got my first cell phone at age 16.

On a few occasions when I have forgotten my phone at home, I felt naked, cut off from the world and simply helpless! Maybe this has to do with the phasing out of public pay phones where I live, so it is highly inconvenient to have to ask someone to make a call on their business (at a cost) or personal phone.

I don't actually use my phone all that much either, but I have such an odd schedule and am not usually in a place where I could be reached on a land line, so if I'm going to have a phone at all, a cell phone works much better for me. I don't have any other reason to have a phone at home, so it would be pointless to pay for a phone that I couldn't take with me when I left.

And it's a safety issue. If I get stranded somewhere it's good to have a way to contact other people. I got accidentally locked in my study site one night (there's a fence around it with a locked gate), and if I hadn't had my phone I would have had to jump an 8-foot cyclone fence topped with barbed wire and walk to a friend's house. But I had my phone, so I called a friend who lives nearby and he came and got the gate open for me. So having a cell phone isn't just about needing to be connected to people all the time. I don't have that need either, and I don't chit chat much at all on it. But there have been plenty of occasions when I've been damn glad I had it.

Miu, you are the fourth person I think who have said they have no cell phone.:eek: How do you survive?

I can't imagine my life without cell phone; in fact I don't remember my life before cell phone. I often wonder how did I cope before I had one; I got my first cell phone at age 16.

On a few occasions when I have forgotten my phone at home, I felt naked, cut off from the world and simply helpless! Maybe this has to do with the phasing out of public pay phones where I live, so it is highly inconvenient to have to ask someone to make a call on their business (at a cost) or personal phone.
I will borrow my YM's phone if I am on a long day trip, just in case of emergency. But who do I really need to talk to in the middle of the day? I enjoy my company just fine. And I just like to focus on my driving.

Maybe if I had children, I would want a cellphone. However, my childhood was just fine without one. On the other hand, I am very much attached to the internet and my email service.

And to be honest, I feel that new couples are unduly stressed by being so connected with their cellphones and internet. When I was younger, my relationships progressed in a much slower and more relaxed pace. Now everyone expects their love interest to be always thinking of them and at their constant beck and call. I've seen guys get both upset when their girlfriends don't answer their cellphones AND then get mad if their girlfriends call them too much. What a dreadful balancing act to have to maintain!!

And I just looked. My YM has a very inexpensive Samsung flip phone. I think that it only cost $25 or $35. The person at the kiosk assured my YM that it is very durable. And my YM just buys his minutes.

I have a Nokia 6555 and I love it. Its not too small, not too big. I absolutely require a flip phone...because I can not STAND auto lock on my keys and if I didnt use it, Id be dialing china as much as that thing gets bumped around in my bag. It has excellent sound quality and texts like a dream....

I use it for everything...alarm, email, texting (a ton to jenny jen, lol), calendar alerts, videos, pictures, and of course calling...alot..

Im not sure what it says about me. Efficiency I guess...I consider myself a highly efficient person when it comes to tasking with little to no pretty frills and flamboyance, lol ...and my phone is as well.

http://www.techspot.in/ni/nokia6555.jpg

I have a Nokia 6555 and I love it. Its not too small, not too big. I absolutely require a flip phone...because I can not STAND auto lock on my keys and if I didnt use it, Id be dialing china as much as that thing gets bumped around in my bag. It has excellent sound quality and texts like a dream....


http://www.techspot.in/ni/nokia6555.jpg

Very cute phone! Looks rather sophisticated too:cool: I'm getting so many ideas for my next phone! Seems like the people who visit this site have excellent tastes!:thumbsup_still:

Here's mine...It's a blue mint chocolate phone.

I like the way it looks, but as I mentioned in another thread, we have had a few problems. Right now, every once in a while when I slide the cover back into place, it just shuts off.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BBHX23TcL._SS400_.jpg

I'm jealous of your chocolate phone...it's a little bit slimmer than mine I think! :D

I have a few problems with mine too. When I call my voicemail...I have to type in a password. Problem with that is that when I punch the numbers in it de-activates the lock on the light sensitive keys...so my check "pushes buttons" when I try to listen to my voicemail!!!

Wow, I didn't realize that a dog would chew a phone!!! Dbexx, that's a shame!

Those chocolate phones are cute, too! Are they easy to use?

My chocolate phone has been pretty easy to use. It was a little hard in the beginning to get the hang of...but other than that I love it.


Nadine! I can't get your green chocolate out of my mind! Wait a minute! how can chocolate be green?:confused::tongue2: I think it says you are confident, bold and definitely snazzy!

I think Verizon calls it..."Mint" Chocolate. :D That's how they can get away with it being green! :D

Honestly I do love my green phone though...it goes well with my love of green!

Thank you darlin! I don't know if I'm snazzy...but I like the way that sounds! *grin*

Nadine.

Jes, I think they are just a tad slimmer, and they have the little wheel on the front (dont' know how to describe it). You spin the little thing on the front to scroll through your options.

I loved my original Chocolate, which was just like yours except black, but the dang thing just kept breaking, and this blue one is the one they gave me as replacement (eventually).

I LOVED this phone when I first got it, now Im just hoping that it will function well for longer than six months. The salesman told me they have not had any of these returned to the store with major problems YET.

PS...My daughter just got the exact same phone as yours except PINK. She loves it. I think whether you get a good one or not is just luck of the draw, apparently.

Do you get your email on your phone, too? That's why I have a blackberry. Treos also are Windows enabled are they not?

I could get email, but I opted not to - it's much more expensive. I pretty much bought it for the calendar factor. I always need to be reminded about my meetings, hours or even days before, and the alarm helps out with that. When I had meetings written down in a planner, I rarely looked at my planner, so, I often forgot.

I use a Mac, so I'm happy that Treos are also Apple compatible.

http://www.mobile-phones-uk.org.uk/images/small/nokian81.gif

My hubby and I have the same phone....we like the sliders...

My cell phone is kinda cool but not totally....
it's functional...but not the greatest
it's not really new...but not really old yet
it's not too good....but not too bad

hey! my cell phone is a reflection of me!!!

After reading Miu's response, I will say that, IMO, there is such a thing as being "too connected".

I will say that I like having my cell phone, especially now, with travelling as much as I do. It's a comfort knowing that I have it for emergencies, or to call friends to entertain me when I'm stuck at the border, but in general, it's something that I think many people in the world would be much better off without.

Maybe this reaction has to do with the fact that I lived in LA for four years, with all of the self-important people who were CONSTANTLY on their cell phones...and whose conversations were just SO important that they literally screamed into their phones. Or, maybe, it's just that I remember, vividly, growing up happy and safe, without having a cell phone on me 24/7. Oh, wait, this may also be a reaction to people I know who actually answer their cells when they're in the bathroom.

It makes me chuckle, actually, when people ask "how do you live without a cell phone?". World society did just fine for milennia without them. *shrugs*

Having a cellphone while on a road trip is comforting. However in many remote areas of our country, there is still no signal. Fortunately I still know how to change a flat tire.

I don't own a cell phone.

me either! I dont own one.

I use it for everything...alarm, email, texting (a ton to jenny jen, lol), calendar alerts, videos, pictures, and of course calling...alot..



At this point I'd say well over 300 texts.:yes: