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does anyone else just hate mobile phones and can't see what all the fuss is about?.Does it annoy you when people come out with ridiculous things like"i can''t live without my phone".Does your phone ever receive any texts or calls,do you question the point in having a phone due to your non existant social life?Do you when once in a full moon get out of the house,hate getting your mobile out in public,because you are scared about how people will view your use of it?Have you smashed your phone yet?.Btw if you have not already guessed ,i absolutely hate mobile phones!!!I have no social life so what is the point of owning one?I have so far smashed about 4 of them .Anyone else feel the same way about erm?

So why do you own a mobile phone?

i love my phone.
iPhones are more than just phones.

Absolutely. Mine (Android, natch) is a great toy and does loads of interesting/entertaining things.
I've even used it as a phone occasionally too!

using your phone as a phone, are you crazy!?
i hardly ever phone, i prefer texts


and playing Angry Birds, obviously.

I know, speaking into it is a filthy habit I'm trying to get out of.
Text more than speech, definitely.

i've gotten into the habit of not texting words, just pictures.
my boyfriend gets driven crazy by cryptic picture texts.

Haven't owned one since 2003. Best decision ever!

Hah. I'll have to have a go at pictures instead of text.

when i touch a phone it becomes an entropic entity from there it is only a short while till it ends up exploded over a glacier or some such nonsense.

I just got an android phone and am giving up the home phone line. I only really use the phone for emergencies, so if I'm going to pay for one I might as well have one that has other features. My last wireless phone was about 8 years old, and it's a great mind-growing (which is like mind-blowing, but in a good way) expierinece to learn what this here new-fangled technoology can do!

I don't love my phone, because it is not the phone I want.

It is, however, invaluable to me.

I don't use my mobile phone like a normal person. It is a passive phone. People have sent texts to it, thinking I will reply, but I don't communicate that way. I ring them up on my proper phone, i.e. landline and tell them to ring my real phone in the evenings, or, even better, send me an email.

I use it as an alarm clock and as a way of saying that I'll be late to work when something beyond my control happens.

I actually find the act of texting repellent. Not just the fiddliness, the butchery of the English language and the sheer time inefficiency of pressing tiny buttons to painstakingly tap out one sentence. No, I find it ugly to watch. If I send a text in public, it feels like I'm gobbing on the street, or something.

When I see people who are constantly texting, which is most people these days, I feel sad - especially on my commute. I'm always cheered up by seeing someone who walks down the street lost in their thoughts or staring at the buildings as they pass. Why must people always be constantly communicating with each other? I like to use my commute to worry about my own private thoughts and watch the whole world waking up and becoming productive. I don't like to sit around in the morning and have inane conversations in butchered English on a tiny screen whilst getting RSI...that's what work is for!

I can't stand talking on mobile phones, it really frustrates me when you move an inch to the left/right and suddenly your signal drops. There's one person I know who only ever phones from her mobile and it seems to be physically impossible for her to get a good signal regardless of where she is, you end up having to pick out every 3rd/4th word and try to fill in the gaps.

Texting on the other hand, I find a lot like email, you can read it and think about a reply before you send it or not reply at all, the only problem I have is I get a little worried if people don't text back (especially if I had been having a conversation with them.)