flip phones verses no moving parts

Are flip phones worth the extra cost? Do they make a different with screen
damage? Does it make a difference covering the buttons so they can't be
pushed? Do flip phones wear out quicker because of opening and closing them
often?

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Perry Webb wrote:
>
> Are flip phones worth the extra cost? Do they make a different with screen
> damage? Does it make a difference covering the buttons so they can't be
> pushed? Do flip phones wear out quicker because of opening and closing them
> often?

Personal preference, personal preference, personal preference.

Notan

I have experience with PDA's but not with cell phones. What happens if you
put a cell phone that doesn't fold up in your front pocket so that the
screen and buttons are exposed? Does a cell phone turn on accidentally very
easily? Is there more to a flip phone than being a little smaller?



"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Perry Webb wrote:
>>
>> Are flip phones worth the extra cost? Do they make a different with
>> screen
>> damage? Does it make a difference covering the buttons so they can't be
>> pushed? Do flip phones wear out quicker because of opening and closing
>> them
>> often?
>
> Personal preference, personal preference, personal preference.
>
> Notan

Perry Webb wrote:
>
> I have experience with PDA's but not with cell phones. What happens if you
> put a cell phone that doesn't fold up in your front pocket so that the
> screen and buttons are exposed? Does a cell phone turn on accidentally very
> easily? Is there more to a flip phone than being a little smaller?

I was serious about "personal preference."

Most "candybar" phones, i.e., non-flip, have some type of "button protect"
feature, which keeps an accidental button press from doing anything. Most
also have internal antennas, as opposed to flip-phones, which have external.

Other than that, it's mostly about how the phone feels *in your hand.*

Notan

Notan wrote:
>
> Perry Webb wrote:
> >
> > I have experience with PDA's but not with cell phones. What happens if you
> > put a cell phone that doesn't fold up in your front pocket so that the
> > screen and buttons are exposed? Does a cell phone turn on accidentally very
> > easily? Is there more to a flip phone than being a little smaller?
>
> I was serious about "personal preference."
>
> Most "candybar" phones, i.e., non-flip, have some type of "button protect"
> feature, which keeps an accidental button press from doing anything. Most
> also have internal antennas, as opposed to flip-phones, which have external.
>
> Other than that, it's mostly about how the phone feels *in your hand.*

Oh yeah, there's also the fact that a flip-phone will protect the screen
better than a non-flip without some type of screen protector.

Notan

Flip phones aren't smaller. The reason Nokia didn't make flip phones
when every other company did is because they thought people would care
more about small than flip.

Think about it like an engineer: to make a phone flip open, you are
essentially cutting a line down the middle of a cell phone. Internal
components have to pick one side or the other. That constraint usually
makes the phone bigger. The reason they flip isn't for the sake of
your ear and mouth, they flip because users think flipping is smaller
and cooler even though it's not.

Well, and to protect the screen better, I admit.

> <[email protected]> wrote: <snip>
> The reason Nokia didn't make flip phones
> when every other company did is because they thought people would care
> more about small than flip.

????

Mine is a Nokia flip.


> Think about it like an engineer: to make a phone flip open, you are
> essentially cutting a line down the middle of a cell phone. Internal
> components have to pick one side or the other. That constraint usually
> makes the phone bigger. The reason they flip isn't for the sake of
> your ear and mouth, they flip because users think flipping is smaller
> and cooler even though it's not.
>
> Well, and to protect the screen better, I admit.

To protect the thing from whatever. Voice also seems - to the receiver -
amplified on the flipper as well. Too bad I loaned it to someone who
flipped it open (HARD!) and busted the hinge. A traveling Nokia repairman
who goes from dealer-to-dealer fixed it with a new case and added a new
window for $32.

Okay, I sat on it a few times and tweaked the LCD display so it does weird
things at times until I twist it this way and that.

Look at the Motorola Razor if want a thin flipper.

B~

B. Peg wrote:
> > <[email protected]> wrote: <snip>
> > The reason Nokia didn't make flip phones
> > when every other company did is because they thought people would care
> > more about small than flip.
>
> ????
>
> Mine is a Nokia flip.
>
>

Why the question marks? I didn't say nokia doesn't make flip phones
now.