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Ask HN: What phone do you use?

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Sony Ericsson K800i.

No, I'm not kidding. I always carry around my laptop and/or my tablet (which has no SIM support), so I only need a phone in my pocket to check the time (I don't like carrying anything on my wrist), send SMS and call people (people in my area are usually responding to those more quickly than on Skype, Facebook, Viber or whatever).

For the past two years I've been using a Nexus 5, which I never really liked (should have gotten the LG G2 instead) because of the average build and camera quality.

Then Google bricked it with the 5.1.1 update, so while waiting for the replacement to arrive I got a cheap Lumia 535 that I'm loving so far.

Fast forward one week, Nexus 5 replacement arrives, and updating to the latest version bricks it again (this time a soft brick :)

Having realized that Google is apparently packed with morons I'll stick with Windows Phone for a while. Looking forward to the upcoming Lumia 940 or the successor of the Lumia 1020.

A Lumia 1520 (personal) and a Lumia 930 (work), although the latter is usually in my backpack or drawer.

If I'm working I'll be at my desk and easily reachable through many channels other than mobile phone. If I'm not at my desk it usually means I'm not working, hence not going to pick up your call or checking work email :) There are of course exceptions, I'm not an unreasonable jerk :)

Nokia 108 (just a phone). I decided last December that smartphones were more bad than good for me.

how are you liking it? are you missing any features? do you still feel that smartphones are more bad than good?

Many friends use Whatsapp, so it's harder for me to stay in touch with groups.

Other than that I haven't missed it much. I spent way too much time browsing various sites with it, now I have more attention for the people around, and I actually read books.

Droid Mini side-grading to a Droid Maxx this week, because of battery life.

I'm currently on Verizon, but this phone is GSM compatible too, and I plan to switch to TMobile soon (though, I've planned this for months. Inertia and all of that...).

Samsung GT-S5230 (terrible, but it works (mostly))

I want to switch to the Ubuntu phone soon (BQ Aquaris E4.5) - does anybody have any experience with that?

IPhone 5s.

Nokia Lumia 930.

Are there enough apps in Windows store?

Enough in the sense that I've got everything I need, but not enough in the sense that I have everything I want.

+1 for this. If You need the phone for Calling/SMS/social communicator/Car navi then IMHO WP8 devices are great for such tasks.

Nokia Lumia 735

Nexus 6

LG G3 titanium running CM 12.1. The 5.5" QHD screen is awesome.

iPhone 6 Plus

is it worth the size?

IMHO yes. It makes one-handing game-playing a pain, but for videos, walls of text, and the like, I love it. Disclaimer: had a Samsung Note II and hated it. So clearly it's not the form factor that was bugging me...

I wish it was slightly bigger (thinking 6" or 6.5")

Yes, for me certainly so. I rarely talk on the phone, I mostly text, browse the web, play games, or read. All of those things are much nicer on the bigger phone.

Samsung Galaxy s3, rooted and running cyanogenmod.

2nd Gen Moto G. Waiting to grab the iPhone 6+S

None

iPhone 6+

Nokia Lumia 1520

Nokia Lumia 520

Alps A9

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