Having an iPhone gets annoying...

[Apple]

The iPhone 4 has just done it for me now. I have always had the iPhone, 2g, 3g, 3gs, and now the 4 but what has got increasingly annoying is the reputation the iPhone has. I love the iPhone, it is probably my favourite piece of technology - ever.

The problem is that I can't just get it out anywhere without either A) People saying "wow nice an iPhone can I have a look", B) Getting called a showoff, C) It is a very delicate phone and I want to keep it looking nice so a lot of things I get up to put it at risk of damage and C) When I am out on friday/saturday there are always loads of different groups of people that you wouldn't trust with a pound so it just feels so dodgy when making calls or texting people and you start to notice people looking at you.

Here is my old Sony Ericsson W950i. It was a great phone in it's day and I still love it. I am now going to be using this whenever I know I might be hanging around with the wrong sort or doing stuff where anything in my pocket could fall out or get crushed.

Pic from internet:

http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk/phonereviews/upload/sony-ericsson-w950i-walkman-5_450x360.jpg

Thread moved here by Bolt660 (Forum Super Moderator): From 'Technology Discussion'.

[AgnesIO]

Erm? Isn't this thread pretty much telling people you have an iPhone 4? :P

[Minstrels]

Erm? Isn't this thread pretty much telling people you have an iPhone 4? :P
This. Anyone know how old the OP is? Those arguments seem pretty lame.

[Recursion]

Gotta say OP, this does seem like a bit of a show off thread, so here's my phone, I love it, as soon as I got it everyone wanted to touch it.

http://www.theinquirer.net/IMG/518/92518/htc-desire-540x334.jpg?1266319705

[Alexx..]

I think this is a show off thread trying to be covered as a rant so people know you have an iphone.

I have an iphone as well..wooo?

[Apple]

Erm? Isn't this thread pretty much telling people you have an iPhone 4? :P
Yes reading this thread would probably give you the idea that I have an iPhone... Your post pretty much shows how much people fuss over the iPhone. You'd probably be put into the category of people calling me a showoff for using it in public lol.

This. Anyone know how old the OP is? Those arguments seem pretty lame.
Excuse me? Why are you questioning my age? What position are you in to call my reasons lame, if you don't have one then you wouldn't understand.

[AgnesIO]

Yes reading this thread would probably give you the idea that I have an iPhone... Your post pretty much shows how much people fuss over the iPhone. You'd probably be put into the category of people calling me a showoff for using it in public lol.

Excuse me? Why are you questioning my age? What position are you in to call my reasons lame, if you don't have one then you wouldn't understand.

I would rather have my Motorola Milestone than an iPhone 4.

[Agnostic Bear]

Yes reading this thread would probably give you the idea that I have an iPhone... Your post pretty much shows how much people fuss over the iPhone. You'd probably be put into the category of people calling me a showoff for using it in public lol.

Excuse me? Why are you questioning my age? What position are you in to call my reasons lame, if you don't have one then you wouldn't understand.

I didn't experience these issues, I am therefore accusing you of lying unless you live in a very poor area of England. Nobody cares about iPhones in the UK any more. And if you have an iPhone 4 even after knowing about all of these problems and then complain about it you have some issues that need resolving. (Hint: Stop talking about your iPhone and stop caring about it and all of your problems ~*magically go away*~)

[AgnesIO]

I didn't experience these issues, I am therefore accusing you of lying unless you live in a very poor area of England. Nobody cares about iPhones in the UK any more. And if you have an iPhone 4 even after knowing about all of these problems and then complain about it you have some issues that need resolving. (Hint: Stop talking about your iPhone and stop caring about it and all of your problems ~*magically go away*~)

I wouldn't go that far sadly.

Younger people seem to think an iPhone is the best invention ever - far better than the wheel.

[Recursion]

I didn't experience these issues, I am therefore accusing you of lying unless you live in a very poor area of England. Nobody cares about iPhones in the UK any more. And if you have an iPhone 4 even after knowing about all of these problems and then complain about it you have some issues that need resolving. (Hint: Stop talking about your iPhone and stop caring about it and all of your problems ~*magically go away*~)

Welcome back :P

[Minstrels]

Yes reading this thread would probably give you the idea that I have an iPhone... Your post pretty much shows how much people fuss over the iPhone. You'd probably be put into the category of people calling me a showoff for using it in public lol.

Excuse me? Why are you questioning my age? What position are you in to call my reasons lame, do you have an iPhone 4? If you don't then you won't understand.
Oh dear, shall we just get the MODs to close this pointless thread now? You say to Intel "Your post pretty much shows how much people fuss over the iPhone. You'd probably be put into the category of people calling me a showoff for using it in public lol." and then you say to me "do you have an iPhone 4? If you don't then you won't understand.", I'm not about anyone else however this strikes me as 'LOOK. LOOK. I AZ IPHONE 4.

I question your age because you remind me of a twelve year old. You seem like you want the world to know you've got the iPhone 4. You stated you had previous models, why do we need this information? Surely if you had previous models you would have felt the same about "loads of different groups of people that you wouldn't trust with a pound so it just feels so dodgy when making calls or texting people and you start to notice people looking at you", why didn't you create a thread earlier on about the worries you had when you had the other models? Why create a thread telling us about your worries when you're making a call? Out of interest, did you drop signal during these phone calls? Just wondering because I like to hold a phone call without dropping signal.

You say you're scared when you're out. Of whom? Adults? Big people? Is this because you're small? All these things would answer my confusion about your pretty lame moans at the iPhone. Surely it's not Apples fault you feel scared using it? If you 'love' the iPhone why create a thread crying over how annoying it is? Surely if you love it you can get over the annoying things (i.e. being scared of big people) and see that it's a decent bit of kit when it doesn't drop signal, doesn't get bricked by an update etc?

But I do find it bizarre that people crowd round you? From what I've witnessed everyone either has a Blackberry or an iPhone now? It's not the figure it once was, it's no longer 'oh wow!' it's more 'oh right :S'. It drops signal. It gets bricked by updates. Everyone has one. Oh wow? You have one? So does my mum! Hell yeah, she must be as cool as you.

[Apple]

I didn't experience these issues, I am therefore accusing you of lying unless you live in a very poor area of England. Nobody cares about iPhones in the UK any more. And if you have an iPhone 4 even after knowing about all of these problems and then complain about it you have some issues that need resolving. (Hint: Stop talking about your iPhone and stop caring about it and all of your problems ~*magically go away*~)

Well I don't live in the best of areas and our school is near quite a few rough areas to. I can imagine that in better schools/areas nobody will even blink an eye lid when someone gets one out but here it always gets quite a lot of fuss made out of it. Like on the last day of school in form, everyone had their phones out but as soon as I got mine out the attention I was getting was just hideous. I was getting pretty much all comments mentioned in my original post all at the same time lol. I'd just love to be able to have a phone that I can use anywhere without attracting any unwanted attention.

Also this is the first technology section of a forum I have ever seen where you actually get accused of showing off for discussing a piece of technology. At least it kind of proves my point anyway that it does attract a lot of unwanted attention such as getting called a showoff. :rolleyes:

[Recursion]

No no, if you went to any forum this thread may be considered a show off, not saying whether you are or not.. :P

Try it over at overclock.net :P

[Minstrels]

No no, if you went to any forum this thread may be considered a show off, not saying whether you are or not.. :P

Try it over at overclock.net :P
Don't encourage him, it'll reduce him to tears.

[Agnostic Bear]

Well I don't live in the best of areas and our school is near quite a few rough areas to. I can imagine that in better schools/areas nobody will even blink an eye lid when someone gets one out but here it always gets quite a lot of fuss made out of it. Like on the last day of school in form, everyone had their phones out but as soon as I got mine out the attention I was getting was just hideous. I was getting pretty much all comments mentioned in my original post all at the same time lol. I'd just love to be able to have a phone that I can use anywhere without attracting any unwanted attention.

Also this is the first technology section of a forum I have ever seen where you actually get accused of showing off for discussing a piece of technology. At least it kind of proves my point anyway that it does attract a lot of unwanted attention such as getting called a showoff. :rolleyes:

You are showing off so what's the problem? You complain that you get called a showoff whilst showing off and you get called a showoff.

Imagine this forum as a bunch of rich kids (Some of us are) with lots of technology talking about things they enjoy, not things that are the latest and shiniest. That is the technology forum. With the odd exception of a guy like you who walks in and boasts about his iPhone 4 (We all (for the most part) have better phones) and then gets yelled at and then they complain but it all blows over and nothing more is heard of it. That's pretty much what is happening here.

You shouldn't own an iPhone 4 unless you're in an area that doesn't care about it else it's just going to cause problems.

Now I'm off to Waitrose to go pick up some meat from the ~*FRESH MEAT COUNTER*~ for my dinner tonight. Spaghetti bolognese if you must know.

With Dolmio.

Light.

Because it tastes exactly the same as not light.

[Apple]

Oh dear, shall we just get the MODs to close this pointless thread now? You say to Intel "Your post pretty much shows how much people fuss over the iPhone. You'd probably be put into the category of people calling me a showoff for using it in public lol." and then you say to me "do you have an iPhone 4? If you don't then you won't understand.", I'm not about anyone else however this strikes me as 'LOOK. LOOK. I AZ IPHONE 4.

I question your age because you remind me of a twelve year old. You seem like you want the world to know you've got the iPhone 4. You stated you had previous models, why do we need this information? Surely if you had previous models you would have felt the same about "loads of different groups of people that you wouldn't trust with a pound so it just feels so dodgy when making calls or texting people and you start to notice people looking at you", why didn't you create a thread earlier on about the worries you had when you had the other models? Why create a thread telling us about your worries when you're making a call? Out of interest, did you drop signal during these phone calls? Just wondering because I like to hold a phone call without dropping signal.

You say you're scared when you're out. Of whom? Adults? Big people? Is this because you're small? All these things would answer my confusion about your pretty lame moans at the iPhone. Surely it's not Apples fault you feel scared using it? If you 'love' the iPhone why create a thread crying over how annoying it is? Surely if you love it you can get over the annoying things (i.e. being scared of big people) and see that it's a decent bit of kit when it doesn't drop signal, doesn't get bricked by an update etc?

But I do find it bizarre that people crowd round you? From what I've witnessed everyone either has a Blackberry or an iPhone now? It's not the figure it once was, it's no longer 'oh wow!' it's more 'oh right :S'. It drops signal. It gets bricked by updates. Everyone has one. Oh wow? You have one? So does my mum! Hell yeah, she must be as cool as you.

You don't really understand where I am coming from. The people who I dislike having my phone out near aren't "scary" because they are big and I am small (which isn't the case), it's because they are the sort that are from rough council estates who hang around in big groups and carry knives and such. Last time we were out SMB (some random gang) came to royton park, they had all their hideous location jackets with them balaclava type things on started trying to talk to us all. Now seeing as they are the type that will gang up on one person and kick the crap out of them just because he looked at them funny, anything of value you get out your pocket is going to be theres if they want it. Also answer this one please. If having an iPhone is in the norm now and everybody has one, surely it would be impossible to show off with it? Also why I have never got so pissed of with it before is because the iPhone has never been so high-profile. It's like everyone knows what it is now.

[Recursion]

Dunno why you're bothered, if this is srs business, you can just write the IMEI down somewhere at home then if it gets stolen it's no big deal, you ring your network's customer service, give them the IMEI and it makes them unusable for the most part.

[Minstrels]

You don't really understand where I am coming from. The people who I dislike having my phone out near aren't "scary" because I am big and they are small, it's because they are the sort that are from rough council estates who hang around in big groups and carry knives and such. Last time we were out SMB (some random gang) came to royton park, they had all their hideous location jackets with them balaclava type things on started trying to talk to us all. Now seeing as they are the type that will gang up on one person and kick the crap out of them just because he looked at them funny, anything of value you get out your pocket is going to be theres if they want it.
And why do I care about this?

[Robbie]

wtffff you're from oldham! smb lol.

[Apple]

wtffff you're from oldham! smb lol.

Haha lol, have you heard of them then or been hanging around with them? I used to think they were alright but I soon realised that was not the case.

[Robbie]

Haha lol, have you heard of them then or been hanging around with them? I used to think they were alright but I soon realised that was not the case.

naa, where abouts you live?

[AgnesIO]

Why the hell do you keep buying iphones if you are scared to bring one outside. That ruins the point ina a MOBILE phone.. now stop trolling PLEASE

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[Apple]

naa, where abouts you live?
Royton.

Why the hell do you keep buying iphones if you are scared to bring one outside. That ruins the point ina a MOBILE phone.. now stop trolling PLEASE

Because I have only recently started hanging out with all these different people. I'm not trolling, you are...

[Minstrels]

naa, where abouts you live?
Watch out for the claims of Collyhurst, Royton, Broughton, Longsight or or Cheetham Hill. :rolleyes:

[Apple]

Watch out for the claims of Collyhurst, Royton, Broughton, Longsight or or Cheetham Hill. :rolleyes:

What is that supposed to mean?

[Alexx..]

Trollololol. You're worried about being called a show-off yet you're showing off that you have an iphone. WUT?!

[Robbie]

Watch out for the claims of Collyhurst, Royton, Broughton, Longsight or or Cheetham Hill. :rolleyes:

:P ya it's Royton.

hahaha i wonder if I know you irl :P

[Apple]

Trollololol. You're worried about being called a show-off yet you're showing off that you have an iphone. WUT?!

Wtf seriously. How the hell am I "showing off"? This is the technology section to discuss technology, are we not allowed to say what technology we have? :S

And Robbie are you in the Royton area to?

[AgnesIO]

Royton.


Because I have only recently started hanging out with all these different people. I'm not trolling, you are...

By the looks of it, everyone thinks it is you that is trolling..

You haven't helped yourself after the episode in spam, you have made yourself so unbelieveable it's untrue lol

[Robbie]

Wtf seriously. How the hell am I "showing off"? This is the technology section to discuss technology, are we not allowed to say what technology we have? :S

And Robbie are you in the Royton area to?
naaaaaaaa

[Alexx..]

http://thebernoullitrial.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/shipment_of_fail.jpg

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[Apple]

Whatever Intel I cba arguing against the fact that I was showing off anymore. It's just unbelievable tbh, I can't imagine what all of you were like when the iPhone 4 got announced and people said "woot I've just ordered mine", bet you jumped on them like flys on ****. Maybe this thread belongs on MacRumors, I doubt anyone on their would call me a showoff lol. :rolleyes:

naaaaaaaa

But do you ever go to royton on friday/saturday nights? For all we know we could of met. :s

[Robbie]

Whatever Intel I cba arguing against the fact that I was showing off anymore. It's just unbelievable tbh, I can't imagine what all of you were like when the iPhone 4 got announced and people said "woot I've just ordered mine", bet you jumped on them like flys on ****. Maybe this thread belongs on MacRumors, I doubt anyone on their would call me a showoff lol. :rolleyes:


But do you ever go to royton on friday/saturday nights? For all we know we could of met. :s

Used to do in like year 8 lol.

[Agnostic Bear]

I can't imagine what all of you were like when the iPhone 4 got announced and people said "woot I've just ordered mine", bet you jumped on them like flys on ****.

Did you know: this forum holds posts more than a year old? You can actually go and see what our reactions were!

[Apple]

This thread is weird lol, how on earth does it come across as showing off? I'm just not the show off type, that's all.

[Rapidshare]

I have to agree with OP. My iphone already been dropped because someone snatched it to 'have' a look. Does not happen at all now, as I have the 3GS and the iPhone 4 is out but I can see where the OP is coming from.

[Special]

if i had one and people thought i was showing off, i'd just say i was just to make them **** off

[Describe]

lol@thelittlebandwagon.

Get a grip, he's posting about his iPhone 4. He isn't forcing you to read what he's writing or give him a reply.

[triston220]

http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2010/4/htc-hd-mini.jpg

This is my phone (which I got yesterday.) and I love it. :) You should have known the reputation of the iPhone before you bought it.

[Rapidshare]

http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2010/4/htc-hd-mini.jpg

This is my phone (which I got yesterday.) and I love it. :) You should have known the reputation of the iPhone before you bought it.

What the point of that post?

[Apple]

I have to agree with OP. My iphone already been dropped because someone snatched it to 'have' a look. Does not happen at all now, as I have the 3GS and the iPhone 4 is out but I can see where the OP is coming from.
I can imagine something like that happening to me. So was the difference in attention you got significant when you switched back to the 3GS? I suppose if you had a previous model all you have to say is "yh got it off ebay for £90, it freezes a lot", then in their eyes you aren't actually showing off anymore if that makes sense? That would make me feel more comfortable to have it out anyway.

if i had one and people thought i was showing off, i'd just say i was just to make them **** off
:o

lol@thelittlebandwagon.

Get a grip, he's posting about his iPhone 4. He isn't forcing you to read what he's writing or give him a reply.

Cheers, it's things like this that make me so paranoid about getting called a showoff. There's nothing worse than getting called a showoff.

[Rapidshare]

I always had the 3gs, I can expect you will be or already have going through a phrase where people will keep demanding to have a look. Dont let them, its your phone. Just because it an apple product doesn't mean they can have a look. Tell them to piss off or to be nice, tell them to visit their local apple store.

[Chippiewill]

Cheers, it's things like this that make me so paranoid about getting called a showoff. There's nothing worse than getting called a showoff.

Dying
Being tortured
Being told you have to be amputated
Your entire family dies
Being raped
Being forced to use a Pentium 2 computer
<insert some other of thousands of things worse than being called a show off>

Seriously, get your priorities straight and stop winging about your £400+ phone.

[Rapidshare]

Dying
Being tortured
Being told you have to be amputated
Your entire family dies
Being raped
Being forced to use a Pentium 2 computer
<insert some other of thousands of things worse than being called a show off>

Seriously, get your priorities straight and stop winging about your £400+ phone.

Check out the setup thread, that will certainly shut you up.

Enjoy the rep- .

[Jordy]

I always had the 3gs, I can expect you will be or already have going through a phrase where people will keep demanding to have a look. Dont let them, its your phone. Just because it an apple product doesn't mean they can have a look. Tell them to piss off or to be nice, tell them to visit their local apple store.lol that's the route to popularity i'm sure. it's just a phone, let people have a look. you should get a case or insurance if you've issues with letting people take a peek.

To be fair I think some iPhone users bring it on themselves, they constantly have their phone out, and often hold it in special ways just so people can see it's an iPhone or carry on about it constantly. I'm not saying 'Apple' does this but some iPhone users do and frankly if these people get harassed or mugged I couldn't care less. If you don't have your phone out every minute and cup it close to you, it'll just look like any other touch-screen phone to everyone else and you won't be bothered about it.

The iPhone is also not delicate, Apple products always have a fair amount of resistance particularly with cases. Whenever I've dropped HTCs, Nokias etc they fall to pieces or break up sometimes, iPhones don't do this (with the exception of the iPhone 4).

If you're not a show-off why are you worried about the iPhone 4s recent bad publicity and reputation?

Plus I do not believe this really seeing as most people have used or seen iPhones by now, there really isn't a buzz around them anymore. As an original iPhone user, surely you would know there was a much bigger fuss with them 3 years ago when they were very rare and miles ahead of other mobiles.

[Apple]

lol that's the route to popularity i'm sure. it's just a phone, let people have a look. you should get a case or insurance if you've issues with letting people take a peek.

To be fair I think some iPhone users bring it on themselves, they constantly have their phone out, and often hold it in special ways just so people can see it's an iPhone or carry on about it constantly. I'm not saying 'Apple' does this but some iPhone users do and frankly if these people get harassed or mugged I couldn't care less. If you don't have your phone out every minute and cup it close to you, it'll just look like any other touch-screen phone to everyone else and you won't be bothered about it.

The iPhone is also not delicate, Apple products always have a fair amount of resistance particularly with cases. Whenever I've dropped HTCs, Nokias etc they fall to pieces or break up sometimes, iPhones don't do this (with the exception of the iPhone 4).

If you're not a show-off why are you worried about the iPhone 4s recent bad publicity and reputation?

Plus I do not believe this really seeing as most people have used or seen iPhones by now, there really isn't a buzz around them anymore. As an original iPhone user, surely you would know there was a much bigger fuss with them 3 years ago when they were very rare and miles ahead of other mobiles.

If I am totally honest the reason why I never had any problems before was because my social life was almost non existent lol. Now that I am going out much more and hanging out with loads of new people I am starting to realise that having such an expensive piece of kit with you attracts too much unwanted attention. I'd just love to be able to have a phone that I can go on anywhere without fear of people attempting to mug me (lol) or getting accused of being a showoff for using it in front of everyone.

Has anyone ever had a W950i or resistive touch screen phone? My screen isn't responding to my touches (nail or stylus), I haven't got a clue what to do. It's normally just a case of doing a hard reboot or hooking it up to itunes and resetting it with my iphone. :l

[triston220]

What the point of that post?

I dunno. Just making a point.

[GommeInc]

Wtf seriously. How the hell am I "showing off"? This is the technology section to discuss technology, are we not allowed to say what technology we have? :S

And Robbie are you in the Royton area to?
Because you're coming off as showing off. You seem to be more excited to tell people what phone you have than the securities of modern day living in rough areas, and the effect having a smartphone has on you as a target for robbery. So far you've been focusing on the iPhone, than any expensive devices in general or the chances of being robbed, only caring about yourself and the iPhone. Infact, you've not really given anyone a chance to discuss this :P

Looking at the original post, you're delighting in the fact you're getting attention, rather than asking if anyone else notices the insecurities of owning a smartphone i.e. creating a discussion. I can see why people are calling you a show off, but I agree that expensive devices (not just the iPhone) get alot of attention. The main difference is that the iPhone gets extra attention for little to no rational reason with the price of used ones on ebay going for quite alot.

[Apple]

Because you're coming off as showing off. You seem to be more excited to tell people what phone you have than the securities of modern day living in rough areas, and the effect having a smartphone has on you as a target for robbery. So far you've been focusing on the iPhone, than any expensive devices in general or the chances of being robbed, only caring about yourself and the iPhone. Infact, you've not really given anyone a chance to discuss this :P

Looking at the original post, you're delighting in the fact you're getting attention, rather than asking if anyone else notices the insecurities of owning a smartphone i.e. creating a discussion. I can see why people are calling you a show off, but I agree that expensive devices (not just the iPhone) get alot of attention. The main difference is that the iPhone gets extra attention for little to no rational reason with the price of used ones on ebay going for quite alot.

I can understand where you are coming from. I guess it was just more of a rant. It just annoys me that I have to live such a "toned down" life if thats what you could call it. I'm not saying I'm rich or anything but certainly come from a more well of family than 99% of the people I hang around with. It's like even when I got something as little as new school shoes everyone just automatically assumed they were fake, obviously I never take them on. I guess it's hard for people to emphasise with me as not many people are in similar positions to me, just to make you realise how bad it actually is, when my dad picked me up from school the next day I got asked if he was a drug dealer... I suppose it's not really to bad, it's not rough as in people getting stabbed and such all the time, more just that they come from poorer backgrounds backgrounds. I don't mean to come across as self centred, I would really like to hear if anyone else has similar problems with their smart phone like a few that have already posted in the thread.

[Minstrels]

bump.

lol hows he a mod.

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