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[Hammer278]

I still got the Nokia C3 even though I planned to get a 'smartphone' over a year ago...I still can't find a reason why I need one. Except for the free sms thing...my basic phone does everything I need it to do! I can't wrap my head around the fact that the smartphone has now become the 'basic phone' to have!

[Jabberwocky]

I would find it hard to going back to not having a non smart phone.

[Hammer278]

I would find it hard to going back to not having a non smart phone.

A couple of double negatives here....after reading it twice, it means you'd find it hard going back to a smartphone?

[Jabberwocky]

Yes. I went back and re wrote the start of the sentence.

[Jabberwocky]

Think I need a clear out!!!!

[What's Burning?]

I just came across the first device to make me think about retiring my Samsung Note II, it will all depend on the battery life but this is a very slick phone, feels very solidly constructed it has no physical buttons in front and the display is perfect with no discernible pixelation whatsoever. Also have to tip my hat at Motorola/Google for using "made in America" as a marketing tool.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Motorola chief executive Dennis Woodside confirmed that the company’s next phone will be called the “Moto X” today at D11, a technology conference.

In addition, he said, “the Moto X will be the first smartphone to be built entirely in the United States.”

The company will be sourcing its phone’s 1,100 components from all around the world, including 12 states in the U.S. — the processor from Taiwan, the OLED screen from South Korea — but at least 70 percent of the components will be put together at a factory outside Fort Worth, Texas.

The 45,000-square-foot factory will employ about 2,000 people by August. It’s the site of a former Nokia factory, which employed 16,000 people about 15 years ago, before Nokia shut it down.

By bringing its manufacturing home to the same country where it does most of its engineering and design, Motorola (now owned by Google) will have a competitive advantage, Woodside said.

“When your phone manufacturing is thousands of miles away from your designers and your engineers, you lose the ability to innovate,” he said.

With the new factory, by contrast, “we think that’s going to allow us to innovate and iterate much faster,” he said.
The Moto X will have “broad distribution,” Woodside said, meaning many carriers — and he added that carriers seemed excited about the new phone.

[LRW]

Motorola....

Didn't know they still made phones....

[What's Burning?]

Motorola....

Didn't know they still made phones....

They're owned by Google now, this is their first real flagship lauch under the Google business model.

[vaptin]

I still got the Nokia C3 even though I planned to get a 'smartphone' over a year ago...I still can't find a reason why I need one. Except for the free sms thing...my basic phone does everything I need it to do! I can't wrap my head around the fact that the smartphone has now become the 'basic phone' to have!

They are pretty cool, lots of neat useful stuff, but yeah, not really basic communication tools.

[LRW]

Motorola....

Didn't know they still made phones....

They're owned by Google now, this is their first real flagship lauch under the Google business model.

Ok, I did not know THAT.

[LRW]

I still got the Nokia C3 even though I planned to get a 'smartphone' over a year ago...I still can't find a reason why I need one. Except for the free sms thing...my basic phone does everything I need it to do! I can't wrap my head around the fact that the smartphone has now become the 'basic phone' to have!

They are pretty cool, lots of neat useful stuff, but yeah, not really basic communication tools.

One thing I very rarely do on my phone is...... Make phone calls....

[vaptin]

I still got the Nokia C3 even though I planned to get a 'smartphone' over a year ago...I still can't find a reason why I need one. Except for the free sms thing...my basic phone does everything I need it to do! I can't wrap my head around the fact that the smartphone has now become the 'basic phone' to have!

They are pretty cool, lots of neat useful stuff, but yeah, not really basic communication tools.

Stuff like note taking, calenders, pictures, maps, GPS, looking up information, videos, audio recording, lots of apps have cool features too.

[What's Burning?]

everything I said up there... the pre-release model I have is still made in China.

[andrew]

I still got the Nokia C3 even though I planned to get a 'smartphone' over a year ago...I still can't find a reason why I need one. Except for the free sms thing...my basic phone does everything I need it to do! I can't wrap my head around the fact that the smartphone has now become the 'basic phone' to have!

They are pretty cool, lots of neat useful stuff, but yeah, not really basic communication tools.

Stuff like note taking, calenders, pictures, maps, GPS, looking up information, videos, audio recording, lots of apps have cool features too.

Yeah but most app's are totally pointless and are soley designed to seperate stupid people from their cash.

[LRW]

I still got the Nokia C3 even though I planned to get a 'smartphone' over a year ago...I still can't find a reason why I need one. Except for the free sms thing...my basic phone does everything I need it to do! I can't wrap my head around the fact that the smartphone has now become the 'basic phone' to have!

They are pretty cool, lots of neat useful stuff, but yeah, not really basic communication tools.

Stuff like note taking, calenders, pictures, maps, GPS, looking up information, videos, audio recording, lots of apps have cool features too.

Yeah but most app's are totally pointless and are soley designed to seperate stupid people from their cash.

Yeah but you don't download most apps. You download the useful ones.

What apps do you have.....?