What do you look for in a Mobile/Cell Phone?

[shawshankraj]

Pretty simple question what do you look for?

Phone that has 3G?
Phone that has Camera?
Phone that has MP3 Inbuilt?
Phone that is easy to install Games?
Phone that has many apps?

[Mihai]

An ideal phone will have it all but if it has mp3 and a decent camera it's fine to me.

[splicer]

I just make sure that there is a phone feature within the phone.

[anon]

Phone that has 3G?
Phone that has Camera?
Phone that has MP3 Inbuilt?
Phone that is easy to install Games?
Phone that has many apps?

• 3G: it's still quite expensive in my country, and after you download 500MB they throttle you down to GPRS speeds, so no.
• Camera: yes, it's a nice feature.
• Built-in MP3: already have my portable media player for that.
• Easy to install games: yes! I play on my mobile a lot...
• Many apps: doesn't matter as long as it has a good J2ME implementation and enough space.

So I think the features I care about the most would be:

• SMS and an actual phone (even though I never reply)
• J2ME support
• Alarm clock
• Wi-Fi, or GPRS at least
• Bluetooth
• And most important, a good battery duration

[nokia]

Phone that can send & receive [ just like the lan cards ]

[kazuya]

Ability to send sms and to call somebody.a good battery and solid chase so it don't breaks so fast.bluetooth,alarm,clock,calendar and calculator

[nokia]

Ability to send sms and to call somebody.a good battery and solid chase so it don't breaks so fast.bluetooth,alarm,clock,calendar and calculator

without the bluetooth , you are describing my phone
3310 .

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good battery , meybe that's the most important thing when you're looking for a phone

[DarkSaibot v.1.3.10]

On a mobile phone i'm looking:

1. to work.
2. to have a battery that don't runout in 1 day.
3. to have a good signal and to not leave me when i'm in a conversation
4. to send the sms properly

[alpacino]

I really don't fancy 3G, mp3, video and photo in cell phones.

What I really look for is if it can send and receive calls, SMS. A good contact list, agenda, alarm clock, and maybe some very simple games to let hours pass, like that old snake game.

[Samanoske]

I guess it's only fair if I mention in advance that I'm speaking out of an iPhone user's experience :)

• All the basic call and messaging functions
• A decent camera with video recording capabilities *hints Apple*
• WiFi is a definite must
• A large TFT screen that can deliver a decent personal cinematic experience
• The magic media managment platform we know as the iPod
• An organized, well-updated source for 3rd party software (again, refering to the iPhone)