Why arent cell phones, phones anymore?

I agree with you that phones are really getting mechnized if you want to call it that. Some reall don't look like phones. My son has a blackberry storm and it looks nothing like a cell phone. It is a very expensive phone with lots of features that most people don't need. He has his won business, so he has internet, gps and all the other features phones have nowadays. I know it is just to expensive for me and I don't need all that stuff he has. It just isn't necessary whatsoever. Now if the the price would ever come down, I might consider it, but until then, I am staying with what I have.

I'm the same way with you... I don't want anything on my cell phone that I'm not going to use... I've had blackberry pearl 8120 for about a year because I needed it for my work... I'm on road a lot & I had to be in constant touch with my office so that's why I had blackberry... Now that I have a laptop & wireless service that's being paid for by work, I don't need the blackberry anymore... I went out & bought a 10 year old phone which is one of the most basic you could ever find... Well, I didn't "go out" but I bought it through ebay... It's nokia 8890... It makes & receives calls & text messages... That's it... No camera, no internet, not a thing on it except the most basic functions that the "phone" should have... I like it... I still have the same plan as I did before... Unlimited calling & unlimited messaging... I like it that way...

i don't like the new services that are being offered by the 3G technology and here in my country, we don't even have a 3G network and the people are satisfied with the good old GSM network. but there have been advancements and add-ons to this GSM network that has allowed for services like internet and TV on the cell phone. and GOSH these services are so damn expensive, and i can bet that there aren't much users of such services. to me, a perfect cell phone service is the one that allows calls, SMS (this is THE SERVICE for me) and maybe MMS... that's all. WAP is a big no, and i think that it is far easier and cheaper to access the same information via computer internet. well, i am currently a student of wireless communication and we have are studying the generations of network services and GSM (with the basic services of placing a call and SMS) has been the most successful out of the lot. the 3G has had a lukewarm response and that is particularly due to high costs. guess what, 4G technology is currently being developed in which each mobile will have it's own IP... that means that a mobile virtually connected to and can communicate any system with an IP. IP protocol is the one that is used over the internet, so to say in simple words, they are trying to merge everything to take 'communication' to a new level =P

well you can buy basic phones you dont need to have a new handset with all the technology. My mother is the same and bought her a nokia cant think of what model it was but it was a basic cheap phone cost about £30 on pay as you go, tho shes got a sim only deal with unlimited calls for about £14-00 a month.