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> Your phone is your personal property. It’s a public expression of who you are and what you stand for. Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate.

by Jdam 9y ago

chinathrow 9y ago
It's also not really our personal property when we can't use and repair it at will.
- DiThi 9y ago
  That's why I'm considering the Fairphone 2 as my next phone.
  - organsnyder 9y ago
    Those phones look really intriguing to me. I feel no need to keep up with the latest flagships—I just want a phone that is good enough, as long as the camera is decent. If Fairphone produces a phone with USB-C charging and sells it in the United States, I'm sold.
mrwilhelm 9y ago
Too much mission for a device.
joatmon-snoo 9y ago
> Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate. And your treatment of your smartphone as such is a public expression of who you are and what you stand for ;)
- freehunter 9y ago
  Yeah, going out of your way to make sure everyone knows that your phone is just a communications tool is a louder expression of your personality than a bright pink Hello Kitty case IMO.
  - MisterBastahrd 9y ago
    That's totally why I have a phone with a simple black case. It's not because I went with the most pragmatic case in a color that matched the phone, but because I secretly want to be a special ops ninja, but because of dress code requirements, I'm only able to put my phone in a tuxedo.
- noir_lord 9y ago
  I have a nexus 4 that is battered, the back glass got broken a couple of years after I got it and I just taped up the back with black electrical tape. My gf says I'm the worst geek she's ever known since I use a nearly 7 year old PC, 4 year old laptop and a 4 year old trashed phone. So if my phone is an expression of anything it's that I don't replace things that still work.
duxup 9y ago
I'd like to know what their take is regarding what their product and all the other phone's (and by extension me...) "stand for".

> Your phone is your personal property. It’s a public expression of who you are and what you stand for. Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate.

by Jdam 9y ago

> Your phone is your personal property. It’s a public expression of who you are and what you stand for. Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate.

chinathrow 9y ago

It's also not really our personal property when we can't use and repair it at will.

DiThi 9y ago
That's why I'm considering the Fairphone 2 as my next phone.
- organsnyder 9y ago
  Those phones look really intriguing to me. I feel no need to keep up with the latest flagships—I just want a phone that is good enough, as long as the camera is decent. If Fairphone produces a phone with USB-C charging and sells it in the United States, I'm sold.

mrwilhelm 9y ago

Too much mission for a device.

joatmon-snoo 9y ago

> Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate. And your treatment of your smartphone as such is a public expression of who you are and what you stand for ;)

freehunter 9y ago
Yeah, going out of your way to make sure everyone knows that your phone is just a communications tool is a louder expression of your personality than a bright pink Hello Kitty case IMO.
- MisterBastahrd 9y ago
  That's totally why I have a phone with a simple black case. It's not because I went with the most pragmatic case in a color that matched the phone, but because I secretly want to be a special ops ninja, but because of dress code requirements, I'm only able to put my phone in a tuxedo.
noir_lord 9y ago
I have a nexus 4 that is battered, the back glass got broken a couple of years after I got it and I just taped up the back with black electrical tape. My gf says I'm the worst geek she's ever known since I use a nearly 7 year old PC, 4 year old laptop and a 4 year old trashed phone. So if my phone is an expression of anything it's that I don't replace things that still work.

duxup 9y ago

I'd like to know what their take is regarding what their product and all the other phone's (and by extension me...) "stand for".