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  • Cell phones (was: Re: Exploring BBSes)

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to MIKE POWELL on Mon Nov 11 08:36:50 2019
    Mike wrote --

    I have had it over 5 years now, so it is more durable
    than I would have assumed when I got it.

    I mainly replaced my phones when the cameras became better.
    When I started taking pictures of violators it was with a Polaroid
    digital camera that I downloaded at home and e-mailed to the office. That was a poor camera, the photos came out like a Monet painting.
    I got a cell phone for two reasons: cheaper in the long run over the
    landline and instead of carrying a bulky camera I could use the phone.
    That was still download at home and mail to the office.
    Then when data became available I replaced it, then on up the line to
    wifi.
    I started with a Motorola flip phone and on through other androids to my current iPhone, which has a great camera. And at $150 it was the most expensive phone I had brought, all the others were the $50 range.
    Joe
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to JOE MACKEY on Mon Nov 11 13:41:00 2019
    I started with a Motorola flip phone and on through other androids to my current iPhone, which has a great camera. And at $150 it was the most expensive phone I had brought, all the others were the $50 range.

    The camera is the only feature I use with regularity that I would likely
    lose if I ever downgrade. That said, when I want to be sure to get the
    best pictures, I usually have my old Fuji FinePix digital with me, too. I
    have found that it still takes better pictures than my 5 y/o Android or
    even the newer iphone that they issued me at work. The digital zoom just
    is not as good as having an actual zoom lens.

    Mike


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