What smartphone do you have?

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Nexus 5 here as well. I used to carry a tablet around, but felt that it's too bulky and you pretty much get the same functionality from a smartphone. I find that attendings are not very tolerant to the idea of students using smartphones on the wards or inside the clinic, where I come from. Is it the same in the US?
 
DYT said:
Nexus 5 here as well. I used to carry a tablet around, but felt that it's too bulky and you pretty much get the same functionality from a smartphone. I find that attendings are not very tolerant to the idea of students using smartphones on the wards or inside the clinic, where I come from. Is it the same in the US?
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I think its actually encouraged in wards unless you are using it while they are talking or someone is presenting. Need elucidation from someone actually in 3rd/4th year.
 
iPhone 4 here. Great for putting reminders in/getting directions/calender/email/etc. but screen is too small and it is too slow to look up stuff on the fly. If I find this is important in clerkships I will probably take my Kindle Fire or get another cheap tablet.
 
iPhone 4s - I think it's silly to have a non-iPhone if you have a Mac
 
iPhone 5. You can text anyone with an iPhone anywhere in the world for free (iphone->iphone is free via iMessage). Plus, I don't go to school in my home state so I can communicate with friends/family who have iPhones with facetime. I guess it goes hand in hand with my Macbook/iPad. I was never a big apple fan before med school but after the iPad came out, I was hooked.
 
I have an LG Optimus Pro G. The larger screen is awesome for looking stuff up if needed, but mostly awesome for doing flashcards on the go.
 
eefen said:
I have an LG Optimus Pro G. The larger screen is awesome for looking stuff up if needed, but mostly awesome for doing flashcards on the go.
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You should have spent the money on restorative dentistry and needs (food, water, shelter). Shame on you! 😉
 
NeuroSpeed said:
Droid Razr Maxx HD + 2nd Gen Nexus 7 Tablet
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Droid Razr Maxx HD here too (since MS3). From spring of MS1 to late MS3, I had a droid 2 (with the slide out keyboard), but it needed upgrading. This one is way faster and doesn't lag at all.

Love my current phone. Lasts 2-3 days/charge easy, it's rooted so I've deleted most of the BS pre-installed apps, and I have a small cheap case (< 10 bucks) that's protected it from any small drops. I think I notice a small chip in the bottom portion of the anterior face, but the screen isn't cracked so it's all good.
 
evilbooyaa said:
Droid Razr Maxx HD here too (since MS3). From spring of MS1 to late MS3, I had a droid 2 (with the slide out keyboard), but it needed upgrading. This one is way faster and doesn't lag at all.

Love my current phone. Lasts 2-3 days/charge easy, it's rooted so I've deleted most of the BS pre-installed apps, and I have a small cheap case (< 10 bucks) that's protected it from any small drops. I think I notice a small chip in the bottom portion of the anterior face, but the screen isn't cracked so it's all good.
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I don't use a case on mine. Dropped it several times since I bought it more than year ago and barely a scratch. Absolutely love how solid it is; everything else I was looking at just felt cheap in my hands. I haven't bothered rooting it. Only problem with it so far has been that it corrupted the MicroSD card I put in it.
 
NeuroSpeed said:
I don't use a case on mine. Dropped it several times since I bought it more than year ago and barely a scratch. Absolutely love how solid it is; everything else I was looking at just felt cheap in my hands. I haven't bothered rooting it. Only problem with it so far has been that it corrupted the MicroSD card I put in it.
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You definitely don't need a case. I am just used to my phones having a small dark grey-ish case so the black backside doesn't show dirt/fingerprints as much.
 
I'm done with this.
 
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For iPhone people, I'd recommend a scratch guard layer over the screen. That's about it.

The $2.00 case I bought for my iPhone is way better than the $30 "shock-proof" case I bought and got rid of.
 
Lifeproof baby. Can answer calls while working on the car then dunk it in the sink to clean it later 🙂 They have awesome customer service, as well.
 
Galaxy SIII, much cheaper than iPhone; screen is too small though.
What's wrong with S5? Why is it a disappointment?
 
Nephronlearner said:
Galaxy SIII, much cheaper than iPhone; screen is too small though.
What's wrong with S5? Why is it a disappointment?
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s5 is an incremental upgrade, at best, not anything groundbreaking or innovative. But to be fair, the general public's insatiable thirst for the cutting edge and expanded frontiers inevitably leads to disappointment. samsung's not the only victim of this.
 
I'm done with this.
 
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I think we have almost reached a plateau in current mobile phone technology. We have quad cores, plenty of RAM, strong GPUs. The next leap would be in battery technology, which is rather disappointing right now. And also using your phone as a PC, by connecting a monitor to it and dual booting Linux. Imagine connecting your phone to a monitor, and start working on a presentation right away. Very useful. There are some solutions right now, but they're not practical. IMO, the next market giant would present a phone that could dual boot a PC OS at demand.
 
I'm done with this.
 
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Only Apply product I own. I moved over from Nexus 4 and wow, is it better. Never lags, easy to use.....everything just works (couldn't always say that about Android)
 
DYT said:
I think we have almost reached a plateau in current mobile phone technology. We have quad cores, plenty of RAM, strong GPUs. The next leap would be in battery technology, which is rather disappointing right now. And also using your phone as a PC, by connecting a monitor to it and dual booting Linux. Imagine connecting your phone to a monitor, and start working on a presentation right away. Very useful. There are some solutions right now, but they're not practical. IMO, the next market giant would present a phone that could dual boot a PC OS at demand.
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Atrix does that right now, but its a mobile os so not that great. Ubuntu mobile is trying to develop a mobile OS that can be used as a full OS. Last time I checked on that was 2 years ago.

blizzah said:
ip5

Only Apply product I own. I moved over from Nexus 4 and wow, is it better. Never lags, easy to use.....everything just works (couldn't always say that about Android)
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IP5 and Nexus 4 was a decently big jump.


I ended up getting Nexus 5. Even though I own a Mac, I wasn't buying a phone on contract so getting a phone off contract was where I made my cost decision. I don't have an Ipad so sharing apps was nearly useless between my mac and if I bought an iphone I wouldn't need their ecosystem. I don't have much music I bought through apple just 2 soundtracks so no biggie. I really fail to see any other benefit I'd get out of Apple phone having an Mac and not using cloud functions except google drive for some lab work I do. Got Anki Droid and its working well and thats really all I cared about in a phone was to use Anki.

If I failed to realize anything, let me know.
 
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