The Worst phone you've ever owned...

[turn_key]

My samsung upstage was the worst for me. The front screen is too small to be used effectively for anything but looking at a single phone number, and forget about text messaging; regular key pad on the front and could never figure out how to enter text from the back.

The mp3 player side worked except the damn touch pad was sensitive and if you didn't touch it in the right spot it would go back to the main menu and cancel everything you were doing. Browsing was near impossible. Text had to be entered in the front screen then flipped to the other side, and accidentally touching the pad cancelled everything

The battery life sucked and was not user replaceable. If I forgot to charge it during the night, I got through about a half hour before it died the next day. Samsung gives a battery pouch that added hours of talk time but it kind of defeated the purpose of having a phone that small, and if the battery was dead the external battery didn't charge the phone anyway.

The only good things I can say about it was the size, a little bigger than the ipod nano, I could always keep it in my pocket. It was a good mp3 player also except the proprietary plug; the adapter added another 2 feet to my ear buds.

A dishonorable mention for my wife's razr as well. She had the same problems as mentioned above.

[DacyJ]

Wirelessly posted (supercalifragilisticexpialidoc)

I would honestly have to say my Bold, I hate how awesome it is, the kick ass screen, wifi, email and all the other cool crap this P.O.S does, I don't know why anyone would ever want one of these. PM me and ill give you my address so you can send me your Bolds ill take that junk off your hands free of charge!

No just joshing, prolly my att tilt, it was junk.

[SeanK89]

for me, its either the Siemens c350 or the Phillips "Savvy"

[koki]

the original sidekick with the grey screen(what was i thinking) and the moto V710 the phone just never worked and then anything with winMo

[Lucius J. Belmont]

I didn't own it per se, but a job I had saddled us with Nextel walkie-talkie phones on belt clips, had to be available day and night. It was big and heavy and startling, like wearing a monkey on your hip that sometimes chattered at you when you were sleeping or doing other things, and I can't count how many times I whanged it into something because it was so huge and stuck out so far from my waist. It didn't do anything except be a poor-quality phone and annoy the crap out of me, but I still had to carry it everywhere. At least these days if a job staples a BES to you it's a little better than this monstrosity.

[davistld01]

This is going to sound bizarre...but the worst phone I have ever used is probably the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl. I know I'll get flamed for that...since there are tons of very happy Pearl users, and maybe my experience was a fluke...but I promise, if the Pearl had been the only BlackBerry ever made, I would not be on this forum using a BlackBerry today. Weird, but true.

I went from my then favorite phone (SE w810i) to the Pearl, and after an evening of dropped calls, poor reception, awful call quality and loud "skronk, skronk" of the trackball...not to mention the weirdness of the SureType keypad that I could never figure out...I rushed to my then-Cingular store the next morning to return the Pearl for another w810i. I couldn't wait...

I'm glad my first experience didn't deter me from giving BlackBerry another chance. I'm hooked now...and having played with several Pearls since then, I know I must have gotten a rotten handset or something, but I didn't know any better.

[Jadey]

Originally Posted by davistld01

... loud "skronk, skronk" of the trackball...

Actual real LOL at that. I've had a few devices that made the sound you described.

[dankarlinski]

Originally Posted by davistld01

This is going to sound bizarre...but the worst phone I have ever used is probably the BlackBerry 8100 Pearl. I know I'll get flamed for that...since there are tons of very happy Pearl users, and maybe my experience was a fluke...but I promise, if the Pearl had been the only BlackBerry ever made, I would not be on this forum using a BlackBerry today. Weird, but true.

I went from my then favorite phone (SE w810i) to the Pearl, and after an evening of dropped calls, poor reception, awful call quality and loud "skronk, skronk" of the trackball...not to mention the weirdness of the SureType keypad that I could never figure out...I rushed to my then-Cingular store the next morning to return the Pearl for another w810i. I couldn't wait...

I'm glad my first experience didn't deter me from giving BlackBerry another chance. I'm hooked now...and having played with several Pearls since then, I know I must have gotten a rotten handset or something, but I didn't know any better.

its got to hear u kept with it.

the pearl does get mixed reviews b/c of the keypad, but blackberry as a whole is the best phone u can find.

[.Shaun]

a razr.. worst choice i've ever made..

[knottyrope]

I liked my razr when it worked. To bad phone guy here always bought refurbs and mine never worked for long.

I like my BlackJack.

[Meecht]

My current phone, a Pantech Duo.

Sound's muffled and keys don't like to register the fact that I press them, both the keyboard and the dialpad.

[dankarlinski]

i had a RAZR once. it made me mad. i chucked it at the wall. Moto replaced it under warentee. i said i "dropped it out of the car". i sold it after i got the replacement

[bembol]

I only had a few but the Motorola RAZR V3c is the worst.

[Doball]

The worst phone I ever had was the one I just replaced. The VX6700. Verizon Windows mobile. Always crashed, s...l....o.......w, and the touch screen always butt dialed. But I love my BB (even thought I'm still trying to figure out the settings)

[erkzh]

those old nokias.. not stylish but dang were they durable. my worst would have to be a nokia 1260 tho. no features at alll. didnt even call well.

[inosaris]

I've liked all my phones. Snake on the old nokias = best game ever. Plus you could punt it across a parking lot and still work just fine

[rachel308]

I had some pieces at the beginning, but they weren't disappointing at the time, like the Qualcomms and the first generation Sanyos...At the time they worked as good as anything out, we just didn't knowwhat was coming!

My worst phone was my first BB: 7100t on IDEN...That made me swear off BBs for a LONG time! I was surprised when I tried the Pearl (of believe me- I made VERY sure there was an option to return!)

RIM has come a long way in a few years though, the new generations of BBs are very good, and I love my pearl. I suppose I'll upgrade to a curve or something when it dies, but for now I'm more than satisifed. And my husband would never have owned a "smartphone", but I don't think he could live without his curve now...

[GnuHouse]

Either my old Samsung flip (can't remember the model number) or my Nokia 6265i on Telus will take it. The Samsung flip would consistently miss calls and put them straight into voicemail. No rhyme nor reason, sometimes it would sit there with full bars and then I would see my little message indicator light come on.

The 6265i started off good, but then I started to get the dreaded white screen of death. Thing would get caught in a loop when it booted, pretty much bricking the phone. I would have to go through about 15 minutes of entering in a five digit code to get the thing to reset and then come back to life in order to use it.

[IronBloodUS]

Hmm, as far as old phones I'd say most Kyocera's are giants pieces of poo.

Newer phones, I haven't much troubel really..just small things that bug me.

Example..

I really don't like Windows Mobile in general, so I wasn't a fan of my Shadow.

The OS on my Motorola Rokr E8 was super laggy. I stuck with it for half a year thought because the jog wheel was awesome and the disappearing keypad was fun to show off and mess with.

[jsconyers]

The worst phone I've ever owned was my Moto KRZR K1m. That this was so buggy and lagged so bad. I don't think I'll ever recommend a Motorola to anyone after that nightmare.

[JucciK]

Oooo had to the the LG Chocolate. I would have to watch how long my phone call was. It has a habit of overheating. I would have to shut it down and put it in the freezer under a bag of veggies for a few minutes before I could continue my conversation.

[Mattywalnuts]

Moto Q Black, no lie battery lasted 8 hours with push email activated.

And this was straight out of the box.

[Ginalovessharks]

MotoRKR z6m. I have had two of them. The first one started falling apart so I had it replaced and the replacement (that was brand new) didn't hold a charge, rarely let me access the internet, and powered off at random times.

[The Sage]

The Motorola T720 was the worst POS phone ever for me. Poor reception and poor ringer volume made this a miserable phone.

[MikeLip]

Motorola Hint (AKA QA30). It LOOKS great. Nice small form factor if sort of chunky. Full keyboard. Nice display.

The keyboard looks good but is horrible to use. You cannot hit just one key. Crashed frequently - a problem reported constantly once I looked up the model on the web. Call quality was OK. Finally died completely in 48 hours - they could not even pull contacts off it.

Ugh. Horrible. I expected at least a usable phone from Motorola.

[Sarah.Jayne]

my worst phone for textig was the motorola Razr. Like one of the people said above , the text took like ten seconds to keep up with you and sometimes when you even took a picture , it would crash , it would keep turning off too. also i had prblems with the bluetooth , it wouldnt pick up anyones phone.

i had a PDA just like the iphone and i got rid of it because of how it texted , it was so bad , i couldnt really text with my hands or even work it with my hands because the buttons were too small .

i love my blackberry 7290 , it might be older but i love it , its simple yet it does everythink you want it too , the new blackberrys are overpriced and over hyped to be fair.

but i find everyone is each to there own , somepeople love the iphone , some people love the motorola's . Everyones different (: .

[blue_and_gold]

I had one of those phones in my grandpa's jeep he gave me! i loved it... for a week or so. I think razr's are the worst phones invented havnt been more angered in my life, and i would also have to say windows mobile devices are shit as well

[Sarah.Jayne]

i must edmit i did love the razor to begin with because i loved its camera and i thought it was just a tidy simple phone , but them it just sorta started messing up.

[soonerbean]

Ok so my worst phone and this is pretty crazy because my first phone was with Cricket and it was a Nokia 5??? brick looking thing..... but the WORST was my Sprint HTC Touch 6900, what a piece I cannot believe I kept it for the 2 months I did. It was so annoying not having a hard keyboard and add in the constant WM resets sucks.

Motorola made a bang a money off the Razor though that's for sure !

[kathrynhr]

Originally Posted by inosaris

I've liked all my phones.

+1. I've never had a phone I didn't like.

I was most frustrated with my Pearl (TMO 8100), b/c it seemed like all the BB apps I wanted at the time weren't available for the Pearl. Not the fault of the phone, tho.

[ekk20]

i would say all my samsung phones.

they look amazing, but doesn't have the functions.

[ekk20]

oh HTC as well. They lagged on me very badly.

[FantasticPhotos]

have a few:

all generations of sidekick (I had all generations) it was good for broswing, and texting and email, but the phone quality sucked, big time, people sounded like they were underwater.

i had some phone called samsung, i forgot the model on it, but it was silver and it was a shell shaped phone...the quality sound of talk wise sucked, and it wasnt used for internet so never got internet for it.

and the palm centro didnt even have it for a week when i changed it to my bb curve that i have now.

[usblues1965]

the worst one I ever had was the phone I had before I got the Curve. Its the LG Voyager, my GF is using it now till her two-and-new comes up, then she is getting a Tour (well I'm getting her one, luck broad) The phone actually was ok when I had it, it didn't have enough memory to do all that it was supposed to, but after VZW released a firmware update, the phone tanked. A phone call causes a massive memory leak, it will re-boot in minutes after a phone call, and actually if the call is long enough the phone will re-boot in mid-call. The phone itself is fine, but the messed up firmware ruined it completely, and its been out long enough that VZW isn't in a hurry to fix it.

[Baller.]

Well my old LG chocolate liked to call the most recent person in my call log all the time, including my friends dads house....yeahh i called him at like 3am

[kurichan]

That's EZ.

Blackberry Storm.

Battery sucking, crashing, clunky interfaced productivity block.

[stricni]

haha this is fun!!! i have worked for verizonwireless for 5 years in a retail store. i can honestly say that the blackberry storm has to take the cake!!! its not that its a horrible phone but it is the hardest phone to get used to. it has about a 50% return rate. i cringe everytime someone comes into my store and wants to buy that phone without even looking at it!

[bocaccio]

The Instinct. It miskeyed. Deleted entire msgs, froze, i have to do batt pull at least a few times a day, the apps are just horrible for it. I'm tired and i could go on forever about how i hated that cell.

[Zubbyy]

I love this thread. RAZRs getting bashed left and right :3

[jacobsaa]

A kyocera large flip with verizon. I had so many data losses and it couldnt hold a battery charge. It was heartbreaking.