Say hello to the worst list you’ll read all day. It’s Consumer Reports’ idea of the Top 5 Smartphones, and I think you’ll agree that it misses the mark. There’s the Samsung Blackjack II, the T-Mobile Wing, the Motorola Q9C, the T-Mobile Shadow and the BlackBerry Pearl Flip. I’m not lying when I say that I’ve heard of, at most, like two of those phones, and I do this stuff all day long.
Missing from the list, obviously, is the iPhone 3G, which is absurd. Peter and I may hate on the iPhone 3G from time to time, but you can’t seriously tell me that the Blackjack II is a superior device.? Nor is there any love for the G1! And fully 40 percent of those phones are T-Mo exclusives. Obviously the person(s) who put this together doesn’t live so much as 30 miles north of NYC, since T-Mo up here is equivalent to stringing two tin cans together in order to make a call. (We also don’t get T-Mo 3G on our property.)
Perhaps we should take into account that Consumer Reports is primarily read by older people who are inherently afraid of technology, but I’d say this list is, at best, a little off.
via jkOnTheRun
Yea because people don’t count the iphone and the g1 as an smartphone. When ever someone says smartphone the first thing that comes in mind is windows mobile phone. Iphone and G1 are sended from heaven and everyone knows they are the best cell phones ever made and don’t forget the diamond one of the top phones.
u want funny, nicholas? pick up the consumer reports issue with their comprehensive cell phone guide, and peep their picks for best phones overall. total joke.
ha ha, peep their picks, peep their picks … ha ha ha …
You haven’t heard of more than 2 of these? Where do I send my application? I’ve heard of all of these phones and I do this all day..as well as holding a real job.
But the list still sucks. If consumer reports is for old farts who are afraid of tech…then WinMo isn’t a good path to go down.
Only 2 at most? You are kidding right? I’m thinking the wrong people are getting laid off.
“I’m not lying when I say that I’ve heard of, at most, like two of those phones, and I do this stuff all day long.” Nicholas, we need you to PAY ATTENTION!! pick up a phone you have heard about, call home and tell them your career as a technology reporter isn’t going well.
turban is dirty, your mother is dirty