We always talk about the most useful applications, the newest and most important features, we make bulleted and numbered lists, top 5s or top 10s. But what about the least used features, you know, those you explore once every few days, weeks or months, or those you don’t explore at all?
I know that what I’m about to say is almost unethical knowing that I’m passionate about phones, but the least used feature on my S60 phone is… the phone. The dial, the ring ring, the hello, the hang up. Yes, the actual PHONE feature. I don’t use it unless I really have to and there’s no other way around it. If it was up to me, I wouldn’t answer calls either. It’s such an intrusion to my life and a very poor way of communication, in my personal opinion.
I’d much rather see the person, talk to them face to face, because I am a lot into facial expressions, body gestures and personal interaction. The phone doesn’t allow that. Instead, it requires me to try to understand what the other person is saying or feeling, just by the tone of their voice, and focus on that. I can’t. I need visuals. It makes more sense to me to send an SMS then to call, because in both ways I don’t get a lot of interaction and at least with an SMS, I’m not making the other person stop and answer me right now.
I was just reading Aaron’s tips and tricks for the N82 (lots of good tips, recommended read) when I decided to try the first one. I pressed *#92702689# and waited to see how many hours my N82 has been used for calls, received and dialled. 5 hours 43 minutes. That’s since I got it on July 4th: almost 3 months and a half, AND I moved countries so it was a time when I was prompted to make calls. Most of these 5 hours, believe me, went to the VISA department of the French embassy.
You can surely imagine that I used the camera, the GPS, the web browser and the music player much much more than 5h 43min in 3 months! How about you, what’s your least used feature on S60? And if you could remove one feature that annoys you, what would it be?
