Tell me about your NON-smartphone (Nokia, LG, Samsung, Blackberry)

Hi! We are currently working on improving our iPhone and Android apps. We are also building a Windows Phone app. 

But for the rest of you, tell me about the OTHER phones you have! Nokia, Symbian, Blackberry, LG, etc. I want to know! 

What model do you have?

How do you download apps?

Do you play games?

Does it have internet?

Is it touchscreen?

Does it play videos?

What Chess.com features would you like to see supported?

Finally, please submit your survey answer here: http://www.chess.com/survey/what-kind-of-phone-do-you-use-so-we-can-improve-our-apps

I have Samsung (but not Android! It's Java.)

And quite frankly, I wouldn't care to play chess on it. I have my computers for that! 

I have Sumsung C5212. It supports java apps. It doesn't have internet and is not touchscreen.

But it is my second phone after my smartphone 

Smartphones have become very affordable especially if you buy it with a certain plan in a certain telecommunication company. So even almost 100% schoolchildren now have smartphones  It is in Russia. I don't know what is in other parts of the world.

What model do you have?  Nokia 6060 Version 3.01  Model 1997.

How do you download apps?   I don't.

Do you play games?   Only chess.

Does it have internet?   Nope.

Is it touchscreen?   Nope.

Does it play videos?   Don't know.

What Chess.com features would you like to see supported?   Cheaterless Chess.   

I think Java can best fit for most non-smartphones, specially Nokia non-smartphones. I had and already have a Nokia phone which is Symbian but I use Java apps of chess.com for several years and it will work well but for a period of time that was unavailable. Now it's fine and I will use it whenever I'm in a road or in a place where there is no internet connection.

As Java apps is an alternative for times we have no access to internet so it's enough to have access to online games and I think It need no more features.

I suggest to support Java apps because it's easy to use and also it's usable for most non-smartphones.

A Windows Phone app would be great!

After the Intel Broadwell release we should see more tablet/notebook combos so releasing a Modern GUI app would be a good thing.

I have a Nokia 1616. I don't download apps, it doesn't have internet, I think it has a couple of built-in games, it doesn't play videos. I can touch the screen, but it is not a touchscreen.

But it does have a built-in actual FM radio, and a built-in actual flashlight. Good stuff. Oh, and the battery lasts about a week.

Edit: Curious - if a simple phone existed where the battery lasted a year and a half, but it only was a phone - would it be preferable to an iPhone/Android/etc?

Before you answer - this is basically the same choice people have with smart watches.

In my opinion w.r.t. India perspective no one like to play chess on phone.Instead if we get some additional features on our live chess it will be good.

Also what i feel is the interface need to be more interactive and web page need to be more light.There is tremendous room of improvement in it.You need better developer ;) May creative Algorithm expert.

I don't know why you would bother supporting an app for "non-smart" phones, since it seems like at least 95% of people have smart phones. Within the next few years, I wouldn't be surprised if all non-smart phones are taken off the market completely.

To answer you question though... I have an LG Xpression. I only use it for calls and texting, though, since I also have an old iPhone 3 with no data or sim card that I put my apps on.

I was wondering if we can add the pre-move option to it.

I think you just gave that Dyson guy a new invention...

... which I would turn around and buy in a heartbeat. I just don't think battery technology is there at this time. It's more of a thought experiment to determine the effect of the status quo bias on choices. Specifically, I have a watch right now, where the battery lasts maybe 2 years, and it works more or less 100% of the time. (It works well over 99.999% of the time.) Do I really want to trade that for a watch which is a little more capable but requires charging every couple of days, or every day? If the answer is no, then would I make the equivalent choice for my cellphone?

Personally, I think I would choose a phone which only needed to be charged once per year. But most of the rank and file would not, I suspect. Further, I think there is a large utility gain when you get to zero devices which need charging on a daily basis, but not as much before that.

How is a Blackberry not considered a smartphone?

Kindle Fire! There are some odd things.

I have a Firefox OS phone - Intex Cloud FX. The phone is so basic that I wouldn't consider it as a smartphone. However, it has some really cool features like context search that provides apps related to your search query. They call it the 'single window search'.

It costs about INR 2000 and is a steal! =D

Read discussion forum, is likely to be a good feature to add to the smart and dumb ;) phone apps.

Well it's big and it has a dial on it. Is bolted to a booth on the side walk.

 There's mine.  $6.00 a month.   :)