Trustfund Techie
Phones: HTC Touch, Bang & Olufsen/Samsung Serene Mobile, Apple iPhone, LG Shine
Message: I've got money and tech smarts
For some, phone form matters more than function. For folks with these phones, a trip to the Museum of Modern Art is more important than making money, because they've already got it. These pricey, clean-edged phones convey a taste for style that is divorced from fashion designers or trends, or the grubby need to actually get any work done.The Cheap Date
Phones: Samsung M300 (pictured), Samsung Dial
Message: Calls only, please
Users who want their phones strictly for phone calls (and perhaps the occasional text message) and don't mind the world knowing their preferences can choose handsets with basic features. A small, yet frightening percentage of folks with these phones hoard No. 10 cans of beans as an inflation hedge.Mountain Dude
Phones: Casio/UTStarcom GzOne (pictured), Motorazr V950, Sanyo Pro700, Sanyo Pro200
Message: My phone is as tough as I am
Arugula eaters need not apply. Ruggedized phones, which are built to military specifications, are hardier than everyday phones need to be. Owning one hints that you spend a lot of time outside in the rain or dust doing something macho, such as shooting animals or pulling stumps (whatever that involves). The Hipster
Phones: Sony Ericsson Walkman w580i (pictured), Apple iPhone, Samsung Juke, LG Chocolate
Message: My phone is my iPod
Whether they're into the Flight of the Conchords or Kanye West, these people are impressed with their musical taste, and expect you to be, too. With DNA from Sony's Walkman line, the w580i was destined to appeal to music lovers. Carrying an iPhone, Juke or Chocolate also conveys a passion for music.Toob Boob
Phones: Helio Ocean (pictured), LG Vu, Samsung Access, Samsung u620, Motorizr Z6tv
Message: Always-on TV and video
There's no better way to cope with a world filled with frightening people than by taking your television with you wherever you go. Use these phones to watch streaming live TV so you can get a fix of sports or cable news wherever you go. The Ocean, with its special, easy-to-use YouTube application, broadcasts your devotion to the medium Homer Simpson described as "teacher, mother, secret lover."
Message: Fashion forward, brand aware and judging you, yes you.
Regular police carry guns and pepper spray. The fashion police, however, carry these. True fashionistas believe that a phone should be as beautiful as the bag in which it's carried. If you see one of these, straighten up: They're judging you.
Message: Practical, organized and relentless
Part machine, part mom, these women don't keep a schedule--they manage yours. Their one known weakness: shiny objects. These flashy smart phones are user friendly, relatively inexpensive and easily fit into a pocket or purse. Yet they're packed with industrial-grade features such as push e-mail, auto-synced calendars, electronic memo pads and task lists that go far beyond typical civilian-issue gear.
Message: Big-time work ethic, self-important
Using one of these productivity machines shows the world you're dedicated to your work--and your work matters. Lots. If your smart phone is company issued, consider it a signal from your company that it owns you. Unless, of course, you're buying this on your own nickel, in which case maybe you should accessorize with Xanax instead.
Message: Hip, multimedia savvy, gamer
The best-selling Nokia N95 is suited for myriad uses besides games. But it's widely viewed as a gamer's phone because few cellphones support games as well as it does. Carrying one broadcasts that you're up for gaming action at any moment.
Message: I can roll my own extremely shiny phone, thank you very much.
You know the kid who puts a carbon fiber wing and a customized muffler on his Honda Civic? He carries one of these phones. These handsets are cheap, often free, but these folks are no skinflints. Instead these phones are blank canvasses for goofy self expression. Because they're so widespread, there are lots of ways to customize them, from unique colors to cases to stick-on "skins." Owners that deck them out signal that their embellishments are what set the phone apart--not the brand or even the model.
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