Hey guys,
// Disclaimer :
Here is my experience with the SHIFTphone 8.1 that I want to share with you.
The purpose is not to speak poorly nor to trash talk this phone but I really wanted to explain to you guys the situation I'm into.
// For the Context :
I mainly use my phone for professional reason.
I'm an anesthetist, working into the Operating room but also in the Emergency Department and on board of the "On scene" Resuscitation Team (The car with the Physician going "Wee-woo" outside of the Hospital).
I use my phone to check online for medical information, to take pictures of medical element interesting to be shared in the medical files, to contact the Emergency Number to organize the evacuation of a patient, etc.
// Here is my journey :
I bought the SHIFTphone when it was still a crowdfunding.
I wait for months, keeping my old phone away from its well-deserved retirement... it suffered a lot but stood bravely 'till the end.
I was facing some questioning from my relatives about the concept of SHIFTphone, against which I was always standing, defending it.
When I finally received my SHIFTphone, I enjoyed every single details of it !
Unfortunately, after only few weeks, issues starting to appear... (I will only explain the major issues)
The first major incident was the impossibility to call the Emergency Number (only and simply this .. ).
For weeks, it was impossible to contact the 112-Dispatch (equivalent to 911 in BELGIUM) from my phone.
If we push apart the danger for me to not be able to ask for help if needed, it putted me into serious discomfort at my job : forcing me to always borrow phone to call the dispatch for Intervention Report...
"Hey, come to see ! The Doc can't buy a proper phone despite all his money !" was the running gag during intervention ...
But, by miracle, after an update, this problem was solved ! Hallelujah !
This solving to better fall into a new problem !
At a certain point, my 0,6x camera stopped functioning... Like that !
I've asked, once more, for support and they propose to me to send my phone for 2-3 weeks for warranty.
I gently explained that my phone was mainly for professional use and so I couldn't send my phone away for such a long period.
I propose to then to eventually send me the defected camera so that I could change it by myself (THE F*CKING PURPOSE OF A MODULAR PHONE !!!)
They just rejected my plan... without further explanation...
Anyway, I adapted myself and taking distance when I was needed to take picture with wide angle rather than switching to the 0,6x camera... pity for a new phone...
After this, with the heat periods over BELGIUM and EUROPE in general, heat regulation was a trouble too !
I was always the only one who has his phone turning itself off because of mis-heat regulation.
Charging the phone + Using GPS or Listening to Music + Screen ON ... after a couple of (long, let's be gentle) minutes the phone was going out, hot as f*ck... and then we had to switch to another phone to continue...
But anyway, let's adapt, ONCE MORE !
And finally, last but not least (unfortunately), now my phone sometimes kind of eject my sim card... like that randomly.
I search on the internet something, turn the screen black, do something quickly, go back to my phone and try to continue searching, to realize that my phone has no more internet because it has no more sim card.
Then, I have to restart it and, Woaw magic !, the card is now available !
Of course, it would not be funny if that trouble was not occurring while we were searching some information for a patient !
// Feelings :
You may feel my disappointment and my weariness through this lines, which is too bad because I really was a PRO SHIFTphone.
I tried to give a chance and took on my back/put a smile on my face with all those issues.
This could have been not a problem, because I understand the concept of a still in-development Phone and the associated crowndfunding, but with the price of >500€ I expected a little bit more !
I have responsibilities and if I can't rely on my phone for work, which is for me the main use of it, then it becomes useless !
I'm now 2 fingers away of throwing my SHIFTphone 8.1 through my window to buy an more reliable phone, maybe without any story behind nor soul.
// Discussion :
Do you guys have the same feeling about this SHIFTphone ?
Have you experimented some issues ?
Are you satisfy ?
Thank you in advance for your replies
-PAC, the disappointed one
// Disclaimer :
Here is my experience with the SHIFTphone 8.1 that I want to share with you.
The purpose is not to speak poorly nor to trash talk this phone but I really wanted to explain to you guys the situation I'm into.
// For the Context :
I mainly use my phone for professional reason.
I'm an anesthetist, working into the Operating room but also in the Emergency Department and on board of the "On scene" Resuscitation Team (The car with the Physician going "Wee-woo" outside of the Hospital).
I use my phone to check online for medical information, to take pictures of medical element interesting to be shared in the medical files, to contact the Emergency Number to organize the evacuation of a patient, etc.
// Here is my journey :
I bought the SHIFTphone when it was still a crowdfunding.
I wait for months, keeping my old phone away from its well-deserved retirement... it suffered a lot but stood bravely 'till the end.
I was facing some questioning from my relatives about the concept of SHIFTphone, against which I was always standing, defending it.
When I finally received my SHIFTphone, I enjoyed every single details of it !
Unfortunately, after only few weeks, issues starting to appear... (I will only explain the major issues)
The first major incident was the impossibility to call the Emergency Number (only and simply this .. ).
For weeks, it was impossible to contact the 112-Dispatch (equivalent to 911 in BELGIUM) from my phone.
If we push apart the danger for me to not be able to ask for help if needed, it putted me into serious discomfort at my job : forcing me to always borrow phone to call the dispatch for Intervention Report...
"Hey, come to see ! The Doc can't buy a proper phone despite all his money !" was the running gag during intervention ...
But, by miracle, after an update, this problem was solved ! Hallelujah !
This solving to better fall into a new problem !
At a certain point, my 0,6x camera stopped functioning... Like that !
I've asked, once more, for support and they propose to me to send my phone for 2-3 weeks for warranty.
I gently explained that my phone was mainly for professional use and so I couldn't send my phone away for such a long period.
I propose to then to eventually send me the defected camera so that I could change it by myself (THE F*CKING PURPOSE OF A MODULAR PHONE !!!)
They just rejected my plan... without further explanation...
Anyway, I adapted myself and taking distance when I was needed to take picture with wide angle rather than switching to the 0,6x camera... pity for a new phone...
After this, with the heat periods over BELGIUM and EUROPE in general, heat regulation was a trouble too !
I was always the only one who has his phone turning itself off because of mis-heat regulation.
Charging the phone + Using GPS or Listening to Music + Screen ON ... after a couple of (long, let's be gentle) minutes the phone was going out, hot as f*ck... and then we had to switch to another phone to continue...
But anyway, let's adapt, ONCE MORE !
And finally, last but not least (unfortunately), now my phone sometimes kind of eject my sim card... like that randomly.
I search on the internet something, turn the screen black, do something quickly, go back to my phone and try to continue searching, to realize that my phone has no more internet because it has no more sim card.
Then, I have to restart it and, Woaw magic !, the card is now available !
Of course, it would not be funny if that trouble was not occurring while we were searching some information for a patient !
// Feelings :
You may feel my disappointment and my weariness through this lines, which is too bad because I really was a PRO SHIFTphone.
I tried to give a chance and took on my back/put a smile on my face with all those issues.
This could have been not a problem, because I understand the concept of a still in-development Phone and the associated crowndfunding, but with the price of >500€ I expected a little bit more !
I have responsibilities and if I can't rely on my phone for work, which is for me the main use of it, then it becomes useless !
I'm now 2 fingers away of throwing my SHIFTphone 8.1 through my window to buy an more reliable phone, maybe without any story behind nor soul.
// Discussion :
Do you guys have the same feeling about this SHIFTphone ?
Have you experimented some issues ?
Are you satisfy ?
Thank you in advance for your replies
-PAC, the disappointed one
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