I’m so excited because today I’m going to have yet ANOTHER gadget to add to my collection of new gadgets for the year – a smartphone.
I swear I wasn’t trying to make this purchase for at least another couple of months since I figured it would be up for a discount upgrade by then.
However, when my Nokia 6102 broke into two for only the thousandth time since I got almost two years ago, I knew it was time.
And really I still would have tried to hold out till November, two-piece phone and all, if the light hadn’t gone out in my phone when I dropped it that last time.
I mean I could take the crackling, bone-crushing sound that it made every time I flipped my phone open. I could even take the fact that the phone had pretty much become “double-jointed,” bending backwards or sometimes crumbling into pieces as I talked on it.
And though it infuriated me every single time, I’d long accepted the sudden dropped calls, frozen screens and just flat out lost calls I never received thanks to the mechanics of that dandy flip phone.
But when I can’t even see the phone screen after 7 p.m., I think it’s time to bite the bullet and upgrade, discount or not.
Anyway, while I seriously considered dumping the Cingular-turned-AT&T service completely, I just opted for a new phone instead.
Fortunately, it turned out I was eligible for the equipment updgrade discount too. I guess the Cingular/AT&T gods must have sensed the urgency of my situation.
Since the technological capabilities of Apple's iPhone kinda scares me for some reason - but I still wanted a phone that could help me organize my life - I chose the Samsung Blackjack instead.
Figured I’d better ease into this so-called advanced cell phone technology thing slowly.
I swear I wasn’t trying to make this purchase for at least another couple of months since I figured it would be up for a discount upgrade by then.
However, when my Nokia 6102 broke into two for only the thousandth time since I got almost two years ago, I knew it was time.
And really I still would have tried to hold out till November, two-piece phone and all, if the light hadn’t gone out in my phone when I dropped it that last time.
I mean I could take the crackling, bone-crushing sound that it made every time I flipped my phone open. I could even take the fact that the phone had pretty much become “double-jointed,” bending backwards or sometimes crumbling into pieces as I talked on it.
And though it infuriated me every single time, I’d long accepted the sudden dropped calls, frozen screens and just flat out lost calls I never received thanks to the mechanics of that dandy flip phone.
But when I can’t even see the phone screen after 7 p.m., I think it’s time to bite the bullet and upgrade, discount or not.
Anyway, while I seriously considered dumping the Cingular-turned-AT&T service completely, I just opted for a new phone instead.
Fortunately, it turned out I was eligible for the equipment updgrade discount too. I guess the Cingular/AT&T gods must have sensed the urgency of my situation.
Since the technological capabilities of Apple's iPhone kinda scares me for some reason - but I still wanted a phone that could help me organize my life - I chose the Samsung Blackjack instead.
Figured I’d better ease into this so-called advanced cell phone technology thing slowly.
(Here's the before and after. What do you think?)
So we’ll see, but just to be on the safe side, I’m thinking I better get cell phone insurance this time.
So we’ll see, but just to be on the safe side, I’m thinking I better get cell phone insurance this time.
