Ahh..the cellphones..
Every time I have gone out shopping for a new cell phone in the recent weeks i always felt that the new phones could never match the signal quality of my current phone. I really do not know why that occurs to me and always felt that my old cellphone performs so much better than the new one.
The current phone, which I have been using it for more than two and half years works perfectly fine, however with one glitch. Its ugly,unseemly and I only have myself to blame for that.
I have a tendency to drop my phone (as its slightly heavy and I always carry it in my hand) and its unfortunate that most times it falls exactly on the hard floor rather than the carpet floors nearby.As a result of these drops, my phone has scratches all over. Its bulkiness, however has helped withstand all the bad treatment it has taken in the past few years.
I finally decided that enough is enough and started shopping for a new phone. The problem with the new phones, however are the cost and the plan if you are an existing customer. If you are an existing customer for any specific career, you dont get all the benefits a new customer to the same carrier gets. Its just frustrating and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Hence you end up paying a lot more for the phone and its new features, many of which you may not use it, if you dont have a enhanced phone plan with Internet connectivity, online access etc.. Though the features are cool, I am not sure how often i would be using them.
1)How often do you want to watch a music video in your cellphone when you have a big screen TV at your home??
2)How often will you be checking the scores online or reading news online, when you are a software professional and are always connected to the net through your laptop?
Maybe its handy when you travel, but how often do I get to do that anyways???
I also feel that because they give so much importance to these new features, the signal strength and battery life(both are of paramount importance to me) is very much compromised.
However I still went ahead and got a cell phone with all the latest features as they promised me that I can use a months free net service for free. The features are awesome, the phone looks "cheesy" but the signal level and especially the battery life is not what i had with my previous phone.
I have been using this new phone for about a week now and so far its been ok though I dont like the ring tones that came along. I have a 30 day return policy and if the phones battery is as bad as it has been in the first week and I manage to avoid dropping my phone(which is a big challenge) I would probably go ahead and exchange it with a model that's going to be out in the next few days with better battery life.
The current phone, which I have been using it for more than two and half years works perfectly fine, however with one glitch. Its ugly,unseemly and I only have myself to blame for that.
I have a tendency to drop my phone (as its slightly heavy and I always carry it in my hand) and its unfortunate that most times it falls exactly on the hard floor rather than the carpet floors nearby.As a result of these drops, my phone has scratches all over. Its bulkiness, however has helped withstand all the bad treatment it has taken in the past few years.
I finally decided that enough is enough and started shopping for a new phone. The problem with the new phones, however are the cost and the plan if you are an existing customer. If you are an existing customer for any specific career, you dont get all the benefits a new customer to the same carrier gets. Its just frustrating and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Hence you end up paying a lot more for the phone and its new features, many of which you may not use it, if you dont have a enhanced phone plan with Internet connectivity, online access etc.. Though the features are cool, I am not sure how often i would be using them.
1)How often do you want to watch a music video in your cellphone when you have a big screen TV at your home??
2)How often will you be checking the scores online or reading news online, when you are a software professional and are always connected to the net through your laptop?
Maybe its handy when you travel, but how often do I get to do that anyways???
I also feel that because they give so much importance to these new features, the signal strength and battery life(both are of paramount importance to me) is very much compromised.
However I still went ahead and got a cell phone with all the latest features as they promised me that I can use a months free net service for free. The features are awesome, the phone looks "cheesy" but the signal level and especially the battery life is not what i had with my previous phone.
I have been using this new phone for about a week now and so far its been ok though I dont like the ring tones that came along. I have a 30 day return policy and if the phones battery is as bad as it has been in the first week and I manage to avoid dropping my phone(which is a big challenge) I would probably go ahead and exchange it with a model that's going to be out in the next few days with better battery life.
posted by Praveen @ 1:21 PM
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