For a long time I had a Nokia phone.
I hated it as much as I loved it.
The Phone was living its own life.
It used to go blank/reset itself every time I got a new voicemail and kept reseting every (avarage) 2 minutes. The only solution for that was to take the SIMcard out, put it into different phone for a minute until receiving a text about a new voicemail received and then put it back into the Phone.
The Phone used to freeze every time when by mistake I touched camera button (there was some kind of shortcut on the keyboard I couldnt get rid of). To get it back to life I had to switch it off, then back on, wait for a few minutes (minimum) hoping nobody called me meanwhile, as it meant I had a new voicemail (see procedure above).
Obviously camera wasn’t working at all.
Recently, it required charging at least twice a day, and died every time I was on the phone for more than 3 (?) minutes.
Also, very frequently it used to set itself on laudspeaker only (with no option to set it manually back to handset), so if somebody called me before the Phone decided to go back to normal, I was on walkie-talkie mode…
The back part of the Phone was constantly falling off. The battery for some time now was much fatter than usual, I’ve noticed, so every time the back fell off, the battery followed…
(At least few minutes to switch it back on after fetching a battery from the ground).
The Phone used to change its sounds itself, so sometimes when somebody called (especially when I was at work), I was wondering who has such an ennoying ring tone, before realising, it’s my Phone… (My normal tune it’s very nice …).
As you see, I was kind of attached to this damn thing.
“You are old, you are slightly ill, you have issues, I know, I’m not giving up on you” I used to think.
Yesterday I did.
Today (about half an hour ago) I picked up my new phone, and I’m thinking how weird it is going to be now…
When you get used to abnormality, normal things seem to be strange…
(Sorry for a boring story, just felt like sharing it…)
and I got Samsung GT-S5230. I’m not a big fan of Samsungs, but the very nice salesman from Carphone Warehouse, after answering million of my questions (and after I left to Phones4You, O2, PhoneHouse, Orange to compare offers and then returned to them), said I look so frustrated he will offer me something privately, as his flatmate had the Samsung he wants to sell, phone is in a very good state, attractive price. I didn’t think much, for £50 I have quite new phone, not even a scratch anywhere, good looking model, light, and WORKING WONDERFULLY.I have to get used to the touch screen though.Good deal isnt it?