Unfortunately, yesterday it took five “can-you-hear-me-now?” phone calls while I stood on my head in our upstairs spare bedroom, as close to the window as possible while not breathing at all just to get enough reception to schedule one MaxiPads practice because my cell phone is garbage and no one could “hear me now.” Lame.
Some background information. This is the cell phone I have now:
It has a bunch of totally awesome features such as a front WITHOUT caller ID. Because seriously, who in their right mind would want to know who’s calling them? It sucks for screening calls because I have to flip the phone open to see who’s calling and by that point it’s like, “Well, I’ve come this far, I might as well answer.” And chances are, I don’t want to talk to you. I kid. Sort of. To counteract this, I put a big old Iron City sticker on there. Who’s calling? Iron City Beer! AWESOME!
My cell phone also does not have a battery cover. I don’t miss it much.
Anyway, my two-year Verizon upgrade was nine months ago, and I just never bothered to cash it in because at that point, I only had to sit Indian-style on the floor while turning my neck to a 62 degree angle to get reception. Not too bad. So I go to the Verizon Wireless Check-Out-Our-Cell-Phones page, expecting there to be maybe 10-12 models I can scrutinize, overanalyze and then never actually choose one.
Holy shit. There are 36 goddamn cell phones. Say whaaaat?? That’s not even including PDAs, Blackberries and Smartphones (What in God’s name is a Smartphone?!)
Naturally, being me, I immediately X-ed out the page and pretended none of it ever happened. Then I looked at my sad little cell phone, all dirty where it used to be clean, scuffed where it used to be shiny, unfunctioning where it used to send and receive calls and text messages whenever I wanted it to, and decided I needed to be a grown-up and just pick one already.
So how am I doing that? I’m asking you, Internet. Please comment on this entry with the phone you think I should purchase. Bear in mind, I tried to use Kacyn’s new Chocolate phone and found it really user unfriendly. I’m only saying this because I am a technological idiot, and she is not, and she said she didn’t understand how it worked.
So help a sister out. Do you have one of these phones? Let me know how you like it. Even if you don’t have Verizon and you’d just like to mess with me, please vote.
Internet, I trust you more than I trust myself. And I’m counting on you. Don't let me down.
7 comments:
Dude! You have to go with the pink RAZR. I know, EVERYONE has a RAZR. And pink? You'll be SO over that in two months. Here's why you need that phone:
1. Pink. It says "I'm a girl...no! I'm a W-O-M-A-N. And I'm shoutin' that out!
2. You can assign ringtones to different callers. Then you don't even need to look at the phone to see who is calling. Smells like Teen Spirit? Ahh, it's Joey-boy! Gold Digger? It's that blonde in the office who only talks to you when she wants someone to troll with at happy hour. Whore! She Works Hard For Her Money? Oops! that's my boss, gotta go!
3. You can take pictures with it. Yeah, you said you're not into technology. Here's how tough it is. There's a button with a little icon of a camera on it. You press that button and now your screen becomes a viewfinder. You press the center button and SNAP! You've got a picture to upload to the blog.
4. If none of that rings your bell (so to speak), just use it as a phone. It rings, you answer. And you don't have to be certified in Pilates to get reception.
I was in the same position a few months ago. Rather then deal with all the stuff online I just went to the verizon store and said "please show me the phone i can get for free that has a camera and a little clock on the outside". And it worked! And plus you get to laugh at all the idiots that are REALLY into their phones. "CHECK OUT MY OPTIONSS!!!"
To clarify - this is Carrie G...
hey,
get a new cell phone...don't get the razor. i have it. its so wide and the battery dies every day. but i guess its "hip". all the cell phones that are out have short living batteries.
To be honest, Motorolla's and samasung and theother flippy phones are kind of pretty and all but i find them a dog to use lol!
I would love to give you advice, and as a techno-geek i should be able to help but I have a small Luddite streak that only allows me to use my phone as a phone. I have a camera for pictures and an mp3 player for music. I don't want to do thos ethings with my phone. Why? For exactly the same reason i don't want to take a piss in my tumble dryer.
Go down the shop, find the one that is easiest to use and tell the salesman to fuck off if he tries to give anythign other than what you want. I am guessing mobile phone sales people are the same failed IT students as they are over here......
Ray of sunshine today aren't I? :p
Problem is, you're a Verizon customer. All of Verizon's phones now basically use the same user interface in an effort to cut down on customer service costs. It sucks. All of their phones are basically broken by this user interface. I like my RAZR a lot, because it's thin, fits in my pocket well, and (if you know how to charge a LiIon battery properly) the battery doesn't suck. However, I reprogrammed the whole thing to remove Verizon's shitty software, which not only took me like six hours to do with a lot of quasi-legal computer software, it also voided my warranty.
My advice: get one that's free, does what you want, and looks cool. You're getting fucked regardless.
I'm a smartphone dork... the LG enV is great, even if you just use it for calls and texting. I like my Q, but you only need that if you are going to email and use the web. Good luck!
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