Alexander Graham Bell Part Deux

Last week my friend Cathy got a new phone. It’s a Droid and has a big screen. It’s really nice. To tell you the truth, I’m a little jealous. I want a new phone. I don’t think it’s happening anytime soon.

We’re on the family plan with the provider that starts with a V. You know that one. It’s ridiculously expensive. With this provider we have 4 cell phone lines, a land line, DSL line, wireless internet and cable. And this being said, the person who pays the bill does not want to add on any more features to our already enormous monthly bill.

NOT a qwerty keyboard!

Small, compact and 5 years old.

So where does this leave me?? With a non qwerty keyboard and a dying battery. As you can see from the photos…it’s not really old school but it’s pretty ancient. It takes lousy pics, takes forever to text and the battery has to be charged every 8 hours or so. For a phone without internet, that’s not good.

I stopped on my way home from work to the V store to see what I could do about it. I had an idea of what I wanted. A basic phone with a decent screen, qwerty keyboard, camera and a slide out keyboard because I’m not crazy about touch screen texting. I was shown the basic phone department. There were 3. Phones. Uh huh. THREE. And about half a million smart phones, droids, iphones. And 3 basic phones. The lovely young lady that was helping me said they were phasing out the basic phones. So what happens if you aren’t paying for a data plan? Oops.

All I want is a phone that takes good pics, that I can text and call from and an alarm clock. That’s all. The whole apps thing confuses the crap out of me. Yes, it would be nice to look up info when I’m not near my PC or laptop. I don’t want to read emails or go on facebook from a small hand-held device. I’m ok with coming home to do that.

So I need to choose between 3 phones. OK….I can do that. I used to get a free phone with my service upgrade. I’ve had this phone for 5 years. Not only is the new phone NOT free, it’s damn expensive and there is a service upgrade fee. What is UP with that?? Cathy got her phone for free. It’s just not fair. Pfft.

And so, it looks like I’ll be keeping my relic for a little while longer. Don’t panic if I don’t text you back right away. My battery has probably died again.

I’m in New York visiting Mom. Have a great week!