So this is the phone I’ve been using for the past three or so years:
Yeah, she’s a stunner, isn’t she? Years ago when my previous phone died before my contract would pay for a new phone I went to Target and bought this $15 phone and put my sim card in it. It worked fine to make calls but I kind of wanted something with a bit more to offer. But I couldn’t really justify buying a new phone when I already had a working phone so I set of goal that I would get a smart phone when I lost 20 lbs.
I got pretty close to my goal but never quite reached it. And after a while I kind of got attached to my ghetto phone. It survived being dropped several times and even came back to life after a soda exploded in my bag and soaked it. It was the trusty little ugly phone that could.
But after a while decided to focus again on losing weight. Just as I was getting serious again and looking forward to getting a new phone I got pregnant. I knew that it would be well near impossible/unhealthy to try and lose a significant amount of weight while pregnant so I changed my goal to exercising at least twice a week for 45 minutes until we went to Korea.
And I did it! It was hard at times but I stuck with it. After we got back from Korea things were so busy and I was paralyzed with indecision (seriously, the number of options is insane!) so I put off phone shopping. But this weekend I finally finished waffling over different carriers and phones and got a brand spanking new smart phone. And it is awesome (in no small part because I feel good about meeting my goal).
(On an unrelated note, this guy got a bit jealous of me taking pictures of my old phone this morning and insisted that I take his photo. So here is E enjoying his breakfast.)
Love the picture. I think that's the phone that they give back to Gordon Gekko when he gets out of jail in Wall Street 2.
What phone did you get? I'm voting for iphone 4 because I LOVE mine.
What DID you get?? I remember when I upgraded my non QWERTY keyboard phone to a Droid phone with a keyboard, it felt weird not having to tap-tap-tap for each letter on the number pad. 😀 And that is the cutest picture of E! LOVE his hair!
Ha, you caved and got a smart phone! I'm hoping you got the R2D2 Droid from Motorola.
YAY! Finally! I hope it's an iPhone so I can bother you more!
I actually wanted a phone with a slide out keyboard but didn't like the ones AT&T had so I caved and went with an iPhone 4. I almost switched to Verizon and got an Android (The Droid 2 and the Droid X seemed neat) but I get a discount with AT&T through my office and they just gave me 1,000 free rollover minutes which I didn't want to lose (granted I got them to make up for some insane overages I ran up unknowingly earlier this year but STILL–free minutes!)
I still don't like some of Apple's practices and think Steve Jobs is a bit of a nut but the iPhone has a lot going for it in terms of its camera/video camera and all the different apps. Plus N has one through his work and it's nice to be able to share chargers.
I need to get a case for it ASAP though because I'm terrified of getting it scratched or cracked. My grungy old phone was a pain in a lot of ways but I already miss the freedom that came from not worrying about keeping it in good shape.