I finally succumbed to economic pressure and got a new phone. Er, device.
I like my new device for a number of reasons, but there is one major reason I don’t like it.
Size. It is too big, and too vulnerable. I cannot carry it around freely in my pocket, not only because it is too big, but because I am afraid I will break it.
This picture will hopefully explain.
On the left is my beloved flip phone, which served me well for years. I used to always have it in my left pocket with my car keys. It rattled around and got totally scratched up till you can see through it to the insides, but it never failed to work. The new one makes me nervous, because it is big, breakable, and the screen is exposed.
Anyway, I don’t carry my phone the way I used to, and I have been missing calls I never used to miss.
I guess that’s progress, right?
(BTW, there’s no going back or switching back and forth, because the SIMs are not interchangeable.)
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4 responses to “Progress isn’t perfect”
I had the same complaint. But…my with my own phone I could not…
check my e-mails, download a new audio book whenever I felt like it, get directions, do an internet search, listen to the radio, watch a TV show if my flight is delayed, use an app for an e-ticket, update a project plan…
That’s the whole problem. What I really want is one of these!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_display
I broke down and got a smart phone a few years ago because Sprint gave it to me for free, they were probably sick of my, “Only phone calls” plan with my cheapest of the cheap flip phone.
I like it, it’s not as big as an iPhone but it does fill up my pocket.
Being paranoid, I always make sure the screen is facing my leg just as I always makes sure it’s down when I set the phone down.
The cover I have makes it so the screen does not touch anything in that position.
If something breaks the screen it will have already broken the phone so that’s as safe as I can make the screen.
One thing I just found out, if you’re even marginally mechanically inclined you can replace a broken screen yourself.
I didn’t know that.
The guy who told me that was a Verizon guy who kept breaking his Verizon-supplied smart phone and he said he got the screens at Amazon fairly cheaply and it took a matter of minutes to replace.
Good to know. I always thought once the screen broke you were screwed.
I found an LG Semi intelligent phone at Kmart of all places, that is just slightly bigger than my old flip phone (RIP). I am a Luddite when it comes to phones, but this one isn’t too bad,
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