When I first get started in the crazy "having a cell phone" game, I picked out a phone that I thought was cool (back in 2001).
I got scammed by the Tmobile guy (at that point he was actually the VoiceStream guy) who told me he was giving me a deal by giving me the phone 1/2 price ($50). The truth is that I could have gotten it for free anywhere else. This is just one example of the many times I got reverse jew-ed since I moved to NYC. Don't worry: I've been jew-ing it up since then, and am now more than caught up.
Still, it was a good little phone. It lasted me a long time.
When it came time to move on, I got a flip phone from Motorola.
It was the first flip phone that I ever had, and I wasn't crazy about it. Charger was a pain in the ass, texting was a bit of a bitch, and it had a rubber back so it stuck to the sides of my pockets in a really annoying way.
After that phone's year was up, I went back to Nokia and fell in love with a little guy...name the Nokia 3220.
You ever meet someone who's everything you didn't know you wanted? Well, that's how I felt about the Nokia 320. Light, small and a breeze to use, this quickly became the best of all three of the phones I've had.In the four years that I've used this puppy there were a few times when I could have gotten different phones. A friend of mine even gave me a Tmobile Smartphone, but I sold it. I never wanted anything more than this cute little guy. It's been with me through so much. I've done the majority of my texting on this phone. Sure, the camera doesn't work all that well, the battery isn't as strong as it was back when I got it, I can't go online, there's no GPS, and of course the keys are all busted up from over-use, but this is my PHONE! This is my phone! My simple, small, light, easy to use phone.
About four months ago my phone had a career ending injury. A few pieces of the back panel fell off after having been dropped for the 20th time or so, and I know that, as a phone, it isn't meant for this world much longer.
Nokia has made drastic changes to it's format since I got the 3220, so I refuse to go to them for my next phone. At the moment, I am at a loss for what to do. My current game plan is to continue looking at phones (and maybe some new plans) until something comes out that fills my very specific needs: small, light, easy to use, and totally amazing.
