The good ole days...all you could do on your phone was talk or play snake. If you really wanted to get fancy, you could change your phone cover frequently. I never did that. I loved the cover I originally got with my phone and didn't change it for a very long time, until my mom gave me an Iowa State one. I got a new phone (and provider) shortly after that cover change though...... Traded up for a flip phone!
It wasn't this same one, but pretty close. About the only cool thing it could do was change screen color by caller. I think there were 4 colors. I probably had all family members as one color, boyfriend as one, and friends as another.
When my roommate's boyfriend came home one day with this cool new flip phone, I had to have it. I switched providers in order to get it. This was the first phone I had with a camera and color screen. Super cool!!
About a year or so later this phone crapped out and when I took it in to get fixed, it was going to cost way more than I was willing to pay. I also wasn't due for a phone upgrade, so I had to buy a used phone from that store....unfortunately that day they only had 1. It was super boring and didn't do anything cool. The pull up antenna was flimsy too. But, I made due with it for about 6 months or so until this beautiful phone came out.....
Of course this one was only sold by the provider I wasn't currently using....so yes, I switched providers again. I could have gotten this same phone with the provider I had, just not in this color...and yes I had to have the red one! Also, I could have gotten the silver one my provider had for much less because it was upgrade time....but I really wanted red and was willing to pay quite a bit more for it. I loved this phone...a lot! That is, until the touch screen phones came out and I decided I needed one of those instead.
Sometime after I got this phone, I went into a cell store with my mom. They were trying to talk her into a phone with a data plan (internet)....mostly because that's pretty much what all the new phones had. I was appalled!! I remember telling the store rep that I would NEVER get a phone with a data plan and they better keep making phones that don't require internet. He told me how the U.S. is so behind the rest of the world, because everyone else has internet on their phones. I was not having it. I was about ready to give up my cell phone all together just to boycott data plans.
But, now I'm on my 2nd phone with internet (and another provider change for a total of 4 changes with 2 providers) and of course I just cannot imagine living without it!!! Many times I've considered getting rid of it, but there are too many conveniences that I just don't want to give up now. I'm constantly looking things up when I'm out and about...checking addresses for a place, or their hours, or phone number. Or standing in front of an item at a store and looking up the reviews for it, or price comparing. I also love that I can locate an item in a store via their app on my phone, or show the store clerk my coupon from my email or the store's app.
Recently, I've been enjoying the "map my run" app to tell me how far I've walked or jogged. I've also watched tv on my phone. Plenty of times I've also needed to look at the map on my phone (I still refuse to use GPS).
To be honest though, all of these things are just nice luxuries, and not necessary. I can still use the map I carry in my car, print my coupons from my email, ask a store clerk where an item is, call information for a phone number and then call the place to ask about location and hours. But to simplify things and carry all information in 1 spot, having internet on my phone really is a luxury I'm not sure I would want to part with.
Last week I pulled up at a red light and noticed the guy next to me talking on his FLIP PHONE! I thought, "Wow, haven't seen one of those in a long time!" And then my next thought was, "I bet his life is simple. Bet he doesn't spend a ridiculous amount of time on his phone. Bet he isn't distracted all day by his phone." In that moment I considered ditching my phone and data plan for a much simpler, text and talk only phone. And I knew exactly which one I would go back to.....
Hands down, the best phone I've ever had!! Never had a single problem with it. Never dropped a call. I loved the buttons, the lights. It was just simple and life seemed easier in those days. Don't you think?? Sure, we can access information so much quicker now, but do we really need all of that information that is shoved in front of us? I'm still trying to decide....
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