Smartfone for Dumb!

Well, after five years I bought a new cell phone. I was still content using my old phone but much to my dismay, I couldn’t disconnect my phone as the button was not working. So unless the person at the opposite end didn’t disconnect, the phone was still on.

Also, my family and friends (who already knew I was a great miser) coerced me to hunt down some good color phone with lots of features and so called apps (read as android and bb’s). What they didn’t know that I am technologically challenged and will probably never use any of the above features except listening to the music. This is one thing which I thought that my current phone lacked.

So on Saturday afternoon, I was on my way to buy a phone. Unfortunately, my sister got up early from her afternoon siesta and joined me in my phone hunt. What I was very clear about that I would be purchasing a Samsung phone. She also liked Samsung so I was saved by the torture of arguing which phone is the best one.

We reached the store and I made a point of just taking 15 mins. to finalize the phone, but I forgot I was with my sister who is a hardcore android devotee. I selected one simple Samsung cdma phone having FM radio+Music player and it was costing Rs.4650/-. It was a little higher priced as compared to GSM but I didn’t want to change my service provider so had to accept the price. I still can’t figure out why is there a need to CDMA and GSM. GSM is sufficient and it has more varieties of phone at cheaper rates than the CDMA versions, but our telecom ministry wants to make things complicated for the consumer.

“Why are you buying this one?” Ruchi spoke with pursed lips. She was aghast with what I was buying. She informed that I was not going along with the trend. “I am not a trend setter” I replied with annoyance. But she insisted me to buy the android version (Galaxy Pop) costing Rs.8500/-. I was quite defiant. Its simple, I am not smart enough to buy a smartfone :). Why should I freak out additional 3000/- bucks for the phone features which I am hardly going to use? “So if you are not buying I am gonna buy it”. I gawked at her! But who can win against women. She didn’t have her debit card and ultimately I had to pay Rs.13500/- (This was a lesson of being Smart! :()