Strictly Without Camera: My New Cellphone
5 Comments// Posted in Personal by rhodilee on 05.03.09.
There are things in life that you don’t really like buying but your are compelled to spend money on (think about buying your least favorite workmate a 500 peso gift during christmas because she is your manita). Believe it or not, cellphone is in my list of those things. Gone are the days when I would go gaga over hi-tech and expensive cellphones. I used to have cellphones with WAP/GPRS and camera features. I even got the most of my nokia with WAP feature way back in 2001 because WAP/GPRS browsing then was offered for free by Globe.Now, I don’t even know how much is the cost for using GPRS in your cellphone because I just don’t want to spend too much in prepaid load. Besides, why would I want to use GPRS when I have access to internet most of the time? This is also true with the camera feature. I have not been using the camera in my cellphone because I have a digital camera with high megapixel count that I always bring with me whenever I go out. Since I’m planning to buy an apple ipod touch anyway, I didn’t bother to think about buying a cellphone with videos, web features. The reason why I decided to buy a new cellphone is that I suspect that my old cellphone is the culprit why I can’t receive SMS sometimes and why some of my friends also complain about not receiving text messages from me even when I reply to them.
Buying a new cellphone on labor day
The first request I asked from the staff at SM City Davao’s Nokia store was to show me their most basic cellphone without a camera. I guess people who buy cellphones these days always look for the feature packed cellphone with high MP camera because the staff attending to me seemed to look surprised I was looking for a text and call only cellphone. I was asked if I intend to use the cellphone as my second phone and I told her I will be using the phone as my major unit (I always believe that my smart-sim holder buddies won’t be bothered texting or calling my globe number if they have an important thing to tell me). I was shown a 1400 peso something black and white cellphone (kasi nga naman pinakamura ang hinanap ko hahahah) but since I want to use a cellphone that looks professional din naman and I have always loved polyphonic and colored cellphones, I asked her to show me some of their units colored units with polyphonic tone. The staff didn’t actually show me the Nokia 1661 but I saw her companion using it and I asked her to show it to me. The cellphone doesn’t have those fancy features (I won’t be using anyway) and it doesn’t have a camera but it does not look like a kid’s cellphone, has colored screen and uses polyphonic tones so I purchased the unit right away for 2,500 only (yes, only. You don’t have to spend a bulk of your monthly income to buy basic but good and brand new cellphones these days).
Why Nokia?
There is one nokia feature I need that I can’t find in other cellphones— timed profile. I often forget (and errrr— neglect) to change the profile/ringtone of my phone after waking up or after watching a movie so I really need the timed profile or else, people won’t be able to call me for days hahahahha. I also memorize the nokia keypads I can even text without looking at my cellphone 
New Features
There are also new features in my new nokia 1661 that I really like such as the multiphonebook (to sort out my contacts) and the number screening for messaging and calls. I hope the latter feature works so I can do something about mobile spammers and annoying texters/callers.
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maganda talag yung mga phone na may built in camera pero mas malinaw pa rin yung ps camera kung talagang photography ang purpose mo.
Meron akong sony t20, handy naman sia kaya lagi kong bitbit. Yun ang ginagamit ko pag kumukuha ako ng pics
Ang cellphone ko pang text at tawag lang talaga (at calendar at calculator pa pala hehehe)
Really awesom blog. Keep on posting, I will subscribe. What do you think of the new Nokia N97?
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