New phone
It’s been a long time since I posted, but I have something to blog about now.
For a while I have been very interested in getting a smart phone. I am not going to lie, it all started when the iphone came out a few years ago. The largest hurdle for me was paying the monthly data fee, which is required, with paying $149 being the second hurdle. Have the data plan is really required for all the great features, but it’s hard dropping money monthly. Last week I did some computer work for my dentist which made the second hurdle a non factor plus covered a few months data.
I finally decided the other day that I was going to do it. Dropping money and committing to 2 years is kind of scary idea. When I entered the store I was ready to buy but started to have second thought while waiting. When the sales guy walks over I start asking questions that I really knew the answers to just to hear him confirm them. It was then that I asked if he had any in stock almost expecting him to say ‘not right now’. Well he didn’t and ran and grabbed one. It was then that I said “I’ll take it”. Right after that I confirmed the pricing. The standard fee for data that you have to get is $34.99 which includes unlimited data and unlimited text messages. I already had the unlimited text messages for all the lines so I had to pay only $24.99 a month. Even now I am trying not to think about it. I’m not going to lie as I drove home I remembered when the T-Mobile rep said “You have 14 days to return it if you don’t like it.”.
So you might be wondering what phone I bought. Well I decided on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G.
The one that I decided on was black. It also comes in White and Merlot. The size is comparable to the current lineup of smart phones.
While phone searching I had a few models in mind. Specifically the Blackberry Curve and the Nokia E71.
The Curve seemed to business like for me. It seems great for e-mail and texting, but lacks the great touchscreen browsing and 3G that the myTouch has. The plus for the Curve was the physical keyboard.
The E71 was above my price range, but it was unlocked so I wouldn’t have to extend my contract or be required to buy the data plane. Feature wise it was comparable to the Curve. The E71 does have 3G, but it doesn’t work on T-Mobile’s network.
The large display, touch screen and all the apps won me over for the myTouch.
