SHOULD YOU BUY THAT NEXT PHONE?
November 23rd 2009 02:00
Tempting, isn’t it? Sleek, faster, smarter, and it has a host of new features that promise whole new experiences! The question is, do you really want that phone? Hold on a min…!
Well, okay, okay, I know you’ve already bought that phone even before I could finish asking the question. No problem. I wasn’t really going to stop you from buying it - especially if you can afford it. C’mon, consumers fuel the economy…
Besides, I am aware of the fact that if cell phones are men or women, the past several years would have seen the most number of Casanovas (male and female) in this world.
But then, there are still those other cell phones, right? And if you move around a lot, you’d probably noticed that the signal of your service provider either weakens or totally disappears in some areas. You need to be accessible to your clients all the time, so… you need to buy another mobile phone?
Not so quick this time, please!
See, there’s that one little consideration that we sometimes forget when we buy something new – and sometimes, that forgotten little thing costs us quite a sum...
How’s that?
Let’s start with the features of that old cell phone you are about to retire with the purchase of the new one. Does that old phone have a feature called “presenter” or something similar to it?
If that feature (it’s actually a software) sounds alien to you. Here’s a bit of explanation. Presenter enables you to operate your computer remotely (up to a distance of about 10 meters). It’s handy when you are making a Powerpoint presentation in front of an audience using a laptop and a projector and you have no one to help you with it.
Actually, it’s better than having someone pushing those buttons for you to bring up the next slides. That’s because you are the one who knows when to push the buttons and to which direction you want it to go (retrieve the previous slide or proceed to the next slide).
My N6233 (an older phone) had that feature. I was using it even to control my laptop’s media player. My K800i had the same but I was more comfortable using the N6233.
When I bought the E51, I was disappointed to find out that it doesn’t have the same “presenter” that I have in my N6233. Now, hold on a minute! I checked, ok? The literature I read about E51 said it has a presenter. But it didn’t say it was a different version and I have to buy it! It came free with my two (2) previous phones.
But you got the point right? If would be great if you only use your mobile phone for voice calls and text messages. But then, again, what’s the use of moving up to the more sophisticated and more expensive units if those are the only features you use?
I’m hardly the guy who explore every single feature of a high tech gadget (phone or whatever) but I identify its more productive uses (for me) and I love having them in my phones, all the time.
Imagine what happens when, after paying a substantial amount money (and after wading thru all those much hyped up but useless trimmings), you discovered that all the features that you really like in your new high-tech toy, are actually in your old cell phone and are not in the new one!
Oh, I’m sure you’ll have your own very creative excuses and you wouldn't mind spending a bit more to get some of your old phone's functionality into your new phone. If you are oozing with money, that is.
The story should be a little different, if you are on the practical side of things.
Well, okay, okay, I know you’ve already bought that phone even before I could finish asking the question. No problem. I wasn’t really going to stop you from buying it - especially if you can afford it. C’mon, consumers fuel the economy…
Besides, I am aware of the fact that if cell phones are men or women, the past several years would have seen the most number of Casanovas (male and female) in this world.
Well, hello there ladies!
But then, there are still those other cell phones, right? And if you move around a lot, you’d probably noticed that the signal of your service provider either weakens or totally disappears in some areas. You need to be accessible to your clients all the time, so… you need to buy another mobile phone?
Not so quick this time, please!
See, there’s that one little consideration that we sometimes forget when we buy something new – and sometimes, that forgotten little thing costs us quite a sum...
How’s that?
Let’s start with the features of that old cell phone you are about to retire with the purchase of the new one. Does that old phone have a feature called “presenter” or something similar to it?
If that feature (it’s actually a software) sounds alien to you. Here’s a bit of explanation. Presenter enables you to operate your computer remotely (up to a distance of about 10 meters). It’s handy when you are making a Powerpoint presentation in front of an audience using a laptop and a projector and you have no one to help you with it.
Actually, it’s better than having someone pushing those buttons for you to bring up the next slides. That’s because you are the one who knows when to push the buttons and to which direction you want it to go (retrieve the previous slide or proceed to the next slide).
My N6233 (an older phone) had that feature. I was using it even to control my laptop’s media player. My K800i had the same but I was more comfortable using the N6233.
When I bought the E51, I was disappointed to find out that it doesn’t have the same “presenter” that I have in my N6233. Now, hold on a minute! I checked, ok? The literature I read about E51 said it has a presenter. But it didn’t say it was a different version and I have to buy it! It came free with my two (2) previous phones.
But you got the point right? If would be great if you only use your mobile phone for voice calls and text messages. But then, again, what’s the use of moving up to the more sophisticated and more expensive units if those are the only features you use?
I’m hardly the guy who explore every single feature of a high tech gadget (phone or whatever) but I identify its more productive uses (for me) and I love having them in my phones, all the time.
Imagine what happens when, after paying a substantial amount money (and after wading thru all those much hyped up but useless trimmings), you discovered that all the features that you really like in your new high-tech toy, are actually in your old cell phone and are not in the new one!
Oh, I’m sure you’ll have your own very creative excuses and you wouldn't mind spending a bit more to get some of your old phone's functionality into your new phone. If you are oozing with money, that is.
The story should be a little different, if you are on the practical side of things.
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