My first phone, since I was a late entrant in the mobile phone
consumer market...was already a phone with colour on the
screen.
Dec 2006 - 2008. Nokia 2610....
Its still well and alive today, living with my mum. This dumb
phone lasts nearly a week on a single charge even today with the
same batteries. (3 of them on rotation basis) Most reliable of all
my phones.
For a short period in 2008, probably 3 months, I was using Nokia
E51, the version with no camera since I was still serving the
nation. Nice phone, very solid build, but died the most tragic way
while it was still brand-new when I came back half-dead from
sailing, and then absent-mindedly deposited my coverall with my
phone with it into the washing machine. Heard a THUD when I threw
my clothes in, but thought nothing about it. Came back 5 min later
realising what had happened, but it was too late. Phone was a
complete loss.
It was back to the good old Nokia 2610 for the remainder of my
NS. Then shortly after NS, around July 2009, purchased without
plan, my slightly smarter but slim and sexy Sony Ericsson T700.
Loved that phone to bits, but in Dec 2009, while still under
warranty, phone suffered dead pixels on the screen, thereby
starting a whole string of problems with this phone. Small phone
with great voice....this phone's mp3 playing quality was
fantastic.
Around April 2011, the phone started going bonkers and deleted
my games, my contacts and failed whenever calls came in. Desperate
to save my phone, repaired 4 times, to no avail, before finally
accepting the inevitable in May 2011. As with the previous case, it
was back to the old but super trusty Nokia 2610.
And then I decided to borrow my friend's Sony Ericsson W705I
while waiting out for my plan to mature. Current phone I'm using
now. Slightly smarter than the T700, with similar mp3 playing
qualities.
End of story, back to work.
