My name is Jenn, and I'm a 27 year old married and babied chick. In addition to a husband, a seven year old daughter, and a five year old autistic son, I also have four cats, three hermit crabs, two frogs, a few fish, and one snorty little Pug. I work from home doing a variety of writing and even some web design. I love blogging, digital photography and web design.
Last summer my mom got it into her head that she just had to have an iPhone. Nevermind the fact that she doesn’t make many phone calls and barely checks her email at home (whereas I check mine from my phone if I’m not at home or on a computer), but an iPhone? Seriously? But she scoped out eBay and managed to find an auction offering a mint condition iPhone, several iphone accessories, and even a 120GB (or was it 160GB?) Zune. And she managed to win it for $300. And better still, she managed to get the goods that very day, since the seller lived just two hours from us, and agreed to drive to a halfway point to do the transaction.
Now, after I took the time to unlock the phone and show her how to use it, she’s decided that she doesn’t want it anymore. Since it is unlocked and on the T-Mobile network, it doesn’t “automatically” find a network to be on. Instead, it’s manually pointed to one. And because she lives in an area that is in a valley and filled with densely packed trees, that manually setup network often drops, and every single time it does the iPhone pops up with a notification message. She’s had to click to confirm that message a dozen or more times before being able to use the phone. Yeah, sucktacular. So now she’s looking at Androids and Blackberrys. WTF? Just get a damn basic Motorola phone and call it a day!
lol I’m still hoping the iPhone moves to another network. I’m on Sprint and so far nobody’s beat their price for us (that and they’ve got darn good coverage even in the boonies). It’s a pity some people just get it to get it and then don’t really know how to make optimal use of it. It’s just like any other smart phone, not everyone NEEDS one.
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Having worked for a cell phone company, I can already tell her that if she lives in an area with a lot of trees, it will not matter if she is using an iPhone, Blackberry, or Android, she will not get good internet service on her phone. I used to get calls from people all the time who said they lived in an area surrounded by trees but as soon as they got out of there, they’d get internet service on their phone again.
I agree, your mother should just get a basic phone and be done with it.
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