Saturday, February 18, 2012

Smartphone Goldilocks!!

Guess who has a brand new smartphone.


Just bought an HTC Incredible S. I've set it up (mostly, updating some things), but I'm a bit at a loss as to what I'm supposed to do with it. It has all these apps but I've no idea what do with them. Perhaps they'll be useful later I suppose.

I was actually set on buying the HTC Desire S (they're almost the same but Incredible S is slightly larger, and has a better camera, more megapixels and HD and all that).

After going to several stores to find it, a few phone geeks in the graduate lab pointed me to a well known store in Dahyeh, which is supposed to be the mother of all stores and sells phones at wholesale prices. So I went there, and after waiting for my turn in a small but crowded store (even on a Saturday afternoon) for 10 minutes, found out they only had it in red. I don't have a problem with red, but I just didn't like it very much. It's appearance that is. It was too small.

So I asked to see the Desire HD, which is the same but with a better display all HD and stuff. It was too big.

And then I was getting down because all my research was for naught. I thought I was gonna end up buying a phone that the emotional decision making part of my brain thought was meh.
I thought I'd ask about the latest HTC Sensation, but I heard the salesperson telling someone it cost around $550. Way out of my phone budget.

Finally I saw the Incredible S boxes on the shelf behind the salesperson. So I asked how much it cost. Only $45 more than the Desire S which was for $335, but it was just right!

I haven't decided yet if I'm gonna subscribe to a data plan. My friend told me it only costs $10 a month from my phone's balance for 100MB/month plan. That would actually be great since I never use up my balance (definitely have $10 leftover every month) and it keeps accumulating. Plus I wouldn't have to pay anything extra over what I'm currently paying. I will see if I need it.

For now, I giggle every time I turn the phone on, and thunder clouds part on the screen with a woosh sound and a touch of lightening. Weather is cloudy and thundery today after all! This weather app thing is cool!

3 comments:

  1. Nice phone. With wifi at work and at home rarely use the data plan anyway. Enjoy it! Sometimes it's ok to decide emotionally because a lot of times i'll research something to death and i'll still be confused about it a week later. Usually this means all my options were good to start with and I would have enjoyed whatever I picked.

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  3. Well, I am certainly enjoying the phone, haha! It's like a new toy, I can't put it down!!

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