"Technology is really something!"
I made up my mind to “pay tribute” to my old phones that I’ve eventually left for newer models, yet never had the heart to fully discard. Each of my phones tells a story. From my very first, very big mobile phone, down to the one I am currently using.
So this post will be all about my attempt to help you understand the Lamarckism of my mobile phones. Hehehe :D
Though cellphones were already widely used by the time I was in the fifth grade, I wasn’t allowed to have one because my parents believed it was more of a luxury rather than a necessity. And no matter how much I argued my point that if I had a cellphone they could contact me easier, I could not find a suitable argument to the fact that I hardly needed to be contacted since I was sent and fetched everywhere I went.
Phone #1:
One summer when I had just graduated from the Sixth grade (Yes, I still had no phone at that time), relatives from my mother’s side of the family came to visit. They stayed at our house for about two weeks. One of my aunts owned a Bosch cellphone that she permitted me and my sister to use during her stay here. We texted and miscalled and explored every feature it had in that glorious two weeks. Before we knew it, my relatives were going home. And guess what? My aunt decided that the phone could stay. So that was my very first phone --- which I shared with my sister. She got to bring it to school of course. And I got to bring it on special occasions (my birthday). Hahaha, I know, I know. Loser. :D
My sister was eventually given a Nokia 3310 by my parents when they themselves finally had to admit that a cellphone was also quite useful to us kids. So I now had full access to the Bosch phone.
I forwarded quotes to people on my phonebook, miscalled my friends, used it as my alarm, and carried it around proudly wherever I went with its noticeable antenna sticking out. At around this time, more and more Nokia phones were already emerging with new and better features. Suddenly I wanted a new phone.
Phone #2
I struck a deal with my dad. If I make it through the first year of high school at the top of my class, he would give me the phone of my choice. You would not have guessed how hard I worked during that school year. I studied and strived and solved just so I could get what I wanted. And the phone was indeed a good motivation for I did emerge on top of my class. When I got the news that I had succeeded in this almost impossible feat (considering that Ralph the boy genius was my classmate), I was literally white with disbelief. That summer, I got a Nokia 3350. You can imagine how I treasured that phone considering how hard I worked to get it. I bought it lots of casings and even bought it the latest craze at that time which was an anti-radiation device! After three and a half years, my Nokia 3350 started behaving strangely. It started to have a mind of its own. It turned off without me asking it to, its keypads were no longer working, its LCD starts blinking in the middle of the night, and the mouthpiece no longer worked. This time my dad agreed I deserved a new phone.
Phone #3:
Say hello to phone # 3!
Colored phones were coming out and I really did want one. I didn’t mention this though thinking that this was too much to ask since colored phones were a little expensive at that time. But during Christmas of that year I received a gift from my parents. I unwrapped the gift to reveal a Nokia 3350 box. I thought they had gone out and bought me the same phone model! Much to my shock, I opened the box to see a different phone… a Sony Ericsson T610i! I had a colored phone! And...it had a 1.2 Megapixel camera, which was already big news at that era.
As you can observe from the picture, my third phone has minimal scratches despite its years. This is because by this time, I had grown up and had learned to take better care of my things. I loved my T610i so much that I invested hundreds of pesos to buy it crystal covers for protection. I did not mind that it made the phone bulky, just as long as my T610i was covered and protected from any damage.
I am still currently using my T610i as my Sun phone. It has now been with me for five years and it's still very much functional.
Phone # 4
I still do not know how I was able to swindle my parents out of a few pesos to buy me my fourth phone. My fourth phone is the phone I am currently using for my Globe sim. I saw it in the Internet when I was looking up Sony's newer phone models. My fourth phone is a Sony Ericsson K800i. I got it for my birthday last year and now it has totally become an integral part of my life. It still looks new, because again I have been investing much in protecting it from scratches and any other possible damages. I love its sleek look and I love its features!
It's becoming easier and easier to replace phones nowadays. Unlike before when phones were so expensive and when there were still few models available. But I don't think I will ever discard any one of my phones. They have so much memories attached to them. The things that happened when I was still using those phones, the people I texted with and called on using those phones, and everything else that I am able to remember just by looking at them.
Nobody throws away memories, and I'm definitely not letting go of any of my phones. Irregardless of how scratched, gashed, damaged and dysfunctional they may be. . . :)
