Ring, Ring....2000 is Calling!

Brad's cell phone broke about 2 weeks ago.  The thing just got to the point where it wouldn't stay on any longer.  He thought he was at the end of his contract, but he isn't, not until December.  We went to his cell phone provider to inquire about getting a new phone.  However, he wasn't impressed with his carriers new way of doing things.  You are basically "leasing" a phone.  He wasn't liking that idea at all.  But he doesn't like the idea of spending big bucks on a phone either.

The decision he made was to hold off.  He searched and searched thru old boxes in our storage areas until he found an old phone of his.  He's kept his last 3 phones.  Boy, I can't say that!  The only one of the 3 he could find was a flip phone. LOL!  When he first discovered it packed away and showed me, I couldn't help but laugh.  This phone looks like a joke!  Phones have come a long way in the last 10 or so years!  Believe me!  This flip phone looks so out of place in today's world.  It's super small and it's material feels anything but durable.  It's light weight to compared to any smartphone.  While he was toting around his flip-phone a coworker of his mistook it for a toy!  The flip-phone has dancing lights on it when it rings.  Which was cracking me up! As for it's ring tones....don't even get me started.  Geez!  Sounds like it's trying to reconnect with it's mother ship.

It's been quite the joke in our household.  As Brad calls people he quickly explains he's on his "flip-phone".  He tries so hard to make it sound COOL!  It's hilarious!  Oh honey!  I've busted out laughing numerous times at him.  After quite a few days he couldn't handle the embarrassment of using the toy looking flip-phone so he continued searching until he located his phone he used before he upgraded to a smartphone.  Now he's using a slide-out keyboard phone!  Which means he can text again.  The flip-phone was from pre-texting days.  

His plan was to wait until December, then shop around at different phone carriers....but he couldn't take it any longer.  He found a moderately priced smartphone through his cell phone provider and ordered it online.  It should arrive some time next week. If it was me, I wouldn't have been as patient as he has been.  Kudos to him!  I told him I would've replaced mine right away!  Which is true!  Surprisingly though he was the first one to upgrade to a smartphone.  I drug my feet about it!  I didn't know if I'd make use of enough of it's features.  If I had to go backwards like he has done for the last 2 weeks, it would be bad news!  Downgrading is much harder than upgrading!

Honey, the year 2000 called and it wants it's flip-phone back! LOL!