The phone is dead! Long live the phone!

[valis2]

I bought a cell phone on December 31st, 2000...a Sanyo 4500 that has remained my constant companion until today.

It has travelled tens of thousands of miles, visited other continents (it went to Australia with me--I didn't actually use it there, but I needed it in the airport when I returned), and seen amazing things. It's been my lifeline when I was two thousand miles from home and my car had smashed into a railing in Arizona and I was forced to stay in Prescott for four days. It's been my beacon, my heartline, my connection to my friends and my family.

When I purchased it, it was a pretty advanced piece of equipment. It could access the web and text message, though I never did use those services because of the expense. It had an exceptional talk time for the time period--over three hours. I once left it on standby for five days.



It survived being dropped (hence the wire keeping the battery attached), and seven years of heavy use. I will miss you, sweet, sweet phone.

Alas, it's so out of date that they weren't able to transfer the contents to the new phone, so I will be reprogramming the new phone (a Sanyo Katana DLX) all weekend. (Stop laughing, rook543.) I'm looking forward to its features (I've already text messaged, lol)...especially the fact that, because it's a flip-phone, I won't have to worry about not seeing incoming calls because I've accidentally pushed some buttons. I will miss the old phone's presence, though--it was a nice, sturdy phone.

Comments

[lewlinx.livejournal.com]

Good-bye faithful phone!

*waves with sorrowfilled face*

Hello, Katana DLX! :D (It will be a cool phone, how can it not be having LX included in its initials? ;))

Enjoy your new phone! :D

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*waves with you*

And yes, it has such auspicious initials, it's bound to be a worth successor! :) *grins*

[pandora-nervosa.livejournal.com]

You should name your new phone "Desmond".

I'm kidding. ~g~

I had a good old Motorola for like...ever. Bless it's little heart. It died a noble death.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is--it's not quite dead; it still works fairly well. Except if the wire slips off--then the battery falls off.

I totally missed out on an important phone call while I was in AZ because I took it out of the case too quickly. That was the final straw. As much as I love my old phone, I just don't want the hassle anymore. :(

[snarkysneak.livejournal.com]

Your faithful friend deserves a fine send off. Do you have anything planned? Or maybe you'll give it a place of honour on a shelf?


I was heartbroken when I had to get rid of my first cell phone. I had it for about 7 years and I could always grin evilly when the people who made fun of my dinosaur phone had their cheapo new phones die 2 months after they got them. Hell, that thing survived being dropkicked down the driveway and into a puddle completely intact. Unfortunately, the battery for it cost more than a new phone. :(

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I was heartbroken when I had to get rid of my first cell phone. I had it for about 7 years and I could always grin evilly when the people who made fun of my dinosaur phone had their cheapo new phones die 2 months after they got them.

Yeah, that was my experience entirely! In fact, I'm a little disappointed with the sound of the new phone--it's very tinny and voices are a bit hard to understand. :(

I can't donate the phone because it's broken, but I'm really loathing the idea of throwing it out. I'll probably donate it to this electronics "charity" where they take things apart to see how they work (it's a division of a school).

[snarkysneak.livejournal.com]

Donating it to the school sounds like an excellent idea. I wish they had a program like that around here.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

It's really been an awesome find--I've gotten rid of super-obsolete computers, monitors, zip drives, you name it.