today I am cranky (so what else is new?)
I got my new cell phone delivered today.
This should be a cause for rejoicing, right? Sure, except that the new phone is a step backwards from my 10-year-old current cell phone. How? Here's how:
1. To charge the battery requires that I open a little door on the side of the phone and plug in the charger. I predict that flimsy little door lasts three days before I accidentally break it off. Please note: I am not clumsy, nor careless with my belongings.
2. I ordered a case for the phone that turned out to be a cheap plastic piece of shit. My old case on my old phone is made of freaking glove leather and was cheaper than this new phone's case. I threw the case away within minutes of opening it. It was awful.
3. New phone cannot handle Call Waiting. WTF? My vintage 2001 phone can handle it, but this one can't?
4. Phone numbers can carry over, but ringtones and games can't. I have 14 days to cancel the contract and switch carriers, and this shit makes it very tempting. Why should I stay with you, Verizon, when you are USELESS?
I don't want a smartphone. I don't want a bar phone. I like a clamshell, and I like to be able to make calls and that's it. I want my phone to be a phone, and I don't want it to purse-dial or butt-dial. I want it to feel vaguely ergonomic. Also, I rather like the Star Trek-iness of slapping the clamshell closed. Pushing a button to end a phone call is boring.
Waaaah.