Buyer's remorse
Buyer's remorse: I haz it. The only things I haven't regretted purchasing are the Jeep, Hubbyfink, an HTC Incredible, my bike, and the green laundry basket I purchased my freshman year of college. Seriously. That laundry basket is just as sound as it was the day I bought it twenty years ago! Why can't everything be that sturdy?? Granted, I didn't purchase Hubbyfink, but I haven't regretted hooking up with him.
The latest object of my scorn is the smart phone I purchased Friday night. My Incredible has been a dependable and useful tool for the past two years. Unfortunately, it's been showing its age (see above lament about sturdiness) and it seems that the phone is end-of-support since newer and whizz-bangier phones are what people want. I know: wah, wah, wah; my phone is old and buggy; poor me.
I spent last week researching and decided that the phone which would do everything that my current old phone could do and more was the Motorola Droid Razr. It had glowing reviews from amazed tech geeks AND was vaunted to have superior call sound quality. I raced to the Verizon store when the paycheck hit Friday and made a beeline for the Razrs. I was slightly put off by how BIG the phone was, but it seems like every smart phone now is large to support humongous screens. Oh well. The Razr was supposed to do everything I wanted and I purchased it and some accessories without a second thought. I then spent most of Friday night, all of Saturday night (until 1am), and a small portion of last night trying to bend the phone to my will.
We're mostly there, but Hubbyfink has noticed and commented that I'm not having fun playing with my new tool toy phone. The buttons are in the wrong place. I miss the HTC Sense and other "look and feel" things. Plus, the phone is too big for my hands. I can't comfortably hold it and type. I figured I'd be stuck until I thought, just before slipping into blissful sleep last night, that I should check the return/exchange policy.
Hot diggity darn. I read on the website and then verified with an actual human that there's a fourteen day window for returns/exchanges. WHOO HOO! I'm rescuing the boxes from the recycling bag tonight and packing everything back up for a trip to the store tomorrow. On paper, it looks like the HTC Rezound might be a good replacement for the Incredible, but you can bet your sweet bippy that I'll make phone size a top priority as I feel up phones in the store.
The latest object of my scorn is the smart phone I purchased Friday night. My Incredible has been a dependable and useful tool for the past two years. Unfortunately, it's been showing its age (see above lament about sturdiness) and it seems that the phone is end-of-support since newer and whizz-bangier phones are what people want. I know: wah, wah, wah; my phone is old and buggy; poor me.
I spent last week researching and decided that the phone which would do everything that my current old phone could do and more was the Motorola Droid Razr. It had glowing reviews from amazed tech geeks AND was vaunted to have superior call sound quality. I raced to the Verizon store when the paycheck hit Friday and made a beeline for the Razrs. I was slightly put off by how BIG the phone was, but it seems like every smart phone now is large to support humongous screens. Oh well. The Razr was supposed to do everything I wanted and I purchased it and some accessories without a second thought. I then spent most of Friday night, all of Saturday night (until 1am), and a small portion of last night trying to bend the phone to my will.
We're mostly there, but Hubbyfink has noticed and commented that I'm not having fun playing with my new tool toy phone. The buttons are in the wrong place. I miss the HTC Sense and other "look and feel" things. Plus, the phone is too big for my hands. I can't comfortably hold it and type. I figured I'd be stuck until I thought, just before slipping into blissful sleep last night, that I should check the return/exchange policy.
Hot diggity darn. I read on the website and then verified with an actual human that there's a fourteen day window for returns/exchanges. WHOO HOO! I'm rescuing the boxes from the recycling bag tonight and packing everything back up for a trip to the store tomorrow. On paper, it looks like the HTC Rezound might be a good replacement for the Incredible, but you can bet your sweet bippy that I'll make phone size a top priority as I feel up phones in the store.