Mobile Hell

Mobile Hell

Am going through the trauma of choosing a new mobile phone.

I don't know which I loath the most, the phones..... or the choosing.

All I want is something I can call with.
I don't really do texts. I can text, but can't be arsed. It's the letter 'S' that does my head in. 4 key presses. Not 1 or 2 or 3, but 4. 'Z' is the same - but I can't remember ever having to use that letter in a text message. 'S' however is a different matter.

Anyway, I just want to call and be called.
I take pictures and then never look at them again.
I have music which I never listen to. I have issues with earphones - I like to know what's going on around me, with every sense I have available.
Lots of ringtones but set the thing to vibrate as it seems to make more noise that way.

So I go to choose, muttering the mantra 'All I want is a basic phone' . And then the indecision kicks in.
What make, what colour, what network? To flip or not to flip? To slide or not to slide? How many pixels? How many bands? USB or Bluetooth or both? Radio, internet,video? What kind of messaging? What's the memory and battery life?
And you're sucked into it all, as if it were some bizarre religious cult.

So I leave - without a phone or the will to live