i should get some nokia loyalty reward or something

i remember my first cellphone, a nokia 3210. how could i forget. it was 1999 and the nokia 3210 was being marketed as the cellphone with an internal antenna and changeable cover. something really remarkable at that time. the popular unit then was the nokia 5110. comparing the 5110 with a 3210 is like comparing an average girl with a supermodel. it wasnt about the features. if these phones were women, both have breasts, both have vaginas, both could have the same personality. only difference was the way they look. the nokia 5110 is just plain boring (yes, plain and boring) to look at compared to the nokia 3210. and that made a lot of difference to consumers like me. how much was the nokia 3210 back in 1999? P10,000, sim locked to a network. imagine what cellphones can be bought today at that price.

my second cellphone was a nokia 3660. i bought it because after almost 5 years, my nokia 3210 finally gave up on me (it stopped charging even with the battery replaced). for P10,000, it was really worth my money. well, my parent's money. why a nokia 3660? well, because it looks different (and its the corrected version of the nokia 3650), it's a camera phone (something that was new at the time and this was 2004) and it has a memory card. i remember the very first time it was dropped because it was my college blockmate who dropped it, not me. what i liked about it is that i can store a lot of SMS with it and have personalized mp3 ringtones (i always make my own ringtones. that's why i found it weird that a girl in a cafe had the same ringtone as mine. i immediately changed my ringtone after hearing it). how much was the nokia 3660 back in 2004? P16,000, open line.

my third cellphone (and strictly speaking, my fourth) was and is a nokia 3110 classic. after three years of service, my nokia 3660 died (it unexplainably shut itself down) in a jeepney while attempting to contact a korean girl i just met. so with a help from a college friend who recommended a website (gsmarena.com), i tried to look for a phone with similar specs. and the closest i could find, and the cheapest too, was the nokia 3110 classic. it costs around P6000. P10,000 cheaper. what i noticed is that its not as sturdy as the nokia 3210 and it seems to be more fragile than the nokia 3660. but its still a good enough phone. good enough to be stolen by a pick pocket in the vicinity of the EDSA-Taft MRT station. since i really need a phone (since i was working at that time) and im happy with the nokia 3110c, i bought another one to replace the one that was stolen. i bought my first nokia 3110c back in 2007 for around P6000. i bought my second nokia 3110c last August of 2009 for P4,650 (and now the unit is no longer available. i guess i bought it in time before they stopped producing it). what i like about this phone is that it can be backed up with the nokia PC suite. this version of the Nokia PC suite is better than the one compatible with the nokia 3660. when i bought the replacement nokia 3110c, all i had to do was get the back up i made from my previous nokia 3110c and it was as if my phone was never stolen in the first place (except for some missing contacts since its been months from my last back up). what i dont like about it is the camera. its camera sucks.

my fourth (or fifth) cellphone is a nokia 2730 classic. i bought it last week. why did i buy one if my nokia 3110c is still working fine? well, ive been using 2 phones since i started OLA (2008). the other phone was my brother's spare phone, a nokia 1100 (his first cellphone. my sister's first cellphone was a nokia 3310. in a way, all of us started with a phone somewhat like the nokia 3210). recently, my brother's phone keeps losing signal so i thought it was time to return it since it might "die" any time soon and i dont want it to "die" with me as its user. and i didnt want to stop using my other number since its also being constantly used. so i bought a new one. and it only costs P4,400. the cheapest phone ive ever owned and ironically, the most advanced. it has 3G and a 2megapixel camera (still sucks but much better than the 1.3 megapixel camera of the nokia 3110c). what i like about it is that i can synchronize the 2 phones via bluetooth (so i didnt have problems transferring contacts and calendar entries) and both are supported by the Nokia Ovi Suite (the replacement of the Nokia PC suite) so i dont need two separate nokia softwares. besides, gadgets make me happy so thats another reason to buy a new phone.

i was thinking of buying the samsung C5212 or samsung B2100 but i opted to stick with nokia. ive been using nokia phones for more than a decade now and so far, im satisfied with their products. so satisfied that i developed some kind of attachment to my cellphones. since nokia 3660, i never switch off my cellphone. never (unless i need to remove the battery or sim card). its always on and it never runs out of battery because i always charge it. an empty cellphone battery is something foreign to me. my cellphones are always within arms reach. well, most of the time since i cant take wherever i go (except my nokia 3660 where i developed an attachment to the point that i take with me even if im in the shower and i noticed that people contact me frequently when im in the shower). even in my half asleep and half awake moments, i know where my cellphones are located. its the first things i look at every morning and the last thing i look at every night. i think ever since i owned a cellphone back in 1999, i never lasted more than a week not owning a cellphone. i am attached to my cellphones.