My Mobile Story

In today's world, people are more vulnerable to new technologies so easily. I mean it as I could see a drastic adoption of Mobile phone over the land line phone. It all started with only one convenience - be reachable on move. And now, that has come to a stage where the rest of the technology needs to live in this piece of solution.
When I was out of my college, I saw mobile phone which were bulky like walkie-talkie. I heard from the owners that the call rates were arbitrarily high that they use it to get and give the famous 'missed call'. It was used much like a Pager. I was not excited by this.
The time was changing and 'incoming calls' were announced as free of cost. By that time, I got engaged. And badly felt the need for a way to have calls in privacy. Went to a shop in Bangalore with one of my friend and bought a then slim & flip model mobile phone - Ericsson T28s along with connection from SPICE network. I did not have enough information like today to search for the best mobile. This model did attracted me at the first sight. I used it to the most but for voice calls, SMS and address book only. It worked well for 2 years of use until my kid spoiled it with water. The body of the phone was so sturdy that even after multiple drops it did not have any scratch or broken edge.
It was time to get a new phone, now the reason has become that just to be reachable. I went for another best of class mobile - Nokia 3315. I believe this model to be a best as the casing and features were just what I needed. You may be surprised, I used this phone for more than 6 years and that too without changing the original battery. When I 'packed' it, the battery was keeping my phone alive for 3 full days max or 60 min of talk time.
Recently I went for a new mobile, but this time my requirements were different. Professional and personal needs. I did many analysis with many from old to latest 'available' models. Four were my final choices - Moto Rokr E6, Sony Ericsson P1, HTC Touch and Nokia E50. Finally Nokia E50 won the race due to it's compact form, price, business features and software availability. I'm still a satisfied customer of SPICE network and hence did not change it yet.