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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

My FIRST Smartphone!

I broke down and finally bought one, yessirree, I did. My old cell was a little flip phone and it was fine for me for years but now the sound was awful and I had to keep it on speaker phone all the time and STILL hold it up to my head to hear. I thought it was just me but it wasn’t. No one else could hear with that old thing, either. That was my first wake up call to buy a new phone. Then there were the tornado warnings that we seem to get a lot more than in the old days. I’d see the warnings show on TV, snatch up the cats and we’d all head to the basement….and sit, and sit, and sit. There was no way to know if it was over or if we should stay down there. Yes, another reason for a decent cell phone where I could have a “Live” weather app. Consumer Cellular to the rescue! I love that company and if you don’t know about them, you really should bone up on their site. Best prices and services that you could ever imagine and I’ve been using their plans for 5 years now (and wish I’d started years and years ago). Well, they also sell all types of cell phones and so that’s where I went. I had no intention of buying the newest as you’d have to have a gun to my head to fork over mega hundreds or even into a thousand bucks for a phone. A phone! Geezy peezy. I just want it to have great sound and the ability to call and receive and text and email and go online when I need to. Wow. What I found was that it not only does all that but holy smoke, I can hold it out at a store that takes Apple pay and bingo, it does all the work! I absolutely LOVE this thing. I bought the older (not ancient) Apple iPhone SE. That one came out after the 5’s and with the 6’s and has iOS 11 which is the latest operating system out there.. Reviews post that it’s been the best of all of them other than it’s physically smaller. Men love the smallness because it fits in a pocket. I’m getting used to squinting. No worries, I just adore this new gadget, and the price was terrific, $160. Brand new, not used; and my monthly billing with CC is still incredibly low, as in $19.95 per month and that’s with unlimited text, I chose a lower amount of talk minutes because I’m always on wifi and my data is next to nothing because I don’t download a bunch of apps. The phone came loaded with all the apps I’d ever need. Yay! I feel like I stepped into the world, haha. I even took this photo of my Lucy this evening with the cell camera and I have to say, that camera does a really nice job! I sent it to myself in email and here it is (click to enlarge):
Ok, that was the good news. Now for the ick. I have an abscessed tooth and it hurts! I am on a good antibiotic but it’s taking its sweet time working. Tomorrow is the last day of pills. Luckily, my dentist wrote the Rx for a refill, so I’ll be trotting back to the store to pick up another round. In the meantime, I’m being very quiet because my face hurts from the abscess and I’ve had a roaring headache on that side for a whole week. I’ll be back around to visit in not too long, but until then, be good, have fun, and BLOG! XOXOXO

10 comments:

  1. Good for you. I'm still stubborn about getting a smart phone. I do have a 2 year old TracFone that allows me to make calls out and receive calls in, which is all I really need, BUT I don't use it! The landline works fine. The cost tallied out at about $8 a month and today I have 2387.58 minutes left and 241 service days! I really abhor change. BUT! I hope your dental condition changes, and SOON!

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  2. Sorry about your tooth..hate that pain! Hope you get it cared for soon.Happy about your phone..I love the improvements they have made over the years.I loved my old flip phone it was a tracfone,I still use them but with the new smart technology. Sometimes technology is a good thing! ������������

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  3. I need to catch up with you about your tooth.

    It's really sort of funny about my smart phone. Britt is always on to about getting another provider though. Maybe I'll check yours out. But, I have to tell you, Jenny, I had this phone a couple of years before I knew it had internet. I know, right? Now, I use it more than the computer. :)

    xoxo

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  4. Well aren't you Miss Fancy Pants iPhone user! I love my iPhone with all the neat apps and especially the camera. It's amazing how good the pictures come out. If you have any questions about this or that, give me a holler. I've mastered it! Sorry about the tooth. It's always something, isn't it?

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  5. Okay, I see now about your abscessed tooth; don't know how I missed it. Anyway, OUCH YOU POOR THING!! I hope the new round of antibiotics work, Jenny. You're too sweet to have to be in pain. xoxoxox

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  6. Knock, knock, knock...anyone home? Been wondering if you’re okay. Hope so. Take care Jenny.

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  7. Ah, the old smartphones! Either they or I seem to become less smart with each new iteration. I rarely have more than one bar in the little dip-in-the-road area where my house is located, so I can't rely on it as my actual go-to phone. For ages it was a glorified grocery list keeper for me, which at iPhone prices seems a little steep. Nowadays I take a lot of pics with it for FB or my personal collection. But I almost never use it as a phone. I am on-call to no one and never wish to be, so they can wait til I get home to my landline or else call someone else. nAnyway I am almost always home (or out of the country entirely).
    As to the tooth, I surely hope it is over and done with (the abscess, I mean) long ago. Is there anything more vexing at any age than the care and feeding of teeth?

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