AT&T Says I Should Upgrade My Phone

NaBloPoMo Day 15

I’ve got a Razr 3.  It’s a spiffy reddish color.  It fits in my pocket, which is good because otherwise I’d wind up leaving it at home.  Or in the car.  Or in my backpack.  It’s fairly good for texting, which is what I mostly use it for.  I don’t talk much on it because (1) I hate talking on the phone and (2) the sound quality is pretty piss-poor.

I have my cell phone service through AT&T.  I’ve had AT&T since they sucked up Cingular.  I was with Cingular since… wow, since I lived in Colorado?  Yeah, that’s possible, though there were a few years in there when I first moved to New York that I didn’t have a cell phone because I didn’t really need one (not that I actually need one now, but the texting feature is very handy).  Anyway, AT&T has been “notifying” me for several months now that I’m eligible for an upgrade on my phone.  I don’t care much for most of the phones they offer.  I like having a camera in my phone because then I can take compromising pictures of the cats.  I don’t really need GPS in my phone because I’ve got a TomTom (or SeanSean as I call it, because the voice I use sounds delightfully like Sean Connery).  I don’t play music on my phone because I have a nifty MP3 play (the Samsung P2… very nice).  And although I’m just a wee bit compulsive about checking my email, I don’t really need to check it when I’m out and about.

So if I’m going to get a new phone, it ought to be better at texting, still fit in my pocket and have better sound quality for the rare times I actually use it as a phone.  I’m contemplating the Motorola Karma.  I’m certainly not sold on any other phone manufacturer or model, and I’m not entirely certain I care all that much for the Karma.  In fact, I may just wait until AT&T offers something more exciting than the Karma.  After all, I’ve gotten along well enough with the Razr 3 for a year and a half… and I had my Razr 2 for almost three years before it decided to stop working althogether.  Ah, I guess I’m just not the gadget nerd I was born to be.