Cell Phone Woes

Last summer my dad’s cell phone broke. The display stopped working. It’s a flip-phone and it there is a tiny wire between the main body of the phone and the flip-up screen. The wire had broken. It cost quite a bit to fix.

A couple weeks after my dad’s phone broke, another friend’s phone broke. Same model phone, same wire broke.

Wednesday my phone broke. Same model phone, same wire broke, at least that’s what I’m assuming. I am able to receive calls, but can’t see the caller ID so I won’t answer. If whoever is calling leaves a message I can retrieve my voice mail using the voice-activated dialing feature.

So now the question is… should I get the phone fixed? The phone cost a lot because it has a lot of features so you might think it’s worth it to get it fixed. It costs almost a hundred bucks to get the phone fixed. However, the contract is up for renewal in a couple months so I can get new feature-packed phone with a new contract.

I’m thinking I’ll just get my old phone reactivated. It was a good phone, smaller and lighter. I charged the battery and it still seems to be in working condition. Then when the contract runs out I can renew the contract and get a new phone or just go with one of those cheap prepaid phones from a discount store.

In the mean time, don’t expect me to answer the phone even if you’re a friend. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you eventually. Who knows, maybe I can tear myself away from Second Life today long enough to go to the phone store.