New Mobile Phone

I bought a new mobile phone yesterday, the Nokia 6300, after my last one gave up the ghost. It is crap!

When it rings you don't hear it, even if it is up at maximum volume. This is because the speaker is at the back of the phone, next to the camera. So when you have your phone sitting on your desk, it is face up (naturally).

The battery doesn't last anywhere near what my old one did (Nokia 6610i) and it's a lot more difficult to navigate. I'll keep plugging away.

Anyway, I may upgrade again in a couple of months and maybe change my number because I keep getting nuissance calls and obscene pictures and texts.

Incommunicado

My mobile phone is doing this weird thing where I can't hear anyone that I call or who calls me unless I either have them on loudspeaker (not very good when on a crowded train when everyone is listening to you) or when my hands free is plugged in (which is not very often because I keep it in the car and never remember to connect it, besides which I tend to ignore my phone when I am driving unless I can pull over safely and quickly).

So, now I've got to buy a new phone. This is problematic because I am very happy with my provider. I have not been in contract for several years and have no intention of going into another contract when I don't need to. Even though I make it clear that I want to buy the phone outright because I'm happy with my plan, the phone dealers still feel the need to try to sell me their products.

I'll just keep shopping around until I find the phone I want.