It's easier to train a Dragon- II
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Within a week of writing that previous post, I had made up my mind that I was going to settle for nothing less than HTC One. For critics and Android geeks regarded it as the Smartphone of the year and similar titles. Other than that, I was pretty sure that there wouldn't be Samsung or Blackberry and iPhone 5 wasn't worth the tag. The confusion remained pretty much between Lumia 920 and HTC One.
It took me a while to convince my financier (Lordship) to buy me HTC and the day he agreed, turns out that the phone hadn't been launched in India still. This wait lasted till last week of May until the phone was out in Indian markets. Meanwhile, all my conversations were lopsided. People enquired my whereabouts by mediums such as telegram, pigeon and messages written on piggy backs. Dramatic as I am, I even went off Facebook and took a temporary respite from Twitter and receiving calls. Nobody really missed me but people were concerned.
By the time the phone was available again and Lordship was convinced yet again, he was onto a flight to Dubai. Wait lasted another seven days. During that time, I spoke to Man Friday about something and this phone discussion (which by then had become a regular in my life with everyone) was about Lumia's goodness.
Man Friday- ******'s sibling went for Lumia 520. You should really consider 920.
Me- HTC One. I'm convinced.
M.F.- Look, I'm telling you, the Lumia is so good. I've installed it in my HTC, after removing Android. I'm testing this for a while since I've exhausted everything that I could have done with my pre-packaged phone.
Me- Look, I don't want to use Windows 8 phone. It doesn't have an Instagram app.
M.F.- It has Instagrille!
Me- I have people on Instagram.
M.F.- Instagrille is an extension of Instagram with the same features as that. Don't be silly.
Me- I want HTC One.
Next day, out of nowhere, I was granted an actual phone by Lordship. A shiny, new HTC One.
It took me half an hour to set up basics and I was massively impressed with the state of art technology- of the phone largely and of how far we've reached from Blackberry. Although, I'd still say that I'm just using only 20% of my smartphone. Android's completely flexible and yet rigid in it's interface.
(Gave in to peer pressure.Will delete if people from school keep talking like this- "Finallyy!!!!!!! howz u?")
Two days into using with delicate hands and mostly keeping it off limits from everyone (including me), I faced my first problem.
No reception.
A friend complained that he wasn't able to reach my number. Despite turning re-booting it several times, there was no signal and that was odd. My connection has been fairly strong up until the change of phone. After two dozen attempts, I was able to make a call and that caused a butt of few jokes.
It took me a while to convince my financier (Lordship) to buy me HTC and the day he agreed, turns out that the phone hadn't been launched in India still. This wait lasted till last week of May until the phone was out in Indian markets. Meanwhile, all my conversations were lopsided. People enquired my whereabouts by mediums such as telegram, pigeon and messages written on piggy backs. Dramatic as I am, I even went off Facebook and took a temporary respite from Twitter and receiving calls. Nobody really missed me but people were concerned.
By the time the phone was available again and Lordship was convinced yet again, he was onto a flight to Dubai. Wait lasted another seven days. During that time, I spoke to Man Friday about something and this phone discussion (which by then had become a regular in my life with everyone) was about Lumia's goodness.
Man Friday- ******'s sibling went for Lumia 520. You should really consider 920.
Me- HTC One. I'm convinced.
M.F.- Look, I'm telling you, the Lumia is so good. I've installed it in my HTC, after removing Android. I'm testing this for a while since I've exhausted everything that I could have done with my pre-packaged phone.
Me- Look, I don't want to use Windows 8 phone. It doesn't have an Instagram app.
M.F.- It has Instagrille!
Me- I have people on Instagram.
M.F.- Instagrille is an extension of Instagram with the same features as that. Don't be silly.
Me- I want HTC One.
Next day, out of nowhere, I was granted an actual phone by Lordship. A shiny, new HTC One.
It took me half an hour to set up basics and I was massively impressed with the state of art technology- of the phone largely and of how far we've reached from Blackberry. Although, I'd still say that I'm just using only 20% of my smartphone. Android's completely flexible and yet rigid in it's interface.
Two days into using with delicate hands and mostly keeping it off limits from everyone (including me), I faced my first problem.
No reception.
A friend complained that he wasn't able to reach my number. Despite turning re-booting it several times, there was no signal and that was odd. My connection has been fairly strong up until the change of phone. After two dozen attempts, I was able to make a call and that caused a butt of few jokes.
Later that evening, same thing happened again, Man Friday told me he couldn't reach my phone and that was alarming.
"Chinese phones have weddings, not reception. Should've bought Lumia."
Three-four attempts and this comment later, I walked out of my bed and called him from landline only to hear this-
M.F.- Let me say one and thing and don't interrupt me.
Me- Meh.
M.F.- I-told-you-so!
Me- YOU RECOMMENDED ME THIS PHONE!
M.F.-TWO MONTHS AGO. TECHNOLOGY CHANGES EVERY DAY.
ME- SO THIS PHONE CAN'T MAKE OR RECEIVE CALLS BUT ONLY DOES FANCY THINGS? WHAT IF I AM GETTING RAPED? HOW WILL I CALL FOR HELP?
M.F.- SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A LUMIA. Next time just listen to what I say.
Two posts and 41K later, I get accused of not listening to anyone and also, be denied of a simple function like making a call. It's easier to work with Chinese Fireball. Where is my baby?
SMARTPHONES ARE FUCKING SCAM.
My heart sank when the solutions suggested to fix this problem included:
1) Get a new phone. Nokia Lumia 925.
2) Tie some aluminum foil around the phone for connectivity.
Thankfully,
by next morning, the signal came back in place like a lost puppy.
Asides from being a little skeptic, I was happy once again, in love with
this sleek piece of equipment.
Anyway, the reception problem hasn't repeated itself (till the time of writing the post). I hope to Batman no one has to go through the trouble of finding a new smartphone for themselves. It only comes second to finding a housemaid.
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