Taking it for Granted 2 – My iPhone
When it came to mobile phones my requirements were simple – something that allowed me to make and receive calls. Camera, MP3 player and games were never a must-have for me. And the time it took for me to compose a text, well, forget it.
Maybe that’s why I stayed for so long on Vodafone’s 60 minutes of calls and no texts for £15 monthly tariff.
We’d already made up our minds to get an iPhone when the Second Generation model came out in July 2008. However, a few weeks beforehand, my old cheapie Vodafone mobile died a sad death. So off I went to Argos to buy the cheapest one I could find…
This morning, I awoke to find my iPhone battery with only 10% juice left – despite the fact that it was on charge until 1:30am (when I went to bed), so with the dog desperate for his walk, I had no choice but to take my old Vodafone with me. (I bought a pay-as-you-go SIM when I got the iPhone and keep this spare charged in case of emergencies).
As I walked along I realized that for the next 90 minutes or so there’d be no Tweetie, no Internet, no eMail, no podcasts or music, no radio, no hooking into unsecured WiFi, no AudioBoo, no Facebook, nowhere to write little notes as things popped into my head, and no texting (yes folks, with a QWERTY keyboard I finally became a text-addict).
Though I could make and receive phone calls!
My other problem this morning was that I’d forgotten how to lock the keypad – and with only £5 of PAYG credit, I didn’t want to be making any unwanted calls. I tried all sorts of keypad combinations, but none worked.
Tonight I did a bit of Googling and I now know how to lock the Vodafone V716 (you know, I didn’t even know the model number as it’s not written on the phone – I had to look through images on the Vodafone website – a bit like an ID parade for phones!). Their help section tells me everything I need to know about the phone.
My only problem now, if I ever need to use the phone again, is to stop trying to press that damn button at the top. It’s not an on/off button, it releases the back cover, should I need to remove the battery or SIM.