Hello, memory hoarders!
Let’s play guessing game. What is this thing that has screen
and keypad and allows you to converse with other people wherever you are? I
know what you are thinking. Yes, you are correct. It’s cellular phone or
cellphone.
For the past years, cellphones have fascinated us and made
our lives simpler and comfortable. As the years passed by, these mobile devices
have evolved and upgraded from a simple communication kit to a phone showcasing
beautiful apps that entertain and keep us abreast on the latest happenings
around the world. The more the phone is sophisticated, the more we enjoy using
it.
Mobile phone is now an indispensable device that if we
forget it to bring in our getaways, it seems like our systems are weakened. The
device has taken a part of us that this serves our channel to show who we are.
When was the first time you used a cellphone? What did you
do with it?
I still remember when I used a cellular phone for the first
time. I was a grade one student and it was Nokia 5210 phone of my aunt and I
was amazed on how that device caters different things especially games. During
that time, you are called techy if you own a phone like what my aunt owns. As a
child, I was not particular on the other components of the phone except the
games it contain.
When they are visiting us, I always ask my aunt to hand her
phone to play Snake. I was excited and thrilled in eating dots and avoiding it
to bump the walls. Aside from playing games, I explored the ringtone settings
of the phone. I was very amazed that that device can produce sounds. My
favorite tone that I usually play was William Tell. When I was playing it, I
felt like I am a novice jockey who is enthusiastic in finishing the horse
racing victoriously. I was attached on that phone that when my aunt and uncle
set themselves to go home, I feel sad because I need to wait for how many days
to use the phone.
Anyway, my father bought a Sony Ericsson phone during that
time. He initiated a protective treatment to that phone that I wasn’t able to
check the stuff or even hold it. As far as I remember, my father covers his
phone using a mobile case and he uses it carefully. Every time he uses his
phone, I felt that he feels he is one of the richest people of our barangay.
Well, owning a phone during that period is an indicator that you are above from
the rest. His laughter while conversing with his friend was like the laughter
of affluent man. However, he encountered mobile signal problem. It was a tough
challenge for a cellphone owner to find a steady mobile signal. My father used
to hang the phone in a plant just to gather signal. Some barangay mates used to
go to the vacant lots to have a great mobile experience. This situation lasted
until the advent of cellsite in 2005. People during that time can use their
phone intensively because of better and steady mobile signal.
When I was in Grade 3, that was the time that I have used my
father’s phone. My father purchased Nokia 3310, the rampant unit in the
locality. The Snake game that I loved to play became more interesting as it
became Snake II. I almost spent an hour in playing Space Impact. I felt that I
was a space warrior every time I fire missiles in different levels of the game.
My skill in creating game plan was honed by the Bantumi game. Bantumi is like
the local game Sungka that is you need to play with the phone in getting high
number at the end of the game by distributing numbers on holes and to your own
hole. The phone did not last because it was overused when playing games. I was
crestfallen that time because my father returned his mandate which is not to
hold his phone.
My knowledge on phones advanced when my father a foldable
Nokia phone when I was third year high school. That phone can capture images
and videos that it brought wonders for all of us who have seen it. When I was
using that phone, I felt like I am a rich guy. Imagine you have a device that
can use to talk and capture important moments in form of pictures. But, there
was only limited seconds of fame when I need to return it to my father.
After long years of waiting, I had my first phone when I was
a college freshman. That time, I was using a dual SIM Nokia phone. It was the
beginning of my own milestone in owning a phone. Then, I had my first
touchscreen phone when I was a second year college student. It was a MyPhone
unit. It enabled me to use YouTube and Facebook during that time but the
applications were limited.
In the next year, I had MyPhone A181i unit which is more
colorful than the previous phone. It was my phone that I became interested on
Twitter. I was able to know the trending topics and interact with other users.
It is my buddy for four years. Unfortunately, I lost it after I attended the
Moving Up Ceremony of Tondol Learning Ceremony last month. There was forlornly
because aside from losing the contact numbers of my friends, workmates, and
teachers, I lost a material which has a high sentimental value.
For the past years, I really patronize MyPhone products.
This mobile brand has phones that I can say that they are high quality and easy
to use. Now, I am using MY27 phone. I am enjoying it because it is now my
blogging companion. It has a good camera that I use to take photos. Some of the
photos you can see here on my blog are taken using it.
As of now, we are now using smartphones in dealing with
life. Well, I admit that I am a dependent of mobile phone. Who am I to reject
the good things that a phone caters? If it can help me especially in my work, I
will definitely use it. Cellphones are our friends, handle these carefully. Let
us give importance to these and use these properly.
Our technology is progressing every year. Let us just enjoy
our latest phones before going to the next units. Surely, these phones will
give us beautiful memories to hoard.
How about you? What phones have you used before? Tell me
about it by commenting below.
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