hexstatik

Last March, my cell phone contract with Bell Mobility finally expired. I’d been looking forward to getting a new cellphone, but then Apple announced the iPhone, so I decided to wait. And while it hasn’t been officially announced in Canada yet, I am hopeful that it will be soon.

So, while I wait, I’ve continued to use my Samsung SPH-A660.

A few weeks ago, in the middle of Vancouver’s first heat wave of the summer, Crystal and I decided to go for a swim.  We rode our bikes along the sea wall and went for a dip at Third Beach in Stanley Park. Unfortunately, I forgot my cell phone in my pocket. :( After drying it out for nearly a week, I successfully managed to turn it on and give it a try. I did manage to get it to boot up, and made a few short calls with it to test it out, but it just isn’t the same anymore - it likes to randomly shut off, rendering it practically useless.

That’s life.

Now I really need a new phone, but I have a dilemma - do I bite the bullet and get a new phone, go phone-less until the iPhone comes to Canada, or try to find a used replacement that I can use on the Bell Mobility network?