This is a guest post from my fiance, Christina. When we met, she was using a Sanyo 8100 on Sprint’s network. She has since had the N73, N75, and now carries the N81 8GB. It’s a rough life, for sure. I told her she only gets new phones if she promises to do a writeup on them, so here you go:
Nokia’s N73 was by far the best phone I have ever used. I don’t really use a lot of phones because all I really use them for is to call people. I don’t have internet on any of my phones nor do I intend to. I am the typical cell phone girl who uses her phone for calling, games and a calculator. Oh, and don’t forget the MP3 player. So why did I like the N73 so much? Well, it was my first phone that could actually hold the battery life. Unfortunately, the N73 broke (the power button stopped working). Having a broken N73 sucks, and the funny part is that not one single person has been able to fix the phone for me. Now some of you might be saying ‘wait a minute aren’t you dating the Symbian-Guru?’ Well, that doesn’t always give you privileges. I also don’t want to get that involved because I want to be treated like a customer. So my N73 has been broken for over 6 months now and no one can seem to fix it. It is funny that a company can make a phone but when something goes wrong with they are clueless! Hello Nokia do you realize I am a normal consumer and a nurse. I tell others what I think about phones and we all share ideas on what phones are good. The one phone I talked up to everyone is somewhere half way around the world trying to be fixed, yet do you really think I am going to continue talking up your phones if you can’t fix them? Ok, so now I am on my third phone, the N81 8GB, which is supposed to be temporary while my N73 gets fixed. However, it looks as if the N73 will never be fixed.
Before I got the N81 8GB, though, I was given the Nokia N75. The N75 couldn’t hold battery life worth crap. The N75 also would turn itself on and off, which really sucked when I was talking to someone. How annoying! So what do I think about my N81. It is not the N73 but it will do. I like the sleek brown color and how it slides up. I like the fact that I can navigate around without having to slide up the cover. The calculator is so-so but then again Ricky did have a special calculator on my N73 which I miss dearly. I tend to get attached to things easily. The battery life lasts for days on the N81 which is always a plus, specially since I forget to charge it till the last minute. I love the fact that I have dropped it several times (of course I am a girl) and it has not once broken. Awesome! So far I really don’t have any complaints except that I want my N73 back.
Now onto the best thing Nokia has ever invented for someone like me. A pen! A lot of you might be thinking ‘why is she going from phones to a pen?’ but let me tell you, I go through pens like candy. Cheap pens, expensive pens and those pens that are inbetween. So why would I talk about a pen? Because thus far Nokia has created two things I love and would recommend to anyone: The N73 and the pen. This sleek blue pen, which writes in blue ink, is amazing. I am able to have smooth writing no matter where I am when using this pen. I know most people are probably saying ‘what a dork, this woman is writing about a stupid pen,’ but let me stop you now. I am a nurse and I go through a lot of pens. I have yet found one that I truly love and would use everyday. That was until I stole this pen from the Symbian-Guru. So, hats off to Nokia for making a product I have not griped out, thrown across the room or even said what the heck. In fact, I wish I knew where to get more of these pens because mine is running out of ink and I am going to miss it.
