If I was a boy, I would explicitly drool over the idea of touching this piece of art over and over. But despite being a girl, thank god I can still do it. Guess what am talking about? Its my new smartphone. Presenting *drum roll..* HTC Desire S. Phone of the (last) year, this one is packed with features more than you can fathom and apps more than you know counting.
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Rewind two months back - I am driving to office, my reflection time(read budgeting, bills pay karne hain, isko milna hai, udhar jana hai, grocery leni hai) and I have a passing thought about my phone : New Samsung Wave is not as impressive. Should splurge this time and get a better phone.
Fast forward a month and I have lost Samsung. The first thought - God definitely is listening
(to remotest thoughts.. divine interventions..:P) The second thought - time for some cell phone hunting.
But before that, a little self dialogue - Spending 23500/- on a phone is definitely unlike me, because I fall into the category of people whose eyes widen at every expensive purchase(even if I am not the one making it). I think it is something to do with my life still being about priorities and me being used to operating strictly on a budget, month by month. So when it comes to splurging on myself, it feels a little odd. But sense need not prevail all the time, I tell myself. Let go a little, indulge a little, no harm. And yeah, with a bit of cajoling, I am convinced! :D
Now is the time to decide which phone to buy and to decide buying an HTC is not a result of survey. It has more to do with something one of my colleague(an HTC user herself) said last time I was buying a phone, that stayed with me. She had said, while at a mobile dealers shop, that HTC is a robust phone and I vouch for its operating system. A statement like that, coming from a techie, is more than just a re-assurance.
So when I lost my Samsung wave, I knew HTC would be my next buy. But what I hadn't thought of was that buying HTC in Ahmedabad will not be a cake walk. Mobile dealers seem ill informed about the goodness of any phones which are not Sony or Samsung wave. On my hunt for the HTC, I discovered how little information the staff had when it came to selling a phone. How else can one justify the act of selling me a Google Nexus when I ask for an HTC?
A good camera, should have 3G and should be for less than 25k translated into anything but HTC. One chap even tried selling me an Acer cell phone, manufactured by the car making company Ferrari. I was taken aback and furious at how confidently he sold that horrible touch phone which came at half the price of HTC!! When he could sell that, than why not HTC.
Mind you, until this time I had not seen a single HTC phone and I was adamant about settling down for anything else. Finally, the electronic store Chroma came to rescue and how! It had all the HTC models launched so far in India on display.
Just a little while ago there was such a dearth of the phone I loved and all of a sudden I was spoiled for choice! Persistent pays.. :D. I fiddled with all the HTC make. The HD took my breath away, wildfire was cute enough but not good enough and Desire Z was a no no because of the insignificant quarty keyboard. I was left with Desire S : smart, sleek and full of features.
