Do I need to upgrade?

A small handheld device with the ability to call and send messages has become a necessity for almost all citizens. Internet accessibility from almost anywhere in the world has added more value and smartness due to rapid technological advances. The mobile phone has become an essential product all around the world. 

A black and white Nokia mobile phone and Bata slipper were my valuable assets back during college days.

Many friends ask me to upgrade my old phone and slippers to what they consider smart devices!

Not my choice of smartphones! 

May be I need to upgrade my smart black and white Nokia 1280. Everyone is asking for WeChat Id. Only smart phones support the gadget.

There are many drawbacks with smartphones. The safeguarding cost is too high. Even the few inches of plastic screen cover cost half the cost of my Nokia. Its battery hardly lasts for a day. Nothing frustrates a person when his mobile runs out of battery and asks for my black and white for unnecessary calls and SMS.

Due to rapid technological advances, cellular phones become obsolete in a very short period of time. The average life span of a cell phone is roughly one to two years. But my Nokia is more then three years old. 

Moreover, there are uncountable cases of stolen smartphones! Lucky me, my Nokia 1280 doesn’t attract such worry.

My choice of smart Phone!! 

Misery of all, I could see so many nonsense video clips, the funniest and most sensitive.  

My black and white Nokia's battery lasts for a week, which I bought for just Nu. 950/- from Jaigon. It has the facility to listen to FM radio, I can play cricket games, and I can write beautiful messages.

It is not that I can’t afford it, though I am poor. The fact is I don’t like them at all. My only purpose for using a mobile phone is to call and send short messages wherever convenient. I am more than convenient and comfortable with it. Therefore, I strongly discourage the use of smartphones.