My Cellphone History

Summer vacation at home is getting boring. This afternoon, while I was reading, my phone suddenly rang. My slow reflexes made me nostalgic for my old phone. I'm writing this to commemorate my comrade-in-arms.

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My first cell phone was a Bird brand. I was in my third year of junior high school, and I begged my dad to buy it for me without my mom knowing. My mom said she would buy it for me after the high school entrance exam, but I got it right after the Spring Festival. I remember that my requirement for a cell phone was that it had to have a camera. My dad chose the Bird S689 for me, which I remember costing over 1300 yuan. This phone is the one I miss the most. Although it was not very pleasant to use (it became very slow after a long time), it recorded my naivety in junior high school and my recklessness in my first year of high school.
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I used this phone from March 2005 to July 2006, but it didn't end well; it was stolen in July 2006. I remember it vividly. It happened at the No. 13 Middle School, during a general assembly held in Pingjing. After the meeting, my phone was gone. I searched the school several times without success. I searched with all my might, but it never reappeared.

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Of course, I wouldn't tell my parents that my phone was stolen. In September 2006, I secretly bought a Nokia 3100. I bought it at the Phone World store across from Wumart supermarket; I think that store has been demolished now. It cost 670 yuan, which seemed expensive at the time. I wouldn't say I loved this phone, but it was the phone I was most comfortable using. Back in high school, we had to sneak around with our phones, but I could operate it completely blindly with this one. Plus, it could last up to 5 days on standby. I'd take it with me on Sundays, and it would stay with me until I got home on Friday—it was incredibly powerful. By the time I retired it, its keypad was completely worn out from all the typing, haha. Retiring it was inevitable because I was moving into the smartphone era. It accompanied me from September 2006 to January 2008, but it's been living a quiet retirement in my bookshelf ever since.

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It was 2008. During winter break, I was studying at the Zhejiang Library. Bored, I went online. I had just received my New Year's money, and my finances were relatively comfortable. On a whim, I decided to buy a mobile phone. After an afternoon of research, I settled on the Nokia 6300 and 6120C. At that time, I didn't know much about smartphones; I just thought these two phones offered good value for money. At 5 pm, a message made my decision: the Nokia 6120C was a smartphone, capable of multitasking. This was exactly what I needed. So that evening, I bought the 6120C at a Wumart mobile phone store.

Later, it proved to be a wise decision. Many of my friends also bought it, and it was rated as the cheapest smartphone. I experienced the same enjoyment as using a computer with it. Having it during my final period of high school and the first semester of my freshman year of college gave me another powerful tool. I'm very grateful to it.

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After entering university, I got two phone numbers. I don't want to throw away my old number because too many people know it, and I don't want to throw away the number the school gave me because it's just too perfect. What should I do? I can only use two phones.

After saving money for a semester, in March 2009, I finally decided to make my move and chose the E66. To be honest, I still don't know why I chose it. Compared to the 6120C, the E66's system offered no improvements, only more memory and a slightly larger screen. However, having two phones is definitely more convenient than having only one, which makes changing SIM cards easier. Afterwards, my white 6120C served as my secondary, and the E66 as my primary, accompanying me on my battles. I even nicknamed them the "Black and White Duo."

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Having two phones has its advantages and disadvantages, the most obvious being the inconvenience of carrying them around. So I started thinking, are there any dual-SIM dual-standby smartphones? Unfortunately, Nokia didn't have any, nor did any of my favorite manufacturers; all I found were knock-offs. I've always had a very bad impression of knock-offs and have always been resistant to them. However, this time I tried to change my mind because I discovered a dual-SIM dual-standby phone with its own operating system—a knock-off version of the HTC G3.

I also want to thank the seller for his patient explanation when I chose this phone; he spent an entire evening explaining everything to me carefully. Sometimes I do feel that changing stagnant ideas can bring a lot of innovation. I bought it in April 2010, transitioning from the era of black and white dual-SIM phones to the era of dual-SIM phones. Buying it brought me many firsts: my first time using the Windows Mobile system, my first time using a full touchscreen phone, and my first time leaving behind the prestige of a brand-name phone. I've been using this phone ever since, and I've discovered many problems. These problems aren't caused by counterfeit phones, but rather by inherent flaws. After all, its price is much lower than brand-name phones, so I can tolerate some minor defects. Hehe~~