Smart Phone

My trusty Alcatel Idol 4’s battery was no longer able to hold a charge for more than a half a day. So after almost 2-1/2 years of yeoman service it was time to replace it with something newer.

Perusing the available phones on the Cricket web site and keeping the cost at the $200 led me to 2 phones, the Motorola moto g7 SUPRA or the LG Stylo 5. Last Friday I went down to the local brick and mortar Cricket store and I ended up going for the Motorola because of the larger battery, its higher rating, it was $50 cheaper and maybe because it was blue.

While installing an app this morning, the phone shut off. No warning, nothing, just a black screen. I tried turning it on with the power button, nothing. Held it down for 10 secs, nothing. Tried the hold the power and volume down button for 10 seconds, nothing. Tried the hold the power and volume up button for 10 seconds, nothing. Searched the web and found a solution that said hold the power button for 20 seconds, nothing.

One week later, it was back to the local brick and mortar Cricket store for another moto g7. Hope this one last more than seven days.

This afternoon I joined the rest of mainstream American and bought a Smarty Pants phone. With Donna retiring at the end of the month we would no longer be in the same place at the same time, so we thought it would be prudent to be able to contact each other if needed whenever our hips were disconnected. We still have the “old school” 25¢-a-minute flip phone which will become hers and I now have what they call a mid-range smart phone, the Alcatel Idol 4 from the folks at Cricket.

I got the Basic 3GB data plan with free unlimited talk and text and if I knew my number I’d put here so you could call me…

The phone came with its very own VR Goggles just like the ones you got for your Galaxy S7 last Christmas. They are still in the box though and they will probably suffer the same fate as the 3D glasses that came with our DVD player did, used once for 5 minutes, said that’s cool, then put back away.

That reminds me, that DVD player is broken and is sitting in the garage awaiting the next time the city does a trash pick up for electronics. Maybe I should go get the glasses out of the draw in the TV stand and toss them on top of the player.