How to choose the best mobile phone for you
The time has come to choose your new mobile phone. It’s an exciting time, you’ve been watching all the ads on telly, and scouring the online sites to see what you fancy. There are so many styles and colours nowadays that there literally is a phone to suit everyone, but before you get carried away, stop for a minute and think realistically.
What do you want you phone for? No, that isn’t a dumb question, think about it. If you only want a phone to make calls, send texts and take the odd photo, why spend a fortune on one with a DVD player and a built in electric toothbrush? Ok, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but people buy phones for the stupidest reasons. If you are on a contract and due a free upgrade, obviously get the best you can get, but if you are pay as you go you are paying out money, so don’t waste money on what you don’t need.
What use is a phone with video calling if you don’t know anyone else with one? That’s about as much use as buying sensitive toothpaste when you have dentures! There are so many gadgets on phones these days that they are getting increasingly complicated to use. If you don’t drive, you don’t need a built in satnav. If you only listen to the radio in the morning, an MP3player with the capacity for 2000 songs will also be wasted on you.
Be prepared before you go into a store. List the things that you want for a phone and choose one before you go. These charming salespeople will try and talk you into anything, and there are often free gifts to tempt you. But don’t be sucked in, are the free theme park tickets and the years supply of mouthwash really worth the extra £200 you will paying for the half a house brick full of useless gadgets? No it’s not, so stick to your guns and get the one you went it for.