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Cheap but Great: Nokia 2630

August 25, 2008 · Filed Under Gadgets, Mobile Phones · Comment  · 355 views

You know this site is all about great affordable stuff right?. So you want a new mobile phone you can throw away when you get your PMS tantrums (if you are a girl) or you favorite football team loses and you put all your savings to your bookie (if you are a stupid moron)?

If you got 100 USD left in your pocket, then this would be the absolute phone for you. The All New Nokia 2630. I busted my Xpress Music phone 2 months after I bought it, I got it serviced but the week in between was hard thinking I couldn’t Txt (sms) all I want. Although i have my business phone with me, my personal phone is the busier one. So I got up and hunted for a phone. Price wasn’t my main concern at first.

Nokia 2630

Nokia 2630

So I went to a local Nokia Dealer and asked for their selections, they pointed me to the N-Series phones and the SuperNova lineup. I was sold on them and I was trying out some of them which I found amazing. Then I thought, why splurge on something I don’t essentially need? My other mobile will get replaced anyway.

Still the N-Series phones were quite tempting. That is when I sort of do my “take a leak” routine as a reason to think ten times before purchasing anything. I found this a good way to minimize impulse buying.

When I got out of the Mens room, I saw this pretty girl looking at lanyards in one section of the shop. Well I guess I have time to strike up a conversation, so I actually looked at lanyards my self and said “My phone is so heavy for these things, I think it’s nice for ID cards though”. The pretty girl which I got the name later as Jenny looked up and said, “Well you can always get a lighter phone”. What a nice idea I thought, so I talked to her some more and asked what phone she is using. That’s when she pulled out a bright white version of the Nokia 2630. So i said what a nice phone she has, she said thanks and quipped that it was affordable too. She then attached Read more…