Death of a Cellphone

Things I did not plan to buy this month:  Apple Iphone 4S



My Blackberry Storm is about 3 years old now (a whole year over my contract upgrade). And its currently on life support.  We have had a couple of scares in the last few months but somehow he always came back to life - if even a little less each time. Last Thursday, I thought he was officially a goner.  I was just checking my twitter feed when suddenly he went to blackscreen.  I tried to resuscitate him - pushing the off and on button, pulling the battery out and replacing it again, I even plugged in the charger.  Nothing worked.  I was stunned.  He was gone.  Really gone.  As I finally came to terms that my cell phone was dead, I grabbed my coat and headed to the store to find his replacement.  The happy-go-lucky salesperson greeted me at the door and asked what I was looking for.  I told my sad tale of the dead blackberry that my phone had passed on but he wanted to try just one more time.  Gingerly, he plugged my broken phone into a charger and my blackberry's faint little red light came on!  "Hang in their little buddy!" I exclaimed.  Just hang in there for a few more days until that big green and purple truck arrives with my Iphone in hand.  And then you can pass over to that big cellphone store in the sky.  Godspeed my friend...Godspeed...