More phones

[kingandy]

So I'm almost decided on buying the V3 phone. I would probably prefer it in silver^[1] but I really don't want to miss out on that three months' half price line rental (before the lovely nattydreadi can fix it on permanently) and it's still quite pretty - and at least I won't get it confused with cuthrose's.

Now, whether to take the insurance or not. It does take it above £20/month but these things are so very breakable/stealable. On the other hand I've never had one broken/stolen yet ... on the other hand I've not had one quite so shiny before. Will probably go for it.

People will be pleased to know I found time during my hectic weekend^[2] to draw more Special School comics so we are good for this week at least. It's tricky, I'm trying to keep a relatively simple style - perhaps even partially evoking Bruce Timm's animated DC style - but it's so very hard. Somebody once said that the fewer lines an artist allows himself, the harder his job becomes ... I just find it very hard to stop drawing.

[1] I might go for on one of the slightly cheaper plans too, because I don't see myself using that many minutes. Of course once I've paid for it I'll probably start trying use the phone exactly 300 minutes every month. This is my mother's influence. Anyway, it's still more expensive for the first 3 months.
[2] I did not get dressed on Sunday, I stayed in my dressing gown all day.

Comments

[wibblefish.livejournal.com]

oddly enough Ive just been looking at the V3.

[kingandy]

It doesn't make a very good iPod substitute - it's only got 5MB of onboard storage and no inbuilt MP3 player... ;)

[wibblefish.livejournal.com]

originally I wa thinking of a phone mp3 player but the usability is not too good & the storage expensive. Now heading toward one of these & an ipod of some sort

[marcushill.livejournal.com]

Insurance: Look at the price of replacing the handset. Look at the total cost of the insurance over the year. Cost of insurance is ~50% of the cost of the handset. Is the probability of having the handset broken or stolen in a 12 month period even close to 0.5? I don't think so. I just make sure I regularly sync the phone with the computer so I don't lose addresses and the like should anything happen.

[kingandy]

I know, I almost didn't go for the insurance, but it is substantially more expensive than any phone I've had before (and perhaps even a little more fragile). Colour me cautious.

The absolute cheapest price I've seen for the Razr is £185. Getting a replacement from T-Mobile directly would cost about twice that, according to the lady on the phone. Insurance for the first year (the first two months are free) is £60. That does make it slightly more worthwhile...

[kingandy]

Wait, that's even before tax - £217.98 inc VAT.

Yeah I'd say it's worth insuring.