Upgraded my cell phone contract - got a new phone!

[Quadophile]

Yesterday was helping my friend when he asked me to guide him in getting a new phone by extending the contract for another two years. I told him that I had short listed the Motorola Cliq 2 for my next upgrade and he should consider it for himself.

He liked the phone and went for it. While at the store and getting his paper work done I was toying with the phone and realized it was way too good compared to the Blackberry Curve 8520 I was using. I fell for it and extended my contract for another two years as well. The screen is just gorgeous and easy to read not to mention the phone compared to my BB was blazing fast.

I am still getting used to it and trying to customize it for my liking. Here are a couple of pics of the phone. I will take some pics later and post them if anyone shows interest.

Motorola Cliq 2

 

[Taffycat]

That looks very nice indeed Quad, with an excellent array of "bells and whistles" too. Hope you will get lots of good service and enjoyment from it.

 

[Quadophile]

That looks very nice indeed Quad, with an excellent array of "bells and whistles" too. Hope you will get lots of good service and enjoyment from it.

It's the damn bells and whistles that I am trying to get the hang of

 

[Ian]

Haha, couldn't resist eh?

Looks like a good phone - I've not tried that one before, but I quite like the fact that you have a proper keyboard.

I just had a look at the specs (here) and can see why you went for it. Looks good .

 

[bootneck02]

I am a simple man and unfortunately I do not like bells and whistles as they are too complicated for me. I am glad you like your phone though Quad and I am sure you will get your head around its little foibles

 

[Quadophile]

I went for it for the following reasons:

1. Large screen which is easy to read
2. Need not carry my laptop at all as it gives me decent speed on the internet for those occasional needs, e-mail is of course important which was there with the old phone but not the browsing.
3. Built-in GPS which is Google based so no need to update maps and carrying a GPS unit
4. This android phone is basically geared towards business users so I get good support for that too.
5. Call quality is one of the best when it comes to Android phones.
6. It has software built-in for editing and viewing docs

There are many other features and apps but not sure if I would use most of them. All in all this phone looks like a good upgrade.

I just updated the latest software which was released just this week and the first for this phone. Apparently this improves upon quiet a few things including battery life, smoother browsing, faster processing of widgets etc.

 

[bootneck02]

Sounds good Quad, good luck with it