Today when
my phone decided to give up the ghost and completely die on me it felt like
fate when I just noticed a fab competition to win a Samsung Galaxy S5 with
Virgin Media and I just had to quickly take part in the hope of winning a new
phone.
I would love
to win this competition and win the fantastic prize so that I have a shiny new
phone to replace the well-used and abused phone that has decided enough is
enough and has gone into retirement.
I have had
my current phone for nearly two years now and it was my first and so far only
smartphone. A little over three months
after I had got the new phone Bug accidentally knocked it on the floor and the
screen cracked, thankfully as I did not have any insurance on it (alas because I
could not afford the extra cost to pay for the insurance when I got the phone)
the phone still worked but for nearly two years I have used my phone with a
cracked screen, looking at the screen through a myriad of tiny cracks. Having an ethos of making do, not throwing
something that works away to get a replacement and not spending money on myself
when it is not necessary I kept the phone and used it regardless of how
battered and bruised it was looking.
Up until a
few weeks ago in spite of the cracked screen the phone worked well, satisfying
my needs of phoning, texting and keeping in touch with my social media accounts
and email with my own gripe with the phone being its rubbish camera. But then a few weeks ago it started having
little temper tantrums and it would not unlock, leaving me with a battle to use
the phone and often having to resort to pranking myself with the house phone
just to get it to wake up. Also thanks
to the phone’s old age, old in comparison to the high-tech, flashy phones that
have come and gone in the time I have had my little phone, the battery started
to get tired with the charge lasting less and less. With the battery struggling to last very long
I have found myself having to charge the phone more and more but then a new
problem arose with the phone refusing to charge properly, never leaving the
phone fully charged regardless of how long it was left plugged in.
Today my
phone said enough is enough, when I woke this morning it point blankly refused
to turn on leaving me afloat from my smartphone and disconnected to the world
of social media when out and about and away from my laptop.
Whilst the
novelty of being disconnected from my phone and social media is refreshing I miss
not having a phone and that is why I would like to win the market leading and
stunning Samsung Galaxy S5. Winning this
phone would be fantastic especially as I cannot afford to replace my phone at
the moment and when I do I will only be able to afford to replace it with a
basic phone….alas no smartphone for me again for a long while.
Winning
this phone would mean everything to me especially as I miss having a reliable,
now working, phone to keep in touch with my friends and family who since the
house move do not live near me. Also as I
like to have a phone to hand just in case of emergencies especially because of
Bug and for when I am out or Lee is not home having a new, reliable phone would
be amazing.
* I am
writing this post as my entry into the competition to Win a Samsung Galaxy S5 with Virgin Media *
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