My phone is not my life

There, I've said it.

For someone my age, I only use my phone for

- Making and receiving calls
- Texting
- Calling friends or family in crowded areas to ask where they are (you know that much is true)

Like orang tua only.

And to think other people use theirs as like it's another appendage.

Unfortunately mobile phones are so much a necessity these days that even school children have them.

I'm not one of those people who give their number out willy nilly: I don't fancy getting calls at all hours of the day. Then again, my phone is on silent most of the week in the office (I don't believe in annoying people with loud and annoying ring tones, although the same can't be said for the cow-orkers), and I tend to forget disabling it when I leave work. I try not to fall for the telco's money wasting attempts in the form of contests, voting, etc etc, but it happens from time to time.

I don't need an MP3 player in my phone, that's what my first generation overpriced thumbdrive of an iPod shuffle is for. I also don't need an Internet-enabled working computer in my phone either - I'm already home in front of one anyway.

However, I DO need a built-in camera in the phone because I'm not one of those people who brings a camera wherever they go. As long as the pictures are of decent quality and you can tell what's in it, I am not complaining. A built-in radio and some games are also nice.

Speaking of phones with built-in useless shit, the iPhone is the most overrated thing ever. I guess it's a pretty phone to flash if you're a character on a TV show (I've seen it on CSI: NY and NCIS), but come on: it's pretty damn difficult thing to text on, for one. As a texter, this makes it a no-no for me.