Tale of two phones or.. ménage’ a’ trois
I didn’t want to break-up .. ok, so that’s a bald faced lie, I called my IPhone 6S a POS (piece of shit)! Six months after I bought it I needed to have it wiped clean and rebooted, this resulted in me losing 3/4 of my contacts (downloaded onto a stick I had to buy for the rebooting, no thanks to the Apple store). The dam phone kept freezing, its called ‘touch disease’ Google it!
Being as how we ‘Google’ everything, I decided to Google which phones were the best .. and well you guessed it. My excitement to get a Google Pixel 3 phone was only tempered by the cash I had to lay out for it (unfortunately, my SaskTel store didn’t carry Google phones). Five hundred and fifty bucks was somewhat painful but my phone plan savings will pay for it.
I feel we are all getting shafted thinking we’re getting ‘free’ phones with our phone plans. Wake up everyone.. you are paying for them, probably about 25.00 a month. That is what I am saving on mine and it will more than make up for the cost of my phone. My Google Pixel 3 will also hold as many pictures as I want to take.. no buying cloud space!
My first choice was a Huawei phone, until China decided to take a swipe at us by holding our farmers hostage and putting embargos on Canadian goods!
Let me explain.. the CEO of Huawei has a sister that was flying from some foreign country and needed to change planes in Canada. The United States had a warrant out on her, accusing her of having illegal dealings with Iran or Iraq (or one of those countries). They insisted we arrest and hold her for extradition to them. Once there, she could stand trial or maybe be used as a pawn.. in their dealings with China?
Either way, we lose (two prominent Canadians are arrested shortly after that in China, and are being held on bogus charges). China then put a ban on buying our Canola and now other crops and livestock are being shit on. China has an extensive 5G network including Huawei phones, set up in our country, popular yes… but not so anymore!
I digressed, sorry, but don’t buy a Huawei phone.. ok? So here I am with my Google phone and well.. its been a couple weeks now and I’m packing two phones! My contacts are all in purgatory somewhere, they didn’t switch to my Google phone. Apple has issues with competition I think, my iPhone and my Microsoft surface didn’t play well together either.
It takes awhile to adjust to a new phone, regardless, so I am being patient. I am also missing Siri, we had our differences I know, but I could live with her screw-ups. Its like being married, you have to forgive.. a lot. Being directionally challenged I relied on Siri.
My recent trip to Edmonton had me stopping by my car dealership to pair my new phone on Bluetooth. While there I got him to punch in my destination address on my auto navigation (screen in my car) which I’ve never used.
Halfway to Edmonton, I noticed my iPhone’s battery running low (I had both phones giving me directions). I was used to Siri bossing me around, the new phone was still on probation. Plugging in my iPhone, I musta wandered over the white divider line a bit, a new voice pipes up and cautions me about my driving.. WTF?
Who the hell was that is going through my brain? I have Siri and my Google phone, but my car is telling me how to drive now.. omg! Ya I know, this was not what I bargained for, a ménage a’ trios.. is this really happening? I never had one in the marriage and I surely don’t want one now, or do I? Being single again I can do whatever the hell I want loll.
Its hard to get back on track here, my mind is still on the threesome thing, hmmm. I need to keep my Google Pixel 3 because I bought it outright. So I guess that is one good thing about a plan that offers a phone.. you can always take it back. I have been back to SaskTel three times now, they have been more than helpful and patient with me.
The staff at SaskTel I have dealt with LOVE my pixel more than I do, so this gives me hope. THEY are envious (they also DO NOT OWN an IPhone btw) they consider them inferior. I’m not a quitter and being aged should not be a barrier to learning.. and threesomes, hmmm.
This time next week I will be in Europe and I hope to have weened myself off of my IPhone. If I can get a divorce after 40 years of marriage, surely I can leave this iPhone at home .. right? Paris is calling my name and my idea of a ménage a’ trios does not include two freaking phones..
the end!