My new Smart Phone arrived today....

@bjc66bjc (6730)
United States
March 22, 2013 4:33pm CST
and as I thought, it was a foreign piece of equipment to me..However I did assemble it and call to activate it...Well the activition did not go through even after a couple of tries..So she advised me that maybe it was because I was transferring my old number to my new phone it might take a couple of hours to complete... she did acknowledge that it was a unlimited triple minutes for life phone...But thats all I did,,waiting now for the activation to complete and and then I may feel as smart as the phone....LOL....
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@celticeagle (167019)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Mar 13
I had a cell phone(not smart)for three months. My experience was such that I didn't like it and took it back. I wish I had the money for one of these smart phones. I would love to have one with several apps on it so I could use it and go online while out and about.
@celticeagle (167019)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Mar 13
That is a good reason to make the plunge indeed.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
24 Mar 13
Hi cetic thanks for your feedback..I think I am going to like this phone once it really working properly..but like I said prevuously, the price was rignt,,,,LOL
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@GardenGerty (160697)
• United States
23 Mar 13
It is too bad that our technology is smarter than we are. I have had to call some tech assistance at one time or another and usually get a foreign assistant. I have sometimes had to get technology help three days in a row. Each tech tried a different thing. I was glad when it finally worked. Maybe I will get smart and get a smart phone one of these days.
@GardenGerty (160697)
• United States
23 Mar 13
I love having a prepaid phone. Is yours a tracfone? I am thinking of looking into an upgrade.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
23 Mar 13
To be honest The name smartphone was not what I was thinking about..It could have been called anything. I just got that one because of what it offered and it was a prepaid with so many minutes and the minutes would triple for life time and I know I don't use it very often..
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• United States
23 Mar 13
I am so glad that you got a new phone and once it gets activated I am sure that you will be happy. I want to get a smart phone for Randy eventually, but I need to save up for one and then see if AT& T has a prepaid smart phone. Right now we have a basic prepaid cell phone and it is okay, but we tend to miss calls and miss texts.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
24 Mar 13
Why didn't you check out the one on HSC, it was shipped for free and only $29.00 per month for 3 months...that seems to have been pretty reasonable to me....
@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
23 Mar 13
Hi when I bought my smart phone it took some time to get to know it. I saw a book at a close out store. it say androids for dummies so I bought it.i thought this book will tell me how to under stand my phone.it does not do that it tell me how can become a android app deloper and how to make money with it.I only pay$3.00 us for the book very intresting now I need a book to learn java onnce I get the hang of it i start it like as hobby then work my way up.I like my smart phone but im going to have get one that has more app room.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
24 Mar 13
hi eagle thanks for your feedback, I will definately will not have an issue with not enough space for apps...I am so not that into cell phones...
@Zer0Stats (1147)
• India
23 Mar 13
Yes she is right.Give it a time to complete the process.It's not a new number which gets activated within couple of minutes.Mobile number portability it needs confirmation from the both service providers so it takes more time.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
24 Mar 13
Thanks for your feedback.....
@TLilly12 (1229)
• United States
23 Mar 13
I like having my smartphone, my brother gave this phone to me, and I use the service that he told me to join, and when I went to make my first payment, to them they went up on the price so I, cancelled my service with this company, and I signed up for anther phone service,which their priced are lower than the first one, and I like this phone service a lot.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
24 Mar 13
hi T, thanks for responding and I hope I will enjoy my phone also once I get it working...I transferred my minutes from my old phone to the new one and I also got my 1450 free minutes and the old number was transferred to the new phone also...All thats done but I still can't recieve or make calls...they told me it might take up to two...
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
24 Mar 13
hi there! =) hehe smart phones are really smart! sometimes they are even too smart for themselves! ;) I remember when i got my phone and then thought it was still not activated... then what happened was that it was already activated without me knowing about it. hehe i waited til the next day and boom it was already activated and no one even told me it was... so i just put in the sim card. :D
@Ghajini (776)
• Philippines
23 Mar 13
That's great, may I ask what specific brand and model is it? I can't afford a brand-new smartphone at the moment since I am jobless lol. The only smartphone, I have is an old Nokia N900, which still satisfies my needs.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
22 Mar 13
I had the same issues and experiences when I first got my smartphone two montha ago. I had to get used to it. Fortunately, all my numbers were saved on my SIM card, so I didn't have to manualla yadd all of them. But I had so much difficulty learning how to exactly swipe the pick up the phone sign to be actually able to pick it up :D.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
22 Mar 13
Hi doroffee, thanks so much for the feedbac...I am just waiting now for it to say that everything is done...i really don't use the cell phone a lot so once I learn how to use it I am sure I will be fine...thanks again....
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
23 Mar 13
Way to go for smart phones! I used to have a love-hate relationship with my smart phone because it keeps me second-guessing if it's really smart or I am stupid, or is it the other way around. It sort of blows my pride that a mere gadget that fits in my palm can get me all riled up like this. Thank goodness for some ever patient techy friends that they figure a crash course for me is in order.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
23 Mar 13
LOL yes Raine its probably going to take my grandsons some time before I get it by I am not into cell phones so its really not a real process of going bananas over it...I just needed a cellphone that worked from any location without me worrying about dropping the call... So I am not a dummy so I will get it...LOL
• United States
23 Mar 13
Did you order this phone online or at a store? I only buy or upgrade my Smartphone at the AT&T store directly. I never buy such things like that online because when you do there are always problems.
@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
23 Mar 13
Hi livia, I purchased it from HSC, I have an account with them and have never had a problem before with any purchase and I do not anticipate any with this purchase either... thanks for your feedback...
• India
31 Mar 13
I also bought a new phone today. I like smart phone so i bought Samsung galaxy S# which is designed for humans. Its a good smart phone and screen is big which is totally high definition. Chimaera is also good which is 8 megapixel.