Of turkeys and free handphones...
24/12/06 18:30 Filed in: Personal
My sister
accompanied me the whole day today to do my rounds of
shopping. Collected the turkey, kept it in the
freezer, then off I go to get my new hand phone — for
free!!
Found a $100 voucher in the mail today given by Starhub. Excellent. The catch is, if I use it, it has to be for purchasing a new phone. And on top of that, I have to be binded to a 2 year mobile subscription contract with them.
I have always stayed away from being bound by a contract, especially with mobile service providers. I feel tied up because I can't change my mobile plan or discard them as and when I feel like it.
But then again I thought, heck why not. I have not changed my number for close to 5 years already. And I have just upgraded my mobile plan and I am comfortable with it. So why not stick to it for another 2 years eh?
So then I went looking for starhub roadshows to see if they have any phone on offer. There were plenty!!
Well, to keep my expenses low, I intend to get a good phone without forking out a single cent from my pocket. The new phone must be claimed by using only the $100 voucher.
Well that narrowed down to a few phones. Namely those less popular nokia's, samsung's and motorola's. I've been a fan of Sony Ericsson's ever since I gotten the k700i from a fella who sold it to me through a pocket PC forum. It has been serving me well for over 1 and a half year I think. Excellent phone.
Well after much considerations and researching made over lunch at MacD's in Toa Payoh with my sister, I made up my mind to get the Sony Ericsson's k610im.
The roadshow at Toa Payoh interchange couldn't help me out because my plan is under the corporate subscriber. They advised me to go down to cuppage centre — Starhub's headquarters.
And go there I did.
And I got my spanking new phone! (Not before I had to fill up some forms, my I/C and staff pass being examined and xeroxed and then being brought to a special room where I was to sign a form and all).
Very happy with the phone.
It's a 3G phone, which means I can use it when I am in Japan.
I can make video call. Picture quality is not bad! Well at least its decent, compared to the 0.3 Mega pixel camera on my previous k700i.
And the best thing is? IT'S FREE!!
Woohoo!
Now let's hope I don't have a need to change my mobile plan for the next 2 years.
Found a $100 voucher in the mail today given by Starhub. Excellent. The catch is, if I use it, it has to be for purchasing a new phone. And on top of that, I have to be binded to a 2 year mobile subscription contract with them.
I have always stayed away from being bound by a contract, especially with mobile service providers. I feel tied up because I can't change my mobile plan or discard them as and when I feel like it.
But then again I thought, heck why not. I have not changed my number for close to 5 years already. And I have just upgraded my mobile plan and I am comfortable with it. So why not stick to it for another 2 years eh?
So then I went looking for starhub roadshows to see if they have any phone on offer. There were plenty!!
Well, to keep my expenses low, I intend to get a good phone without forking out a single cent from my pocket. The new phone must be claimed by using only the $100 voucher.
Well that narrowed down to a few phones. Namely those less popular nokia's, samsung's and motorola's. I've been a fan of Sony Ericsson's ever since I gotten the k700i from a fella who sold it to me through a pocket PC forum. It has been serving me well for over 1 and a half year I think. Excellent phone.
Well after much considerations and researching made over lunch at MacD's in Toa Payoh with my sister, I made up my mind to get the Sony Ericsson's k610im.
The roadshow at Toa Payoh interchange couldn't help me out because my plan is under the corporate subscriber. They advised me to go down to cuppage centre — Starhub's headquarters.
And go there I did.
And I got my spanking new phone! (Not before I had to fill up some forms, my I/C and staff pass being examined and xeroxed and then being brought to a special room where I was to sign a form and all).
Very happy with the phone.
It's a 3G phone, which means I can use it when I am in Japan.
I can make video call. Picture quality is not bad! Well at least its decent, compared to the 0.3 Mega pixel camera on my previous k700i.
And the best thing is? IT'S FREE!!
Woohoo!
Now let's hope I don't have a need to change my mobile plan for the next 2 years.
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