No, it's not a futuristic apocalypse date, i sure hope not, but it's more of a personal year for me.
See, i've come from a family, no i can't do that, to be honest, i bought a lot of stuff for the past years, and to be more honest, i don't know why, but i still want to buy more stuff, i guess it's inevitable to most people for having the urges to buy stuff.
Most of the stuff that i want are kinda expensive, things that i can't buy simply just like that, but rather, have like at least a week of researching before buying, but it would be fun if it was an instantaneous purchase, like without any research before purchase, cause you will be surprise for the experience cause you didn't do any research about it.
So, i made a plan for 5 years not to buy anything technological at that period, why? well it does sound ludacris, but in the long term, i'm saving myself from disappointment of having old stuff, instead, i have nothing..
Okay, it may not sound as good as it should be, i guess i'm gonna make some pro's and con's
Pro's
-I might be saving tons of bucks in 5 years
-I would have all brand new things, things that haven't come out yet, things that haven't been invented yet, things that may still be in those inventors head.
-I'm given the gift of seeing the progress of all those stuff, kinda like the Nokia and the iPhones, you know, Nokia N95, N96, N97 or iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, none of all those stuff i owned. Sadly.
Con's
-I would look cheap, or rather lame, for not having the current stuff, oh well, i guess it's kinda good that i don't have a lot of friends, or friends that are rich to show off their gadgets to me, i guess i'll stick with my dreams for the moments, isn't it enough i get all the jelousy from cousins, i kinda hate it, but it shouldn't bother me that much.
-I'll be missing all those years that people are probably enjoying, times when people have bonds over their gadgets.
-Guess not much..
Even though those stuff, i still get temptations, i almost bought a phone cause my mom says i could, but thankfully one thing led to another then made me realize i don't need it, like there was the time just few weeks ago, me and my parents were redeeming SenQ plus one is it? points for things, then i saw a phone to be redeem but i would have to pay like 500 bucks, it was a Samsung 5 with Android pre-installed.
Then, my mom sort of pushes me to see the phone to see if i like it, and if i did, i could actually buy it, so i thought for a little bit, if my mom buy it for me, it doesn't really count right? cause it's just redeeming stuff, so i went to see the phone, well i like the fact that it's cheap and it has wi-fi, but as soon as i got there, there was this old friend, not really an old friend, but an old school mate, turns out he was working there, and he told me to buy the Galaxy Tab cause it's better apparently, well it kinda is, but here's the thing, that thing is old, not really old, but with the Galaxy Tab 2 just around the corner, why in the hell would people buy that, well the price was 1.5k, and my dad said to me, wouldn't it be better to get an iPad 2, then i had an epiphany, realizing such a small thing could turn big.
So i decided no, this just turned against for what i wanted in the first place, not buying stuff for 5 years, And i have one more thing that i'm thinking of buying, and damn, i feel like i want it so much, but then again...
I really have this strange obsession towards cheap stuff, in other words, stuff that are affordable but is really awesome, but not a lot of stuff are out there, first i thought that the Nokia 5530 was awesome because it had a wi-fi and a touch screen, but i was wrong, having a resistive screen was the worst thing i ever bought, seriously, in the age of iPhones, everything is capacitive, really makes me wonder, where would we be without iPhones, not that i'm praising them or anything, but seriously, they took things and make them good, that's my definition of Apple i guess, you can deny all you want, but they do make things better, and by better i mean make all the world wanna follow them, especially the iPad, you can see how obvious or how strong the influence of Apple towards other company..
So the thing that i wanna buy is actually a Phone, it's an old phone i guess, it's the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, like as long as i could remember, i've always wanted a Sony Ericsson phone, cause i never bought one, like i have this endless stream buying Nokia Phones, let see if i could remember all the Nokia Phones i bought through the years,
1.Nokia 3310 - In so many way, it's the first phone for almost everyone
2.Nokia 3200 - My dad bought it as a late Christmas gift, love the torch light and changeable skins.
3Nokia 3220 - Kinda like the next generation for the 3200, the numbers really gave it off, all though i really love the lights on the side, too bad Nokia don't make them anymore.
4.Nokia N-Gage QD - Like most boys, we were drooling over this phone, with wireless multiplayer games such as Asphalt and Fifa, yeah those were the days, then PSP ruins it all..
Here's when the fade kicks in, i had so many phones, but none that i really bought, mostly i got from a friend, uncles, seriously can't remember, but i remember having a good time with a Sony Ericsson W850i, i really like the phone, but too bad i had to give it back..
5.Nokia 5310 - After long overdue, i finally bought my first music phone, it's really slim, that's a big plus cause i hate that bulge that always showed up on your pants, seriously loving the 3.5mm jack, at that time, not a lot of phones have that.
6.Nokia 5530 - Aah, the first touch-screened phone i ever bought, was a really stupid purchase, but i did have fun with it, well i did get funded so i thought i splurge a little bit.
7.Nokia 1280 - It's been awhile, but i finally bought a cheap phone after seeing people having fun with it even when it doesn't really do much except messaging and calling, it's really strange to see that, and i bought it after a friend dropped my Nokia 5530 and couldn't called, like it would turn off if i accept a call or tried to call someone, but buying the phone is really cheap and i'm okay with that, and it has a torch light!, it cost like RM 85, the cheapest phone i ever bought and i'm currently using it.
The Xperia X8
I guess it's that time again, and i'm still thinking thoroughly and my dad seem supportive for buying that phone, strangely, i hate it, usually i would be happy, but this time, i would be breaking my own law if i do buy it, the phone is fairly simple, and it's Android Powered, and it doesn't cost thousands of buck, and the preview seems pretty cool and it is affordable.
It's simple looking and cheap and uses Android OS, i'm happy with that.
The newer version of the X8, but doesn't really have a lot of difference except for the colors and branding, and it's a hundred bucks higher.
But, i'm probably not gonna buy it, but i made a 3 circumstances that allow me to have that phone without breaking my law,
Circumstances
1. Some magical way i won it from a contest, sadly the last contest i entered, i didn't even make it to the finalist....
2.More magical way if i get really good grades enough to make my parents be so proud of me that they decided to buy me the phone, but if that actually really happen, i doubt that i would pick this phone, probably buy my first thousand buck phone, oh yeah, i never bought a single phone that cost more than a thousand bucks.
3.If i trade-in my crappy Nokia 5530 for this, do they still do trade-ins?, never really traded my phone in a shop before.
Probably gonna do a contract for me to avoid buying stuff in the next 5 years, and if i break the contract, i would be punish by feeling guilty.. yeah not so much..