I am a cell phone luddite. Last summer I finally got a cell phone with a camera when I switched to Virgin Mobile. For over a decade we were SaskTel customers with all of the travel I did between Saskatoon and Spiritwood and now with us going to the cabin as often as we do, Rogers was never a viable option. Virgin Mobile uses SaskTel’s network which means that I get coverage almost to the cabin (but not quite).
Wendy’s cell phone recently died a horrible death and instead of upgrading her phone, we bought a new phone from Virgin, the Samsung Link. It has a full QWERTY keyboard, good Gmail integration, works with Twitter via SMS, and while I could surf the web, decided not to get that feature. My bill is only $25/month which is about what I wanted to pay and for $79, I was able to purchase the phone outright so I have no contract if it doesn’t work out. I had some serious reservations on this phone because so few reviews are based on actually using it (how many “un-boxing” reviews does this world need) but it is a workable phone.
It isn’t a Blackberry, doesn’t do video, have apps, and from what I have read, the web browser is slow but for the cost, it does what I want it to and I am okay with that. I have more thoughts on it posted at Jordon Cooper Outfitters.
[...] suited our needs better, saved us a fair bit of money, and had more features. This spring, we retired our last SaskTel phone and Jordon bought a Samsung Link and I took his old phone. We never were a texting family and [...]