Cell Phones Since 2000

In the God’s breath of a decade, but an instant in time, cell phones
have morphed into creations barely imagined just a decade ago. With all
the improvements, one thing remains true: They still break, and
independent repair shops are more needed than ever.

Back in 2000, when your thirteen-year-old was just a baby, there was a
great commotion about the Samsung Uproar. The first MP3 phone; it was
the rage. Its storage capacity was a whopping 64 MB, you could talk on
the thing for more than two hours (its battery life allowed 130 minutes
of talk time), although it didn’t have a camera, or WiFi, or GPS, and
you had to dial in your voice commands, had no apps stored or available
and cost $399, you didn’t care. You wanted one, because in 2000, 1 out
of 10 people in the world, including some of those you knew and envied,
owned one.

Fast forward to the year 2009, why don’t you? Your 13-year-old is now
12, as it’s last year. You just bought an Apple IPhone 3GS for Nimrod,
your greedy not-so-little one. Nimrod’s toy has a storage capacity of
16 GB, which is a lot more than 64 MB. The IPhone’s battery life allows
Nimrod to talk to his friend for 5 hours straight, a privilege that your
loquacious 12-year-old is more than capable of, primarily due to his
lung capacity, which is decent because your son doesn’t smoke, like you
used to. His phone does have a camera, 3.0 megapixel, with full video
recording and editing capabilities, it does WiFi, it has turn by turn
GPS and digital compass; Nimrod can do voice commands with full voice
control, yes he can talk Obama, and he merrily accesses the iTunes app
store and can easily get 100,000+ apps, yes he can. You purchased this
device last year for only $199.00. Last year, when you bought it, the
thing worked, now, Nimrod managed to break it: Dad, I got to have my
IPhone back, 6 out of 10 people in the world have one, please dad,
pretty please with peanut butter on top?

Thank God you know of an independent repair shop down the street
where expert service technicians are behind the counter ready to serve
you … and especially young Nimrod. Time waits for no one; he’s a
teenager now, no longer a tweener.

Jeff Gasner is with CPR-Cell Phone repair. The leader in Cell Phone Repair and iPod Repair offering
cell phone repair services nationwide. Visit Chicagocellrepair.com.