I got a new cell phone. While most people try to get new phones with more features, fancier ringtones, better displays and cameras, I made a major downgrade and bought the dirt cheap low-end mobile Motorola MOTOFONE F3 from a gypsy at a hairdresser in Budapest.
The thing is that my phone broke on the trip to Budapest and I tried to find a quick replacement, without selling my soul to a Hungarian mobile carrier. So the hairdresser gypsy was the best given option.
While configuring the new phone I really started liking it.
Quite unusual for a phone these days, it offers no functionality but making a phone call and sending a message. The device has even barely a menu. The e-paper display provides space for 6 digits in two lines, no pixels or colors at all. The address book contains one name and number per entry, there is no camera and maybe 7 basic ringtones. It does feature vibration mode though, but no profiles of course.
Text messages are very rudimentary too: I can pimp my lower case text messages with commas and question marks. That’s it. No smiley or other funny symbol, not even a point, an exclamation mark or quotes.
Due to the lack of a menu you do advanced menu settings by typing totally abstract number codes, like ***470* for setting the time format for instance. Isn’t that just great?
It’s a plain phone and it’s fantastic!