Many people seek my advice for mobile phones. Most of their advices are pretty standard and usual, so i can help. However, once in a while i get requested to advice on a particular type of phone which is completely beyond my sphere of knowledge and experience.
And that person is my MOM
Firstly, her past experiences:
She is currently using Nokia Lumia 525 and a Brandless Android phone gifted to her. She is unhappy with the speed of the android phone and the cumbersomeness of the Lumia. She has used a Samsung Galaxy Core and Samsung Wave. She is one of the few women who HATES SAMSUNG and calls them golden tortoise (expensive and good looks but very slow) Faith in senior citizen restored ! And she really hates the phonebook/dialer on Windows phone
Her usage pattern
Lots of phone calls. She spends half of her waking hours calling up people. She is also into Whatsapp. Mostly Whatsapp groups.
Once in a while she takes photos of small children (is she indicating that she wants me to give her grandkids? oh no, helppp)
What she says she wants
Easy to use phone, but should be smartphone. Which lets her do Whatsapp, and make phonecalls. Good battery life. Bluetooth sending and receiving pictures (very important).
Should be the size of her existing phone (Lumia 525 and the cheapo android which is 4inch)
And most important it should be very fast. yea, kinda impossible at this price point but she wants speed. The last thing i want to happen is her buying this new phone and she notices its slow and she takes me as a bad adviser. She hates it when she wants to call someone and she has to wait 3-4 secs for phonebook to load (she has over 600+ contacts WTF) and then it takes another few seconds for the actual dialling to happen. Thanks Samsung for ruining my Mom's smartphone experience
Basically the phonebook/messaging/Whatsapp should be blazing fast. If it takes other apps an hour to load , its okay, it doesnt matter..those 3 are very very important cuz thats 99% of what she does with a phone
Her budget:
Approx Rs 6000 -7000 . May go a bit higher if its really worth it.
This has got to be the biggest challenge yet when it comes to tech advices. Plz help. Reputation is at stake !
And that person is my MOM
Firstly, her past experiences:
She is currently using Nokia Lumia 525 and a Brandless Android phone gifted to her. She is unhappy with the speed of the android phone and the cumbersomeness of the Lumia. She has used a Samsung Galaxy Core and Samsung Wave. She is one of the few women who HATES SAMSUNG and calls them golden tortoise (expensive and good looks but very slow) Faith in senior citizen restored ! And she really hates the phonebook/dialer on Windows phone
Her usage pattern
Lots of phone calls. She spends half of her waking hours calling up people. She is also into Whatsapp. Mostly Whatsapp groups.
Once in a while she takes photos of small children (is she indicating that she wants me to give her grandkids? oh no, helppp)
What she says she wants
Easy to use phone, but should be smartphone. Which lets her do Whatsapp, and make phonecalls. Good battery life. Bluetooth sending and receiving pictures (very important).
Should be the size of her existing phone (Lumia 525 and the cheapo android which is 4inch)
And most important it should be very fast. yea, kinda impossible at this price point but she wants speed. The last thing i want to happen is her buying this new phone and she notices its slow and she takes me as a bad adviser. She hates it when she wants to call someone and she has to wait 3-4 secs for phonebook to load (she has over 600+ contacts WTF) and then it takes another few seconds for the actual dialling to happen. Thanks Samsung for ruining my Mom's smartphone experience
Basically the phonebook/messaging/Whatsapp should be blazing fast. If it takes other apps an hour to load , its okay, it doesnt matter..those 3 are very very important cuz thats 99% of what she does with a phone
Her budget:
Approx Rs 6000 -7000 . May go a bit higher if its really worth it.
This has got to be the biggest challenge yet when it comes to tech advices. Plz help. Reputation is at stake !
