Nomophobia 0
At the start of this week, I came down with a terminal case of forgetfulness. The worst casualty: my cellphone, which I left plugged into the wall in the dining room.
The word ‘nomophobia‘ was coined back in 2008 to describe the feeling of panic that comes from being without your phone. I now understand that feeling.
All those 12 year olds out there who haven’t got phones while all their friends have? I now have such sympathy for them. Never before have I been struck by such an urge to text somebody. I worried that the two or three important phone calls I was waiting for would happen while I was out. I even lost the ability to tell the time – I am one of those people who checks the time on their phone and doesn’t wear a watch.
Most strangely, I started to really notice other people’s phones. More than I usually do, I mean.
Now, I’m in the market for a new phone due to fact that the 3, 6 and 9 keys on my previously-trusty old Samsung D600 have started playing up. On my list of contenders: the iPhone (obviously, considering I’m a total geek) and the Samsung Tocco/Lite.
Both of these phones have apparently taken over my university campus, resulting in lots of worried students noticing my sudden stalkerish tendencies. How does the screen scroll on the Tocco? How’s the reception on the iPhone? I observed from afar and probably freaked a lot of people out.
Those important phone calls? As my bad luck would have it, one of them came when my phone was languishing on the sideboard. The person concerned said they would call me back the following day, except…
The day after, to add insult to injury, my mobile phone suddenly stopped receiving any signal. Orange, Orange, I love your 2 for 1 cinema tickets and 300 free text messages which mean I only need to top up £10 every other month (I’m more a texter than a talker)… but I want service, damnit!
Here’s hoping that when Orange and T-Mobile complete their merger, they will end up with a heavenly combination of T-Mobile’s price plans and customer service and Orange’s freebies.
Especially since they are soon to carry both the Samsung Tocco and the iPhone. Shame I’m a Libra… making choices is not my strong point!
[image credit Cell in grass by Guido_capi via stock.xchng]
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