The Mobile Phone Hunt

The on-going saga of Lewis’ relationship with mobile phones has finally been put to rest… for now at least.

Long story short, he has been unable to get a phone contract due to his Social Insurance Number still not being activated. This has meant he has had to buy a pay-as-you-go phone that has since broken a pathetic 6 weeks after purchase. Virgin Mobile are refusing to do anything about it as it is more than a month since we purchased it from them which I think we can all agree is ridiculous. Why would we buy a phone for it only to work for four weeks? Answer: no-one would.

We have since decided to get a new phone for him with anyone but Virgin Mobile – plonkers that they are.

So off we trot to Calgary in search of the 41 megapixel camera phone – the Nokia Lumia 1020. If you are going to get a smart phone you might as well get the one with the best camera.

In Alberta, and I think Canada, it doesn’t matter what phone you get the tariff is the same across specific phone groups; Doro Phones ($25); Basic Phones ($55+); and Smartphones ($80+). So if you are going to get a Smartphone get the most expensive as it costs the same as the cheapest within the same category.

Two hours and a pizza later, we returned to the store to collect Lewis' beautiful bright yellow phone which had been all set up and ready for him to use. We expecting great things from you Rogers.