Darn, my phone is dead (long live the phone!)

My dead HTC Dual, RIP my good man

As fate dictated, yesterday I was trying to send message from my HTC dual and realized that the touch screen has stopped working. "Okay, we have a problem" I thought. For the past few weeks, I have several problems with my 2 year old phone. It first began when people couldn't hear me clearly during calls. Then it got slightly worse, I also can't hear the other side. However, if I put the call on speaker phone there is no problem. Soon after, the touch screen loses sensitivity intermittently. The final straw as you can guess, came yesterday. With no touch screen I couldn't send out sms (no way to click the 'send' button), and no had way to activate speaker phone. Meaning I'm deaf during calls.

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So I opened my phone storage box at home, and took out my spare phone. It's so old you probably wouldn't see anyone else using it at the moment. The Panasonic GD-67, released in 2003, is unquestionably durable, serving full fledged for over 2 years, and being a backup phone for the past 4 years with no servicing. Myself, my 2 cousins, and my maid has used this phone at some point in time. It doesn't have major problem, even the battery still last pretty well.

The GD67, always ready for duty

The secret I believe lies in its' basic design, candybar. My last 2 phones were of clamshell and sliding design respectively. The constant movement of the parts seem to contribute to wear and tear, therefore these phones ended their service before their 2 year allotment is up (i time myself to change phone after 2 years, or when they died on me, whichever is earlier). So, you can bet that my next phone will be a candybar.

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I'll send my HTC for servicing soon, and it will then sit next to good old Panasonic, ready for duty anytime the need arise.