my|new|phone

I swore I'd never buy anything on impulse again. Ever. Unfortunately my husband hasn't made that promise yet. So when he saw this ad somewhere last week -

- we ran to the nearest store that had one still on stock at around 7 pm, and he bought the phone for me. Apparently a lot of people have queued up just to buy this phone. Actually, they just took 500 pesos off its SRP. But it's still cheap, considering that most touch phones sell for Php 5000 up.

It's packed with features for its price. I am most happy with the fact that it's dual SIM, because I have been wanting to have a Globe SIM (Im currently locked to Smart) because my work people use Globe. My Smart plan offers free calls, but not texts, to Globe and I always exceed the monthly cost of my plan because of the huge amount of Globe texts I make everyday.

The my|phone T23 duo is a full touch phone, and it takes some getting used to. Im not a touch phone fan but I believe I just need to get the hang of it before I fully enjoy it. The T23 duo has all the usual, useful stuff - camera, bluetooth, music player and FM radio. It has room for an 8 GB SD card, which I'm really hoping I'd be able to buy pronto.

What sets this apart from the other phones I think is the Pinoy feature, which includes services like my|faith, my|country, my|love, my|negosyo, and my|java. I am loving the my|faith feature because it sets a reminder for the angelus, morning and evening prayers, and the rosary. I can even upload all entries of the 365 Days with the Lord! I've never seen a phone which gives so much emphasis on faith. my|country has fun stuff like mga bugtong, salawikain, pinoy trivia. all these can be enjoyed if one has a memory card installed already. the phone comes with a CD containing all these great fun accessories.

Usability wise, I'm feeling this phone will not give me much of a headache. While first time touch phone users like me will find scrolling up and down quite annoying at first, finding the right amount of pressure and flick is key to efficiency. Everything else is easy to find and use. Battery life is admirable and charging is USB-based so I could bring just the wire when traveling.

I just do not like being asked when I'll send a text or call using what SIM every single time, but I guess it comes with the fact that I am using two numbers from a single phone. The T23 duo is also not wifi ready so internet surfing for me remains confined to the laptop. Other than these, I am enjoying this fruit of self-containment which has luckily has resulted to a lot of husband pity. I just love Noy =)

p.s. my|phone Q19i duo will be on sale on october 8th only. check it out here.