I read today on Facebook
that a person spends 70% of his/her lifetime in recalling memories and thinking
about a perfect hypothetical situation in their mind. I do that a lot! I love
remembering and reminiscing about the happy moments of my life- the first day
in my new school where I met my best friend with whom I’ll be celebrating two
decades of friendship this year, the first time I had a crush and I proposed
and he rejected (ok, that’s not a memory I love to recollect but it brings a
smile on my lips), the first day of my dream job, the first salary check for a
total sum of 4000/-, the first time I held my baby in my arms. But these days
it’s not necessary to recollect everything from memory, which gets overloaded with excess information as we age.
With smartphones becoming
more affordable and essential, it’s easier to just click photos and whenever you
feel like going back to that particular moment just take out your phone and relive
the moment again.
Of course the advent
of the smartphone era dawned upon us only few years back and till then we had
to make do with the grainy photos taken from a 2MP rear camera and if anyone
would have uttered a word called selfie, we’d have probably misunderstood it
for a kind of shellfish. Now even my 90 year grandmother knows how to click a
selfie.
I got my first
smartphone in August, 2012, a gift from my husband and it took him a
couple of months to pay back the EMI which he had taken to buy the phone. Yes, buying
a smartphone then cost as much as an entire month’s salary. For the first few
months I didn’t know how to operate my smartphone. Whenever I tried to receive a
call I had to swipe at the screen multiple times to answer it correctly. And the size of the phone was totally another matter. Sometimes I had to hold
my phone in both hands while talking, because I was used to my palm-sized miniscule
phone with a screen that was the size of my thumb.
Although there was an
option to connect to internet on my phone, I never used it much. I preferred
browsing using my laptop. And I didn’t know how to
use the front camera. It was only when selfies became popular that I realized the
worth of a good megapixel front camera.
It took me several
months to become used to smartphone but once I got the hang of it, I became
addicted. A smartphone has made life so much simpler and convenient. Ordering food,
booking cabs, chatting with friends on Whatsapp, listening to online music, connecting
to social media networks on the go, writing my blog posts, clicking pictures of
perfect moments, watching videos with my daughter, playing online games-there
is an app for every task in the smartphone. In fact the only thing that I use
my smartphone very sparingly is for calling because I’m not a very call-friendly
person. But still my smartphone is beside me at all hours of the day. Irony, isn’t
it? But that’s the magic of smartphones-they are devices not just for calling
but they offer entertainment and they keep me informed about what’s happening
around the world.
My first smartphone
is still with me; I haven’t bought a new phone because it was a gift from my
husband and probably I’m waiting for him to gift me another one J
But it’s definitely
time to upgrade myself to a better smartphone and the below image of my phone
should justify my decision J
My next phone has to
be sturdy because I carry my phone all the time and when you are around a
hyperactive kid aged 3, there are more chances of your phone getting
smashed/cracked/broken. (That’ll explain the above picture)
The new Moto E meets
all my expectations and it offers cutting edge technology with user-friendly features
in affordable price. The bright and colorful bands are easy to swap and give an
extra dash of style and oomph to the phone. These patented bands come with a
unique ridged pattern providing a better grip- a useful feature for me with a
proven talent for cracking phone screens when chasing errant brats with phone clasped in slippery hands.
I also travel a lot
and I’m scared of missing out on contests while I’m away from my home. My current
phone has 3G networks and as for the speed of connectivity, the lesser said the
better. As a result I lug my bulky laptop everywhere. How I wish that I had a
new smartphone with a superfast connectivity using which I could submit a blog
post in time. This is where Moto E fulfills my wish because with an ability to
connect at 4G speed, I’d never have to worry about missing out on a contest. I
can listen to music, connect on social media sites, read books on Kindle app
and watch videos without being interrupted by the annoying buffering icon.
But when I’m
constantly on the phone, I’d be worried about the battery life. I don’t want to
carry my mobile charger everywhere, nor do I want to curb my fun
because I’m worried about the battery on my phone going kaput. Moto E comes
with a 2390 mAh battery that promises to last a full day so my recharging
worries can be laid to rest.
But what good a
smartphone is if I cannot click stunning photos? Moto E comes with a 5 MP
rear-facing camera and a second camera in front which makes it perfect for
clicking selfies or making video calls. Another feature of Moto E is Quick
Capture which allows you to switch between front and rear camera just by
twisting your wrist twice. That’s a wonderful feature to have for mothers like
me who see a precious expression on their child’s face and wish that they had a
smartphone to capture the moment. No more missing out on picture perfect
moments when I have Moto E with me!
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| Images captured using my smartphone |
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| The first picture that I clicked using my Smartphone |
All images sourced from https://www.motorola.com and http://www.startwithmotoe.com/
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