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Lost and Not Found

Posted on by Shaily Agrawal

I lost my phone to the tides of time today. How it happened is not a topic I can give a clear answer to. The fact that it survived for nearly five years is a matter of surprise. It was gradual process of erosion by tiny over-enthusiastic hands that can’t completely hold the mammoth contraption they are trying to manage. After several thousand falls, the said contraption gave up the fight against its destiny.

I love my phone. I depend on it so much that I feel like my hands have been cut off my body and I can do nothing but walk around aimlessly, cursing myself for not getting a tampered screen after the last one broke. For the past two years, my husband has been trying to lure me into buying a new phone and I have been resisting him. I hope a new screen would solve the problem, but I am afraid, my husband might finally get his wish.

Right now, I feel crippled as I type this post on my laptop sitting properly, rather than my usual haphazard, half-lying-down, quarter-walking and quarter-standing-in-kitchen style. I keep on looking at my right where I usually keep my phone, looking for messages, alarms, calls, time (I have a clock on the wall right in front of me.)…

I am feeling lost and not found…

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7 thoughts on “Lost and Not Found”

  1. Like Pete above, I’m of an older generation: I only use my phone when using my laptop isn’t possible or practical. I find the small screen bothersome, and I don’t need to continually check emails or Facebook: when I’m out walking, I like to hear the natural sounds and take in the scenery :D Cheers, Jon.

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    1. You are lucky. I never thought much of my phone, but having lost it, I really felt the absence. I use laptop for work so I don’t like being stuck to my seat any further than needed even though my typing speed is way better on laptop and the dictate feature on MS Word is much better than on phone.

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  2. I am too old to understand such dependence on a mobile phone. I have one, but only take it out in the car in case of breakdowns. If I lost mine the main issue I would have is that almost everyone’s phone number is stored on it and I would never be able to remember them all. One day, I should write them all down. I hope the screen repair fixes it for you.

    Best wishes, Pete.

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    1. Screen repair worked and I was so happy. All my contacts and photos are on Google so it wasn’t a problem but I can’t bear to spend more time on laptop than what I already do. Phone gives me freedom to walk around while I type.

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  3. Carrying too many things, while trying to open a car door, while responding to a text caused the demise of my sacred mobile device. To repair my cracked screen would cost $350. I decided to buy a new one for a cost of $499, with a store credit.

    The old phone will be missed, but acted like a teen…I got a shiny new one, with protection.

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    1. Screen replacement for me costed only a few dollars. A new phone would have been several hundreds. So screen replacement and tampered glass with stronger phone case was a better deal for me. I never buy a gorilla screen phone since their screen (obviously made of glass) costs more than half the phone, and cracks easily on fall.

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