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About a week ago Chris and I went to AT&T to get Chris a new phone. There was one he wanted that was $1 with a two-year agreement, which was fine because we're planning on staying with AT&T indefinitely anyway. But they had a promotion going where you could trade in your smart phone for a $100 credit towards a new phone. Which meant I could upgrade to a $200 phone essentially for free, and if I got the Samsung Galaxy S4, I could get the Samsung Galaxy tablet for $200, and it's usually $500 or so. I took the deal, but the phone is okay-not-great and the tablet isn't particularly useful (the tablet I actually want is a Nook HD, which among other things supports stuff in EPUB format which the Galaxy tablet doesn't, and it's heavy and larger than I'd wanted for a tablet). But I've gone and gotten like $100 in accessories for the phone and the tablet (plastic screen covers, a hard cover for the phone and a soft cover for the tablet) but I just don't want either device. I'd rather go back and get an iPhone 4 or 5 but that'll mean $100+ in wasted accessories.
Also with my old phone (an iPhone 3GS which I wasn't even planning on trading in that day, it's old but there was nothing wrong with it), when I was reading on it, I could press on a word and have the option for a dictionary definition for most English words and phrases, including a lot of British slang which is useful since I'm mostly in Sherlock fandom these days. With the new phone I get "select all," "copy," "share," "find," "translate," and "web search." Everying but the dictionary option. There doesn't seem to even be a dictionary option on the phone. I could download an app but the point is that I want the convenience I had with the old phone. If I wanted to do a web search of a phrase from a fic I can damned well copy it and paste it into the search bar of a new window.
Very, very tempted to go and trade the stuff back in with no penalties (there's still time, I think). I'd have to buy a new plastic cover for the new iPhone, but I have those $6 cross-stitch iPhone covers I haven't even decorated yet for a cover...thoughts? Is it worth taking a loss on the accessories I've already bought for the current new stuff?
Also with my old phone (an iPhone 3GS which I wasn't even planning on trading in that day, it's old but there was nothing wrong with it), when I was reading on it, I could press on a word and have the option for a dictionary definition for most English words and phrases, including a lot of British slang which is useful since I'm mostly in Sherlock fandom these days. With the new phone I get "select all," "copy," "share," "find," "translate," and "web search." Everying but the dictionary option. There doesn't seem to even be a dictionary option on the phone. I could download an app but the point is that I want the convenience I had with the old phone. If I wanted to do a web search of a phrase from a fic I can damned well copy it and paste it into the search bar of a new window.
Very, very tempted to go and trade the stuff back in with no penalties (there's still time, I think). I'd have to buy a new plastic cover for the new iPhone, but I have those $6 cross-stitch iPhone covers I haven't even decorated yet for a cover...thoughts? Is it worth taking a loss on the accessories I've already bought for the current new stuff?