Fewer Dropped Calls
About a week ago, my old LG mobile phone finally gave up the ghost. After years of being dropped, kicked and banged-about, it wouldn’t stay powered-on.
I had long used Verizon Wireless as my service provider, but they’ve been leaving me cold for quite a while: I find their former “Can you hear me now?” and the current “It’s the Network” ads to be annoying; I have no use for the flagship V CAST features which they’re hawking to The Kids; the phones they offer are either overpriced (Palm Treo 700p), limited, unacceptable (Windows Mobile), and/or lackluster to me. On top of all that, I don’t care for their logo, identity and that signature red — hey, I’m a designer, and these things matter. I had similar opinions of T-Mobile, US Cellular, Sprint and the minor carriers in my area.
So, I switched to Cingular. Their ads are on-target (”Raising the bar”); their plans seem flexible and straight-forward (I can add the features I want and pay for others as needed); they had the phone I wanted (Motorola SLVR L7 with iTunes); even their logo and identity feels contemporary and concise to me — great design is about identification as well as features, benefits and experience, after all. Before switching, I read some of the negative reviews, but they seem like the standard complaints every company has to handle. Ordering and transfering my number, activation and adding features were all quick and easy. Their service is great and highly recommended.
About a week ago, my old LG mobile phone finally gave up the ghost. After years of being dropped, kicked and banged-about, it wouldn’t stay powered-on.
I had long used Verizon Wireless as my service provider, but they’ve been leaving me cold for quite a while: I find their former “Can you hear me now?” and the current “It’s the Network” ads to be annoying; I have no use for the flagship V CAST features which they’re hawking to The Kids; the phones they offer are either overpriced (Palm Treo 700p), limited, unacceptable (Windows Mobile), and/or lackluster to me. On top of all that, I don’t care for their logo, identity and that signature red — hey, I’m a designer, and these things matter. I had similar opinions of T-Mobile, US Cellular, Sprint and the minor carriers in my area.
So, I switched to Cingular. Their ads are on-target (”Raising the bar”); their plans seem flexible and straight-forward (I can add the features I want and pay for others as needed); they had the phone I wanted (Motorola SLVR L7 with iTunes); even their logo and identity feels contemporary and concise to me — great design is about identification as well as features, benefits and experience, after all. Before switching, I read some of the negative reviews, but they seem like the standard complaints every company has to handle. Ordering and transfering my number, activation and adding features were all quick and easy. Their service is great and highly recommended.