Smart Decisions...
Super-Xpat can face down hours of mind-numbing work, endless Chinglish, squat toilets, bad KTV singing, other similarly close-minded expats and more, but faced with a choice and a deadline and Super-Xpat becomes yet again lowly expat. Decizionite. Super-Xpat's one (of many) weaknesses!
Case in point: three months ago foolish lowly expat must have sat on his phone because the screen now no longer displays pretty colors. Now Super-Xpat must rely on a borrowed purple Nokia phone designed for girls. Super-Xpat decided to wait for iPhone 3G, imagining how cool he would be among all the other iWannabes, but then El Jobso caved to the telcoms and are now forcing buyers to sign contracts. Currently the going grey market price is ~ 700 to 800 US$ (2 months rent, 30 months Internet Access, 24o comic books, 1,500 bus rides, or 16,000 sticks of Juicy Fruit) , much too much to not mull over first. Then, when Super-Xpat was just about to jump the shark, news of the HTC Dream aka Android's impending release broke. Followed by news of Sony Xperia for end of September. Today, HTC Touch HD. What should Super-Xpat do!!!????
What lowly expat always does is conduct inordinate amounts of research and create list after list of pros and cons. Super-Xpat does not. Super-Xpat made the list below in ten minutes, and that's why Super-Xpat will never be able to decide.
Case in point: three months ago foolish lowly expat must have sat on his phone because the screen now no longer displays pretty colors. Now Super-Xpat must rely on a borrowed purple Nokia phone designed for girls. Super-Xpat decided to wait for iPhone 3G, imagining how cool he would be among all the other iWannabes, but then El Jobso caved to the telcoms and are now forcing buyers to sign contracts. Currently the going grey market price is ~ 700 to 800 US$ (2 months rent, 30 months Internet Access, 24o comic books, 1,500 bus rides, or 16,000 sticks of Juicy Fruit) , much too much to not mull over first. Then, when Super-Xpat was just about to jump the shark, news of the HTC Dream aka Android's impending release broke. Followed by news of Sony Xperia for end of September. Today, HTC Touch HD. What should Super-Xpat do!!!????
What lowly expat always does is conduct inordinate amounts of research and create list after list of pros and cons. Super-Xpat does not. Super-Xpat made the list below in ten minutes, and that's why Super-Xpat will never be able to decide.
- Apple iPhone 3G
- For:
In Super-Xpat's non-humble opinion, the coolest smartphone out there. Available right now for lots of Super-Xpat gloating goodness. - Against:
The iPhone might reveal lowly expat's secret identity. Plus Super-Xpat hates Apple arrogance. And Justin Long. - HTC Dream
- For:
A Google Android phone will make Super-Xpat hacker-Xtraodinaire-like and hackers are cool and get (few if any) girls. Who didn't see the Matrix! Whoa, Super-Xpat can dodge bullets, but he doesn't have too! Boo-yah! Who bothered to see the sequels!? - Against:
Unfortunately, ged-durn fugly in Super-Xpat's un-humble opinion. Plus who knows when it will be available. - Sony Xperia
- For:
A Sony-Ericsson phone will show everyone that the business force is with Super-Xpat. Plus Super-Xpat likes Sony's spelling-sense. - Against:
Sony or Apple? Who's worse at using proprietary technology? Who's worse at overpricing their wares? Who spends more on marketing? Think Different? Super-Xpat Θ Sony-Ericsson? Screw all that and Θ Wolff Olins - HTC Touch HD
- For:
Android-re-ROM-able? Small marketing budget? (Duh, this is a Taiwanese company). Similar looks and better features? Maybe just the underdog that will ensure Super-Xpat's un-selloutness. - Against:
Have you seen HTC's branding and marketing? It's so... iWannabe. - Screw smartphone. Get Dumbphone. Read more get brain-rotting comics.
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