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It has recently come to my attention that I have been given $50 by my VW cell phone service to purchase a new phone with the renewal of my contract. I love when this happens… it’s the 3rd time since I’ve been a member of the VW network.

So, omg, guys – what phone should I get??!!

Now there is the practical Elle Kay inside that says, “Dude, your phone needs to make calls and send occasional text messages and you’re good. Don’t go crazy and spend tons of $$ on a fancy smartphone or anything.” Then super technology-lovin’ Elle Kay says, “Cancel the Verizon network, sign up for AT&T and get yourself the best f-ing phone out there: the mesmerizing iPhone. <insert angels singing here>. But the large part of my mind is saying, “Stick with VW because it’s the best coverage and even works well at Camp Friendly… and get that new DROID phone because reviewers are saying that it pretty much rivals the iPhone.”

I’ve been reading about the Droid phone every workday since last Friday. I won’t go into the list of specifications and its comparisons to other phones. I will just tell you that it sounds fantastic. I had to meet it in person. So I took the 3 Elle Kays to the mall yesterday to play with some phones. When I finally held the droid in my hand and played with the touch screen (which is a brand new thing for me as I still have a flip phone with buttons), it was very user friendly and felt natural. I left the mall wildly in love and had to fight the urge to skip and sing through the parking lot. I heart this droid phone.

One concern is that it’s new with fairly new technology. New technology usually has bugs in it that I don’t want to seriously hinder my serene lifestyle. Should I wait for v2.0 once the bugs are out?

And then there’s the money. The droid phone is $300. There is currently a $100 off promotion online in addition to my $50 to renew my contract. So now the droid phone is $150 for me. Do I really spend $150 on a smartphone? Or do I get a blackberry for free? I always say that if you use something a lot (like every day), it’s a good investment to get the best. A blackberry phone would be fine – they are very popular and people like them. It connects to email, facebook and other apps that you can download. It’s fine. It doesn’t have a touch screen and you’re not able to be in multiple web/app screens at once or play videos, but totally fine. Who am I kidding… the new technology is calling to me like Bongo in the wild. (The Bongo reference is a private joke between my mom and I – apologies). I want COOL. Doesn’t everybody want COOL in their life? And not just any kind of COOL… fun super techie phone COOL. Touch screens are COOL. Having personal and professional calendars are COOL too. Playing tunes that I’ve uploaded, or downloaded from Amazon, or from the Pandora app is also pretty COOL.

And you know… I just got promoted at work which came with a pretty good raise so I can afford it, no problem. A MANAGER with her own assistant should have the best phone VW offers, right? Especially a manager on the e-commerce team… I need to show the peeps at work that I am keeping up with the times with the most fantastic, COOLEST phone out there. Maybe if I was still a specialist, I’d get the Blackberry – but no way now. It’s the droid or bust! I mean, I have an image to uphold here at double j. This flip phone I’ve been sportin’ is pretty lame… embarrassing even. Yeah, I think I’m going online and ordering up myself a big platter of COOL today. You know you’re so jealous of me and my impending COOL right now. :)

The New COOL: The Verizon Droid