Greetings!
To be very sincere, I was among those who used to frown upon people spending their hard-earned money on very expensive phones. I would think, "Why should I buy a phone for 100k or 200k when I can buy one for 50k and still use it for the same purpose?" But life happened, and I found myself appreciating the high level of convenience in phone usage. That’s when I bought the phone I’m currently using for over 200k last year. It's not like it's the most expensive thing in my possession, but it’s one of them, and the fact that it's a phone makes it feel different for me.
Okay, I know people reading this will say, "200k+ for a phone is not such a big deal considering the high cost of things." That's very true because I know friends who earn less than me from their many source of earnings and use iPhones that cost 700k and above. Well, 200k for a phone is a big deal for me considering where I was coming from. I never saw myself buying a phone for 100k, as I mentioned earlier. Even when I bought this one, there were many options to buy an easy-going and handy phone for any activity I used phones for, but nope, I needed a very convenient phone, one that wouldn't make me sweat to thread on Inleo.
Hold on;
Back then, as of last year, I was one of the top complainers on the Inleo platform due to how selective the site was (maybe it still is) because my phone had 2GB RAM. In fact, there was a time someone promised to give me his phone so that I could stop using the 2GB RAM phone and stop complaining, but unfortunately, the guy lives in California, and we couldn't meet the terms to get the phone. Or let me say, the guy was playing with me because I suggested he sell the phone and send the funds, but he never agreed. I took it as a joke, though. So in case the California guy comes across this, this is a joke, but maybe you might be convinced to fulfill the promise. 😂
So like I was saying, threading was difficult because I found out that the Inleo frontend does not support 2GB RAM phones, and I was also told that 3GB RAM is still not recommendable. So that's it; I decided to go for a 8GB RAM phone to be free and free indeed.
I remember a time when a client came to my workplace. The man was somewhat elderly, in his 40s, I think. He saw the phone in my hand and thought it was an iPhone.
"Sir, this is not an iPhone; this is a Redmi Note. I don't fancy iPhones," I responded.
"Wow! It looks just like an iPhone. How much did you buy it?" he inquired.
I paused for a while and decided to tell him the truth. "It’s 200k+, sir."
"200k for a phone?! Why can't you invest that in your business?" he exclaimed, and I smiled because my phone is my earning tool. In fact, I bought the phone with my earnings from the phone.
Whenever I meet such people, I don't open up about the amount I used to buy my phone because I don't want to listen to their sermons, as they can never believe I'm using the phone for blogging. Too much explanation on that will give them the impression that I'm using it for fraud, after all, they always see me pressing my phone. Lol 😂
Thank you for reading.
This is my entry to Hivenaija prompt of the week
Photos used are mine