Technology | The HTC ChaCha

Yup! So you've heard that I've recently (yesterday to be exact) changed my cellphone number which have accompanied me for at least 10 years long. It was quite hard to part with it, as it was really a number that I like. How often can you tell someone your number was 012-911xxxx? Lame, but the point is, I liked the number okay? :(

Anyhow, the reason I have gotten myself a new number was solely because I was FORCED to if I were to get this new phone:

HTC ChaCha!

It came with a really good deal by Maxis @ 1Utama. Phone comes in FREE (!!) with one value plan plus data plan (RM18 for 100Mbps). Though, the deal is only available at selected outlet (don't know where else, but I know it's really 'hot' sale at 1Utama and for a limited time only).

The advertisement have been shoved into my face for quite sometime whenever I stopped by the said outlet to pay my monthly bill, but never did I once stop and think "Oh! Maybe I should ask them what is it about." No. I did not until yesterday (6th Nov) that my mum asked me, "do you want to ask about it?" Since I had all the time in the world (just keep tax assignment to the side for the moment), I went ahead and ask.

Another customer was there seated while waiting for his transaction to complete (he was buying the ChaCha as well) and so our conversation with regards to the phone started. Influenced, signed, sealed and delivered.

The very first phone purchase at random. I usually take 6 months to consider (haha!) before I drop the issue completely (lol).

The whole deal is great except for the fact that I have to change my phone number (only prepaid users get to keep their number) :( Tried my best to ask the sales person whether or not I could keep the number but take up the deal. His answer was no even if I had asked him for about 5 times. Really sad, but the salesman was good enough to find for me a similar number. Well, almost similar..

Well, about the ChaCha, it is a sleek phone, quite thin although it's quite wide upfront. 

Comes with a 5.0MP camera which is way better than my previous phone, so despite the change in number, I'm quite happy with this. Because it really means more good pictures on the phone! Well, there's a front camera for 3G as well, but its whole function is not only for 3G because it has a "Mirror" and "Self-portrait" feature. Which also means that it supports camwhore photos! :P :P

A sample picture taken during teatime today at Sunway Pyramid's I Love Yoo! without editing, only added the watermark on the picture.

Been using it for a day, abused the internet freedom, WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter applications all morning and noon that the battery life only lasted roughly about half a day. I think I used too much (lol) and I've seen in the guide book that leaving your Wifi and internet feature on all day would drain your battery life - the reason why, I think, that my battery did not last long.

Like touch screen PLUS QWERT keypad? Then this phone have it all because it actually has both features. Totally cool because I do like touch screen phone. Takes sometime to adapt to the QWERT keypad, but it's all good. The one thing that I like about the keypad is that it has spaces between the letters so the possibility of my finger to cross over to the other letters are less (I think that's why make the phone wider? Wider but I still like the positioning of the keypads :D).

Not going to write more about the phone. I am very satisfied with it so far although I am still confuse about where things are placed (saved contacts but couldn't find them because I don't know where I saved it haha!). Makes me realised that Nokia phones are so much simpler! It'll really take time to learn and get use to it all.

On another note, for my future referral, this is my cell phone history in a systematic progressive phase (a term that I just created): Nokia 2100; Sony Ericsson K750i; Nokia XpressMusic 5530; and now, the HTC ChaCha.

Did the phone size just get WIDER and THINNER over time or is it just me? lol

This would be my first HTC experience, first usage of Android platform, first time on QWERT and touch screen (both at the same time) phone. Really sweet, but I still miss my old number o___o

More feature of HTC ChaCha visit here.

Future phone aimed: iPhone 6! when I have the cash and when its out.