Debating if I need it or not.
There are a couple of things that didn't come with my new cell phone, a Kyocera X-tc, that I'm debating on whether or not I really need or want, and would need to pick up at some point.
One of them is a micro SDHC card for storage, as the phone only as 70mb of storage space available, and so if I wanted to store more pictures or music, I would need to get one.
The other is a must have if I want to be able to play music on my phone, listen to it through my earbuds, is a micro USB data cable like this one in the picture below.
I was hoping that Buy.com would have one on sale, but all they have is the one that I linked up there, but I don't want that one because it comes with a house charger that I already have as it came with the phone, and a car charger which I don't need because I don't have a car.
I'm really debating on getting those items.
Like, do I really need my phone to be able to double as an mp3 player?
I have an mp3 player, so I don't really need my phone to be one.
While having a ton of pics on my phone is nice because then I can show them to everyone, it's not like I really need the micro card for storage because I can upload all of my pics to the Virgin Mobile 'My Pix' account page, and they also automatically get uploaded to my Facebook page too.
I guess it just depends on how much stuff I want to carry with me when going on long distance trips like our trip to Maine.
Do I want to carry my phone and charger, and my mp3 player and it's USB charger, or do I just want to carry my phone and charger?
It's too late for this trip to get the micros USB data cable, but I'll have to think about it for my next long distance trip.
Comments
Wow, I wish I'd seen that package when I first bought my phone. I would have bought it just for the chargers. I am famous for losing phone chargers. My last phone, the Cyclops, I lost the charger that came with it, I ordered a new one. I have since found the old one. The Cyclops now belongs to Mike, and he has TWO home chargers for it.
The car charger is something I have a need for. When I bought my X-tc, at Target, they didn't have the car charger in stock, nor did VM have it on their site. I think I finally got one at another Target location, after looking in several other places. I did have a hard time finding it. I don't lose car chargers, though, as they live in the glove compartment, where else would I use one but on the car?
I've never used my X-tc for music, as I have an mp3 player already. Honestly, I'd rather not run the phone battery down listening to music, especially if I'm on public transit or anyplace where I can't give the phone more juice. My one complaint about the X-tc is that the battery needs to be charged up a bit more often than the Cyclops does. I'd love for them to come out with a longer-life battery for it.
The camera, I do use, and I did buy a microSD card. Mine is 4GB and it cost about $15 at an office supply chain megamart. Still, there's not much on it, I find myself just uploading the pix online like you do, and deleting them from the phone. It might be worth getting one, though, just in case. I'd say that if you were going to buy one thing for this phone, get the microSD card. Just in case there is something you want to be 1000% sure to save!
It's a cool, fun phone to hve. Enjoy!
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