N 81 RIP?

My Nokia N-81 is starting to show signs of senility. The phone seems to be acting up wierd. I am scared about giving it to the Nokia Service Centre as they sometimes stock it for 2 months and then decide that nothing can be done about it. The cost of repairing the Nokia phone may be 60% the cost of the phone, and that data is not too appealing to me to repair it.

Maybe I need to look at more phones in this segment, as a back up. I'd like to have my hands on the i-phone, but the cost of the iPhone is what draws me back. All said and done, I have to start researching on models that are similar to the N-81, as I fear its days are numbered. Lasted 20 months(Make that 18, it slept for 2 months in a Nokia Service centre).

Nokia! My Saviour

There are days when I have cursed the "poor man's Nokia " model that I have, but I realise its value, only when I go out of station. Its charge, generally lasts for a long time, and all it requires is 15 minutes of power reacharge, to be at full charge. My Nokia phone is a like a nice homely dog-in the sense that it is faithful to me in times of need. Though I would love to have a nice music mobile, hi-fi gadget as a phone, Nothing beats Nokia when it comes to plain jane telephonic use.