My Mom dropped her phone while trying to reply my SMS this morning while buying fish at the wet market. It went a little haywire. Of course I felt duty-bound to buy her a new one.

We spent about an hour scouring the latest deals, declining a pretty Samsung clamshell model when we heard the electronics may cause the screen to blackout after a year or so.

Finally we spotted a sweet Nokia 6610i, which is the same one my Dad has. The sales chappie explained the inner workings of the phone to my Mom who was suitably impressed by his good service.

By virtue of the good product itself and pleasant service, we bought the phone at $128 (Mom's contract was only a year old so it was a $100 top-up). Dad was relieved when the shopping was finally over. :D