wrote this last october using E71

Got my e71 last week and after a full week of usage I must say I am impressed. My purchase was justified when the guys at Nokia Care refused to repair my battered e61. Apparently, they said, after me forking out 200bucks for the diagnostics, that there was corrosion in some parts of the board reason enough for them to deny repair. I told the cheerful nokia lady, I wouldnt hold them liable should the phone be damaged after a few mos of usage upon their repair if that was why they were quick to refuse service. I knew that the LCD was the only damage of my phone and all i was asking was for them to replace it without having to be under the mercy of some policy that does really nothing to repair old nokia phones, rather, it forces customers to buy new ones. I am not one to think I was born to change nokia care's policy. Not today, not tomorrow. And so I left the store slightly disappointed but I was carrying with me a valid reason to justify my impending splurge which would soon ease the guilt of having to shell out a considerable amount of money for a luxury i can live without. Everytime i would make a purchase it is my habit to check out the reviews. After countless web browsings and countless trying of the dummy displays at the malls i finally went for it and got me my E71 at silicon valley MOA. They offered just a 100 bucks more from the cheapest price i got from their glorietta bpi madness kiosk where I was already set to buy until the guys there told me i'd to wait 2 more days for the grey steel colorway-my color of choice. But I am an impatient fellow and 2 days would be nerve wracking for me what with my inadequate eq. So expectedly, I found myself drifting to nearby MOA but without any real expectations of hinging my hopes on getting the phone there cause it was almost 7pm and I was fully aware of how conscientious i could be when scanning for the best buy. I took a MIA bus which would take me straight to the mall. Normally I take the mrt when going to MOA but Im no spring chicken and whereas before I would gladly welcome the exercise i would get from taking the stairs on the way to the mrt platforms, this time I was only to happy that i chanced upon a relatively few passengered bus considering that the few MIA buses plying along edsa, before it leaves ayala will be SRO flooded by the throng of commuters baclaran bound. The bus was old school at least judging from the choice of movie it was showing. Vic sotto and Osang was on dvd. Vic sotto definitely clicks to the masses. The passengers fixated at the TV and how we, yes I included, would laugh at the corniest of jokes were testament to Vic's broadwide appeal. In about 35mins I was at MOA. Yes the travel time was long but I wasnt about to complain cause I came there without any real expectations of