I had the Motorola MPX220 for several months because it could synchronize with my calendar and address book on my computer. Cool. That is until my phone started to scramble up the dates and times of my calendar. I even missed paying rent one month because of this.

After I graduated I didn't need all that smartphone functionality so I got myself a basic cell phone, the Sony Ericsson z520a. Great phone, underrated, and only cost me $50 (after rebate). But then it would crash and would take me an hour or two to turn it back on. Kinda gay but I put up with it. Then one day it just wouldn't turn on.

So I called Cingular and got the phone replaced with the exact same model. Today I walk into my parents house and drop the phone on the tile floor. Now every other line on the screen is solid white.

So I came up with a genius idea: maybe if I drop it on the floor again it will unbreak itself.

So I did it.

Now there's a nice big vertical white stripe going down the left side.

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