Well, it's happened.

My old (and very reliable) cell phone seems to have died. More or less old age.

Rest in peace.

And I am sorry that I knocked you off my desk at work with a book.

I've been saying that I won't get a new phone until my old one has died. And now that day is here.

For the last two weeks I've been using the crappy-ist Samsung phone--it was left to a friend of a friend and now I'm borrowing it. I am pretty sure it must have been the cheapest phone on sale a couple of years ago. It's so cheap in fact that there's a permanent thumb print pressed into the screen of the phone. This makes telling the time difficult and sending text messages/reading text messages even that much harder.

Needless to say, this phone is just a stop-gap measure.

So here's the thing. I think now's the time to hop onto the smartphone band-wagon. If there's even a bandwagon left to hop onto seeing as I am feeling pretty behind when it comes to new cool technology.  In fact, maybe I am just chasing a trend and should get a landline instead. But what's done is done--and it's pretty hard to text message with a rotary phone.

Now that I'm here though I am kind of paralyzed by choice. And the range of options that I have. For a long time I've thought: iphone and every time I thought that baby angles sang, unicorns danced on cotton candy clouds and homeless puppies were adopted. However, today I am not so sure.

It boils down to this: I need help.

Do I buy a phone in Bulgaria? If so what are my best options? Which phone(s) do you love?

Or do I wait until I am back in the States in July and pick something up then? Do you think it really is that much cheaper to buy a phone in the States than in Bulgaria? I mean I would have to wait for over two months to do so and in the mean time, I'd have to continue using this horrible little telephone.

The other thing to add to this equation is the fact that after nearly three years here in Sofia I am still pre-pay plan with Mtel. I frankly don't use my phone that much and have never figured that it was worth it switch over to a monthly plan. This said, I am not opposed to it.

I am just lazy.

This is probably why I am writing a blog post about buying a new phone rather than researching it on my own. Or just buying one.

Anyhow, I'd love to hear your thoughts and to get your advice.

Thanks a million!