Business talks are boring, but please do read on
When I was in grade 6, cellular phones are rare, if not totally non-existence back then. From then on, we have seen the steady rise of the need of a cellular phone in business, considering the dynamics of trade and its demand. When I was in second year high school, cellular phones were strictly commodities of the wealthy businessmen. When I was in third year high school, I saw the use of cellular phones slowly expanding and I witnessed how it slowly permeated the youth market, using communication as a necessity to sell the cellular phones. When I was in fourth year high school, what seemed to be a slow increase in the youth market for the use of cellular phone caught steam. With the innovations in the technology and the design of the cellular phones, the mass production of more affordable cellular phones, the introduction into the market of the “bill crusher,” an innovation by SMART Communications opening up a market for post paid subscribers aimed particularly at capturing the youth market, which by the way perceived the use of cellular phones as an extravagance and within the exclusivity of the professionals because of the responsibility of paying the bill attached in its use, and the introduction of Short Messaging System, or in the vernacular “text text,” by GLOBE Communications, the youth market skyrocketed and I witnessed the birth of a new pop culture.
Before the emergence of the youth market, Sony Erickson dominated the market for cellular phones with their “ice crusher” analogue phones. Perhaps, the increase in the demand of the cellular phone in the youth market can be attributed to Nokia, a Finnish company engaged in providing the market with communication technology. The youth market boomed when Nokia released its first ever phone geared to capture the youth – the Nokia 5110. True to its purpose, the design of the new phone was sleek and contemporary. Indeed, the steady increase in the market of youth can be attributed to “text messaging,” but Nokia provided the market with an additional feature, which by far, enabled the company to capture the biggest share in the market, the “snake” game. Nokia then released a more contemporary designed cellular phone, the Nokia 3210, then they released the 6110, 6210, 8110 and I have lost my recollection which came next. Each models released was different from the existing commodity, they introduced a cellular phone with a bigger memory capacity, accessories like housings, backlights, etcetera. then they improved the LCD, they released a “colored” LCD, they released a phone with an FM station, and yes, the Nokia 7210 was introduced to the market through the movie “minority report.” It revolutionized the cellular phone and I witnessed the emergence of “camera phones.”
With the innovations in the technology of the cellular phones, coupled with aggressive marketing by SMART Communications and GLOBE Communications, the cellular phone has become a pop culture and they managed to transform the cellular phone from a mere luxury into a necessity which everybody must have because “we have to stay connected!” They are a bunch of intelligent sons of a bitch.
Now the cellular phone has evolved from a mere business tool to a game pad, a camera, a portable radio, of course a medium for communication, an organizer, a video camera, an alarm clock, a tool to help keep a romantic relationship alive. AND I HAVE LOST IT ALL!!!! The whole point of this shenanigan is that I have lost my damn phone!!!!