The Sewing Mom

I spent a couple of hours yesterday with Verizon Wireless checking out cell phones and adding my mother-in-law to our family share plan. You see, she has had a cell phone for a number of years, originally purchased by one sister-in-law and, most recently, paid monthly by another sister-in-law. Well, due to unforseen circumstances, my mother-in-law’s cell phone service was placed on hold and, for the past couple of months, she’s been without service. This wouldn’t be a big deal, but she uses her cell phone to make long distance calls to save on her landline bill. So, we decided to add her to our plan.

I actually started this process a couple of weeks ago and checked out several different phones including the Verizonwireless Storm . I had recently purchased my own new cell phone, so I did have some idea of what was available. I just knew I was needing a very simple phone for a woman that doesn’t do well with too many buttons or too much technology. In other words, the ATT Blackberry Bold which offers all kinds of fantastic features would have been great for me, but too difficult for my MIL to handle. She really just needed the most basic of phones and didn’t need any extra features. My own phone that I recently purchased is very similar to the Sprint Instinct phone which has been being advertised quite heavily lately. But, I knew the touch screen would not be such a good thing for my MIL.

To make sure that not only was I getting her the right phone, but that it was at the right price, and because this is a long term commitment for us, I needed to compare cell phone deals . In the end, I think I got her the perfect phone. It does have a camera in it, but we’re not going to tell her that, it would just intimidate her! It’s a simple flip phone that looks very similar to the one she’s had for years and I think she’ll be happy with it. We’ll be giving it to her next week when we see her for Thanksgiving, it will be her Christmas present and she can begin using it right away.