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Infinix, Injoo, LG, Tecno, Samsung, Sony, Wiko, Huawei, HTC, Nokia… The list is endless. My thoughts are that the average Kenyan buys a new phone at least once every two years, but due to various reasons, that number could be higher or lower.
But what is the main function and purpose of having a phone? Communication, right? Please, we’re not in the ’70s. While most of us just look at the price to determine whether we will buy a phone or push it to our wish list, there’s a percentage of individuals who would judge a phone by its brand (for example the “iSheep” – people who would buy an iPhone just because of the brand name), a few would judge it by its looks (form) and minority would judge it by its functionality (specs), but whether you pick form over function or vice versa, one thing is constant, YOUR PHONE SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU.
Here’s what I think, your mobile phone is a good representation of who you really are, how organized your home screen and apps are, reflect how well your life is organized. The choice of wallpaper clearly shows your personality and thoughts, don’t believe me? What comes to your mind when you see someone with a wallpaper displaying nudity? Your mind just judges that person as a pervert, what about the ones who have a wallpaper of themselves? Egocentric, right? Even our ringtones say a lot about our taste and preferences.
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The reason why I’m saying this is, no one else can influence what you put on your phone and what you choose to see each time you turn on the display, it is all a personal decision with absolutely no external influence and thus our phones are the best way through which we express ourselves as individuals, from wallpapers, ring-back tones (skiza tunes), app organization, phone covers, phone colour and even price of the phone (to those that can) all give an impression of our personalities. Below I will discuss a few categories of people and what their phones say about them.
Show-offs – People who are always buying the latest phones available in the market, regardless of the price, not because they need it, but because they “have an image to maintain”.
Coverholics – Those that will ensure they have a new phone cover every week if not every month (mostly ladies, sorry).
Wallpaperholics – A new wallpaper almost every day – I don’t know how they manage to get so many wallpapers and never repeating any of them.
The status quo category – They have never changed their wallpaper since the day they bought the phone, even if they make any changes, it takes forever before they make any other change again, and finally,
Garfields – those that have no sense of care, they have the most disorganized home screens, app shortcuts with no order, widgets that they have never used and probably never will, an endless number of homescreens (for no apparent reason), and worst of all they are usually the type that would not repair a broken screen no matter how kaleidoscopic it is.
These are just but a few categories that I have personally observed, the list is insatiable. Leave a comment below, sharing what aspect of your personality is brought out through your phone, which category you think you belong to and whether or not you agree that our phones are actually a representation of our personalities.
This article was first published on TechArena Kenya
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