Unlucky

Last week I bought a smartphone that was awesome in my eyes. I had waited for two weeks to a price drop, a price that I find reasonable. The criteria for my next phone would be:
- dual sim
- 4G LTE
- 'long' battery life
- no Android

First of all, the phone should be dual sim. I use a prepaid sim card and that works. I don't need to pay monthly for a subscription that I don't use. The downside is that with it, I don't use internet on my phone because of the costs. Also I use a Lyca sim to call aboard, contact family and friends, that's the reason that I want to have a dual sim function.

Technology is constantly changing and with it the support of different frequencies by telecom companies. Currently 3G is the most common way to support internet on mobiles but in the near future I suspect that 4G will be rolled out in more places and eventually will replace 3G. For a person that is nice towards her devices and expect to use it at least 3-4 years it has to have 4G LTE.

Also the fact that I run out of battery is something I dislike. Nowadays every university has made a better battery but it takes time before those inventions/methods will be used in consumers products. So I expect a huge battery in my phone.

No offence Android, I love your PlayStore and the possibility to personalize it but consider that a lot of devices don't get an update every time they roll out a new version of the software, I decided to choose something else. My Galaxy SI900 for example didn't get an official update after it has been released for two years. I am fortunate that a group of people were so kind to share their software and allow the device work for another three years.

So in the end I bought a Lumia 640XL DS LTE at least that was in the specification. In the end it turned out it was just a Lumia 640XL DS 3G. I was so disappointing and pissed. I had done my homework before buying and even called to confirm if the product supported 4G LTE. So within a week I returned it.

I really felt unlucky, I did everything to assure to get what I want but it wasn't enough. Now I have to look for a new phone again.