Those Asian Cell Phones

Though I have yet to see any like the ones on the right, Chinese cellphone technology is light years ahead of anything I've seen in Canada.

As soon as you get here, the ringtones are the first cue you'll hear that lets you know you are in Asia. The age old rings of Canadian cellphones are hardly heard here due to the preference for ringtones that are actually popular songs. One can hear a good variety of both Chinese and English songs blaring when someone gets a call. Unfortunately, some song ringtones get very old, very fast.

However, the main difference is found when you call someone else's cellphone. Instead of hearing a ringing noise (which has supposedly annoyed many people in China) music and advertisement messages are played instead. This is great, especially if that person you're calling is taking forever to pick up on the other end. Sometimes, the songs ringtones or the ones I hear while waiting for a call of mine are so good, I am loathe for the person to pick up the phone and start talking to me!

I don't hear too much about telephone service companies. Cellphones are run quite differently from in Canada judging from what I have seen. You can buy cellphones for a lot or a little depending on what you want. After you get the cell phone, it is easy to find a SIM card (provided you speak Chinese). You just plug this simcard into the phone and you're making calls and playing song ringtones within seconds.

Photo credit:http://modemlooper.com/transformer-cell-phone-madness/