RE: First withdrawal from Steemit // A GIFT FOR MOM!?
I'm sure your mom would've been happy even with your phone, but with a completely new phone (and more important: the care behind it) that happiness will probably bring even some joyful tears to her eyes. :)
I want to buy a smartphone too and it will be probably a Xiaomi Redmi 5A. Although I never had one, my brother and lots of my friends have various Xiaomi phones, and none of them had a single complaint about them. They are really good quality phones with great battery life and they are pretty cheap too. The phone I mentioned is ~105-110$ here and it comes with the same specs like the Huawei you bought to your mom. Of course, I'm not sure if these are available in Estonia, but if they are, it's worth to check them out. Perhaps after your next withdraw. :)
Yeah she would've been fine with getting the old one, but I mean.. if I had the opportunity I felt she should get a new one, not settle down for old phones all the time. :D
I've seen Xiaomi's in our stores, but I guess Estonians are skeptical about them. I mean.. even Huawei isn't much on the common prefered list to be honest, but as I have heard from my friends and read the reviews it seemed enough trustworthy to buy. I am looking forward to your Xiaomi review at one point! :D
"I've seen Xiaomi's in our stores, but I guess Estonians are skeptical about them. "
Yeah, I can understand why. The name can scare away a lot of people, I guess the same goes for Huawei. In the past Chinese products were known for notoriously bad quality, but I think that changed a bit in a good way in the last few years (I could mention Lenovo for example).
Among my friends, there are 2 "smartphone enthusiasts", who had lots of phones in the past. Since they've got their first Xiaomi's, they change only for newer/more expensive Xiaomi's. My little brother has one since last summer and he really likes it (Actually I bought it for him, it's a Redmi 4X. Nowadays for 16 years olds, it's really important to have a nice phone, and even though I'm not a big fan of this tendency, he deserves it anyway, because he is a smart little fella. :) He was really happy when he got it, just like your mom will be! :)). For me, these things are really convincing. I think it's good to be a little skeptical of everything, but as you said, your friends' opinion and reading reviews can help a lot before you buy something.
"I am looking forward to your Xiaomi review at one point! :D"
Oh, I hadn't thought of that! But yeah, it's a good idea! I'll probably get my phone in the next 1-2 weeks, so after a month of testing, I'll probably make a little review about it. Well, this post is a little bit "Tl;dr", sorry for that, haha.
Have a nice weekend with your mom! :)
Yeah I looked at some Xiaomi phones and the design is really good. Haven't heard about reviews that much though. I mean.. trustworthy ones. :D Everything from the internet can't be taken for good, because some reviews could be bought etc. :D
But yeah.. it's definitely a post idea here. ;)