Indeed, for the
very first time in my life I won something. And not just something. It’s quite
pricey for someone in modest living, like I am. It’s a laptop from Sony Vaio.
And yes, it’s something you could brag about. Not everyone has a Vaio and a lot
is dreaming to have one. And I have one. Teehee.
Photo courtesy of http://www.noypigeeks.com/
I won it via a
raffle entitled “MyPhone Geared Up
Promo” which run from October 15, 2012 to January 18, 2013. Basically, you
just have to buy any MyPhone unit during the aforementioned period and you
might get a chance to win on the daily draw, monthly draw, and grand draw. The
prizes at stake are the following:
Daily Draw: 1 MyPhone A168
Monthly Draw: 1 MyPhone A919
Grand Draw:
1st Prize: 5 Winners of Customized Geely 1.3L M/T-GB Cars
2nd Prize: 5 Winners of 43-inch Sony LED TV with Home Theater
3rd Prize: 5 Winners of 11.6-inch Sony Vaio Laptops
4th Prize: 5 Winners of Sony Cybershot Digicam
5th Prize: 5 Winners of MyPhone A919 Mobile Phones
Consolation Prize: 50 Winners of MyPhone A168 Mobile Phones
I
didn’t expect MyPhone is earning that big to be able to give away the above
prizes. Say what Cherry Mobile? :-P
I
was not a MyPhone fan back then. In all honesty I look down to them when I
first knew them because they manufacture dual SIM phones and back in the days,
dual SIM phones are considered “china phones” or phones that are substandard,
cheap, and disposable. Meaning you can’t brag about your phone and owning one
might be an embarrassment to you and your whole clan. Haha.
But
it all changed when I lost my phone last year, August 3, 2012 while I was
walking on the overpass of Commonwealth Avenue near Sandiganbayan court. I
owned a Samsung Galaxy Mini then which was picked from my bag without me
realizing it. I need an immediate replacement but I don’t have much money to go
for the pricey ones and I want an Android phone (which was the operating system
of my lost phone).
That’s
when I heard that MyPhone has just released Android phones. Can you believe
that? How timely. Haha. So I browsed though their available phones and back
then there were only two Android phones available and I was actually eyeing the
A618 one because it has a TV capability. But then I decided to go with A818
because it’s more “premium” though the prices were just the same. So I
purchased one and got so happy with it.
Photos courtesy of 1bp.blogspot.com and emg-enterprise.com
However,
I saw a “sneak peek” video made by Chuckie Dreyfuss that showed a larger screened
MyPhone with a dual core processor, 3G connectivity, Android 4.0.4 (ICS)
operating system, and a 512MB RAM with front-facing camera and I told myself “I am going to buy that! I will surely wait
for that!” And so I have been on the lookout on all the MyPhone releases
last year which I could tell you was too “often” like every two weeks, a new
model was being released. It was quite frustrating for those who are easily
enticed by MyPhone’s marketing plan.
So
as the saying goes, “Good things come to those who wait.” And I waited for the
release of the A898. Despite the tempting release of its predecessor, the A878
which has exactly the same specifications minus the 3G connectivity and front
camera that debuted at the price of P5,480, I still waited for it. The wait,
though, was worth it.
It
was released around the last week of October and I purchased my unit on the
third Sunday of November. The price was P7,499 and the search for the stock was
quite a hard work then as almost all the stores, even MyPhone stalls
themselves, had run out of it. Luckily, one store to which we decided to go
last had two stocks. It was saddening though as I initially intended to
purchase a white unit but only black was available. But I got it. And until now
I was happy with the unit.
The
only thing I wasn’t happy about was that four days after I purchased my unit,
the price went down to P6,590. The nerve!
I
actually didn’t know that an ongoing promo was running then as I only want the
phone so bad. The next day when I rummaged the box I got with the phone, I saw
a leaflet about the promo and I absentmindedly sent an entry via text and
totally forgotten about it as I did not at all expect to win because I am not
fortunate in every promotion I join.
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And
the good news came when I least expected it. I got a call last January 20,
2013, Sunday, from a girl telling me I won a Sony Vaio laptop. I had to admit I
initially did not take it seriously because I thought it was hoax because “who works on a Sunday?” I also asked my
little brother to check my email because the girl told me I will be receiving
one that contained the information I need to claim it. There was none. Until I learned from Deeta that it was on the Spam folder. How stupid of me to not
think of that. Haha.
So
there. The rest is history. I claimed the prize last February 15, 2013 at the
MyPhone headquarters in Paranaque. I was with the other winners. The prizes
were marvelous. I wished back then that I won the 43-inch TV or the car but I
am thankful that I still won something that I really need. I have been planning
on buying a laptop ever since the last one I bought got broken due to overuse.
I also met the marketing people of MyPhone and mind you most of them are
good-looking. I wonder if that is one of their qualifications. Haha
This is what I won. An 11.6-inch Sony Vaio Laptop Series E.
The winners of the brand new cars!
The cars! Designed by the MyPhone endorsers.
These are incomplete though as there were 8 given away.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to take pictures of the other prizes such as the TV, camera, and phones as those were not shown to us since the winners did not arrive. ;)
There
you go! Thanks MyPhone for this brand new Sony Vaio laptop! And congratulations
for a well done job on creating quality phones.
Slán go foill!
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