4 Ways Your Phone is a Blessing and a Curse

It’s safe to say that most of us have a love-hate relationship with our phones.  The joy of hearing the voice of a loved one far away or getting a hundreds of likes on your profile picture on Facebook is often counter-balanced by the frustration of having bad service or worse, no connection.

Here’s 4 ways your phone can be both a blessing and a curse:

Curse: Keeping your phone topped-up.  We all know the drill by now when it comes to keeping our phones  connected.  For many of us, the reality of keeping a phone topped-up and operable is still a major inconvenience involving time and money.

We all know what it’s like to be cut-off mid conversation, waiting in line at the local shop to purchase a calling card and getting frustrated when the top-up doesn’t come through.  This process can be made even more difficult when you are trying to top-up someone else’s phone. This usually involves lots of back and forth, sending calling cards and codes as well as waiting for the credit to actually be applied.

One way to make these issues go away is to use an online top-up service. These services, such as Ding, means that you can easily top-up the phone of your friend in Jamaica or get someone from abroad to send you minutes in a matter of seconds.

If you live outside of Jamaica but have loved ones who live there, you will be able to send them fast and reliable credit straight from your phone or computer.  If you are based in Jamaica yourself, you will be able to use our simple app or website to send mobile minutes to your own phone or to a friend who has just run out.  This means that you and your friends will have instant access to mobile minutes, texts and data without having to leave the sofa.

Curse: Finding a decent connection.

But even if you have a fully topped-up phone, loads of data and the newest smartphone on the market, sometimes the service in Jamaica can still make having a phone very frustrating.

We all know the feeling of losing coverage during a phone conversation or trying to send an important text.  And many of us here will be used to moving around the room and holding up their phone to the sky in a desperate attempt to regain coverage.

Blessing: Social media in general.

From connecting with old friends on Facebook to keeping up with the escapades of family members on Instagram, we’re never far from a WhatsApp message or Snapchat filter in Jamaica.  Yep, Jamaicans love their social media and most of them probably access it from their phones because it is easy and accessible on-the- go. But unfortunately sometimes it’s not always possible to access data if your phone is not connected.

That’s why receiving a top-up from a friend or just having a freshly topped-up phone always feels so sweet.

Blessing: Being able to stay in touch with friends and family.

This is probably the best part about having a working phone. Being able to stay in close contact with loved ones anywhere in the world is something we can never take for granted.  This is why so many people in Jamaica send credit to friends and family when we need to hear a familiar voice ASAP.

So why not try out Ding today?  You can download the app on iOS or Android or head over to Ding.com and help make your phone more of a blessing than a curse.