I don’t know what happened. For several weeks, when the phone had been in my pocket for a while and I’d take it out to use it, it would occasionally assert that it didn’t have a SIM card inserted, though, in fact, it did. However, this happened infrequently enough that I thought I’d have some time before I would be forced to replace the phone.
Yesterday, though the phone was indicating that it had 2/3 of its full charge in the morning, it had shut itself down to conserve power by the early evening. So I charged it overnight, and when I checked the phone today shortly after noon, it had again shut itself off. So when I returned home from my errands later in the afternoon, I plugged it in. Still plugged in, it rang about a half an hour ago, and I just missed getting to it before the voicemail picked up.
I flipped open the phone and hit the button to redial the caller I had missed. And the phone rebooted itself. Thereby letting me know that it had totally and completely given up the ghost. This phone has passed on. It’s hopped the twig. It’s shuffled off this mortal coil. It’s run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible. It’s stone dead. I’d say RIP, but I’m too busy dancing on the grave. With a rose between my teeth.
Now, of course, I’ll have to get a new phone. Any suggestions?