What Does Buying a Mid-Range Phone Have to do with Offering Legal Services?

I'M A CHEAPSKATE.

It has its benefits. Saving money comes naturally to me.

The cheapskate in me would easily brand my recent purchase as a splurge. 

It was a mid-range phone without any freebies, and it did not come with a postpaid plan. 

It would have been smarter to choose among the phones offered by telecommunication companies that came with a postpaid plan. I'm still subscribed to one, mind you. 

But I felt like it was time to buy a phone with a decent camera. 

Was it a wise investment?

Definitely. 

As a lawyer, I need to collect pieces of evidence, such as pictures of people or bodies, documents, and even places where incidents were claimed to have happened. 

I need to be able to have witnesses identify these pieces of evidence, and present them before a judge. 

Both would heavily rely on the vividness of colors (which are important when you're presenting bruises on a body), or the clarity of text (on documents, the genuineness thereof are being contested). 

As much as the introvert in me hates to admit it, my mid-range phone can help with social media marketing. It can help promote my business as a lawyer with ease of access to apps such as LinkedIn and Facebook Meta. 

You don't have to buy an Iphone. Don't feel pressured to. If you're going for high-degree resolution pictures, it might be better for you to invest in camera systems such as Phase One XF or Hasselblad. 

But it's not like you bring these camera systems along with you all the time.

That's where your phone comes in handy.