I'd really like to know what phone you had but my first attempt to buy one was a Windows based phone. I remember asking them to let me check it out so they grabbed a new one and turned it on...5 minutes later it was still booting.
I deeply miss my Palm m100 and it's snappy interface and ability to run all week on some AAA batteries.
It was Samsung Galaxy Mini 2. I think it was the worst phone that was yet vaguely usable.