At the moment I'm using two cell phones. My first phone was Panasonic my girlfriend gave it to me when she get new one (this one doesn't work any more, battery broken), my second was Samsung. I bought that one because Samsung cell phones has large keys and screen. My third (or second that I'm using right now) is Nokia I got it from my sister after she got new Motorola.
I had a girlfriend who was a different race and had same problem with staring people but I didn't care about that. You just have to ignore it.By the way I spent 3 months in Singapore a couple of years ago and I like that city.