My iPhone

06-04-2007

this entry is something i can quickly find, when, in 6 months or so, i possibly regret purchasing or wish to marry my iPhone.

i will be getting one on June 29th, barring serious tragedy.

why?

1- i need a new phone; i'm currently a cingular/at&t contracted customer who needs a new phone. i hate hate hate my current phone. i was forced to switch to it when cingular acquired at&t mobile, now back to at&t(?!?) and force me to upgrade to their new, higher band network. i don't have more than 1.5MB of memory with no expansion card slot available, unlike my old phone. it's poorly navigated and i use it for everything: audio messages, bluetooth file transfer, web browsing, photos, video, IMing.

2- i need a new iPod; i'm batting 0-4 on out-of-the-box, no problem iPods. my most recent and once reliable 3rd Gen is dead, despite a battery replacement last year, the HD has failed. one is my GF's and the other 2 are frankensteined into one, lacking any features (on the go list, ratings) a faulty audio port, and limited to 5GB. so it is mostly an at-work only device.

3- i want it; it's cool and i've been saving for it. the only benefit of 6 months lead time and cursing my phone every day since the iPhone's announcement has been saving for it. and no wussy smaller one, it's worth the extra $$$ for the GBs.

add all the prices together: $100–200 for a phone that i would want (minimum), $250-300 for an iPod… and the iPhone doesn't look too bad in price. it's not a vanity status thing for me; i really think i am the perfect candidate for this.