iPhone Number Four

1:08 Oct 16th, 2009 | Notes

Yes, okay. It may just be because I’m and Apple fanatic and like the smell of new Apple products, or because I’m pedantic, or because I like my $900 phones to be free from manufacturing faults, but today I got another iPhone 3GS, my third one. The screen on my second one was off center and you could see down the side into the device. I tried to live with it after returning my first one after two weeks with a similar problem, but after I saw the perfectly manufactured glory of my neighbor’s new iPhone 3GS, I couldn’t handle it anymore.

Shut up. I have a iPhone problem.

Some may call me outrageously greedy for returning a working phone twice because of an off center screen, but when it cost me, a poor lowly student, $900, I want the damn thing to be absolutely perfect. Needless to say, I think this is the start of a new and beautiful relationship with my new, new, new iPhone 3GS.

If you’re wondering how I managed to count to four, I had a 3G before the 3GS and I returned two 3GS’, making this my fourth. I may have dropped a math class, but I can still count. Sort of.

9:52 Jun 9th, 2009 | Notes

The iPhone 3G S-QW38DOSN-FX/2 OK so I’m overexagerating. But I don’t like this constant addition of letter to the end of Apple product names. They’re starting to remind me of a Panasonic television. Despite looking exactly the same (my friend Sam and I joked the ‘S’ stood for ‘Exactly the Same’) there are enough new features in the iPhone 3G S to make me go out and buy one. (See? It’s getting longer and harder to type out it’s name now!). I can think of reasons why Apple wouldn’t change the design of the iPhone. It would increase the price to manufacture a new body, it’s more cost during tough economic and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the old design. On the other hand, with the release of a new product I would have liked to see some sort of change. Video capture and editing, a compass (“OMFG A COMPASS!! A COMPASS!!! HOW EXCITING!) and Nike+ support are a few good reasons to upgrade. I am also loving Voice Control. For me however, it’s the super ultra speed increase that has my wallet in hand. As previously mentioned, I’m an efficiency fiend. That means speed as well. There was no way I was going to idly stand by while someone else loaded Rolando faster than me! No way! I also can’t wait for the 3.0 software to come out! Cut & Paste, MMS, full system search, landscape keyboards, notes syncing, faster web browsing and tons more! All for free on my current iPhone! Continuing the trend, all the features of the iPhone 3G S and the 3.0 software update are incremental changes and aren’t anything bold and groundbreaking.

The iPhone 3G S-QW38DOSN-FX/2

OK so I’m overexagerating. But I don’t like this constant addition of letter to the end of Apple product names. They’re starting to remind me of a Panasonic television.

Despite looking exactly the same (my friend Sam and I joked the ‘S’ stood for ‘Exactly the Same’) there are enough new features in the iPhone 3G S to make me go out and buy one. (See? It’s getting longer and harder to type out it’s name now!). I can think of reasons why Apple wouldn’t change the design of the iPhone. It would increase the price to manufacture a new body, it’s more cost during tough economic and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the old design. On the other hand, with the release of a new product I would have liked to see some sort of change.

Video capture and editing, a compass (“OMFG A COMPASS!! A COMPASS!!! HOW EXCITING!) and Nike+ support are a few good reasons to upgrade. I am also loving Voice Control. For me however, it’s the super ultra speed increase that has my wallet in hand. As previously mentioned, I’m an efficiency fiend. That means speed as well. There was no way I was going to idly stand by while someone else loaded Rolando faster than me! No way!

I also can’t wait for the 3.0 software to come out! Cut & Paste, MMS, full system search, landscape keyboards, notes syncing, faster web browsing and tons more! All for free on my current iPhone!

Continuing the trend, all the features of the iPhone 3G S and the 3.0 software update are incremental changes and aren’t anything bold and groundbreaking.