I just ordered an iPhone.
I’d been thinking about doing this for a while. I’ve had my current cell phone for almost three years.
But that’s not why I bought an iPhone — I was getting along just fine with my current phone.
However, yesterday I was baking something, and my phone was on the kitchen counter — far enough away from the baking activity, I thought. But after I finished baking and cleaned up, I realized that my phone had somehow gotten wet. I wiped off the phone and plugged it in, and it started… vibrating. Nonstop. Even though the phone was off. It was kind of freaky.
I took out the battery. Matt and I went out for a few hours. We came back, I put the battery back in, and the phone immediately started vibrating again. After a few minutes it stopped — so I tried to charge it, but it still wouldn’t turn on.
I took out the battery and let the phone and the battery sit out overnight in case there was more moisture that needed to evaporate.
This morning I put the battery back in the phone and tried to charge it up for a few hours. Tried turning on the phone again. It still wouldn’t turn on.
So instead of buying a new battery I’ve decided to go ahead and buy the iPhone. I can afford it, and I want one. So I ordered one. Black, 16GB.
I can’t wait to get my new toy.
Good for you, Tin Man! I don’t have an iPhone (yet) but I’ve had many Apple computers and iPods over the years and I’ve loved them all. I know you’ll have fun with it.
I’m in the market for a new iPod. My 20 gigabyte model gave out after four years. So I’m looking at the 120 gig Classic. I want the biggest hard drive possible for my rapidly expanding collection of Broadway-related podcasts and show tunes. I have a 2 gigabyte Nano, so I don’t “really” need it. But like you said, I can afford it and I want it. Hey somebody’s got to prop up the economy.
Would it be bad to say that I think the vibrating phone should have been in your pocket as opposed to the counter……
You left out the important part:
what were you baking and how’d it come out?
(Said the token straight man on the blog comments…)
Apple crisp. I think it’s yummy. Matt says it’s too plain.
Congrats. If it were available on Verizon I’d get one in a heartbeat, but we’re too invested in Verizon (family plan for Jeff, his mom and me, 3 phones, the only national carrier with which I can get a signal at my mom’s house — albeit only if I go out on the deck) to switch.
Matt is too addicted to sodas and sweeteners to appreciate the simple deliciousness of a good apple crisp.
You can tell him I said that. :)
Welcome to the iPhone world! My old cell phone started falling apart this time last year, and I didn’t even half to help it along…
Congrats on the iPhone! My partner and I both got first generation models the day after they went on sale and have been very happy with them ever since.
Does having a certain phone make you member of some elite special club now?
Now you can blog from anywhere! Have fun with it.