When the iPhone first emerged, I was not really a big fan of it. I saw how obsessed people around me were becoming with it, to points of no return money wise, and it did not seem healthy to have such a craze surrounding a piece of metal. While I was intrigued by it, I never allowed myself to even try it out so as to not join the mania. I stuck to my Blackberry and became one of the well known “iPhone haters”, becoming vocal about my distaste for the iPhone, without really having any real reason, except for pure jealousy of course (But at this point in time I was still not willing to admit this).
It wasn’t until two of my best friends replaced their Blackberries with iPhones that I started to realize how much I had secretly wanted one. They would download the most interesting apps and the fast internet made it possible to look up anything we wanted, no matter where we were, and view it exactly as it would be on the computer. I was hooked. I began to research just how much money an iPhone would cost me, and my heart broke when I saw the steep numbers. I was now forced to remain in the iPhone haters club a bit longer than I wanted.
When I finally had saved enough money to purchase the iPhone, I barged from the mailroom where I had just received a check in the mail, and quickly begged my best friend to take me to the store. Of course the first store did not have them in stock, but we were finally able to locate somewhere that did. As I purchased the phone I had my moment of doubt just because of just how much money I was spending, but as soon as I turned it on all doubt faded away. This phone was simply incredible! It literally offered me just about every technology I use, but compacted in to one small device. It really was the best decision I had ever made in regards to a large purchase. I use my phone every day, and get every cent of use out of it, and I can’t say the same of the vast majority of other technological resources I own. While I will admit it takes over a lot of people’s attention, they are simply getting the most out of a product they are investing a lot of money in. What is the point of putting so much money in to something, if at the end of the month you feel as if you didn’t make the most of it?
Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI loved how you wrote your blog. It took me step by step with you on your Iphone adventure, and it almost felt too personal, as if I was the one waving the "I-Phone Hater" banner. I own an I-touch, but in the short while that I was submerged in your blog, it felt that I personally had no apple product of my own. Which is why every time I passed by one of the I-Phone pictures in your blog, it felt like you were mocking me. Mocking me with things I already had. Bravo, madam.