I am admittedly not an Apple
Fangirl/Fanboi/Fanatic. Decades ago I applauded Apple for daring to challenge
IBM in the realm of personal computing, that has changed since Apple has stayed
with a proprietary hardware platform.
That said, I still had to
laughingly groan with the unlucky soul in Perth, Australia, who - in his
eagerness to show off his "score" - dropped his just acquired iPhone
while trying to show it off to the media. He hadn't even taken the plastic off
the face of it yet. A worldwide groan went up from the Apple fan base over that
one.
Still...it's a PHONE. It's not a
God, demi-God, shapeshifter, or answer to all your prayers. I will never
understand waiting in line for days to get a phone that will be outdated in a
year or less (actually, it's already outdated, Samsung, HTC and LG beat Apple
to the size boost, chip speed, and display quality at least 2 years ago).
There isn't any technology, game,
or other item that will convince me to give up my comfy bed to stand in a line
to obtain it. I prefer to think I'm "too sane" to do that, but
really, it's because I work in tech all day and don't want to deal with it when
I'm home. Unless I'm writing, or killing alien creatures on alien worlds with
really cool alien weaponry.
Now, if the next iPhone comes with
a cool shapeshifting feature where it can become a cup of coffee, a handgun, a
baseball bat, or a studly baseball team sans shirts then maybe, just maybe I'll
get one. In the meantime, I'll get the least expensive smart phone that I can
find and ignore the fan-person zealotry.
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