On Sev's week with an iPhone
So last week, as my blackberry continued to let me know just how old and cranky and about to die it truly was, I gave in and got an iPhone 4s for a trial. I have 14 days to decide whether I want to keep it, or if I want to exchange it for another new phone, or whether I want to go back to the old phone.
Ive been trying to use it as much as possible because, well, 14 day trial. So I've been testing everything - getting maps to places I know how to get to, using Siri to text everyone I can think of, trying to do all kinds of things. I even went to Facebook on it which should let you all now how serious I am about this trial, since Facebook bothers me a lot.
My first reaction, however - I'm afraid it isn't necessarily a reaction to how good the iPhone is, but a reaction to how fucking old my OTHER phone was. I mean, the BB I had was old and obsolete when I got it and I've worn it down by constant daily emailing about cocks for over two years. So while it's good to know that the new phone is amazeballs in comparison, I'm thus trying to separate my own feelings of HOLY SHIT IT'S A PHONE THAT ACTUALLY LOADS HE INTERNET IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUES, IT'S A PHONE I CAN REPLY TO LJ/DW COMMENTS FROM MY INBOX AND BECOME EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVORITE SPAMMER AGAIN from my *actual* feelings about the iPhone specifically.
One of the things selling me on it as a trial is the 8MP camera. I don't have a good pocket-size, point-and-shoot camera that I like. I've tried a whole bunch of different brands and hated them all. At this point I either drag out my D80 or say eff it. However, having a decent camera on my phone - which I'll always have with me - sounded like a pretty good idea. A decent compromise. So far I've taken a lot of photos of cats.
I was pretty worried about the lack of keyboard. However, learning to type on the touchscreen hasn't been as bad as expected. I can't type as fast as i could on the Blackberry -- when I try, it misses letters, and my words all autocorrect from "clusterfuck" to "ask Vicki" or something and that, while hilarious, is frustrating. But I think it's an issue of practice, and also of slowing down a bit. And of teaching my phone words like clusterfuck.
I mean, I've typed this whole entry on it. As a test.
Anyway, I'm not sold yet, but so far I'm very pleased. And that is how exciting my life is!
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Ive been trying to use it as much as possible because, well, 14 day trial. So I've been testing everything - getting maps to places I know how to get to, using Siri to text everyone I can think of, trying to do all kinds of things. I even went to Facebook on it which should let you all now how serious I am about this trial, since Facebook bothers me a lot.
My first reaction, however - I'm afraid it isn't necessarily a reaction to how good the iPhone is, but a reaction to how fucking old my OTHER phone was. I mean, the BB I had was old and obsolete when I got it and I've worn it down by constant daily emailing about cocks for over two years. So while it's good to know that the new phone is amazeballs in comparison, I'm thus trying to separate my own feelings of HOLY SHIT IT'S A PHONE THAT ACTUALLY LOADS HE INTERNET IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUES, IT'S A PHONE I CAN REPLY TO LJ/DW COMMENTS FROM MY INBOX AND BECOME EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVORITE SPAMMER AGAIN from my *actual* feelings about the iPhone specifically.
One of the things selling me on it as a trial is the 8MP camera. I don't have a good pocket-size, point-and-shoot camera that I like. I've tried a whole bunch of different brands and hated them all. At this point I either drag out my D80 or say eff it. However, having a decent camera on my phone - which I'll always have with me - sounded like a pretty good idea. A decent compromise. So far I've taken a lot of photos of cats.
I was pretty worried about the lack of keyboard. However, learning to type on the touchscreen hasn't been as bad as expected. I can't type as fast as i could on the Blackberry -- when I try, it misses letters, and my words all autocorrect from "clusterfuck" to "ask Vicki" or something and that, while hilarious, is frustrating. But I think it's an issue of practice, and also of slowing down a bit. And of teaching my phone words like clusterfuck.
I mean, I've typed this whole entry on it. As a test.
Anyway, I'm not sold yet, but so far I'm very pleased. And that is how exciting my life is!
This entry was originally posted at http://seventhe.dreamwidth.org/291478.html, which has
comments. Comment there (with OpenID) or here, it's all good.