Oh dear, my phone is broken

I used to be a Nokia user. Nokia made phones that work. On the more expensive models, the hardware was OK, on the cheaper models it was crap. The software was universally awful.

Then, for my birthday two years ago, she who must be obeyed presented me with an iPhone. Naturally I berated her for spending so much of her money on something that was, after all, just a phone. Then after about ten minutes I discovered that it wasn’t. The phone bit was almost irrelevant; it was a music player, a movie watcher, a games player, a web browser; it was a constant source of information and entertainment and it has never left my side since, except when I have lost it or dropped it, or both. The iPhone is one of the smartest pieces of design it has ever been my pleasure to own.

But now it is broken. The speaker which broadcasts the voice of the person calling you, doesn’t. I can survive by using the headphones, and if I took it to one of the many shops that deal in these things I could probably have it fixed for a few baht. But indulgence needs excuses, and the breakdown happily coincides with the announcement that the iPhone 3GS can now be ordered for delivery at the end of this month. And so I did.

iPhone 3GS, 16GB Black, collect at Big C South Pattaya on 28th August 2009.

Techno-joy.

Comments 🔗

2009-08-05 | Lloyd says

You should enjoy the new Apple iPhone 3Gs, they are vastly superior to the older versions, my favorite features are the inbuilt travel iron and the Apple store locator. Once you collect your 3Gs it will start to fail which means you will need to locate your nearest Apple store to get it serviced, within a few weeks you will be able to locate the nearest Apple store by memory, a fantastic excuse to view the latest Apple products as well. The irons great simply plug the 3Gs in and within minutes you can iron your clothes anywhere in the world, don’t forget to avoid possible injury or harm do not place it under your pillow, just as you wouldn’t place any normal iron under your pillow.

2009-08-05 | Billy says

Oh, dear.

Welcome Lloyd to the sad collection of old farts already frequenting this retirement home for cynical old bastards - I suspect you will fit right in.

Billy

ps for Spike

this really doesn’t help, Her Indoors is already exerting great pressure on the 3Gs front

2009-08-06 | Spike says

If you really loved her you would buy her one.

(Get out of that).