And the world shrugged.
After all the waiting and wanting, it’s finally here. And life goes on, the way it should be. No confetti dropped from the ceiling. I just immediately set to all the things I’d ever wanted internet for and it was good. Alex and I played a metric ton of video games over the weekend, that was good. We watched some streamed Netflix and bought a fridge online and ordered some gifts.
Quickly and with prejudice, I noticed that my initial instinct to grab my phone every time I needed to get online turned into me leaving my phone on the bedside table all morning. Texts and calls came in and I was upstairs, using the computer. So I’m now wondering – why am I paying $70/mo for a phone that could very easily sit on me bedside all day? I bought the phone almost strictly to gain access to the web at home, but I have a much better way for doing that now. Sure, I dig the apps and the games and the podcasts and the techiness and the connection it’s provided for the last 20 months but I think I’ve fallen out of love with my iPhone. My daily life consists of getting up, driving to work, being at work, driving home and now being able to use a real computer for all things interactive. I’m not coordinating masses of friends and activities all day. I wish I were, but I’m not meeting anyone anywhere. Nothing is going on. Nothing is happening. The phone shines like a beacon when we’re on the road or out of town but I could probably make do with a crappy phone again. And I just bought myself a teeny tiny laptop for traveling that after purchase costs me nothing every month. It’s like an iPad, except actually a computer that you can like, do stuff and things with.
Yeah, so weird about the possible phone ramifications. This is unexpected. I was just recently preparing myself for the new iPhone in September and what should be my free upgrade in November, but now I’m wondering if I might not use the end of my contract as a way to escape all together. Of course it doesn’t help that this three day work week nonsense is starting to cramp my style. I need to enact some austerity measures here.
7 responses to “post saga”
Are you down to working 3 days a week?
The crappy phone wants you back 🙂
Yeah, three day work weeks since April or June. We were also at three days from October to January. Things are looking up though, I think.
I might come back to the crappy phone.
Sorry to hear it. I go back and forth between really wanting an iPhone and not. I currently have a crappy phone and it’s fine other than the gadget factor.
Three days has pluses and minuses. I’m generally content actually (don’t let the bosses know). I just shouldn’t be buying laptops I don’t absolutely need, and then things would be fine.
I’m not sure I’d have an iPhone if I didn’t get on board specifically because of the internet factor. I resisted it until the 3Gs model and I didn’t run right out to replace it with the 4, so I expect I could have kept on resisting. Unless you’re paying close to what the iPhone costs per month for your crappy phone, I wouldn’t bother. That was the other thing – my pay-per-minute T-Mobile phone was starting to cost me nearly $50 each month. So stepping up for waaaaaaay more phone seemed good. I haven’t looked recently, but if I could get a phone for $20-30/mo I might be tempted.
That said, when we’re on the road or out of town….. man it’s nice to have the internet with you at all times (signal pending). I would definitely miss it, and that may be what keeps me on board.
I could see how the three day a week schedule would be really nice and challenging at the same time.
It’s a double edged sword of damocles, minus the part where I’m all powerful.