"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
After a month of carefully considering the lure of the new 3G iPhone, I eventually decided to make a trip to visit one of Ted Rogers' stores. When I got there, I had the guy walk me through the contract, the fees, and all the one-time set up charges. I winced. But I figured that I was going to end up with one.
So, I took the plunge and told the Rogers' guy to set me up. Just like that, I was an iPhone owner.
I took the lowest package available, which is $35 for voice (my5 + 250 minutes), $30 for data (virtually unlimited). My monthly works out to around $75 / month after system access fees and taxes. In terms of the model, I grabbed the 16 GB black. So there was some setup pain involved.
But after getting a chance to put it through its paces, I saw that it was a damn fine piece of technology. I couldn't possibly list all the cool things that it can do, but the initial things that blew me away were the GPS features, and the fast 3G web speeds. This is in addition to the App Store, where there are a tonne of cool apps. And whenever I'm in Vulcan, or Victoria, which I travel to frequently because of family, I have constant access to the Net.
Rogers is not giving the things away, and their voice/dataplans are not cheap. But, then again, they're not completely out of reach for techno-philes either.
I now understand what all the iPhone fuss was about over the past year and a half. I get it.
"I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship"
- Humphrey Bogart
5 comments:
My reaction to your purchase is completely personal in focus. I don't know whether to express my jealousy....or my dispair. For I, too, have been woo'd (woo'ed? woo-ed?) by the the technology and the sheer number of "holy smokes" experiences. But, alas, I am trapped in the evil shackles of "Telus" for at least another 18 months. May your experiences be positive and joyous. I'll just stick with my peasant version in the iPod Touch.
UPDATE:
Having had it a couple days now, there are a couple oddities:
(1) the earphone jack is on top, not on the bottom. I've had an iPod Touch for about a year and am used to it being on the bottom. Numerous times I've whipped it out only to have it upside down.
(2) the synch'ing takes alot more time, way more to synch: emails, bookmarks, etc, etc.
(3) it attracts way more chicks than the iTouch. Countless episodes of being me being groped by various women, completely uncalled for
yer gay!
I really like mine a lot too. I can't put the damn thing down and the App store might as well be the crack store. As far as women throwing themselves at me, I haven't had that experience, but then again, I don't drive a hot minivan like you.
I'm finding Rogers' bars aren't as good as Telus' bars. Although I've never had any performance issues with 2 bars, still snappy with the web and my apps
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