Wife: The media’s making such a big deal over this new iPhone, saying there’s all kinds of trouble with it already–and they’ve not even released it.
Me: Nah, that’s just a bunch of lazy journalists quoting some hack named Enderly. The guy doesn’t really know what he’s talking about. I’d be willing to bet he’s somehow paid by Microsoft to generate bad press for Apple.
Wife: Oh… I suppose you’re going to want one of these, aren’t you?
Me: Huh? Oh. No, I’m good with the phone I have, thanks.
Wife: …
I think this morning was the first time in years that I left my better half speechless. I’ve always been such a ravenous fan of anything new by Apple (though I don’t always get to have it), that she was sure I’d be begging to be able to get one. Ha! Fooled her, didn’t I?
The truth is, I don’t really have an opinion about the iPhone one way or the other, and I can’t tell you why either. I’ve been trying to put my finger on it, but I just can’t. Could it be due to over-hype? Very likely. Or maybe it’s because I know it’d cost me way too much to have one by the time the dust settled? Very likely too.
Either way, I just don’t care. In fact, I’ll be quite happy once June 29th has come and gone. Once it does, there’ll be no more buzz marketing hype and we’ll finally get to see if the darned thing is really worth plunking down the equivalent of a monthly mortgage payment. That’s when I’ll make up my mind.
Nope. I’m still good with my Motorola SLVR/5G iPod combo. For now, anyway…
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