Upgrade Time
Oh, Apple, you’ve built a pipeline to my wallet. Let’s see, I’m a Day One’r with the iPad, and on Tuesday I’m going to pre-order an iPhone 4. I had an original iPhone, and when I upgraded to the iPhone 3G I gave that one to my brother. Well, the 3G is two years old (I never upgraded to the 3GS), and it’s time to upgrade. The 3G is just pokey slow; good old dad got a 3GS last year, and it was just snappy in terms of performance. Of course, it had a higher-clocked processor and double the RAM. I need the speed, and the iPhone 4 is a big leap up in performance, not to mention the damn thing looks sleek as hell. Only Apple can make your cutting edge-only-yesterday device and make it feel old and frumpy overnight. I should note that my 3G is also developing cracks all along its back, and the battery doesn’t hold a charge like it used to. Ah, planned obsolescence, you’re a wonderful thing to Apple’s shareholders.
Ya know, Microsoft, those Windows 7 phones might actually tempt me, but the thing is you actually have to have them on the market. It’s insane how long it’s taken for MS to respond to the iPhone. What MS showed of Windows Phone 7 at Barcelona in January looked good, but actual phones don’t go on sale until the 4th quarter!!!! By the time Win7 phones hit the market, the 4th generation iPhone will have been out for 5-6 months. That’s just crazy.