Friday, 23 August 2013

Phones

The iPhone was a product I'd been waiting for.  And then some.  Carrying around a colour touchscreen PDA and a separate phone was one box too many.  Being able to carry music and videos around with a decent browser was a bonus.  So I got one when I could afford one.  By this time, they had GPS too.  And I've had one ever since.
I got the 5 last year (the fifth one they made, since counting starts with 0).  I saw it in a shop when my contract was up, and I didn't notice.  It was the same as the one I had, except with a slightly bigger screen.  Totally underwhelming, really.  The extra screen is needed due to my failing eyesight.
And so, the world waits in eager anticipation for new iPhones to be revealed in a couple of weeks' time.
Except that few people are really bothered any more.  The evidence to date suggests there will be a gold coloured version.  And some plastic ones in different colours - which I applaud.  (Black and white are so boring.)  And the plastic will improve the appalling radio signal reception.  Maybe it will have fingerprint recognition.  Hardly a reason to rush out to buy one.  I would like NFC personally, but Apple don't.
It's a shame really.  I hope Apple amaze everyone with something revolutionary  But I won't be surprised if they don't.


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