iPhone is My Phone

(Internal groan) I upgraded my phone to an iPhone.  I think I may have been persuaded by advertising.  Not by TV or internet, but by the people I work with.  Four of the 6 directors I work with have the iPhone.

I have to say, I was jealous.  I wanted to be able to whip my phone out and find an ATM, get directions, find out who the really tan man is on TV when I can't think of his name when I am trying to tell a story.  I wanted the status of having one, not to mention the fact that my best friend has one and due to her work policy, she can't share photos with anyone outside of iPhones and I REALLY want photo updates of my nephew.

It came in a pretty little white box with pretty little white ear buds and phone charger.  Directions....not so much.  This is more of a learn by doing process.  Dear Apple, I don't need directions on how to turn the phone on and off or directions on where all the ports are on the phone.  I have eyes (cue 1-800-Contacts I-have-special-eyes commercial), I can see where everything goes.  Just like on every other phone, the plus and minus mean volume.

What I would have liked is directions on how to turn the pass code feature on.  Or, how to set up wi-fi so I don't have to turn it on every time my phone goes to sleep.  What would be awesome would be telling me how to not clutter up my home screen by creating folders.  All of the afore mentioned things I found out by Googling.

Yeeeesssss, that's right.  Google.  The guys you are in a nasty, ugly battle with over maps and other applications that you feel should be your own.  I had to learn from either my co workers, on my own (which is frustrating because I feel as though I need to learn a new computer "language") or the internet.  And that does not always give the correct instructions.

So, I think I have learned my lesson.  It might be popular, but it wasn't the right decision.  I only wanted the phone for stature.  Not because it would make my life better.  So, in 2 years, when I am up for renewal again, if I don't need the upgrade, I will not get it.  I will do what is best for me, not what it makes me look like.