The reality distortion field kicked in… I’m now an iPhone owner!
I’ve had my eye on the beautiful piece of glass and metal known as the iPhone since the day it was announced by Steve Jobs. Unfortunately, the price ($599) was just too much for me to bear. Also, the iPhone was only available on AT&T. Well, two weeks ago, both of those problems disappeared.
It’s only been two weeks since Apple announced the $200 price drop on the iPhone (making the 8GB model $399, and the little sib 4GB model $299 until it’s gone). $299 didn’t seem like a bad price, but it was still a little out of reach since I didn’t really need a new phone. Then again, when do you ever buy an Apple product needing it? Well, Maria helped sweeten the pot by giving me the $100 Apple rebate she got for being an iPhone early adopter! Thanks Maria! So that brought down the price to a sweet $199 (the price of an iPod Nano), which is an amazing deal.
The next problem was that the device was locked to the AT&T network. Luckily, about a week ago, a free software unlock was unleashed on the web, which would allow me to use the iPhone on the T-Mobile network! Woot!
So there you have it… I am now running an unlocked iPhone on the T-Mobile network. Talk about the best of both worlds.
The phone is absolutely amazing. Apple has totally rethought the phone by combining the advanced features of a smartphone into an interface that’s easier to use than most cheap cell phones. I am such a happy camper right now.
And once again, I have succumbed to Steve Jobs’s reality distortion field.
In case you’re interested, I am selling my old T-Mobile Dash on ebay now.
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