( #iphone, #verizon, #rant )
After years of rumors, Verizon and Apple introduced a version of the iPhone that will work on the Verizon network. In the days leading to this announcement, many fanboys and fangirls have been commenting on how this will change their lives. Allow me to summarize:
…now my life is complete. I can get on facebook and twitter, surf the internet, download apps, and think everyone else who doesn’t have one is not as good as me. I don’t care that the Blackberry and Android platforms already do these things…Apple is better and now so am I.
So as the news of the day is dominated by Verizon and Apple’s deal – I will laugh as the mindless drones line up to pay $600 bucks for a phone that will be $200 the following year (or $49 in the case of the iPhone 3GS). I will chuckle as the unhappy AT&T customers break contract to jump ship.
Finally, I will be pissed as this mass exodus bogs down Verizon’s network, recreating the issue all these people are fleeing from and taking me down with them.
PS: To all the media outlets – a phone is not headline news. Isn’t there a war still going on?
UPDATE:
I love how all of the tech sites are going nuts…
TechCrunch (It is the same damn phone, do we really need a walking tour?)
