Apple iPhone 5 Disappointment

Old Technology versus New Technology
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Even though I still use what many consider as an antiquated cell phone, I do have plans to upgrade as I am a bit jealous of Hollis. Hollis decided that she wanted to upgrade to an Apple iPhone so I went to Walmart and purchased a new iPhone 4 for her. I figured that eventually I would buy Hollis the iPhone 5 when it came out and then take her iPhone 4 as a hand me down. Well, it looks like Apple has decided not to launch an iPhone 5 but instead they launched an iPhone 4S. Hmmmm...there was certainly a lot of hype and speculation as to the appearance and capabilities of the anticipated iPhone 5, so I wonder what may have happened?

So here I sit with my OLD blue colored Samsung model SGH A737. My cell no longer recognizes the memory card so I may switch out with Hollis's OLD cell which is the same as mine but red in color. I no longer have text on my phone because in a fit to trim our budget, I stopped that $5.00 per month service from AT&T for 200 messages per month. Now the cheapest service AT&T has is $10.00 per month for 1,000 messages. I have not sent 1,000 messages in my entire life. Since I did not like paying $5.00 I certainly will not pay $10.00, at least until I get a job. I suppose I will continue to use Google Voice for my SMS Texting.

I am still not a Geek but I am a bit disappointed that Apple did not come out with a totally new iPhone. I really like FaceTime and some of the apps are easier to play on the phone versus the pc. I do have an issue with the large size of the iPhone and I find it difficult to answer. I had the iPhone with me the other day in the car. I was driving and the phone rang. I did not know how to answer it. I pressed buttons and such but all to no avail. I threw the phone to Wesli but it was to late. Wesli had to give me a lesson on answering the iPhone.

Wesli has a new Apple iPod. It is really cool and the device is just shy of a real cell phone. I set the iPod up so she can FaceTime with mommy and friends, she can text and even IM. She now makes fun of the PacMan game on my cell phone. Hmmmm...no appreciation...

I suppose the family has come a long way, technologically speaking, since my September 3, 2010 posting on “A Nerd Scale”. But, I still do not own a Blue-Ray disk player and I continue to replace old Microsoft based computers with a Linux OS. However, I still wish Apple had come out with an iPhone 5, I would have upgraded.

GodsSpeed