Diary of a Mad Iphone Owner

June 17, 2009 • 11:45 am • POSTED BY lhendler

In the world of branding, Apple goes to the head of the class. With its rapidly improving technology,  its sleek and sophisticated designs, and the endlessly charming “I am a Mac” commercials, it simply cannot miss. However, lately I have been a little frustrated with my friends at Apple. How these guys can create the wonderfulness that is the Iphone and then make it damn near impossible to fix, is lame in my book.

I don’t mind paying the cost of the phone, but I expect that if worst comes to worst and it breaks, I will be getting a brand new phone for cost or cheaper. With the Iphone it costs you more! I know this because I had a little incident a couple months ago involving my birthday, my Iphone, a bar, alcohol and well, a toilet. Needless to say the phone broke and the replacement cost twice as much as the original. So imagine my dismay when I was walking to work the other day and my phone jumped out of my clutzy hands and landed square on the sidewalk. The image in this post gives you a sense of my horror (imagine that being  your Iphone). How I longed for the skip back 7 sec feature that I use so frequently on my DVR, but alas this is real reality.

Lucky for me it was only the top screen that broke, the phone itself was fine. So I began my research to figure out the quickest and cheapest method of fixing my phone. I was shocked to see the countless number of people in my predicament. I reviewed over and over the youtube videos of how to fix it yourself. This seemed like the cheapest option, but a little risky as you can cause permanent damage if not done properly. Other options included sending my little guy away via FedEx to the MacMedics or others like them. But that would mean being without him for longer than I was comfortable. So, despite my colleague, Jim Walls’ skepticism, I ended up trying out a local guy via a Craig’s List ad. I know, sounds crazy, right? Well “Scotty” came to my place yesterday and in about 3min. brought my beloved Iphone back to life, and since I had the working screen from my first phone that got “water damage” he was able to charge me only $60! Now, as Jim also pointed out, the screen that I swipe my finger across and the screen that I hold up to my face, did spend a brief time in the toilet, but I feel this is a small price to pay for the peace of mind of having my best buddy back and good as new .