i bought it in NY, was the first to in my group, and big group at that. Bought from the 5th avenue apple store, at 12 in the night on a spur of the moment decision. And most importantly without knowing if would be able to unlock it. So basically i bet $400 on this...but man, never did i expect such returns.
we spent the next three days unlocking it...me and sirji, well sirji did almost everything, but I helped out. Everything done (and here everything is basically a 39 step guide, to jailbreak and unlock and later virginise it as well, making sure you don't brick it!!!), we needed to test it. And to get the sim out needed a pin...and an india sim. Woke up two girls at one in the night..got shouted at but got both the sim and the pin, and voila it worked.
Btw one of the two, the termperamental but loving cancerian named it 'a glorious paperweight' on this blog...
Btw one of the two, the termperamental but loving cancerian named it 'a glorious paperweight' on this blog...
30 odd were bought between 60 of us...i carried three in my cargo pockets.
it became a constant companion...was always there attached to my waist...with the earphones snaking out to my ears...and it was there when i had my accident. i remember opening my eyes, and the first thing i saw was it sliding away, at that moment seemed like it was floating away from me. with all my injuries i was more worried about it...it got more bruised then i did, mine atleast got healed, it still has the deep scars over its back, scars which make it special and different, and tells people that its lived a full life. scars which also gave it a much needed grip...i don't have to hold it tightly anymore...
and then function by function it started dying...the virbrating part first...thanks to sirji and his horribly misdirected kick meant for my butt...and then the dead spots. started with 'p' and 'l' and the 'x'. o was the new p in my dictionary...Prachi was saved as orachi...priyanka as oriyanka!!! it was upgraded and virginised, not once but repeatedly...and it got scarred, and started complaining. the 'send' on the msg UI died...when i wanted to send a hundred msg's a day...
and then it became a cranky old guy...sending messages and making calls on its own, from a touch phone it became a hover phone...no need to touch any more, and then finally, today, its a wind sensitive phone. just put it under the fan, and it will start making calls, changing screens.
today it cannot be unlocked, and it cannot be switched off...an entire strip on the right hand side is dead...
but it still is legendary, my iphone. it still evokes conversations everywhere...it still gets me interested looks...it still makes me look with interest...
the iphone has to be the best gadget ever made...a game changer and a conversation starter. an evolving platform, which has the potentail to provide every function required...and more. it already is...anyone who doesn't agree, who still think there are other comparable phones...nothing comes even close.
this is for my iphone...i might have given up on you...but you will always be there with me, and i will try to keep you alive as long as possible....
long live the iphone!!!
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