Thanks OAR for the lyrics to my new life.
The answer, for me, is once. All you have to do is drop your phone once.
Does anybody remember that phase of college where everyone you know was getting iPhones? Ok. Now do you remember when these same not-yet-responsible-adults were dropping those iPhones in cups of beer or forgetting them in the parking lot of campus? I remember thinking, “God, I am so lucky that I am not one of those people. Go ME!”
Flash forward to now, I have dropped the same phone 3 times shattering 3 different screens.
THE HUMANITY!
It seems strange to me, that a non-Apple affiliated company, LifeProof, is the one that sensed the need for sturdiness and durability and thus created a case to protect the phones that hold our lives on them. You’d think that after thousands of iFix stores popped up in malls across America that Apple would want to keep that cash flow to themselves. But alas, phones are still fragile, Lifeproof and iFix are still in business, and I am still 17 days away from an upgrade.
Sigh.
I have to admit, I know all of this is my fault. Nobody forced me to drop my phone on the concrete floor at the WalMart. Nobody tripped me in my own house causing my phone to drop on the brand new tile floor… twice. I understand all of this. I understand that the kind folks of Verizon Wireless cannot move my upgrade date 17 days. I get that. But the fundamental issue is WHY ARE IPHONES SO EXPENSIVE YET SO FRAGILE!?
Have I mentioned I am only 17 days away from an upgrade?
Double sigh.
In semi related news, do you remember when there weren’t just Smart Phones? There were Smart Phones, Moderately Intelligent Phones, AND your standard Dumb Phone? I just resurrected the LG Chocolate Touch and am instantly humbled. We iPhone (or Android) users are so lucky! The entire world is at our fingertips and we use it to look at cat pictures and to criticize our newly engaged friends. HOW LUCKY ARE WE!?
I will join you lucky people in the Smartphone era in 17 days.
17 DAYS!