Tech Talk: iPhone 5S

I am the happy owner of an iPhone 5S. It was a crazy experience and weekend, but I'm glad how it turned out. After going three hours with a black screened iPhone 4, anything was an improvement.

It was a roller coaster experience, first I was going to get a 5S, but Verizon couldn't get me the discount I needed, and then I almost settled on a 5C, before we finally got my iPhone 4 to respond to a soft reset.

Sunday when I walked into Verizon to look at the 5C I wasn't sure what would happen. I'll admit to being a tech snob, and I don't like the 5C. I feel it's was meant to be a starter phone to introduce people to iPhones or for markets in countries in Asia and Europe that can't sell the iPhone 5S easily because it is an expensive phone.

Happily, I walked out with an iPhone 5S in gold. I was in the story all of 2 minutes when the amazing sales accosiate told me I was eligible to upgrade early(I was due until August for an upgrade) AND get a 5S.



I was definitely like this in the store and for the whole rest of the day.

I bought a gold iPhone 5S for me and my mom got the silver 5S. She also got the pink Otterbox, which made a little said, but then I went to Best Buy and bought a teal one. Everyone is happy now!

I'm still learning some of the small changes, but it is amazing how fast this phone is! I love it! I'm also super excited for IOS 8. I have been addicted to reading all the new updates from Macworld. Check out their coverage of WWDC 2014 here. Apple has some great updates in store for us!

My love for Apple products grows with every gadget I get. I'm the proud owner of a Macbook Pro with Retina Display, an iPad 3 (soon to be either an iPad Air or iPad Mini with Retina), an iPod Nano 5th Generation and now an iPhone 5S. Will I continue to buy more product from Apple? Probably, I've never been impressed by anything that makes me want to switch and the ability to have my information linked and accessible on all my devices is a big selling point.

Another factor is that Apple improves a lot with IOS and OS updates. I'm excited for IOS 8 and OS Yosemite. Both with offer more to the basic Apple user and to the advanced user.

Check back for another post on how I feel about Apple's Customer Service.