I’ve taken a slight risk — I’m buying a phone sight unseen. I’m assuming the gold iPhone 8 will look great, but there’s no way to know until it arrives!
I think the mistake I made was not thinking through what I really want an iPhone for, and how my other Apple devices form a coherent set. And I’m a sucker for new, shiny things!
I suspect that the phone that most of us were using 4 years ago would work just fine today and do 100% of what we need to do on a phone--yeah, perhaps a bit slower, but there are actually advantages to waiting for stuff to happen.
Acquisition of
stuff is often an attempt to fill some void in our lives. The trouble is that the
stuff never fills it. It just empties our wallets, causing stress, clutter, less freedom, and less happiness as a result.
I don't have any smartaleck answers except that recognition of the real issue must be the first step toward finding a way off of the merrygoround.
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But the main point is that it’s small and light and does all the things I need it to do. And at under two-thirds the cost of the iPhone X.
I think the 8 in gold is the most exciting color I've seen in years from Apple. So while you may not be thrilled, know that others are.
My only issue with the 8 is that the screen is too small for the inevitable web surf, and it takes longer to thumb thru text in apps like News. The 8 Plus is too big, but I need that screen size.