I know I’m being a little dramatic here, but you know how my iPhone is the center of my geeky digital life, right? Well, the booger is broken. Not so broken I can’t use it, mind you. It’s the damn silent/vibrate switch. It stopped working suddenly a few days ago. Of course, it has to happen during the week when I need to go out of town to attend a funeral, where not hearing a cell phone go off during the various related events would be really nice, if not required if I don’t want my mom to take a swing at my head with her 20 lb. purse. So, yeah. Stupid broken switch.
“Well, why don’t you just turn the iPhone off when you need it to be silent?” you ask. Good question. However, it is one that clearly demonstrates how little you know me and the extent of my geekiness. An iPhone turned off is not an option. Period. Now please don’t think I’m a total boor who has loud cell phone conversations in public, blatantly ignores others while they’re speaking to me by checking email on my iPhone, and other sordid acts. I turned the volume down to the lowest setting, selected the Sonar ring tone, and turned every other sound alert off. I did not expect any phone calls – everyone who normally calls me knew where I was and that calling during the funeral was definitely not acceptable – and didn’t receive any at inappropriate times.
Of course, I’m definitely taking my iPhone to my local Apple Store when I get back home to get it swapped. From what I’ve seen so far, getting a replacement with this issue shouldn’t be a problem. I know that this isn’t true for everyone, but I’ve had 7 iPhones throughout the years (3 first-generation iPhones at various times, 2 iPhone 3Gs, and 2 iPhone 3GSs) and this is the first one I’ve had with any hardware problems. Must be luck or the geek gods looking over me…
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