I wish i had an iPhone to hate.

Even the most loyal Apple fans have to chuckle at Virginia Heffernan’s article,
I Hate My iPhone. Entertaining and relatable, Heffernan’s commentary shows that the grass isn’t always greener once you have an iphone. The entirety of the piece is a highly descriptive anecdote telling of Heffernan’s first hours with the almighty technology.

Heffernan portrays herself as an overwhelmed mother with a newborn child, only Heffernan is lucky the phone is not a child, and was easily able to return it. “She was like a nurse for newborns, urging me — a new mother — to step up and change a diaper or something. And I felt just like a sullen new mom, not ready for her role…She didn’t trust me, but she let me take the iPhone home anyway.” Heffernan emphasizes the hassle of the iPhone by declaring it as demanding as a newborn.

“My right index finger — the only digit precise enough to hit the close-set virtual iPhone keys — seemed an anemic, cerebral thing, designed for making paltry points in debating club. I repeatedly stabbed to the right of my target letter. It was like being 4 again — or being 90. I couldn’t see, it seemed; I couldn’t point; I couldn’t connect,” said Heffernan. Usually, one only expresses their immediate excitement regarding their iPhone, however, Heffernan takes you inside her mind, revealing the legitimate anxiety one may also feel when handling the latest and greatest for the first time.

Most people, within the first 24 hours of purchase, think it’s the coolest thing ever. After a week, they still probably think it’s the coolest thing ever, however noticed some of its aggravating quirks. Sure it’s sleek and beautiful, but from testing out a couple of my friends’ iPhones, I can say that it may possibly be one of the most inefficient phones. For example, Apple’s predicted convenience that when you turn on the phone, you are back to where you last were, is all together inconvenient. Most people don’t want to be where they last were; they want to make a phone call! And then that single phone call is quite a procedure. Slide, click, click, click, and click. Then make a phone call.

So, for the millions that currently own an iphone, ask yourself, are you happy? Or was it the hype that got you?