John Y’s Musings from the Middle: iPhone — Week 2

Week two with the iPhone.

I like it.

If this were The Bachelor, the iPhone would get another rose. And proceed to week 3.

But not before showing some highlight clips from the prior week. And not flattering ones.

The time I was alone with my iPhone and asked if it had ever stayed charged long enough to see what dusk looked like.

The time I typed “i” inadvertently instead of “o” 5 times, said s…omething really loud. Just a single word, really. And then substituted another word that didn’t have an “i” or “o.”

And, finally, sarcastically joking with a friend about several mishaps —in front of the iPhone.

But then we rounded out the week with a sweet highlight where I called tech services and later took it into a local Verizon store complaining about the ringer sign being frozen on screen. Then the Verizon person showed me I had put the case on upside down.

We all had a nice laugh.

But I’m giving a rose because there’s something about this iPhone. It did not have me at hello. Or even at Siri’s first clever response. Just seems like the kind of phone you can be with for long periods of time and not need to say anything. And even though I get frustrated with it sometimes, I can’t stay mad at the iPhone. I just can’t!

And it helps that it’s kinda cool. I need that. We compliment each other well. I can’t decide if we are more like Claire and Phil Dunphy or Jay and Gloria from Modern Family.

Hard to say. The important thing, though, is that it just works.