Scratch that.
Originally I didn't intend to upgrade the iPhone for at least the near future. In my mindset my venerable iPhone 4 still needed it do everything I expected.
However during one of my evening constitutionals during July or August I dropped it. I figured the Otterbox case protected it. At first nothing seemed damaged. However I soon learned that the upper speaker (the one you use to listen to your phone calls) didn't work.
Drat.
I figured I could get around that by using the "speaker" function whenever I got an incoming call. Yeah right, like I was going to remember that every time.
Then about two days later the upper speaker worked again with no explanation. So far, so good.
Until recently. Shortly before the weekend of November 15-17 the old "can't hear my phone calls" problem again reared its head.
Given I was planning a trip to Denver anyway I figured it was time to break down and buy me an iPhone 5S while there. Geogal was certainly OK with the idea (she tried to answer incoming calls for me during times when I couldn't--such as washing dishes) and was obviously frustrated with sliding the bar for "answer" then not hearing anything when she put the phone to her ear.
So I am now the proud and happy owner of a Space Gray iPhone 5S.
And it's a really cool device.
I've already shot slo-mo video at one of Geoana's basketball games. Speaking of Geoana she seems taken with my new phone and is now trying to see how many philosophical questions she can ask Siri.
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As I alluded above, I went to Denver in mid-November. The occasion? Geogal and Geoana were headed to Kansas City that weekend for a church youth group function so I chose to head the other direction. I'd been longing for a road trip anyway and this seemed the perfect opportunity.
As if I need an excuse.
On my list, in addition to the task mentioned earlier, was to visit an Apple store, go to some outdoor retailers to get a new pair of hiking boots, and hit The Tattered Cover bookstore. Also needed to pick up some New Mexico spicy southwest cooking ingredients that I can't obtain in here in The Land Of Dorothy. You know, red chile pods, green chile sauce, and the like.
I actually got my iPhone at a Verizon store that Friday afternoon so my visit to an Apple store didn't take place until the following day. Went to Cherry Creek Mall. Crowded as one would expect on a Saturday afternoon. I'm surprised I even got a chance to pick up and hold an iPad Air.
On my way out of this gaggle of pretentious stores I noticed Microsoft also has a presence at this mall.
Well, a kiosk anyway.
That could be a joke right there. But I just couldn't resist snapping a couple of pics to show the folks back home just how different the interest in the products is between the Apple offerings and the devices from Redmond, Washington:
Gotta love how the sales guys are just standing around off to the side in that top pic. But I'm sure Steve Ballmer (if he was not in the process of stepping down) would continue to pontificate how the Surface is going to dethrone the iPad.
Oh and by the way I did get my hiking boots. Broke them in that afternoon at Red Rocks Park. I decided to keep to an easy trail given this location is 6000 feet above sea level (according to my GPS device) and I am nowhere near acclimated to the altitude. Also got some pictures to make other people envious.
One enjoyable trip! But it was still good to get home.
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