Hi guys, Dave here.
I have recently took my iPhone to get its sleep/wake button to be repaired.
It takes them two weeks, and I decided to not get a replacement or old phone to use meanwhile.
- I will keep this thread as a small blog for the 14 days without my iPhone.
• Day one: Right after leaving the store where I brought in my iPhone I felt happy, because knowing that my phone will function for the full 100% soon. So it was getting darker outside, I tried to check for any rain but, I had no phone. my pocket felt empty and I was not really happy with that.
Right when I got home I tried to get on Twitter, also had no phone so I took my laptop.
At that point I decided to use my laptop for things like checking the weather, social networks and Youtube.
• Day two: It was my first day of college of the week, so I woke up without using an alarm, but that wasn't a problem that day.
I do cycle to college, it takes me one hour to get there.
I had no music playing when I was going there, which I am used to.
It was pretty boring, but I decided to actually "listen" what was happening, as I never-ever cycle without having earbuds in.
I heard the birds, and other people also and the cars and other vehicles.
When I finally arrived there ( after a boring hour ) I was happy to get in college to be able to play music finally, that was one thing I missed that day.
I didn't miss the endless free-texting with friends without a real subject, I was able to concentrate more on my school work instead of worrying about unread messages and my battery percentage, so after college I came home and I didn't take play my usual iPhone game for 15 minutes, but instead I went to visit my grandmother, bring her the newspaper and drink a cup-a-tea, after that I came home and sat at the bar to wait for dinner, and did my usual evening-routine without my phone.
• Day three: The usual routine of cycling to college, I missed my music but nothing else, I wasn't able to text my friends but still I didn't really miss it.
Altough we planned a Poker-night at my place for the weekend, but wasn't able to participate in the group-chat because I had no phone, but besides that I had no important reason to use my phone, and the same thing happened as the day before.
• Day four: The same thing with the cycling ( again yes ) this day I had one class for four hours in a row, after some work I had some spare time at college.
I usually check out my phone at that point but I just decided to listen to John Mayer while browsing Macrumors instead.
When looking around I saw people with smartphones and such and they all suddenly looked "cooler" than when I had my iPhone.
I didn't really miss my phone, and other peoples phones looked amazing because I started getting used to not having my phone.
• Day five: Went to college without music on, had a few busy classes and went home.
I didn't need any phone at all today and nothing has changed, I am getting used to not having a smartphone.
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I AM AT DAY FOUR AT THE MOMENT, A DAILY UPDATE WILL FOLLOW
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So now to create a discussion:
What would you do if you didn't have your phone for 14 days? What will you miss and what not?
( Alarm, calls, texting, browsing, games, music, etc? )
I have recently took my iPhone to get its sleep/wake button to be repaired.
It takes them two weeks, and I decided to not get a replacement or old phone to use meanwhile.
- I will keep this thread as a small blog for the 14 days without my iPhone.
• Day one: Right after leaving the store where I brought in my iPhone I felt happy, because knowing that my phone will function for the full 100% soon. So it was getting darker outside, I tried to check for any rain but, I had no phone. my pocket felt empty and I was not really happy with that.
Right when I got home I tried to get on Twitter, also had no phone so I took my laptop.
At that point I decided to use my laptop for things like checking the weather, social networks and Youtube.
• Day two: It was my first day of college of the week, so I woke up without using an alarm, but that wasn't a problem that day.
I do cycle to college, it takes me one hour to get there.
I had no music playing when I was going there, which I am used to.
It was pretty boring, but I decided to actually "listen" what was happening, as I never-ever cycle without having earbuds in.
I heard the birds, and other people also and the cars and other vehicles.
When I finally arrived there ( after a boring hour ) I was happy to get in college to be able to play music finally, that was one thing I missed that day.
I didn't miss the endless free-texting with friends without a real subject, I was able to concentrate more on my school work instead of worrying about unread messages and my battery percentage, so after college I came home and I didn't take play my usual iPhone game for 15 minutes, but instead I went to visit my grandmother, bring her the newspaper and drink a cup-a-tea, after that I came home and sat at the bar to wait for dinner, and did my usual evening-routine without my phone.
• Day three: The usual routine of cycling to college, I missed my music but nothing else, I wasn't able to text my friends but still I didn't really miss it.
Altough we planned a Poker-night at my place for the weekend, but wasn't able to participate in the group-chat because I had no phone, but besides that I had no important reason to use my phone, and the same thing happened as the day before.
• Day four: The same thing with the cycling ( again yes ) this day I had one class for four hours in a row, after some work I had some spare time at college.
I usually check out my phone at that point but I just decided to listen to John Mayer while browsing Macrumors instead.
When looking around I saw people with smartphones and such and they all suddenly looked "cooler" than when I had my iPhone.
I didn't really miss my phone, and other peoples phones looked amazing because I started getting used to not having my phone.
• Day five: Went to college without music on, had a few busy classes and went home.
I didn't need any phone at all today and nothing has changed, I am getting used to not having a smartphone.
____
I AM AT DAY FOUR AT THE MOMENT, A DAILY UPDATE WILL FOLLOW
_________
So now to create a discussion:
What would you do if you didn't have your phone for 14 days? What will you miss and what not?
( Alarm, calls, texting, browsing, games, music, etc? )
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