David's Amazing Adventures - The Display's The Thing

Crap.

Now I really want one.

While I'm out of the office this week, I've been planting the seeds for upgrading my phone. (My phone itself is eligible for upgrading now; but my plan doesn't expire until October.) I've posted before about how much the iPhone intrigues me, particularly with its new release this Friday. But I wanted to take some time to look at other models, other choices.

I haven't exactly been bowled over.

My runner-up for the iPhone was the LG Voyager. But though it has an excellent touchpad, its display glares out in the daylight--a poor feature with my current phone that I don't want to repeat. One sales rep I was speaking with a couple of days ago told me that she thinks they all do that. Seriously? Were manufacturers so short-sighted that they didn't foresee people wanting to make use of their phone displays while standing outside? Also, frankly, the Voyager's display isn't the nice large size of the iPhone's.

I also took a look at AT&T's Tilt phone, also with a nice touchpad and touch screen. But too pricey. This thing, like the iPhone, was made for people doing a lot of interaction with the Internet--and while I seldom never say never, I'm not interested in navigating the Internet on a phone's display with a phone's controls. So if I'm going to pay for such a phone, I want a minimum price.

(By the way, since they're not really just phones anymore, don't we need a new term for these units? Something like "cell unit"? People could still abbreviate it with "cell," too.)

So today, while picking up my comics stash, I'm going to step into the AT&T store two doors down and take a look at the iPhone's display--the first iPhone, of course. I didn't see anything about a display upgrade, so I'm going to assume it's comparable to the one coming out on Friday. I'll smile pleasantly at the store attendant who hands it to me, motion for him/her to step out the door with me, cross my fingers, and turn it on. If the display is crystal-clear and readable--and if the iPhone allows me to upload my own ringtones to it--sold, American. I'll live with the sealed battery, with the lack of video, and other curious omissions. And this new model will hopefully have its bugs shaken out in the time until my current plan expires.

And yeah, even if its display is a wash (get it? ha ha), I may buy it anyway.

Shut up. You know how I am by now.