Over the weekend, I lost my beloved iPhone to an inopportune 4 foot drop onto hard concrete. The case I had the phone in protected the outside of the phone reasonably well, as there’s not an external dent, nick or scratch anywhere on phone. However, the impact shook something up, because now the LCD display isn’t working at all.<\/p>\n
Because of the accident, I decided to see just how long I could last without my little portable computer substitute.<\/p>\n
I lasted 3 days.<\/p>\n
Yes, I upgraded to a shiny new 32GB iPhone 3GS. Only this time, I made sure to purchase it through Best Buy so that I could get accidental damage coverage to prevent another long, dark weekend of iPhone withdrawal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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