I’ve Lost the Touch
It seems 2009 was, for me, the Year of Lost Devices. In early August, I lost my 8-month-old cell phone. In October, I threw my two-year-old iPod Classic in the washing machine. I still have the cell phone that I bought to replace the lost one, thankfully. But to close out 2009 on a low note, the iPod Touch that I bought in October is no longer in my possession. I managed to lose it when out with some friends a couple of nights ago. The frustrating thing is that I remember clearly where I left it. It was gone, of course, when I went back to get it. Farewell, my iPod Touch. I hardly knew ye.
So, in looking for a bright side, I’m seeing this as a good time to get an iPhone 3Gs. They are considerably more expensive here in Korea than they are in the States, coming in three price levels depending on how much free data transfer you want for internet service (1GB, 2GB, or 3GB). I’m also not sure if both the 16GB and 32GB models are available. I may need to reconsider if the 16GB is my only option. I had already surpassed 16GB on the iPod, and deciding what to cut out won’t be easy. There’s also the problem of dealing with KTF, the most foreigner-unfriendly mobile carrier in Korea.
Anyway, if I do decide to get it, I’ll give my current phone to my brother-in-law and let him take over payments on it. Those payments still include the price of the phone I lost, so I’ll need to pay it off the remainder so he doesn’t have to (both phones were just shy of $1000 US, and I was paying for them on 24-month plans as part of my monthly phone bill). So I’ll look into this next week. My only concern is that I’ve heard that the batteries drain very quickly. Given how often I listen to music when I’m commuting between classes, that’s not a good thing.