Jeric's iPhone circa May 2008

My iPhone has been with me for almost a year now. Although the backside of my iPhone is full of scratches now, it’s still functioning well. It used to have the Best Skins Ever protective film for both sides. But after a few months, the film turned into yellow that I have to remove it. I have another set of Best Skins Ever but placing the film to the back side is really a tedious job. So I have decided to just put film on the front side (the touch screen) to avoid smudges, etc.

If there is/are thing/s that I hate about my iPhone, it would be the lack of flash support and the crappy camera that can’t even record videos.

My iPhone is the classic one (the one that can only support GPRS/EDGE). I don’t find the 3G feature of the new iPhone necessary for I don’t use mobile Internet that much. And even if I use mobile Internet, it’s either I’m checking my e-mail or checking my plurk account which doesn’t require that much bandwidth. In fact, whenever I’m not in the range of our home WiFi network, I always leech from different establishments. Since the iPhone 2.0 firmware came out, I didn’t have to jailbreak (or unlock) my iPhone for it can already detect Globe sim cards right away.

I love how you can maximize your iPhone’s resources by buying, downloading and installing applications you need and want through the App Store. I don’t have much applications installed on my iPhone. In fact, every application installed on my iPhone can be downloaded and installed for me. I’m such a cheapskate! The list of applications installed on my phone now includes ‘To Do’s’, ‘WeDict’, ‘Tris’, ‘Sudoku’, ‘FS5 Hockey’, ‘MazeFinger’, ‘Shazam’, ‘Facebook’, ‘WordPress’, ‘iTalk’, ‘fring’, ‘Files lite’, ‘Darkroom’, ‘iEasyCamera’, ‘Twitterific’, ‘Ustream’, and ‘Plurk’.

I’m not really a cellphone person. I only call and text people if it’s necessary. This cellphone is perfect for me for I want to check e-mail and browse the web even if I’m not home because there’s Twitter, Plurk and of course, school. In fact, some malls here in the metro are offering WiFi access throughout the establishment. Nothing beats shopping while surfing the Internet.

This phone is really dear to me. Despite being a careless owner by not putting protective film on the back side of the phone, this iPhone has been serving me well.