Updated Blues (823 words)

The past weeks having been building up for myself, the release of the Ios7 software for the iPhone 5 has had me excited and both nervous at the same time, now, I understand why my nerves got the set of me. While downloading the new software I did not realize what I was truly getting myself into. The Ios7 has officially prevented me from using my brand new I phone 5.

 

 I’ve looked up ways to fix it and have found nothing but trouble. My regrets are profound. Whenever I go to open a new app my phone pops up that I must connect to iTunes, so I do. But while trying to connect to ITunes I had to also update my iTunes, while creating an apple ID and a cloud, both in which I don’t understand.

 

Now, I may just be technologically challenged like most teenage girls but this has sent me off the edge. I have now spent countless hours just in the past two days, both at school and at home trying to fix this small little problem creating large stress within my mind. Although, yes, I could probably just go into my local apple store and get support, my anger comes from a deeper part dealing with apple software.

 

Even though, when my phone and other apple appliances are working well, I adore them, I have started to see a large increase in apple companies changing their classic models just to try to keep up with competition, like androids. To me, the new software looks like a knock off version of a droid, sad.

 

To me apple has always been apple. When people go to buy IPhones or I pods they’re buying them because they do not want an android or the android software, they buy it because they want APPLE.

Apple has been a leader in technology since I could remember, why stop now?

           

            So, my main anger might come off as a bit pretentious towards apple, and a little harsh, but as I see it, it’s the truth. People do not want androids therefore apple should not be changing their model to be just like every other phone and electronic brand. If a company was built off a difference they should be going throughout to do what they can to keep differences or they will lose everything that they have gained from their growth. . . tell me the point in that.

           

            Now, you might be thinking that I’m just some angry technologically challenged 16 year old white girl, but this isn’t true. I’m giving my opinion from the basis of what I believe is going throughout many minds right now, especially the young ones- apples next generation. If you aren’t appealing to us and on top of that, little customer satisfaction, what are you doing?

 

All in all, my voice to apple, is to pay attention to what they’re consumers like more. They buy apple for the clean crisp looking designs, not the cheap looking android ones, IPhone users fell in love with Ios6… wasn’t that a sign? I wish I could say to apple right now to keep up the good work but I certainly cannot and will not.

 

I hope Apple realizes my thoughts and goes back to their older models. Yes I am being a bit dramatic in all this, I do realize, and you might not agree with me but coming from another apple user to you, I hope readers understand where I am coming from, not just an angry user who hasn’t got her way, but a concerned one. One who is concerned about where one of her favorite technological companies is going?

            The only reason I worry about these things is because I know a lot of people in the same position, people who aren’t that advanced when it comes to technology who rely on companies like apple to make things simple. The more complicated you make things the more dissatisfied your costumers are going to be, the more users you’re going to lose, and money, and so on.

           

            I do applaud apple for their continuous work on updating systems, which never goes unwatched or un congratulated, so I guess you could consider this my congratulations-you-ruined-my-phone-but-I-still-love-you rant, because like they say, the more you talk about it, the more nothing happens.

 

            If anyone is in my situation I recommend you first take a deep breath because if you aren’t calm nothing will get finished, then back up everything on your iPhone onto your computer, especially music and photos, and then restore your iPhone. If that doesn’t work your local cellular service company or apple store I’m sure is close by and will know way more than I do about fixing you’re phone…Also, good luck, you might need it.