In October 2007, I wanted to get an iPhone. However, the 8GB of storage seemed a little small for me for all of the music I listen to. So knowing that Apple usually updates products in January at the MacWorld conference, I decided to wait until then.

Thus, January rolls around and Steve Jobs offers only software updates for the iPhone. At this point, I was really tired of waiting and was not ready to sit around until June for Apple to launch a 16GB model. So on January 17, S.Rod and I bought ourselves iPhones as birthday gifts to each other (call it the Capricorn Infinity Gift Loop). We have enjoyed them a lot and it has helped us communicate more, since I hated carrying both my iPod and phone. Usually the phone ended up in my Freitag bag.

Anyway, the point of the story is that while we were buying the iPhones, I asked the salesman what happens if Apple releases the 16GB next week. He stated that we could return them within 14 days and only pay a $40 restocking fee. That return period ended on January 31.

On February 5th, Apple released the 16GB iPhone. Insert string of curse words here.

In the end, I would have been better off buying back in October when I originally wanted it, and I would have had the iPhone all this time. But in trying so hard to not get burned by inevitable technology upgrades, I ended up getting cremated.

Classic Sahm luck at its best. So it goes. Cheers.