Backlit

About six weeks ago my iPhone got wet and despite all attempts to dry it out the screen backlight and ringer wouldn’t work.

At first the buzzer didn’t even work. But somehow dissemble/reassemble worked like a windows reboot – p’tuh p’tuh.

I resolved to wait to upgrade ’till the next iPhone 5 came out, toughin’ it out.
Let me tell you, using a touchscreen without a backlight is a pain. It only works well in direct sunlight – which in Seattle…meh.

I thought maybe, just maybe, Apple would announce a new iPhone at the WWDC today. meh, meh.

Anyway, long story short, I have gotten kinda used to restricted iPhone usage and then…today, I had lunch with Tackleman, and I left my iPhone on the table in the ‘blazing’ Seattle sun as we ate and chatted.

When input it back in my pocket I mentioned aloud,

dOoh my phone is really HOT!

Two hours later, in a meeting, my phone buzzed with an iMessage and suddenly my backlight is back on!! It’s like having a new phone!…errrr…computer.

So now I can write little, relatively inconsequential, snippets on my blog while I’m laying in bed, in near darkness, in abject comfort.