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What my free iPhone means for your consumer rights

Monday, September 13th, 2010
Crowd cheers a man with a new iPhone.

This guy is almost as happy as I was when I got my new iPhone.

Your response to a malfunctioning iPhone is a fairly reliable indicator of whether or not you have your priorities right. If you shrug your shoulders and even rejoice over the freedom from work calls and emails that the malfunction affords you, then you can be reasonably certain that your responses to life’s little problems are healthy and are unlikely to contribute to your risk of heart attack or stroke. If a malfunctioning iPhone is a source of face-reddening frustration, a sharp increase in blood pressure and a string of potty language, then can be equally sure that you are too easily provoked by minor setbacks.

I am well and truly in the second category.

My iPhone was a mess. A number of faults had rendered it useless. Imagine my delight when Apple told me that I was to be responsible for covering the cost of repair because the unit was three months past its twelve month warranty. I felt like dancing a jig of glee, all over Steve Jobs’ face.

Click here to find out why Optus replaced my iPhone free and what it means for your rights

Facebook user in glass house throws stone

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Facebook user

"Jeez, I hope that stone you threw doesn't shatter one of these panes."

No capital letter to kick off the sentence, an overuse of commas and a spelling mistake. Let’s not forget that there is an exclamation mark where a question mark should be.

Okay Facebook and Twitter, you win…

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook is laughing at me.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook is laughing at me and calling me 'pathetic'.

After years of resisting Facebook and Twitter (I missed the MySpace thing completely), I have finally succumb to social media.

Why now? With Facebook receiving so much criticism, it seems a strange time to jump on board.

Read about the good and bad of social media and find out why I made the switch in my latest post for The Punch.

Read the article here.