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Stupid iPhone Commercial Computers

iPhone showing trail map

The latest iPhone commercial tells me it's great to have an iPhone because I can "see the trail map while I'm on the mountain."

Really?

I feel so foolish carrying around that free paper map!

<sarcasm>
When I'm sitting on a chair lift, 50 feet over deep snow and wearing bulky gloves, my first inclination is to take out my $600 iPhone to look at the trail map.  After I drop it, I'm sure that, in four months after the snow has melted, the friendly hikers bears who find it will return it to me.
</sarcasm>

Also, does anyone really expect to get 5 bar signal strenth and WiFi at the top of a mountain?

This is almost as bad as Bryce, the pilot, who had the tower move up his plane's departure time because he could see weather maps on his phone.


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