I met a guy off Craigslist who paid me $600 for my iPhone 6, 128GB Gold. The money will go toward an iPhone 6S that comes out next week\u2026.8 days from now. The next week won\u2019t be any different from others. I\u2019ll go up to Vermont this weekend to drink beer with friends and I\u2019ll drive my car around and play on the Internet or play some Forza 6 that just came out or watch movies. Next week, I\u2019ll go to work and do the best I can to make everyone happy and accomplish a lot of really awesome things. At night, my home phone will ring sometimes since Google Voice is still setup to at least one phone and my iPad will deliver Google Voice SMS messages to me but I only get 2 people a week messaging me so it\u2019s not much.<\/p>\n
In a given week, I receive 1 phone call and 10 SMS messages. I\u2019m not a very social person at least digitally anymore.<\/p>\n
The kicker that I didn\u2019t think of was that the Apple Watch requires the iPhone. Once I unpaired my iPhone and reset it, the Apple Watch is stuck in this activation mode. It\u2019s useless. It\u2019s not a time-piece. It\u2019s a hunk of metal and glass with no operation other than looking pretty. I might as well just keep it at home.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had gaps between iPhone ownership in the past but it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve been without it for more than a day. Other than the FourSquare check ins, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s much I\u2019m going to miss. I\u2019ll check back in a week later and see how I did. If I even survive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I met a guy off Craigslist who paid me $600 for my iPhone 6, 128GB Gold. 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