Caveat Emptor iPhone 5, But Nice Save, IFC Apple People…

This is my third screen in less than 6 months. (Nowadays we insure with purchase). The much more sensitive iPhone 5 screen is also wayyy more fragile than the iPhone 4. (Later another mum friend would tell me they have much improved thick screen protectors to get around that; I forgot to ask at the store.)

So if you didn’t already guess….. it’s kind of a slow tech day. But the good people at Uncle Disneyland the IFC Apple flagship store deserve a medal. I rush the Miss fresh from Chinese class down with me, knowing I have barely 90 mins to get through Pok Fu Lam into Central, get someone to look at the phone and back, swinging something to eat at some point before then volunteering in Rockstar’s class (buggy making!) y’know, just in case startling 29 kids by passing out from low blood sugar is not a very good idea. (29 because Rockstar will just say, “Sometimes I fall down too. Sometimes it’s even on purpose.” <been there done that face> (It’s true, he’s at that stage where clowns falling down are hilarious. Mummy is a clown. This job gets just better and better every day.))

But yay Apple People – because I’d never been here for servicing and didn’t know you need to submit a queue number beforehand. Blue-shirted kids with perfect English (ok, adult-sized kids since they are under 30) eye the Miss, agree with me this “isn’t going to work” when I stop a stool much taller than Her Highness from falling over, and steer us to a kids corner where she is the only one little person to two iPads loaded with kiddie games at two kiddie-friendly tables with poufs. That match the Apple store decor, no less.

We were right there yesterday but it wasn’t as crowded as in the pic. Just the normal Apple Store crowded (pic from thatssofetch.com)

And the kiddie tables were somewhere to the right of Apple logo on second floor (pic from hongkongapplestore.com)

They also give me a quick lesson on using iTunes, after they take a look at the phone. And all around it’s super crowded and busy. So I agree with the Miss – AP-PLE AWE-SUMM.

A-and, this night the Miss decided her PJs needed something a little extra. Y’know, because one must match one’s dog.