Was It Worth it?

After eight tries and over five hours of trying to get iOS 5 downloaded and updated onto my phone it finally worked. If it hadn't worked on the last time I tried it I was going to give up and try it tomorrow. It finally did download though and then it took another hour to restore everything back on my phone to like it was, well almost like it was. At one point my phone even locked up and I could do nothing with it, I had a mini meltdown at that point. I have never had such trouble trying to get my phone to update, granted I've never had one that's went smoothly but never one that's taken this long. It was one hellacious process to go through and if you have an iPhone that hasn't been updated, I recommend waiting to do so. It will save you a lot of time and stress. I lost count at the number of times that I said I was going to throw my freaking phone out the window. So, after all of that trouble and waiting was it worth it?

Yes and no. I like the update but it's not worth all the time and anger I spent trying to get it to download. I'm an i impatient person who wanted it now but it would have benefited me if I would have just waited a day and downloaded it then when Apple's servers weren't in complete meltdown. I definitely advise downloading it but wait until at least tomorrow afternoon to try to. The update has some good features but I lost most of my ringtones I had downloaded and I haven't been able to figure out how to get them back on my phone yet. I like how you can take a picture without having to unlock the phone and the iMessage feature is pretty neat. You also get the iCloud with the update so you don't have to connect your phone anymore to transfer files and you can now sync your phone with your computer and still be able to use it too. There are over 200 new features with iOS 5 and I have yet to have time to discover all of them but so far I like the update. I just advise waiting a little bit to get it, you'll be saving a lot of time and stress if you do.