After waiting for eight years, and two days after ordering it from a local T-Mobile store, my much anticipated iPhone 5s finally arrived in a larger than expected, unassuming brown package.

The package
Then came the unboxing, which produced a smaller than expected iPhone 5s box.

iPhone box
Opening the box, I could hear an angelic choir somewhere above me as I gazed at my new treasure.

First sight of my very own iPhone
We turned each other on as it greeted me with a friendly…

Hello, Peter
Saying goodbye to my old phone was a little bittersweet since I’d used it for years. But the anticipation of a whole new online world quickly dispelled with that sentiment.

Out with the old, in with new
Watch out Internet! Here comes Peter and his new iPhone to conquer all that is online!
Guess I need to charge it first.
Syncing it might help as well so it knows who I might be conquering.
Wait, there are setting I need to adjust?
Holy cow I have a lot apps I need to learn to use.
This conquering thing may take a few days.