Apple’s iPhone is “a babe magnet. That alone makes it the best $600 I’ve ever wasted on a totally unnecessary discretionary purchase. I’m sure it has the same effect on men that it has on women, but I haven’t been devoting much attention to what my new gadget does to dudes,” Cliff Mason writes for TheStreet.com.
“Anyone who’s seen the Cramer/Mason Chronicles, my series of videos with Jim Cramer (who, not so coincidentally, is my uncle — a fact I disclose every time I write anything) about financial advice for people in their 20s, knows that hell will freeze over before I’m considered a ladies man. I look ridiculous, and my charm is, shall we say, subtle. That no longer matters now that I have an iPhone,” Mason writes.
“I could tell you all about how adequate AT&T’s Edge network is for Internet connectivity, or what a joy the virtual keyboard is to use, but if you’ve read this far you’d probably prefer to read about what happened when I pulled out my iPhone in the J. Crew near my apartment last week,” Mason writes.
MacDailyNews Note: In the full article, Mason recounts instances of the “babe magnet” in action.
Mason continues, “People compare the price of the iPhone to the much lower price of a BlackBerry or a Treo and conclude that the $600 price tag is way too expensive. They’re using the wrong comparison. We should be comparing the iPhone with plastic surgery… No one ever stared at my BlackBerry and salivated, which is the standard response when I whip out my iPhone. Instead, my friends told me I looked like a tool until I finally stopped wearing the thing.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Kevin” for the heads up.]
Oh please! This only proves you are stupid enough to give Apple $3000 to use a cell phone. I’m not sure what kind of women would be impressed that you have no idea how to manage your budget. This is nothing but a toy for either the ultra-rich or those willing to throw away a down payment on a car for this toy cell phone. Lets wait for the novelty to wear off and see what people think of their phone in six months.
Then the fun starts when consumers want access to their corporate networks and find out they are out of luck. Then they get stuck with a $175 fee to get out of their contract – ouch!
Just a toy from Apple – nothing to see here – move along.
Don’t feed the troll.
When you figure, based on sales estimates that between 1 in 150 to 1 in 300 men/women/children in the US has an iPhone already, it will not be long before the hot guy, with the expensive car, and the iPhone will edge you out again from the hot babes
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if the end result is endless sex with a slender sexy fun loving Swedish babe, its bought (no lard arse American women)
That will make the stock rise – and other things too.
Hey Mac Realist… I think YOU should move along… back to the woods. Then you don’t have to pay for anything and you can eat bark — for free!
Apple charges $600 bucks for a top-of-the-line never-before-created device that is five years ahead of itself and you complain it’s too expensive? It’s a bit more than a Blackberry unsubsidised. Pull your head out of your….
On top of that, it’s normal to pay for a monthly service plan when you get a cell phone. You might not be aware of that. So that $3000 you quote – which is quite high if you ask me – is part of the game… AT&T’s plans are actually pretty competitive… anyone will tell you that.
Go back to your bridge, my friend.
I’m using mine to talk to women. It works. Seriously. It’s the perfect conversation starter. “Hey, have you got your iPhone yet?” Pull it out and watch the magic work for you. Nothing like a hot woman touching your thing.
“Oh, I want one”, they all coo as they timidly touch it. Just help them out a little. Show them what it does. What you do after that is up to you. You’re milage may vary.
The blah blah blah, you can’t gain access to your corporate network. Dude many already use MacOS based systems on their corporate networks. Seeing as how the iPhone supports VPN I have no problem access or corporate resources, including web based corporate directory, and web based calendaring system, as we have too many Windows, MacOS and Linux users within the corporation. Sorry not everyone in every corporation is a office droid. Many corporations have engineers, graphic artists, web development groups, video production departments that are more *nix/OS X based than Windows based…. Just because you work (maybe, you do work right?) at a sucky corporation that does not allow employees to use the tools best designed for their specific needs or tasks is just sad.
Back under your bridge troll.
Heh, I didn’t do so bad back in the day when I was on my own and in my 20s, but I must say, I’ve never had the kind of moment I had the other night at a friend’s birthday party: someone was talking about the iPhone, and I said, “hey, I’ve got one here.” No sooner do I say that than 5 very attractive young women swarm around me, jockying for position. Was nice…. If only I were still in my 20s and single!
MW: member…. I think I’ll leave that one alone
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That’s all I need is a talking pig.
Twisted Mac Freak, you ARE a talking pig.
“Oh please! This only proves you are stupid enough to give Apple $3000 to use a cell phone. I’m not sure what kind of women would be impressed that you have no idea how to manage your budget.”
Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Get a new job if you can’t afford it Fry Guy.
Besides you aren’t giving APPLE $3000 (and it’s NOT $3000 anyway) and its not like you wouldnt have a cellphone contract anyway you tool.
FYI some of us are already on our corporate networks with the iPhone. pwned!
BTSOI: That’s actually pretty funny coming from you.
So far I’ve had had three *guys* start conversations with me (complete strangers) because of my iPhone. Since I’m not gay, that isn’t the desired effect. But I’ll keep whipping it out every chance I get–the iPhone that is.
I can hear the girls now, “Is that an iPhone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
@Object-X:
I let one gal touch and feel my iPhone the other day and after she retuned it to me, I asked if was good for her too!
but it won’t work on C1…she already has one…darn 🙁
Hey TMF…
What does BTSOI and a hemorrhoid have in common?
You are a fool. Yes the iPhone seems expensive. But what a great product. So much better than anything else out there. It will only get better and probably less expensive. If you can’t afford one or don’t like the product or service agreement don’t buy one. Don’t criticize other people though who can afford one and enjoy it. You sound very jealous.
Actually, we’re talking about $1500 for one year including activation fee. My personal story is that I’ve already used the iPhone in my side career in such a way as to cause it to pay for that one year just within the last week. So how, possibly, could this simply be an overpriced toy phone?
And, in my other job, I’m on the corporate network.
PS: I’m not ultra-rich, and I prefer to pay cash for a gently used car. Since a new car — which requires that $3000 down payment — loses a significant portion of its sticker price value once driven off the lot, I’d say that you’d have to be ultra-rich or willing to flush a good chunk of money to rationalize buying a new car. Not to mention the interest …
Your logic is … well, not logic at all.
What ever happened to Trolls’r’us we need to send a certain Troll a one way ticket to the rock it crawled from under!
How many times will we read “$2,000 phone” or “$3,000” phone. As a Cingular/ATT customer, I was paying $39.95 per month for 600 or so minutes, plus rollovers, which I accrue every month. My so called data plan was $10 per month. I bought the iPhone and went up to $20 a month for unlimited data. Nothing else changed. I’m paying the same thing for phone service I already was paying, plus $10 for real internet connectivity. Oh yeah, I got an iPod as well, which has four times as much memory as my 1st gen Nano. These liars are making me thirsty, er, crazy!
“Yes the iPhone seems expensive. But what a great product.”
Hahahaha yeah, these people just don’t get it…
I just bought a new iCar… It was $150,000 but it runs 100% autopilot. It’s revolutionary. Just get in and say where you want to go and it takes you there!!!
Oh yeah, and it doesn’t come with a radio, heater, air conditioner, on interior lights, but who needs those!!! Oh and you can only use Apple Gasoline in it too (it costs $9 a gallon but it’s high quality) and you also can only use Apple tires which cost $2000 a set)….
Some People just don’t understand.
Buster: Location?