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.]
Enough already with the damn car references PC and Mac trolls.
Is there a Troll catcher on site? Your services are in urgent need!
Thank God for people like Realist. The voice of reason! I’m enlightened and am repenting for my past.
Thank you, Realist! You are SO RIGHT! You’re my new hero!
Feel better? Is that what you needed to hear? Good. Now go take your nap.
It’s true. When I see an iPhone, I am overcome with lust. I simply cannot control myself.
My GOD.
Set it on vibrate.
-b
@ newton
“but it won’t work on C1…she already has one…darn :(“
Ha! Your powers are useless against me!
but they’re… so… pretty….
Come on, MDN, post that All Time High thread… =)
Some thoughts after reading the above:
1. Since we all want to get laid, get an iPhone. (This will be a great addition to the justification for a sale.) I rest my case.
2. If I read one more “the iPhone actually costs $2-$3,000 per year” line, I will hurl chunks. Face it: this is nothing but FUD talking points from Verizon, Sprint, Nokia, Motorola, RIM/Blackberry, Microsoft, et al. The truth is, the same can be said of the competing handset makers and cellular providers.
3. Mac Realist: It’s sad. If you had an iPhone, you would actually have a sex life. Sorry, pal.
4. All of you have given a wide variety of points here. But none of you have asked the most important question: Will it blend?
Yep, it must be Friday.
I just switched from sprint. I had a blackberry that I paid 400 bucks for and paid 110 dollars a month for 500 minutes, blackberry data service and 500 text messages. Now I pay 60 bucks a month and for the same and only get 200 text messages. Do the math, I did. I my switch will pay for my iphone, and save me hundreds.
@ Gigilo Joe
Actually, we dealt with #4 a few days ago.
Answer: Yes. But I have another!
For years I have been walking up to hot women and asking, “Would you like to see my multi-touch device”.
I like having a phone ringing in my pants pocket. That way I can turn to the woman next to me and say, “I think it’s for you.”
Seriously…
Everyone read this article right now:
Hidden Dimensions – Apple is Outsmarting the iPhone’s Competition
-c
Ah hell, damn links. Copy and paste this:
http://www.investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=445&mn=75373&pt=msg&mid=2548510
“”but it won’t work on C1…she already has one…darn :(“
All I know is the first email I got on my iPhone was from a babe!
MDN word is “peace” as in “peace out.”
Nice article C1, especially this quote…
“Those who are critical of the iPhone in its current incarnation are in the same state of mind that Rio was when Apple came out with the original iPod in October 2001.”
MDN word is price, as in there will be a price to be paid for those companies that don’t understand the global shift that is taking place in the cell phone industry.
Great Article C1
I would love to see some iPhone adds with Star-trek people, maybe Captain Picard
I overheard the following conversation between an iPhone owner and a babe:
iPhone: “Just swipe your fingertip gently across it. No, no, across the bottom, a little more firmly . . . Aah! Now it’s ready for use.”
Babe: “Ooh! Wow! It’s so fine to the touch! But how do I make the … (indecipherable) bigger?”
iPhone: “Just put your thumb and index finger and spread them apart! Yup, yup! That’s it!”
Babe: “Ooh! That’s a really huge close-up. I can see every detail, every color! Nice hair (giggles). Let’s see what happens if I try to push it up! Oops, no. That didn’t work! It just bounced back down!”
iPhone: “You have to do it sideways!”
Babe: “Mmmm! It’s also so smooth to the touch. And it’s getting warmer!”
iPhone: “You think this is big? Just turn it sideways! It looks gorgeous!!”
Babe: “Wow! Now I could watch it the whole day! Do you have another one?”
iPhone: “Not right now. But go ahead and use it for as long as you want! It won’t run out of juice for hours!”
Then my bus came along, and I was off . . .
So the iPhone is a babe magnet. Leech-chicks will attach to anything.
The real question is will it regularly get you LAID?? By hotties too; the ugly easy ones don’t count.
Oh and how many women can dial it from inside their….?
From here on out the jokes just write themselves, folks.
Note to Apple: iPhone Safari needs auto-fill!
Sir Jonathan Is So Sexy Thing!
MDN Magic Word: Thing
“All I know is the first email I got on my iPhone was from a babe!”
Flattery will get you a long, long way, my friend. ^.^
That realist guy must have a lot of time on his hands. Time for him to get a job….
Excellent article ChrissyOne! Thank you!
Um, er, ah, so what do us faithful married guys do, get a Zune so we can’t be tempted?