How Do You Know People Are Jealous of Your iPhone?
One of my co-workers recently traded his iPhone 3G in for a brand new Motorola phone that runs Android. I don’t recall the model number but it is basically an iPhone copy (what isn’t these days). The thing that I found interesting is how he actually walked all they way to my cubicle to show off his phone. Granted, it is nice and the screen is bigger than the iPhone but I just can’t see why people are so intent on pointing out how much better their phones are.
They like to point out that their phone is faster, has a bigger screen, can run several apps at once. Their map app is much better than the iPhone Google Maps app, they claim. Better performance, better OS, better battery life.
Maybe so. I don’t dispute the fact that other manufacturers are taking advantage of better technology to build faster phones with operating systems that are more robust. But the fact is that I still like my iPhone. There’s something still very cool about it. Sure it’s outdated by todays’ standards (I got my iPhone 4 back in December of 2010) but it still serves me well. Yes, there are dropped calls but that’s more a function of the carrier than the phone (I have a case on it).
And to be truly honest with you it’s more an Apple thing. I don’t own any Apple products other than the iPhone–although I secretly fantasize about a MacBook Pro–but I think their products are cool. They just look cool and are designed in such a way as to make them appealing, both aesthetically and functionally. Perhaps in a few month’s time another cell phone manufacturer will outsell Apple but for now it just seems like everyone else is playing catchup. And the harder people try to convince me about how great their phones are, the more I’m convinced they are just jealous.


