but surely
any expensive looking smart phone will work...
after all, I'm guessing a lot of women will struggle to tell the difference!
Guys, want to get girls? Then buy yourself an iPhone. According to a survey of 1500 women carried out on behalf of Phones4U*, men who own an iPhone are more attrative than those who don't. The retailer said today that 54 per cent of respondents said they would more likely date a fellow if he owns an iPhone. Just over a third …
I was just thinking about this the other day.
A few months ago I was just a sad geeky guy who had the personality of a computer programmer. No girls would talk or give me a second look. Then I got an iphone, and what do you know... I had a few girls starting to converse with me on public transports.
They always start by asking the same question, are you gay?
I think this is because I got the white iphone.
Anyway, that a good start for me. It allows me to show off the apps I bought etc...
My chick^Wwife threw her iphone into the box of other almost-but-not-quite computer-ish phone-like devices that she's fiddled with over the years, and has happy settled down with her Nokia 5185. She says that making phone calls is, when you boil it down to basics, all a phone is for, when you think about it.
Of course "thinking" isn't really what Apple marketing is all about, now is it?
"She bought an iPhone,"
Nah.The telco gave it to her. It cost us nothing. I declined to participate.
"then realised she'd be just as happy with a Nokia 5185 because she just wants a phone."
Again, nah. She's playing with options. Options are good.
"This is why men will never understand women... "
It's not a matter of understanding, it's a matter of getting along. Maybe reflect on your handle? ;-)
What a complete and utter load of tosh.
The Apple iPhone is carried by men who prefer aesthetics over functionality.
If you want a tech savvy phone, then opt for something more geeky (HTC Desire for example).
And who are these women who prefer shallow men?
"If he can afford an Apple iPhone, he must be good at his job" says the gushing interviewee. Oh please! They're free on contract...
If you want to be a chick magnet here's the best thing you can do.
Don't treat women as objects, as this author seems to, and try being open and honest with one. (Yes - one). Humility and wit should also be added in equal measure.
I would never go for a guy with an iPhone, I would much rather snuggle up with someone with an android that can be snuggled up to mine...
Social graces? Soaps?
Java and Scifi -
also must play Eve Online, World or Warcraft and Secondlife
I am ..........
Damn do i really sound that desperate....
So, 54% of the survey were shallow / young then?
I bet if you asked the same bunch, they would respond that a stupid looking "hot hatch" with a sound system to rival a night club, blacked out windows and a sewer pipe as an exhaust was the ideal car to go on a date in as well!
Grumble grumble... getting old :(
Survey says "most women interviewed had little understanding of the subject at hand"
"There's just something about a man who's good with computers that makes him more trustworthy," said Lucy
Riiight, so the fact that a good selling point of the iPhone is that you can use it while knowing nothing about computers does not come into this?
The N900 or an Android based handset would probably be a better indication of that.
"If he's got the cash for an iPhone then he must be very good at his job, too."
OK, so the fact that you can get them heavily subsidised and there are many other smartphones just as expensive does not come into it.
What about "if he has an iPhone it means he falls for the hype whether he can afford it or not"?
..this can all be automated now, a CGI that generates stories saying "A 'survey' on behalf of X shows that X's products make you fitter/healthier/more productive/sexier"?
Given that they have the methodological soundness of homeopathy, it's just a shame that lazy journos dutifully regurgitate these PR puff pieces.
My latest phone's more expensive than an iphone. Does that make me an object of your desire?
Sorry, if that's how you judge men, then ... well, I can afford any phone on the market (no sweat), or even a Porsche (no thanks), but I can't afford *you*. Bye!
[mine's the one with gadgets in the pockets]
It's what the iPhone says about you:
"I'm rich, but not tight with my money - hell I have an iPhone so I can't be that averse to wasting a bit... and in a Joe Bloggs sense I'm good with technology (I can operate a smart phone for n00bs, so I'm better than your Dad) - maybe I can program your Freeview+ box to record Desperate Housewives and Eastenders..."
Do I want the kind of woman who has assessed me based on iPhone ownership? Not really, I'd rather have one who recognizes them as shiny but overpriced and sees my advanced usage of a real computer and gets excited by that instead.
Incidentally did they ask the same question about other expensive gadgets and smart phones? I'd wager just having something well kept and expensive of any kind has most of the same effect... whilst tatty old phones from 2003 are the real problem.
I own a JesusPhone (or iPhone as I call it), so I had better warn my wife that she now has competition from nubile primary school teachers. I had no idea that my awkwardly shaped, fingerprint smeared phone was considered a status symbol, or considered an indicator of wealth. But then, teachers aren't exactly paid a lot are they.
Owning an iPhone != "Good with computers"
Owning an iPhone != "reliable"
If any phone says "my owner is reliable", I'd say it would be a Blackberry
If any phone says "my owner is "good with computers" (i.e, a geek), I'd say that would be an Android phone.
Oh, and as a fully paid up geek, I can assure you I'm quite well acquainted with SOAP.
"If he's got the cash for an iPhone..." -- Says it all, no?
"...only seven per cent saying they don't care what job a prospective partner does for a living." -- I'm a bit surprised it's that high actually, but it's good news for the pimps and axe murders.
"Women also cited familiarity with soap and social ease" -- Got it, dirty with social disease is a turn off.
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this was obviously written by someone with the mentality of a sad single male ipod owner.
iPhones are not chick magnets at all. The statement they actually make for most users is "here is someone whose sad enough to think that owning an iPhone is impressive" - it's the same as guys who where too much aftershave, or who own a boy-racer car beyond their means. it's remarkably similar to a 4 year old boy trying to show off to his mum.
Intelligent women are far more impressied by a guy who doesn't try to impress, and are more likely to laugh at anyone gullible enough to rush out and buy the latest "must have" tech.
Sorry, but my survey of iphone owning friends doesn't bare this out...
My brother - Single
Craig - Single
Triston - Single
Other brother - Married, twice, but in pre-iphone days
Jo - Divorced whilst owning an iphone!
Andy - Womaniser, but he's always been like that. Owning a Ferrari helps.
As for geek/nerd attraction powers, an iphone is a fashion accessory, not a techie toy. A real techie wouldn't be seen dead with a phone he can't control, dismantle or take pictures in the dark with!
Personally I get far more curiosity for my N97 with it's flip out keyboard. Often from frustrated typist iphone owners! Who cares if it's a bit temperamental at times, it's different!
Remember, nobody ever looked twice at a Ford Mondeo, no matter how many after market things you bolted onto it.
Here in the states the iPhone is just another phone... and very popular one. I was sitting at a bar the other week where literally everyone, guys and gals, including myself, had an iPhone. Yawn. I can get more looks by wearing a nice hat.
Around here, unfortunately, the iPhone is moving into the (personally despised) category of 'bling'. Everyone of a certain culture just has to have an iPhone in a blinged out case. Mine is naked and proud, despite having a few battle scars.
Now, let me be one of the first to get my hands on one of those just-leaked iPhone Pro (that's what I'm calling it) and I'm sure it will turn some heads.
"If he's got the cash for an iPhone then he must be very good at his job, too."
Huh? In the US, the iPhone is actually one of the cheapest phones available (with the subsidy). If you compare it to how much money an average person makes, then it looks even more ridiculous. I highly doubt that even bad "computer people" would be stopped from buying an iPhone because of money.
It's already in alpha - that's mature enough for some :-)
I rather like the idea of a dual boot phone, it means I can annoy both Android and iPhone users at once. Oh, and Steve Jobs, he must be throwing an absolute fit if he already gets upset at a simple jail broken phone..
I was just sitting there, playing with my iPhone, minding my own business, when this gorgeous woman spotted me from afar and sashayed over to me. She was tall, shapely, very attractive - way out of my league. I made eye contact with her as she got closer and she smiled a smile that could melt your heart. She gracefully crouched down next to my chair, exposing a little more of her long shapely sun-kissed legs.
"Is that a phone?" she asked in a soft lilting Irish accent.
"Er..um yes." I stammered, "It's an iPhone, the 3G model but not the 3GS".
"Well you need to switch it off now sir, we're about to land."