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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 …

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  1. Stone Fox
    Jobs Horns

    but surely

    any expensive looking smart phone will work...

    after all, I'm guessing a lot of women will struggle to tell the difference!

    1. That Awful Puppy
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      No.

      Women are sensitive to industrial design. Smartphones, with the exception of the Cupertinian underwear remover, are designed by geeks, for geeks. Badly.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Joke

      It can backfire...

      ... if you attempt what that geeky character from "Wild Hogs" did. Voice activated functions might screw it up badly! ;)

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Pint

    It cuts both ways...

    Surely this just goes to show that if you have an iphone you will only attract shallow gold-digger types?

    Anyway nothing like a heavily biased survey from a phone retailer. End of the day alcohol is the key though you might end up with a munt

  3. BrentRBrian
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    Bad girls

    My mom taught me not to talk to girls that chase iPhone guys ...

  4. Geoff Campbell Silver badge
    WTF?

    Shallow, much?

    ....that is all.

    GJC

    1. Marvin the Martian
      Stop

      Shallow? No, stupid options.

      How is preferring a guy to have an iphone shallower than preferring one without an iphone?

      Responding to this type of questions may be a sign of limited insight of course, then you're right.

  5. Wang N Staines
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    Works for me...

    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...

  6. jake Silver badge

    Interesting.

    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?

    1. Annihilator
      Pint

      Men and women?

      She bought an iPhone, then realised she'd be just as happy with a Nokia 5185 because she just wants a phone.

      This is why men will never understand women...

      1. jake Silver badge

        @Annihilator

        "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? ;-)

  7. Ken 16 Silver badge

    Did they show these women photos?

    of the queue outside Apple stores when the iPhone was launched?

    That was not a studly crowd of fanbois.

    Paris: cause she's all about the inner beauty

  8. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Shows that some women don't know their tech.

    "There's just something about a man who's good with computers that makes him more trustworthy,"

    But if he his really good he'll know about some of the restrictions Apple put on the phone and go for a, just as geeky, alternative.

  9. Slartybardfast
    Happy

    iPhone Babe Magnet

    Totality agree about the iPhone babe magnet,

    I find that women really go for me once get out my iPhone and I show them my collection of fart apps.

  10. Ragarath
    WTF?

    Right!

    "There's just something about a man who's good with computers that makes him more trustworthy."

    So using an iPhone (made for users) means your good with computers. Imo it just means you keep up with the latest craze / like a device that is easy to use.

  11. Anonymous Coward
    WTF?

    The Sun?

    When I first read this article, I swear to god I could have been reading something from The Sun. Who the fuck pays for this 'research'?

  12. James 5
    Happy

    Phones4U ...

    .. unbiased, objective scientific research then !

    Or a thinly veiled attempt to boost their 2nd quarter sales figures.

  13. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    So...

    So Phones4U have hooked up some deal with Apple to sell even more iPhones and are going for the too-easy "chick magnet" sales tactic because sad, lonely men are easy to sell to.

    I'll test this theory by flashing my iPhone more often...

  14. Jimmy Floyd
    FAIL

    54%?

    I call that 4-percent a rounding error.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      @Jimmy Floyd

      I'd call that a misplaced decimal point. 2 places to the left please. Or are women really that suggestible.....

  15. Mark 65

    Essentially

    It all came down to money in the end then didn't it. So a Nokia banana phone from the late 90s would suffice if it were gold plated and jewel encrusted.

  16. Anonymous Coward
    Stop

    WAIT

    The author did not mean to upgrade the firmware infront of her. That won't get her going.

    This 'flash you iPhone' - it is colloquial people, it means to surreptitiously advertise that you own one.

  17. Natalie Gritpants
    Jobs Horns

    It just means you're more

    Suggestible.

  18. pinpointzero

    Apple iPhone is a magnet for fad fancy, shallow men.

    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.

  19. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    So does it still have an effect

    when she realises he filled it full of fart apps?

  20. Theresa Forster
    Paris Hilton

    Come on Get Real

    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....

    1. iamapizza
      Alert

      You're the one

      Where have you been all my life???

    2. dogged

      Second Life?

      that's only for people who are ugly in their first one.

  21. Anonymous Coward
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    IT Groupies...

    I love IT groupies :)

    ""There's just something about a man who's good with computers that makes him more trustworthy," "

  22. RobbieCrusoe
    FAIL

    54% cite and iPhone as being desirable?

    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 :(

  23. Rob 101

    What a load of absolute tosh

    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"?

  24. AdrianG
    Happy

    iPhone chick magnet?

    Might work as long as she doesn't see the iBoobs and fart apps...

  25. Code Monkey

    And what do I find appealing in a woman?

    Having the sense to realise it's just a bloody phone!

  26. /dev/me
    Paris Hilton

    Seeking clarification

    And by 'familiarity with soap', I take it you don't mean the Bold and the Beautiful?

  27. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    Surely...

    ..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.

  28. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    Hey, Lucy!

    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]

  29. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    ho ho ho

    shurely you mean "html5 your iphone"!

    i kill myself, i really do.

  30. Ben Rosenthal

    are you sure

    they're not saying iPhone and meaning smart phone or touchscreen?

    most "normals" will easily mistake any old bit of touchscreen tat for a Jesus phone, they wouldn't know a HSDPA connection if it slipped them a rohypnol.

  31. Josco

    My choice is clear

    Well I was trying to decide between an iPhone or the new HTC Desire.....

    No contest really.

  32. David 105
    Jobs Horns

    Hmmm....

    So a survey commissioned by a phone retailler showed that having one of the most expensive phones on the market (which they doubtless take a cut of) makes you more appealing to women. What are the odds?

  33. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    So it's not the iPhone itself...

    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.

  34. Anonymous Coward
    Stop

    What are you talking about?

    I don't own an iPhone, I have a better device than that. Maybe it's worth considering that I wouldn't want to be attractive to the kind of shallow idiotic females that think ownership of a particular mobile phone is important in any way!

  35. dave 46

    Nothing new

    Status and wealth have always attracted women - odd that people would see an iPhone as an indicator of either but that's the marketting for you I guess.

    Probably tied in with the mistaken belief that working with computers is well paid.

  36. Stef 4
    Stop

    Wow.

    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.

  37. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Surplus Iphones?

    Surplus iphones have we phones4u?

  38. Eponymous Cowherd
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    Excuse me

    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.

  39. jjbd

    Calumny

    I think you underestimate your readers - plenty of us are familiar with SOAP.

  40. Andrew Moore

    Good luck ladies...

    An iPhone owner who is "tech savvy"? Does such a thing exist?

  41. Pete 2 Silver badge

    Is that an iphone in your pocket

    or are you just pleased to see me?

    I was just about to take this piece seriously (more out of desperation than belief) until I read the quote: "There's just something about a man who's good with computers that makes him more trustworthy"

  42. Neal 5

    The new

    car reflects inversly your penis size,iPhone,the new supercar. 4G means what 4"or 4mm. I'm sure that loosy being the expert she is,can comment precisely, if you can believe a blonde.

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