iPhone Etiquette
December 22, 2008 by Ryan Ray
We get it, you own an iPhone. It’s so shiny, smooth, and sexy. Apple is a GOD for building such a device, particularly Steve Jobs. We all know if you could you would bow before him and never stop worshipping him. This phone is slick. It’s got Wi-fi in it, unlimited internet from AT&T. I’m so incredibly jealous of your iPhone, wait… except for the fact that I have the iPhone 3G… So suck on that fool. I even sold my old one for more than I payed for this new one. Who’s the chump now?
iPhone etiquette needs to happen, and we need to set some guidelines NOW! I know we’ve experienced annoyance coming from an iPhone owner. It actually probably was me, sorry about that guys. Thankfully though, I’ve forged out on my own to set three quick and simple guidlines to make sure you and I don’t over use your iPhone and annoy anyone around you. Us iPhone owners can sit smug knowing our phone rules them all, while everyone else grovels with their Blackberries and Windows Mobile phones, YUCK!
Here are my quick three major annoyances with iPhone owners…
App Wars
This one is pretty self explanatory. You with your iPhone and all those mighty apps you emptied your savings account on happen upon another iPhone user and thus starts the app war. “Hey man you have an iPhone? Totally sweet, check out these apps I’ve got for mine. Do you have that one? Oh you don’t, what a loser man. You should definitely get it. Yeah, it cost $999 so what. This iPhone is worth it.” You know one of those guys don’t you? Perhaps you’ve even had a woman start and app war with you, I don’t know. These iPhone users have become rabid with their app collections. Personally, I just collect most of the free, nerdy ones… Like the recipe book, haha. Take that Martha.
Internet Speed Races
This quirk involves more than just iPhone users. Since the iPhone went 3G this summer I’ve always got people either without an iPhone, with an iPhone, or with another “Smart Phone” that want to race our internet speeds. Sometimes I just feel like cheating and leaving my iPhone on Wi-fi because they are so dumb. For example…“Oh, dude let’s see who’s phone downloads faster. My Blackberry curve vs. your iPhone. Ready,set, GO!!” I usually win because I’m cheating on Wi-fi, but that quickly shuts up his/her Blackberry braggin’ mouth. It may even be worth it to just automatically let them win without going through the pain of the Speed drag race. Ugh, it’s to hard to explain how much better my iPhone is than yours…
I Can Find That, Hold On
Last but not least this is the type of iPhone owner that means well, but just overuses the fact that he has an iPhone. I’m very guilty of this and it’s hard not to be caught red handed from this, but the iPhone is really that valuable. For instance say you and your lady want to find movie times. She might actually call the movie theater, but no, that’s not good enough for you. You whip out the iPhone and launch the movie theater finder app. It locates you and finds the closest theater, it even offers to buy your tickets for you. All while your lady is sitting through the automated voice on the other line. Score one for the iPhone! In reality though you might of just scored one for the dog house. There are times when it’s appropriate to use your iPhone for all the good it does. Then there are others when you should just keep that thing tucked in your pocket…Don’t Google everything for everyone when ever they need it.
With all of that off of my chest, what do you think? What are some of your pet peeves of iPhone owners? I know there are tons of other ways to learn the proper etiquette for our iPhones, please let me know so we can all be informed. Thanks!
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