Sure. We can talk about how it’s an iPod and a phone in one. But everybody already knows that. What we need are real life how-my-iPhone-saved-the-day stories. Kind of like those nifty ads they show on TV. So here’s a story from me:
So I went Christmas shopping again this week. Even though I went the extra mile to be “done” last week. I had all my presents set. And then I find out that my brother bought me something insanely expensive. He spent way more on me than I did on him. So I had to go find something else to supplement his gift so that we would be more even. Problem was I was fresh out of ideas. Except for one: tennis shoes. So I go out looking for the same shoes I have (but for men, of course) because my tennis shoes are pretty awesome.
And, of course, I can’t find them because most mainstream stores don’t carry a wide selection of tennis shoes since all their space is taken up by basketball and running shoes. So I go to another shoe store, which has several different tennis shoes to choose from, just not the ones I was looking for. At this point, I decided that I’d better settle for something else besides the ones I had in the interest of not going insane from going on a pointless shoe hunt. But how to choose when I knew nothing about these shoes? Well, that’s why the iPhone is awesome. All I had to do was whip it out, open up Safari and look up reviews of all the shoes that I saw in the store. As I was sitting there doing that, an employee actually came by and asked me if I needed help. I really wanted to say, “No thanks. There’s nothing that you can tell me that my iPhone can’t.” Which is true, by the way since employees tend to know nothing about what they’re selling (they’re simply not paid enough to care). But I didn’t want to make him think I was a snooty iPhone owner, so I stuck with the simple, “No thanks.” Minutes later, I had my answer.
I can in all honesty say I would have been screwed without my iPhone. There’s no way to efficiently look up random things like that on a regular phone, or even a smartphone (”efficiently” being the key word here…my husband’s Treo is capable of some surfing, but it’s a pain to use and most websites don’t work on it). Sure, I could have just made a random choice, but then I could have been stuck giving my brother something that sucked. So yeah, that’s why I love and can’t live without my iPhone.
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real running shoes at a mainstream shoe store? please.
tennis shoes. there’s a difference. wear running shoes to play tennis and you’ll likely hurt yourself. and yes, they do sell “real” tennis shoes at mainstream stores. the top players’ shoes can be found at these stores (and oddly enough, not at the specialty tennis shops in my area). trust me, thanks to my husband, i know my tennis shoes.