Despite bright future, iPhones still for tools
The problem with owning an iPhone, perhaps the most advanced phone on the market, is that most people on campus seem to think it really does make you a tool. YCC President Rebecca Taber defends her iPhone by noting that she never even owned an iPod, so when her Razr died last year, she considered buying an iPod and a BlackBerry Pearl. But the iPhone turned out to satisfy her needs for a lower price. She said buying a new phone without e-mail capability simply wasn’t a real option.
The News’ Editor-in-Chief Andrew Mangino ’08 said he purchased his iPhone on Taber’s recommendation....
Sounds like someone wants an iPhone and doesn't have one.
#2, agreed. He probably got stuck with such a random topic because he didn't check his email often enough for emails from his editor.
Barrett, you iPhoneless YDN tool, why don't you do a survey of Yale's student body to see exactly how rare and exclusive the iPhone is rather than speculating? More than half the kids in my entryway own iPhones or Blackberrys or similar web/email-enabled devices. Are we all tools?
#2 & #3:
1. If you knew Barrett, you would know that he could ask Daddy to buy him an iPhone if he wanted one.
2. Spending $400+ on any phone makes you a tool. End of story.
It costs $399. And less if you can get a Cingular Corporate discount (for working at any company that has contracts with AT&T).
It would be nice if this article has included a definition of what it actually means to be 'toolish'. When I see someone with an iphone, I think "rich" & "conventionally fashionable," not "this person is trying to look like an important executive"