Guest Post by Cynthia Bemis @highoctane

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When asked to be a guest blogger for the iGuy and iGirl on why I love the the Droid, I launched into my mental list of features I adore: the qwerty keyboard, the haptic feedback (vibration response), and most of all the service through Verizon. I could go on and on, so I approached it a different way. What is it about the iPhone that makes people look past it’s imperfections and limitations and upgrade to the newest version (seemingly) every six months?

Case in point. Yesterday I was driving to a meeting with a coworker – and very proud iPhone owner – who was taking a business call from the car. In our 20 minute car ride, the call dropped no less than five times. Each time, it was met with slight frustration, redialing, that thing when both parties dial each other at the same time and it goes straight to voicemail, asking what was the last thing she heard, more redialing, etc. What planet are we on where this is acceptable? And yes, I chose the word “slight” for his frustration level because that’s what it was. Dropping calls has become so status quo that it’s only a mere irritation, a small fly to be shooed away from his beautiful picnic.

It reminded me of the popular YouTube video titled “I need an iPhone 4.”  A robot girl is trying to get an iPhone, and the clerk is asking her why. Talking about the HTC Evo, it goes something like this:

Girl: I need an iPhone 4

Clerk: The HTC is three times faster

Girl: I don’t care

Clerk: It has a higher res camera

Girl: I don’t care

Clerk: It’s battery is replaceable

Girl: I don’t care

Clerk: It can grant up to three wishes, even if one of those wishes is for an iPhone 4

Girl: I don’t care. I need an iPhone 4.

Now it all makes sense. That little “i” hypnotizes us with it’s cool attitude and lowercase-ease. We don’t even care that a five minute call now takes 20, that we have to pay for apps and features that are free elsewhere, or that it works so much better with other little “i” treasures that we now “need.”

So you can love your “i,” and I’ll love my phone.

the dGirl

Cynthia Bemis, VP Development OCTANe As VP Development, Cynthia is responsible for community engagement, strategic communications, and marketing. She also produces the Medical Device & Investor Forum and select OCTANe programs.

OCTANe @highoctane