iPhone is the new Ferrari?
August 8, 2007 by Guru
Filed under New Stuff, Uncategorized
Some of us were born to drive a Red Ferrari. That’s always been my fantasy. Me, blonde hair blowing in the balmy breeze as I zig-zag around the cliffs of Big Sur with summer in my heart and the sun on my shoulders.
The reality is — I drive a VW Bug convertible. Sure, it’s bright yellow with adorable daisy wheels and equally adorable daisy taillights. Everytime I go out for a spin, especially with the top-down, I get waves and grins. It’s just that kind of car. Fun and flirty — but nobody’s idea of a drool-worthy fantasy. (Unless you’re 16 with a spanking-new driver’s license)
That’s why I am looking at my still shiny-new iPhone, now more than 30 days old and barely used, as my Ferrari Fantasy. Truth is, I would be terrified to take a new zillion-dollar Ferrari for a spin anywhere but the dealer’s driveway. Fantasy Ferraris also don’t venture up freeways or into Safeway parking lots. Fantasy Ferraris don’t venture into middle school to pick up kidlets with backpacks and dripping Speedos. Fantasy Ferraris pretty much only go to Pebble Beach or West Palm.
iPhones don’t go anywhere either. Recently I went on a couple of business trips, one to Boston, the other to Vegas. Did I take my new iPhone? Nope. Aside from the chaos that airport security might create, on the road there were too many prying eyes ready to rob me of my Attempt at Cool. I am already rattled enough traveling these days. In fact, the ONLY place I feel comfortable taking my new iPhone is anywhere in Silicon Valley. Anyone trying to be cool already has one. And anyone who doesn’t has decided to wait for the inevitable Version 2.0. So I know I could leave my treasure on a table at Tamarind and it would still be there when I rushed back to get it.
So yes, my iPhone still wreaks of cool, still is an elegant sight to behold, and still drops jaws when I show off the video feature.
But for me, it’s not the workhorse I need. It is my fantasy.
Any other iPhone owners there still sticking with their tried-and-true beat up Blackberries?
