The article was titled "Just a Phone?", and was about the author's internal struggle over whether to buy the iPhone. Here is why the author of the article is wary of the iPhone with my comments in parentheses.
1. He can't afford it (I could technically afford an iPhone, but it is expensive. I have been accused of being cheap, but the reality is I don't mind splurging on a present or something. I just vehemently dislike adding any monthly committed payments to my budget; that is a commitment I don't need.)
2. The attraction to the iPhone seems to suggest that one's primary problem is a lack of information and entertainment. The problems of the world are peace, economic justice ecological health, political honesty, family and community stability. (sin)
3. We purchase for fairly high prices the lie that we are happier and more time available when the background costs are often the earth and our sanity. (Um... not feeling the whole earth thing, but I am down with more sanity. I have a stinking blackberry and it buzzes continually never allowing me three coherent thoughts. I don't need more info or entertainment. I could use much maturity, discipline, compassion and Godliness however, and I don't think the iPhone has those apps yet)
4. Does owning another toy make me any more likely to give? (no)
Truth is, the iPhone is super cool. I often look on other's phones with desire. I love toys and the iPhone is the ultimate toy right now, but I want to refuse to give in to an attraction which will ultimately cost me more money, drain more time away from my family and feed a lie.
Boom Simplified
Ty
Good post Ty. I don't have an iphone but I have an ipod touch which is pretty much the same thing minus the phone capabilities and 3g internet.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, it is distracting and that's really what this age is all about...digital distractions. I'll sit down to write a paper and I can't get more than a few sentences down before I'm checking my facebook or switching the song on my ipod or answering a text message on my phone, etc...
We don't get much time to think and reflect on things anymore.
- Keith
"but I want to refuse to give in to an attraction which will ultimately cost me more money, drain more time away from my family and feed a lie."
ReplyDeletethis quote would lead people to believe that all those with iphones do these things. the money one you can't argue, but I disagree with the idea that all iphone users spend less time with their families because of their phone. and I also don't think that all those with an iphone are feeding a lie. some of us crazy iphone users use our phones responsibly and keep a healthy perspective on earthly things becoming too important.
and point number 4. i don't own another toy, you have your blackberry, I have my iphone, we both own one toy, mine is just better than yours. :)
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Brian
OR...you could get a little razor where the coolest features are the t9 texting and caller id.
ReplyDeleteBoom REALLY simplified.
I really want an iphone too. I lovingly "lust" after others phones and think wow, wouldn't life be greater if I had one of those. But you've given me lots of food for thought. Although I too can afford one, it is a big monthly expense. I really don't need any other electronic distractions and I don't even have a blackberry. One of the things I'm trying to work on is not buying into the lie to always have something bigger or better. Thanks for pricking my thought process again! I so appreciate it.
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