Comments on: iPod the 'best Christmas gift ever' (iPhone 3G comes in 38th)

A poll of apparently sober respondents placed pajamas five places higher than the iPhone 3G.

[plamoni]

I don't really understand the reasoning behind all the "iPhone trashing" in this article. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any other cellphones listed in the top 50. The fact is, a cellphone doesn't make a very good Christmas gift. Much less an iPhone. Even the smallest of iPhone 3g plans comes out to 70 bucks a month.. without text messaging... or tax. So by gifting someone an iPhone 3g, you're basically saying, "Here, I got you this $200 phone, oh, and I'll let you take care of the $2,000 worth of phone bills I committed you to over the next 2 years!" Of course, you could offer to pay the bill, but then you're getting someone a $2,000 gift. And that's a pretty substantial gift.

The fact is that a cellphone (even an iPhone) is not a huge investment. It's all about the service. Therefore, I don't believe it's right to mock the iPhone for coming in at #38 on a list where no other cellphones even made the top 50. In order to make a good comparison, take out the cellphone part, and just keep the music/video/game player that's left over. Luckily, such a gadget actually exists. But that device only came in, well, 1st. So, obviously my point is not justified.

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

iPhone trashing? iPhone trashing? You are surely jesting.

I am mocking the bloody survey, plamoni. Surveys are, in general, all rather warped.

Do please relax this Christmas.

Chris

[adasha76]

"Well, for anyone of the 150 million or so who doesn't already have one, perhaps."

Grammar & accuracy Nazis homing in, in 3.... 2.... 1....

[ChrisMatyszczyk]

Aaggh. You are right, adasha76. You are right. I am standing to attention. I apologize. Please don't hit me.

Chris

[catoctinboy]

The very best Christmas gift any of us can give is to truly forgive that person who hurt us the most.