iPhone Accessories: The Hipster iPhone Nesting Instinct

by Truemorist | June 24, 2009 at 09:25 am

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iPhone is like an infant: its arrival is an earthshaking moment in a young hipster's life, and it seems to require lots of accessories, which tend to be rather expensive. Like an infant that grows into a toddler, the iPhone outgrows its accessories when new versions with different form factors hit the shelves. Protective decals? Check. Silicone sleeves? Affirmative. Little socks? Actually, yes. Insultingly overpriced cables? But of course.

This stuff, like baby gear, is sold under the premise of protecting your iPhone and giving it long life (until, of course, you kick it to the curb for the latest upgrade). In the meantime, one can surely throw an iPhone shower a few days before lining up at dawn for the latest iPhone.

This happened when the iPod hit the mainstream. Remember the iPod? With that little wheel? Yeah. There's just something about iStuff that seems to fire up one's nesting instincts, moreso than your Zune or your iRiver or your mp3 Walkman.

What I didn't do was read CNET's 2006 review. If I had seen the very apt phrase "artistic stickers that do double-duty as scratch protectors," I wouldn't have been so surprised that this thing is basically a decal.

Please note that your loyal Truemorist does not endorse any of the links above, and thinks that you should have only one accessory, which your iPhone can grow into, dammit.