Apples used to be connected only with Snow White and keeping the Doctor away. However, these days, they are synonymous with the smart phone craze that is taking over Mariemont High School. Both administrators and students alike can’t get enough of the Apple iPhone.
Whereas in the real world, BlackBerrys seem to be just as palatable, in the microcosm of Mariemont, iPhones reign supreme and BlackBerrys take a very distant second.
Senior Bryan Routt is a new iPhone owner, only having his device for 12 days, and he is already a huge fan.
Routt says, “Before I had a Droid Incredible. I switched because I guess I was envious of Joel (Beeby) and Michael (Weston), seeing how easily they could do stuff. Also the camera is better. Sometimes when I want to take pictures of stuff I have to bring my actual camera with me but the iPhone’s camera is a great substitute for that.”
Recently, the iPhone has eked ahead of the BlackBerry in the market, but that could possibly be attributed to the death of Steve Jobs.
- A recently converted iPhone devotee, Maddie Reed sends a text message on her new device
Senior Maddie Reed also just made the switch, migrating from her BlackBerry of six years to the new iPhone.
“I switched because my BlackBerry was really broken and I’ve had a BlackBerry for six years and I heard the iPhone was sweet,” Reed says. She loves her new phone after only two days and says she doesn’t think she’ll be regretting the switch any time soon.
All this information makes it seem like the scale is tipping the way of the iPhone. Senior Karin Long confirms: Long has had her BlackBerry Curve for a little under a year.
She says,“I would say the first 6 months were like the honeymoon bliss period before you realize it is the most useless piece of technology you will ever stumble upon.”
However, Long hasn’t made the switch from BlackBerry to iPhone.
“The touch screen kept me away from the iPhone.” Long says, “The keyboard is like my favorite part. My other favorite feature would probably be the blinky light. Which is the light that tells you when you have messages and stuff.”
However, that seems to be where Long’s praise of the BlackBerry ends.
“I love when the infrastructure in Europe crashes and everyone’s BlackBerry is down for 48 hours,” Long adds sarcastically.
Routt cites this reason as well for why he didn’t jump to the BlackBerry ship when he changed phones.
“BlackBerry as a company is doing pretty badly. So I don’t want to get on something that could drop out. They can’t work without their data servers and those were out for like a day so everyone’s BlackBerrys weren’t working”
A third notable difference between the two devices is their App options.
“The App store has seemingly infinite amount of apps. The BlackBerry store has nothing. You don’t get the same experience,” Routt says.
Long, however doesn’t agree.
“In rebuttal to Routt, the BlackBerry App store has a million apps,” she says, “but if you buy one it makes your whole phone crash.”
Routt sums it up, mentioning the simplicity of the iPhone as a huge draw.
““I think just the iOS stands alone as probably the easiest mobile phone operating system. It’s a lot more simple than the BlackBerry.”
