Chicks ‘n Clicks: Is lack of an iPhone a dealbreaker?

When I was younger I had a list of must-haves that my future husband Prince Charming, er… must have. He had to be tall, like mermaids, know how to cook and be okay with owning 11 dogs and a pony. That list has changed some what over the years. At 26, I’m less concerned about the mermaids and pony, and I’m really looking forward to the cooking. My list is still in the re-editing phase though.

As a blogger, I find it difficult to date other bloggers. But as an iPhone owner? I’m not sure I could date anyone else.

I spend a lot of time reading and writing about iPhones and its apps. I’ve turned into those annoying commercial personalities when I’m with friends. We were standing in line waiting for a movie and talking about banking. That’s when I say, as if on cue, “That’s why I love the Chase Mobile app for the iPhone. It lets me deposit checks right from my couch!” At that moment I felt like that obnoxious woman who, out of no where, bombards her girlfriends with birth control information. I don’t mean to be a walking advertisement for the gadget, but I can’t help it.

It’s not that I spend a lot of time talking about it; it’s that I don’t realize I am. It just seems like such a normal thing to do, whether it’s recommending an app, sharing frustration over early adopter woes (ahem proximity sensor!), or talking about mobile trends. I even recommend apps to my mom, who doesn’t have an iPhone! It’s either a gift or a problem.

Not only am I a walking infomercial, but I get defensive when someone tries to talk me out of loving the iPhone. I’m not completely brain-washed, I know the iPhone has its flaws. I know it can’t bring me waffles in bed or rub my back.

Can you see how this would be a problem if I dated someone with a Droid? Everything would turn into a Battle of the Phones. Road trips would become tests of GPS accuracy. (Droids have sweet turn-by-turn directions, and I’m jealous of it! Yeah, I’m a sore loser.) Self-taken pictures with each other would turn into a “My camera is better than yours” snap-off. (Obviously the iPhone 4 would win, thanks to its dual cameras.) Before you know it, “date night” turns into “who can tweet the fastest?”, and game night turns into swapping phones and trying each other’s game apps (say, Bejeweled or that bubble-popping game on the Droid?). Emails that should hold sweet nothings would carry links to Android Outsells iPhone articles instead. Where is the love?

Maybe I’m making too much out of it. Maybe “mixed” couples, like Android/iPhone or iPhone + anyone else, would complement each other — offering a collective set of droolworthy features that no single handset or platform can top. That is, as long as neither party tries too hard to convert the other. Hmmm. That could get annoying.

For me, I think it’s safe to say that my list now has “must have iPhone” on it. I’m willing to negotiate; healthy competition never hurt anyone. But it would probably be beneficial to my relationship’s longevity to date another iPhone user.

Are you in a happy state of couplehood with a Droid, Evo, Pre or BlackBerry user? Or do you let the phone wars into your relationship? (And have you dated a fellow iPhone user? Was it great or awful?) Share your stories in the comments below.

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