How to Avoid Annoying Your Friends With Your iPhone

We all know that the iPhone is fun and can be a great novelty when you've first made the purchase.

In fact, it can be so fun that it's often tempting to show it off to your friends, who are, of course, iPhone-less. If you want to avoid looking like a kid in a candy shop and simply want to live your life without giggling or screaming every time your iPod does something right, you're going to want to follow what this article has to say. In other words, don't be an iPod snob.

We understand that having an iPhone, especially in that first month, can be great, but nothing is nearly as impressive to others if you're, well, out to impress others. So drop the attitude and be friendly with your friends again: and stop annoying them. Here's how.

First, you'll want to avoid directly being a snob: for example, the Wine Snob App is probably not for you if you actually intend on using it for your snide snobbery. No one is interested in hearing about how great you are at choosing wines, and even if they're impressed with your iPhone, they probably won't be very impressed with you.

In other words, don't look to impress anyone.

If you really want to show off your new iPhone to your poor college student friends, for example, you can keep it simple: "Do you guys want to see my new iPhone?" That's it. Show it to them, answer their questions, and show them functions if they ask to see the functions. Don't give it to them and rip it out of their hands, saying "watch this!" Even if you impress them with your knowledge of the iPhone, they will probably resent the fact that you're treating them like your little siblings.

Next, you'll want to avoid the always-present urge to show off your iPhone indirectly. If you bring out the iPhone during a meal in order to calculate a tip - presumably in order to show off the fact that you do have an iPhone - remember that you shouldn't do it anymore. If you can't calculate 15% of a tab without resorting to a calculator, then you probably aren't smart enough to use an iPhone anyway.

Other people can see through your little indirect show-off schemes and aren't impressed with the fact that you had a few hundred dollars to blow. Well, okay: maybe they'll be impressed the first time. On time number 15, it might be time to think about simply keeping the iPhone in your bag.

You'll also want to be sure, especially after you first buy your iPhone, to let your friends use it and roam free.

Don't take the iPhone back from them in order to "show" them something - they just want to play with it. You might play with your dog by taking the toy and throwing it across the room, but needless to say that isn't exactly the best policy for your iPhone, is it?

There's a good chance that you don't want to be one of those people who are resented by their friends for being a show-off. Most of us would like to think of ourselves as suave. Well, the iPhone does represent both a challenge and an opportunity in the suave department: a challenge because you realize that it's easy to want to show off the novelty. But it's also an opportunity because you can use your iPhone without shoving it in everyone's face.

In other words, don't bring out the iPhone just to show your friends - except maybe the first time, when they actually will want to see it. Keep living your life as you always would, and when you bring out your iPhone, make sure it's because you actually want to use the thing.