Women Speak Out Against iPhone Design

Tag : Design For Women
Most people either love or hate the iPhone's touch screen, andbased on a report on the LA Times , women with long fingernails are among the haters. Why? Well,since the iPhone's touchscreen only responds to electrical chargesemitted by your bare fingertips, women with long nails are left outin the cold.
A woman interviewed for the article went so far as to suggest Applewas being misogynistic because it did not include a stylus forwomen and didn't consider womens' fingers and nails when designingthe phone. Honestly, though, this same argument has come up against keyboards,touch screen monitors, and anything else that involves the use ofyour fingers, so should every gadget maker change the design of itsproducts to accommodate users with long nails, or should peoplewith long nails learn to work around this problem like they have inthe past? I'd love to hear what Apple has to say about all this,but I doubt they'll ever address this particular design flaw.



Personally, I'd rather have them focus on the real issues of theiPhone, like the lack of a video camera, extra storage, and bettercamera, but that's just me. Besides, there are styli out there that work with the iPhone just fine and are prettyaffordable. This all reminded me of an iPhone reviewer who had a hard time using the iPhone due to her long nails, and inher frustration she said, "I guess people who use Appleproducts are too cool for fingernails." But are we? What doyou think?


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