Shining Properties of Apple Products

So you may think this entry concerns the positive features of Apple devices and how they outshine the competition, right? Right! I'm just kidding. This blog post talks about things that all Apple devices seem to have in common: Here we go!

Before you critics begin to criticize, let me list the products of which I'm talking about:
iPad, iPhone, iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro, Apple TV

10.) Apple Logo
Let's start with the basic. Yeah, I know it's obvious, but it's not a stretch! Okay, fine. I include within this point that they all contain or display on the outside some variety of metal (that was going to be a separate point)

9.) Shape
All Apple products have a rectangular shape. Remember that a square is classified as a rectangle, but not vice versa. Some have rounded rectangular shapes when viewed from the front, but devices such as the iPod nano have sharp corners when viewed from the front.

8.) Desirability Regardless of Necessity
Whether or not you need an Apple device, if you were offered it for free (including monthly fees). I know very few people who would deny such an offer. The way Apple markets their product appeals to people, who will buy whatever they produce. (The first two sentences and the third sentence of #6 complement each other quite nicely, don't they? I would say it leaves me neutral!)

7.) Price (see #4)
All Apple products have a high price for the device's functions and capability, but I am not presenting this as a good or bad thing. Apple has integrity in their products enough to believe they merit such pricing, and I have nothing to say about that!

6.) Content Control
All Apple products have quite restrictive control over what software and content can be synced or transferred to and from devices. iTunes regulates audio and video content, while Microsoft Office programs and games have exclusive mac versions

5.) Easily Damaged Headphones
One time, my headphone cord got caught in a jagged corner of some variety, and a small rip formed. Another time, I accidentally dipped a portion of the headphone in some kimchi liquid, and found it irrevocably stained a reddish hue. (I mispelled "portion" as "potion" when I first typed this sentence. Just thought you'd want to know) Yet another time, after sleeping with the iPhone headphones in my ears some nights, the remote control piece magically ceased to function! I'm making an assumption here when I think all Apple products come with headphones, but if they don't, you need to buy them, probably, which would make this common feature a valid point.

4.) Feeling Incited in Gift Giving (see #7)
Since Apple products are not cheap, when one receives an Apple device as a gift, usually the gift giver is seen to possess a lot of money, or that they went through a lot of trouble in buying the device.


3.) Cheerleader Support
No Apple product is attributed with a less than excellent adjective, and this can especially be seen in the iPad, which has been even described as "magical". Adjectives like "intuitive", "simple", "easy", "funnest" and adverbs like "very" and "extremely" ("simply", "easily", "schmesily", "squeezily"...yes, you get the point) all hype up the product and fails to remind the consumer that a device is just a device. Nothing more, strictly speaking from a technical standpoint.

2.) Color Option
All Apple devices have that gray/grey/metal/white hue color as an option. I think that's just their signature color that they'll copyright someday...like Wimbleton Blue or Target Red!

1.) LED Backlight
We can thank Apple for making products which have an LED backlight bright enough to substitute a flashlight in the dark, cause eye pain after long use, and quickly use up that annoying small remnant of charge left on the device.

Thus, Apple is quite the unified company who makes it relatively easy for me to handpick ten features that all their devices share in common! Either that, or I'm picky enough to notice 10 similarities. Now you can save the world with this knowledge, so go ahead. You have my permission.