Lostprophet. I don't need to be paranoid as I know your comment was directed at me (not just me.. but that's ok)
But did you read the entire first post? Because we all did and the OP does want to feel as special as he did when he was the only one who owned it. Why else would you write "Apple and teenagers have manipulated themselves into "needing" this device when really it was only them trying to fit in or be cool and now that almost everyone has one its kind of getting discusting."
Why is the OP disgusted? 80 percent of his post is in reference to having the phone few others did.
As I said - whether you find it helpful or not was quite clear and perhaps of use to the OP. Is a device's purpose to entertain you or provide functionality? When it's the former - perhaps you're looking for too much as ANY device will eventually become "boring." If it's the latter - than it can never be boring because as long as it serves it's function - it's exactly what it needs to be.
Does your microwave become boring? Your toilet? Your dvd player? Your air conditioner?
Just saying that what you might see as people being "aholes" is more like clear and rational thinking about what we "demand" of our devices.
I did read the first post. A couple of times, actually, just to be sure I wasn't missing anything. The thread title and the first paragraph of the OP explained how he was bored with his phone. That tells me that this was the "main idea" if you will (how I miss high school English class). I realize that his rant about the iPhone being less exclusive than it used to be was a little longer but maybe that just bugs him more than being bored with his phone. I don't know for sure.
On the rest of your post, I completely agree. As I mentioned before, I attempted to use another phone because I thought I was bored too. The Blackberry didn't even come close to doing what I needed it to do. At least not as smoothly as the iPhone does it. So I switched back. Just another guy using the device that works best for him. And because I've been through the experience, I shared. I didn't ridicule him or tell him to get lost if the iPhone's not good enough. I didn't get on his case because I didn't agree with his reasoning. So what if he wants to feel exclusive? Who is anybody around here to judge?
Anyway. I hope you don't see this as me singling you out. I'm glad somebody actually responded.