[url]http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/gadget-sex/[/url]
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[release]Gadget lovers have long held to the secret belief that the right camera, smartphone or large-aperture lens will make them sexier.
Now dating site OK Cupid has proof.
According to OK Cupid’s survey of 552,000 user pictures, digital SLRs make you look more attractive, Panasonic cameras make you sexier than Nikons, while using a flash will make you look 7 years older, and large-aperture lenses make you hotter.
And iPhone users have more sexual partners than BlackBerry or Android owners. By age 30, the average male iPhone user has had about 10 partners while female iPhone users have had 12. By contrast, BlackBerry users hover around 8 partners and Android users have a mere 6.
As the blog’s author’s wryly observe: “Finally, statistical proof that iPhone users aren’t just getting fucked by Apple.”
That should give iPhone and iPad users some comfort for being considered ‘selfish elites,’ as another recent survey found.
OK Cupid has been analyzing the behavior of the site’s millions of users for some time, and has discovered many interesting tidbits: People tend to lie on their profiles, people’s political preferences change as they age, and men can increase their chances of getting a date by being open to older women. The site’s massive dataset, huge volume of activity, and interesting slicing and dicing combine to produce some keen observations on human nature.
But for gadget heads, there’s no more pertinent observation than (hard) data. The Panasonic Micro 4/3 camera will make you look far more attractive than a Canon DSLR, which in turn is better than a Nikon or Sony DSLR. And forget about cameraphones: Android, Nokia, BlackBerry and Windows phones all make you look less attractive, with Motorola phones at the absolute bottom of the list.
Similarly, the type of camera you wield makes a big difference. There’s a dramatic illustration showing how the same woman looks photographed with a cameraphone, a point-and-shoot camera, and an SLR. That makes sense: As we’ve explained before, larger image sensors give you better-quality images.
Along the same lines, a larger-aperture photo lets you put the background out of focus, increasing the apparent attractiveness of the person you’re taking a picture of.
So if you wanted an excuse to buy a fancier camera with a bigger lens, OK Cupid’s got all the rationale you need.
As for switching from Android or BlackBerry to an iPhone? Well, that’s up to you. Unlike with the photos, it’s hard to tell whether iPhone use is the cause, or the effect, of having more notches in one’s bedpost.[/release]
What?
What the hell
This survey is bullshit.
It's like saying people who own computers have more sex because so many people own them.
I don't even have a smartphone.
Looks like I'm not getting laid anytime soon.
But I DO have a Canon DSLR. That makes me sexier.
I hope my girlfriend is willing to break her "belief" now that I have gotten an iPhone 4...
:sigh:
I have an Iphone.
[editline]02:28AM[/editline]
I'm also a virgin.
Well, it does seem to be the trend that the more 'in' people buy iphones, and the more technically inclined buy andriods.
Just sayin.
[QUOTE=OvB;24004434]I have an Iphone.
[editline]02:28AM[/editline]
I'm also a virgin.[/QUOTE]
Funny that you've brought that up...
Look at the name of my carrier
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I think they're teasing me :colbert:
:smithicide:
My auto merge has been beat.
Also the only reason blackberry is ahead of android is because they are mainly owned by businessmen that pay for $1000 a night hookers.
Well obviously, there's an app for that.
The people who follow fads and trends are more likely to be sluts. Correlation doesn't equal causation folks.
What ever happened to having sex with people because of their personality or intelligence? Is our generation really becoming so shallow as to judge someone by the gadgets one has?
I'd rather have a blackberry than anything.
[QUOTE=Dave_Parker;24004386]People who have sex with other people because they have an iPhone :smith:[/QUOTE]
Clearly didn't read the article.
[quote]According to OK Cupid’s [b]survey of 552,000 user pictures[/b], digital SLRs make you look more attractive, Panasonic cameras make you sexier than Nikons, while using a flash will make you look 7 years older, and large-aperture lenses make you hotter.[/quote]
They... surveyed the [i]pictures[/i]? Also the only people who buy panasonic SLRs are inept college staff and creepy old dudes who hang out at the beach and THINK they look sexy.
Also iPhone users probably claimed a lot more sex because they bought the iPeen in the first place.
...also I've had an iPhone 3g for like 4 years now. :frown:
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;24004423]I hope my girlfriend is willing to break her "belief" now that I have gotten an iPhone 4...
:sigh:[/QUOTE]
Your sisters belief of not having incestuous sex should stay that way.
[QUOTE=Jimmg;24004513]Your sisters belief of not having incestuous sex should stay that way.[/QUOTE]
:frog:
Hell yes we do.
Hipsters.
Wow, I didn't even know people over the age of 30 knew what an Iphone was.
plus, i mean, almost everyone needs an iphone.
So if there are more iphone owners, of course they'll have more sex.
how many people who claimed to have sex more often as a result of getting the iphone were actually in reality having sex with iphones?
For all of you desperate people who are going to buy an iPhone because of this, visit this website: [url]http://cupidtino.com/[/url]
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;24004550]:frog:[/QUOTE]
:mmmhmm:
Fuck, my phone has android :emo:
Last time I got laid was in march.
[QUOTE=Funnycat;24004637]Fuck, my phone has android :emo:
Last time I got laid was in march.[/QUOTE]
I have two iphones and an android sitting right in front of me.
Got a nymphomaniacal girlfriend :c00l:
but you know who's getting laid the most? The guy who made charts about which smartphone and other various electronics are getting people laid.
I wonder what this chart would say about people who have iPhones with Android installed on it?
[editline]02:03AM[/editline]
:v:
It's actually because a lot of android owners are nerds, hence less sex.
Also I have an iPhone yay
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