November 9th, 2007
Two iPhones: How do you tell the difference between them?
Here’s the thing. The Wife and I are getting an iPhone each. Apart from turning them on and seeing which background image is on there, how can you instantly tell them apart. I thought that engraving might be the best way to go for this. So, I’m planning on getting mine engraved with an odd saying or something (rather than my name or something like that). I recently heard an interesting statement: Goldfish don’t bounce. That’s the best I can come up with.
Any other amusing ideas?
UPDATE: It seems Apple don’t offer engraving options for the iPhone. At least not at the moment in the UK.
“Can’t touch this!”
Nice.
’myPhone’
“Don’t Panic”
“Stroke me the other side”
This is mine. Get your own!
Dr. Seuss-ish:
“One phone, two phone, your phone, myPhone”
MiPhone
“Get your stinking hands off me you damn dirty ape”
megagregI like that! I’ve just thought though, Apple may not offer engraving for the iPhone.
iPhone, therefore I am.
“My other phone has 3g…”
DioHa! I didn’t think it’d be long before someone started…
Blast! Pratt took mine (good to see it so early on, I suppose). Well, in the same vein:
“42”
JA
(a faster horse)
from the Henry Ford quote
“Sworn to Fun, Loyal to None”
Damn. Seems there are no engraving options.
work is the curse of the drinking classes
Picking up your iPhone and turning it over to see an engraving is hardly easier than just hitting the Home button and seeing the background!?
It’s all swings and roundabouts though! :)
Admittedly these aren’t engraving but cool none the less.
http://www.gelaskins.com/
You can take the phone to a laser engraving place, they will writea few lines of it for a minimal fee. For a bit more you can even get vector graphics etched on the back.
As someone just said, anyone with a laser engraver can do it. Look on Youtube for some examples and the required settings. Essentially the engraver works like a printer and you can send an Illustrator file to it, do vectors and even bitmaps.
I love the things, but the smell gives me a migraine…
For awhile I had two macs that had those little white remotes. To tell the remotes apart I put a tiny (<1cm) firefox sticker on one of them. Might be worth a shot — see if you or your wife would mind a little sticker on one of the phones.
howsabout iwoods in different woods:
http://www.miniot.com/miniot/
think they do engraving too
My partner and I had this problem when we had identical Sony Ericsson phones. The solution we came up with is that I charged mine in the bedroom, and he charged his in the living room. We had different ring tones, so we would know which phone was ringing. Once you get into the habit of keeping it either in your pocket or charging in the correct room, it’s pretty easy to not get confused.
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya”
I’m with Stewart on this one. I always thought the iPhone looked like the guide would…
“Don’t Panic”
Put a big scratch down the wife’s phone’s screen. Problem solved. Although I guess you may be causing another one in the process.
how about… “Nickelback Sucks”
“paradise is a feeling — not a place”
btw. on the error page for this form is a templatish error in the title ;)
“I love Brush Script\”
In Brush Scriptof course. Actually, this is a bad idea if I think of it for long.
Leslie and I both have iPhones. Each comes with its unique IMEI engraved on the back, no special order required. But the number tiny so like Sam said, the flip and squint is probably more trouble than just hitting the home button.
i would look into cut vinyl. Something that can be removed. I like to change up the graphics on my phones, and design my own. So I peel it off and start fresh once every 2 or 3 months.
“Mr Fashion Victim” and “Mrs Fashion Victim” ;)
http://www.colorwarepc.com/ seems like it might be the sort of thing you’re after — if I were getting an iphone, that’s what I’d do.
I have my .mac email address engraved on the back of my iPod, as it’s short and I’m planning on hanging on to it for a while. Not amusing admittedly, but quite useful. If you prefer funny then how about “This isn’t the iPhone you’re looking for”
Don’t worry — by the time you’ve both dropped them a couple of times, each will have their own unique personality and you’ll know which is which — designer dents and scratches!
Custom wallpapers perhaps?
Yes! My phone is scrathed.
Obviously not spelt wrong like it is above because that will look silly! doh.
iPhone, king of buzz :)
C’mon. Engrave them both:
herPhone; hisPhone
Nothing can say
How about Howard and Hilda?
:)
I like ‘Don’t Panic’, but how about ‘His’ and ‘Hers’?
Can I borrow your towel? I just hit a water buffalo. Source: Fletch
w’iph’one — say it as you see it ;) at least you’ll know it isn’t yours
Make me ring!!!
Why don’t you get a case/pouch for them? That or stickers
“Trust me, yours is much better.”
It makes me happy
Buy different IPhones
Ha! DIY with one of these. It will look really crude compared to your phone which I guarantee will be a nice contrast. :)
I CAN HAS iPhone! KTNXBYE
Never pet a burning dog.
“Eagles Don’t Catch Flies”
You sold my dead bird to a blind kid?
I have already seen this golden fish for many weeks
Probably too late, but you could go this route:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/ipod.shtml
The iPhone back is metal as well, isn’t it?
mine has three dots on the back: …
It’s subtle and not going to annoy me after a few months.
Check out your local college or some other establishment which has CAD laser or drill engraving machines. If you can manage to get the design of whatever you want in the right format then it’s a one minute job to get anything engraved.
There’s a growing popularity in Asian countries to Customise your phone in a very interesting manner.
They have plastic shrink-wrap sort of stuff, they can design it while you watch or you can pick from pre-made designs, and they sort of shrink it onto your phone with a hairdryer.
Then they scalpel the unnecessary bits off to leave you with a perfectly fit design on top of your original case. I don’t think they come off.
It’s interesting to watch :) I’ve started seeing it in Australia too nowadays, so I’d imagine there’d be somewhere around you that would.
A funky sticker will do the job…
Simply label it your name period
“definitely not your iPhone”
“look for your iPhone elsewhere”
“this is mine”
LOL
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We’ve just bought 5 iPod Touch for work and found this interesting take on protection and identification — iCovers
Sadly, only available from Merry Hill — something good has to come from Dudley sometime!
put a ‘radioactive’ symbol on it…
Here’s a link to actual, honest-to-goodness iPhone laser engraving: http://www.epiloglaser.com/sc_iphone.htm
“I love lamp.”
“I am Mark’s smirking revenge.”
“Racoons do bounce”
Buy your wife a dangle gem or something to attach to it. They are handy, the number of time’s i’ve nearly dropped something but managed to catch it by that…
Ceci n’est pas une iphone.