If you’re like me, you’ve probably had that experience of giving an older relative a gift of tech for the holidays, only for it to go unappreciated. In this absolutely priceless video, though, one family turns that situation on its head, tricking their very sweet grandmother into thinking she’s been given an iPhone she has absolutely no use for… until she discovers it’s made of chocolate!
I realize some people are going to find this video a little mean toward granny, but having watched it, I think it’s all in good fun. For one thing, she’s a great sport about it at all: Clearly she thinks this is a funny joke. Also, at least in my family, joke gifts are all part of the Christmas spirit.
What I really love about this video, though, is that it highlights a truth we gadget hounds often overlook: While we may live and breath tech, there are a lot of people who just don’t care about it, or find it daunting and confusing. For these people, an iPhone for Christmas is just overkill.
Via: Redmond Pie
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
8 responses to “Granny mistakes piece of Christmas chocolate for an iPhone”
Misstakes?
Mistakes.
Is that eddy cue at the end?
Lol that wasn’t a chocolate iPhone, it was a chocolate Nokia from the 51xx series
It was wrapped in an iPhone box though…
I prefer chocolate microscopes.
I would say this web site is edited and run by 12 year old bored kids….but the 12 year old children that I know are doing such interesting things.
That must make you about 4 years old. Give mommy her phone back, dear.
*breathe