2027 The Year of the iTone Scandal

Analise Ockenfels
Communication & New Media
3 min readMar 1, 2017

It is 2027, things shouldn’t be breaking, they should be changing, being recycled if they are old and outdated. Using recycled plastic, and fiberglass and an extremely strong practically unbreakable material here comes the Apple iTone. Apple iTone can be anything you want it to be as it is a mix of a phone and a tablet. Hence the name, iTone.
The iTone is an extremely thin, foldable, and see through. However no worries, the people on the other side of your phone won’t be able to see what you are typing, it will appear in bright colors to the front side of the screen and blurred greatly on the back of the phone.
The iTone has no definite shape, it can be a square, a large rectangle, or a small rectangle whatever size you want, it can fold and change shape so that it can adapt to what you are doing on your phone. Watching a movie? Make it a large rectangle. Just texting some friends but need to fit the iTone into your pocket? Try folding it into a smaller slightly thicker square that can fit into small pockets.
The iTone can be used as either a phone or tablet with projection attachments to be used as a keyboard or calculator etc. With its clear frame, it allows you to also be able to get notified if you are about to trip on something or run into someone thanks to the cameras and sensors installed on the surface and edges of the iTone.
As you can see, the iTone will be easier to transport than both an Iphone and Ipad at the same time, it is lighter than both, and still does all the same things they do.
This item won’t break, it will charge simply by laying it on top of a charging pad, and the wireless Bluetooth headphones make everything easier. Not to mention it comes with extra Apple products as long as you don’t mind paying a small fee to get them in a package. You, the consumer, can get the Apple watch and the Apple glasses as well as the free Bluetooth headphones.
If anyone needs a compact multifunctional device the iTone is the best product for them.
Living in a world with the iTone, if it were to break I’m not sure how people will function, imagining that they also had an Apple watch, and Apple glasses that can pull up all your iTone information and texts, calls and videos without even needing to take out your iTone, it almost seems too easy. You could mindlessly live in a constantly monitored world.
And that is what is wrong with the iTone, if the consumer was to take a moment to actually read through the hundreds of pages of Terms and Agreements that they have to sign before using the iTone, they will find that Apple is allowed to data mine, which means they can take any information from your personal device to use for their benefit to try to make their products more centered around the consumer. Apple will center products around the consumer, by taking their personal information and private conversations, photos, searches, and downloads to sell to third parties to adjust what the consumer sees on social media, or when they are on the internet.
Taking private information like this is unconstitutional, and Apple needs to change its Terms and Agreements so that the world’s private information and private life will no longer be invaded and used as a means, for the company to profit off the private life of consumers. This is a violation of our rights as people, we deserve to have some privacy and not just be a means to profit for large corporations that are practically turning into monopolies at this point. It is 2027 the violation of consumer privacy should no longer be a question, these ethical violations have taken it too far, Apple already has hundreds of new products and before they release their newest product the iTone, the American people and the world should be prepared to fight for their rights to a private life. If Apple does not change their policies be prepared to switch to other corporations as a way of protesting, take their sales away and help protect your future. This scandal of abuse of power as a major trusted corporation taking advantage of the American people, who honestly don’t read the Terms and Agreements of their devices, needs to be dealt with quickly and efficiently so we can all enjoy the new products that Apple is developing, and has developed but has yet to release, such as the iTone.

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