From iMac shelves throughwearable Apple Watchcases to golf-club cozies, we’re obsessed with buying gifts for our devices.
Why do we like them so much?
“You choose your own wallpaper when you get a new iPhone, right?
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“Andrew Green, co-founder of Twelve South, told Lifewire via direct message.
The accessories you choose help you achieve this.”
Regular Expression
Accessories don’t have to be fancy or technical to be popular.
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Simpler might even be better.
Accessory buying is a little like nesting, decorating your home, or buying clothes.
It’s as much about establishing your identity as it is about functionality or protection.
We think that we’re buying a phone case to just ourselves, and we are.
But we are also choosing what image we present to the world.
Even those folks who claim they don’t care about design or fashion are the same as anyone.
The answer was inconclusive.
It’s not all about personality.
Sometimes it really is about protection.
It’s the gadget equivalent of keeping the plastic cover on the sofa until the day you sell it.
BackPacking
Which brings us to the BackPack, possibly the simplest accessory ever.
It clips onto the hole in the iMac’s stand and adds a little shelf around the back.
you’re able to put anything you like on there, up to a limit of three pounds.
For hard drives or anything that gets hot, cooling holes will help out.
Or you could use those holes along with the included twist ties to secure your load.
Maybe you want to put a potted plant back there?
Or a box of paper clips.
Or a USB audio interface that you don’t need to see all the time.
says Twelve South’s Green.
But high tech is obviously just as popular.
In some ways, then, the accessories are more important than the main event.
