Other anyone else have iphone fatigue?

[ReadyPosterOne]

the snail paced incremental updates, the AI fiasco, intentionally grotesque design, recent price gouging (of apple products in general) - anyone else have general iPhone & Apple fatigue and just losing all interest?

Not really. It’s a tool, I don’t need my tools to be exciting — that’s what I have hobbies for. I’m not heavily dependant on ram and storage so Apple’s price increases wont actually affect me all that much, and I don’t really see any other options that would offer similar levels of quality with as robust of an ecosystem.

 

[capamac]

the snail paced incremental updates, the AI fiasco, intentionally grotesque design, recent price gouging (of apple products in general) - anyone else have general iPhone & Apple fatigue and just losing all interest?

I was never an iPhone enthusiast. I've owned two iPhones just coz I needed a phone. (SE1 used three years followed by iPhone 7 used for seven years). I skipped most of the iPhone models. I never upgraded an iPhone just coz there was a newer model out and never coz I'm on a "3-year upgrade cycle." I stopped using the SE1 coz the battery swelled enough to pop the case open. Used landlines and "dumb" cellphones prior to the iPhones. I recently switched to a Samsung A17 ($200 new, unlocked) paired with my $15/month Mint mobile plan.

I have been more of a Mac enthusiast since the 1990s but my interest in Macs has waned in recent years. Currently have the 2020 M1 Air 8/256. Brilliant hardware. But macOS itself is getting weirder and dumber all the time, so I plan on bailing on Mac and switching to PC hardware running Linux/BSD next time I get a computer. Bailing because of macOS, not really coz of the Mac hardware.

 

[capamac]

The complete failure to produce a competent implementation of AI is the biggest thing that's frustrating me. After the first disastrous attempt in iOS 18, I just turned "Apple Intelligence" off and waited for two years. I told myself, "At lease Siri is still able to consistently play my favorite songs without any massive malfunctions." After WWDC2026 I felt a twinge of hope and jumped back in.

Now when I say "Siri, play my favorite songs," it plays, more often than not, the song "Favorite Songs" by a never-heard-of artist called spookybands. The bar couldn't have been any lower for Siri, yet somehow Apple has managed to slip under it...or maybe I'm just a pie-eyed Steve Jobs devotee who still doesn't appreciate the superior supply chain value that Tim Cook brings to the table. 😂

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LLMs are not nor ever will be actually intelligent. Gotta keep expectations low.

 

[RedWeasel]

Whatchu talking about Willis?!

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The youngest device I have is from 2021. And that's the device taking this picture, iPhone 11 Pro Max.

My devices are tools. I don't usually get bored with tools.

Just out of interest, what are you doing with these devices? (if you care to share...)

That's like 6 mobile phones.

 

[TechRunner]

When I bought my current 16PM twenty months ago it was my first iPhone since the 3GS, so...not yet. But, like others here, I'm experiencing a general fatigue with technology and no longer bore my wife with enthusiastic babble when a new piece of kit hits the market.

 

[Ctrlos]

When I bought my current 16PM twenty months ago it was my first iPhone since the 3GS, so...not yet. But, like others here, I'm experiencing a general fatigue with technology and no longer bore my wife with enthusiastic babble when a new piece of kit hits the market.

This I feel is an after-effect of convergence. When your phone is everything, what happens to everything else? The feeling isn't helped by the techno-nihilism the industry seems to be pushing as its narrative. Its hard to get excited about the future when AI ***** is everywhere and nobody is taking any bold creative risks.

 

[johannnn]

intentionally grotesque design

lol?