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Apple Rumored to Introduce FineWoven Successor With iPhone 17

Marzzz said:
Now if they just made the iPhone itself durable enough so that it didn’t need a case…!
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Psst! They already don’t. Cases are a psychological trick by those manufacturers to put you in a perpetual “victim” mentality and then they sell you “the fix” to the imagined problem they promulgated. It’s pure psychology to make you feel stupid when you actually aren’t. Do people put cases on their eyeglasses (when wearing them)? Finger jewelry? Your S.O.? Your child? Cars (when in transit; not the garage)? Your pet? Of course not. You learn to handle them appropriately. Duh.
Cases are just another regressive tax.

Besides, up until the iPhone 6, the iPhone was a marvel of beauty combining premium materials and high technology. The designers of that age worked hard to make it beautiful. It should be flouted. It’s like going to a high end restaurant and ordering a noodle pasta dish. You don't take your fork or knife and CUT the pasta! If the chef wanted the pasta short, they would’ve MADE it short. Doing so is an insult to the chef. Pasta is to be twirled on the fork against the big spoon.

iPhone design is (was) the same. If they wanted the phone to be in a case, then they’d make it a crappy Android-like plastic shell and not spend any more time on it. Then they’d sell you a case to cover up their crappy design work.

Of course, since iPhone 6, design has been awful anyway…. Maybe they’re giving up. They already burnt the MacBook Air design, so sure why not ..
 
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Todays word of the day, suits this rumour best.

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dz5b609 said:
Again fabric :rolleyes:, just make a nice vegan leather case is you're really committed tot the non-leather bit.
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Let’s stop calling plastic vegan “leather” and end this virtue signaling, whereas everybody knows that real leather is a much more sustainable material than plastic.
 
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It will for sure have high or same price tag. Don't know whether it will be good. I would prefer going with a third party case.
 
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russell_314 said:
Yes, it’s the latest Internet craze. I’m not saying they’re not harmful but the level of harm is debatable.

If you’re someone that lives a healthy lifestyle then perhaps it’s something to consider.

If you’re like me, 100+ pounds overweight, bad cholesterol through the roof, shoving McDonald’s cheeseburgers and soda down my throat, it’s not a consideration.

My point is people are freaking out about plastic and afraid to touch paper receipts but eating toxic food every day. It doesn’t make sense.
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You make a really good point about paper receipts – in many cases they're coated in the PFAS chemicals.

I don't agree with reducing the importance of the issue by writing it off as an Internet craze. News & research reporting of all kinds hits the Internet, but in this case people talk about it because of high quality scientific research that has identified a likely concern for human health. I agree the level of harm is debatable, but the substances have been shown to bioaccumulate in humans.

Take a look at the 'Results from studies on humans' section + 'Table 2 Toxicological results on humans' table in this peer-reviewed journal article:

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And I agree that for some people, they may not care that much due to their personal health journey. But looking at it from the perspective of improving the health situation for people in general everywhere, or even potentially just as a parent, it's worth considering at the very least.

I also like your point about contradictory reactions to different health concerns, and there is definitely a degree of hype about certain issues at particular times which then seems to be forgotten about by the masses (often because it's more convenient to revert to easier habits).
 
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orbital~debris said:
You make a really good point about paper receipts – in many cases they're coated in the PFAS chemicals.

I don't agree with reducing the importance of the issue by writing it off as an Internet craze. News & research reporting of all kinds hits the Internet, but in this case people talk about it because of high quality scientific research that has identified a likely concern for human health. I agree the level of harm is debatable, but the substances have been shown to bioaccumulate in humans.

Take a look at the 'Results from studies on humans' section + 'Table 2 Toxicological results on humans' table in this peer-reviewed journal article:

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enveurope.springeropen.com

And I agree that for some people, they may not care that much due to their personal health journey. But looking at it from the perspective of improving the health situation for people in general everywhere, or even potentially just as a parent, it's worth considering at the very least.

I also like your point about contradictory reactions to different health concerns, and there is definitely a degree of hype about certain issues at particular times which then seems to be forgotten about by the masses (often because it's more convenient to revert to easier habits).
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Your points are valid and I think there is danger with these issues but that’s not my point. My point is that people are doing significantly more harmful things and ignoring them while freaking out about the latest Internet health craze. Is the equivalent of using the most dangerous illegal drug and then worrying about if you should buy gluten-free bread. People need to put things in perspective.
 
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aUniqueName said:
The Apple brand silicone cases are the best and I hope they keep making them. I personally don't like hard plastic cases. The silicone is the right amount of grippy and protection for me.
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I know people have different tastes but I dislike the Apple silicon cases. Bought one for my 16 and sent it back. It felt oddly slippery and I didn’t like the fit on the front. It didn’t wrap around enough. I could see the edge of the metal frame.
 
cocky jeremy said:
Just give people leather, jesus. The cows are dying for food regardless, so you may as well put the hide to use too. Sick of Apple's save the world BS.
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Leather will last far longer than the phone it is protecting. I think that makes it very "sustainable".
 
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