There used to be an Apple that cared about the details in industrial design.
Tim Cook certainly doesn't care. Or maybe he thinks it's amazing design, because it forces everyone to buy a case, and he just happens to sell them for 60 bucks each.
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There used to be an Apple that cared about the details in industrial design.
Tim Cook certainly doesn't care. Or maybe he thinks it's amazing design, because it forces everyone to buy a case, and he just happens to sell them for 60 bucks each.
why does it force people to buy a case and more importantly why do you think it forces people to buy a case from Apple? I sometimes use a case to try to protect some of the resale value but I’ve never bought a case from apple.
wait until after the Apple announcement on Tuesday to make decisions, don't let MR posts mis-lead you.
The Apple of Steve Jobs and Jonny Ive is dead, no surprises, no ingenuity, corporate blah blah and look at the ugliness of those phones, never mind how appalling MacOs is now.
I’ve been using Apple leather cases for years until they’ve stopped making them, and they’ve been a lifesaver! I’ve even given my older Pro Max models to family members, and they still use the original leather cases. They’re so durable and stylish!
🙄 Watch them say “Aerospace-Grade Aluminum, that’s lighter than titanium, it’s the lightest iPhone ever.”
But what’s with that camera bump? 🤨
But what’s with that camera bump? 🤨
The difference is Samsung & Google have only “promised” 7 years of updates. We’ve got 5 years to go to before we see if they keep this promise.
Meanwhile Apple has delivered 7 years of OS updates PLUS a couple extra years of security updates for devices released in 2015 when Android devices were lucky to get 3 years.
Google Pixel devices will be interesting. They ship with mid-tier processors and I’m not sure they’re going to run that well in 5 years. At least Samsung & Apple use top-tier processors which makes them more future-proof.
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I’m more excited about Craig Federighi’s “Naked Gun” style sketches than 's new product releases...
Honestly, all those segments have been cringe for awhile now. I don't think any company is doing it well. Google's event was horrible.
Just update the website and be done with it.
Do the moderators actually do anything on this site? At least 50% of the posts are obvious trolls, yet they still are allowed to keep posting. Wonder why?
I have a Bellroy leather case (wallet version in my case) and I like it a lot. Seems well constructed with solid corner protection.
What I find odd is that there haven’t been any benchmark leaks yet. We usually see a Geekbench result, even if it’s not verifiable.
I hope that is the case, it’s one of the things that bothers me most about my iPhone 13 Pro.
Do wonder if there is a purpose to it, extra space for intervals? If not it just looks stupid imo.
iOS, even with the v26 rebrand/skin is feature phone tier. There is being locked down so the "normies" can't install or sideload malware ipa's, there is walled garden to keep the QC going (all of these are Apple's own excuses for things being as they are with iOS), but the current iOS is so locked down to a point of being a complete waste of the hardware it's running on.
What's the point of 12GB of high tier RAM, with an inhouse designed CPU tuned for max native performance, and high def display (I've never actually seen 120hz either on my 13promax or 16promax....), when the actual operating system is limited to what amounts a smattering of inhouse apps with zero alternatives (locked to one factory shipped texting app, telephony app, etc). Literally feature phone 2000s era tier stuff.
Dosen't help the app store has noticably dried out in the past decade. Sure, going to a 64bit-only platform culled lot of the 32bit apps, but those devs never bothered to write/upgrade their apps to a 64bit pipeline, nor did anyone else bother offering alternatives (I have literal hundreds of examples!), so now Apple lost both the quantity AND quality in their app store. It's a absolute ghost town circa 2025. Feels a lot like Windows Phone App Store did in 2014.
That said, hardware bugs are becoming numerous too (overheating, bugged displays, bugged cameras, bugged bluetooth functionality).
So, the software is not there, hardware is increasingly not there either.... whats the point then? Status symbol? 50% of USA owns an iPhone, not exactly a country club % numbers. Besides, my house and my cars parked in front of it do just fine for the peacocking side of things... what is the point of iPhones in 2025? Just another dying boomer brand...
What's the point of 12GB of high tier RAM, with an inhouse designed CPU tuned for max native performance, and high def display (I've never actually seen 120hz either on my 13promax or 16promax....), when the actual operating system is limited to what amounts a smattering of inhouse apps with zero alternatives (locked to one factory shipped texting app, telephony app, etc). Literally feature phone 2000s era tier stuff.
Dosen't help the app store has noticably dried out in the past decade. Sure, going to a 64bit-only platform culled lot of the 32bit apps, but those devs never bothered to write/upgrade their apps to a 64bit pipeline, nor did anyone else bother offering alternatives (I have literal hundreds of examples!), so now Apple lost both the quantity AND quality in their app store. It's a absolute ghost town circa 2025. Feels a lot like Windows Phone App Store did in 2014.
That said, hardware bugs are becoming numerous too (overheating, bugged displays, bugged cameras, bugged bluetooth functionality).
So, the software is not there, hardware is increasingly not there either.... whats the point then? Status symbol? 50% of USA owns an iPhone, not exactly a country club % numbers. Besides, my house and my cars parked in front of it do just fine for the peacocking side of things... what is the point of iPhones in 2025? Just another dying boomer brand...
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Since it's using the mobile chip according to rumors, I do hope we get to see the rumored A18Pro MacBook as a "one more thing". But I also know this is very unlikely to play out at the "iPhone and accessoires" event (and I consider an Apple Watch as an accessoire)
People seem to be referring to the alleged "durability" of the aluminum solely in terms of the back glass. Which makes little sense, because the glass is still there, and probably still just as difficult or impossible to replace. There's just less of it than before. The unconfirmed downgrade in materials definitely doesn't make the device more durable. It does make it more dentable and bendable.
When I see the logo + the leaked design, I think 2 things:
To be honest, I don’t care if my phone gets faster — you could make it slower if the battery lasted 4 days, that would be nice. I don’t need to render 250 frames/sec in a game I’ll never play.
Fix the core issues. Make it stable.
And remember: in 10 years, you won’t have a phone filled with apps like we do now — the days of apps are running out (not games, but apps). Maybe you won’t even have a phone at all, because the screen itself will be obsolete.
- Did they include thermal imaging?
- Is that huge new bump hiding a periscope camera with maybe 100x zoom?
To be honest, I don’t care if my phone gets faster — you could make it slower if the battery lasted 4 days, that would be nice. I don’t need to render 250 frames/sec in a game I’ll never play.
Fix the core issues. Make it stable.
And remember: in 10 years, you won’t have a phone filled with apps like we do now — the days of apps are running out (not games, but apps). Maybe you won’t even have a phone at all, because the screen itself will be obsolete.
After 15 years of iPhones I gave up on it. Switched to S25 Ultra. Never been happier!
Make the switch people! The grass it's greener on the other side of the walled-garden.
I still use and will forever use a MBP and… they work just fine togheter.
Make the switch people! The grass it's greener on the other side of the walled-garden.
I still use and will forever use a MBP and… they work just fine togheter.
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Hoping this is the tipping point for Apple, the start of the end, the tech world desperately needs something to take its place.
Tim Cook has abused Apple’s legacy for too long, made it a laughingstock of a company, almost a nod to the consumerist cycle - we captured the market with value, now we simply take the p***
The last iPhone that seemed alluring was the 15 solely for the reason that the EU forced their hand to bring it up to date with a standard USB port. 16 was lacklustre and this one is actively repulsive
Tim Cook has abused Apple’s legacy for too long, made it a laughingstock of a company, almost a nod to the consumerist cycle - we captured the market with value, now we simply take the p***
The last iPhone that seemed alluring was the 15 solely for the reason that the EU forced their hand to bring it up to date with a standard USB port. 16 was lacklustre and this one is actively repulsive
