"Wear an iPhone"... It's increasingly difficult to love this company.
iPhone Pocket
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#122> Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth” Ugh
Its just a stiff translation of a marketing term. If you look up 一枚の布, you'll see a bunch of Miyake's clothes, where the whole gimmick is that they have no seams. A better translation probably would have been "inspired by the concept of seamless design"
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#123"The design of iPhone Pocket speaks to the bond between iPhone and its user"
I have so much to say about that sentence that I cannot seem to say anything.
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#124https://www.apple.com/shop/product/hs8p2zm/a/iphone-pocket-b... https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/5f8efdba9b357099d70a9...
I saw it too before clicking the second link!
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#125Does it fit an android phone or is it immediately ejected from the pocket with gusto?
Ejecting with gusto would be gouache. The Android phone is simply shamed into dropping out of the sleeve.
Do you perhaps mean gauche, as in socially awkward verging on unacceptable or is there a connection to art supplies I'm missing here?
EDIT: or perhaps your phone "helpfully" autocorrected something wrong, as mine did.
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#126Could this be some sort of joint venture? In other words, is Apple being paid to promote this in some way? I realize this is a “limited edition” item but it seems to me as being way off brand.
It feels like a relic from the iPod Nano era
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#127Awww... I was so much hoping for an iPhone that will fit into my pocket. The 1st iPhone SE was the perfect form factor. But no, Apple's phones just had to grow and grow and grow like cancer ... In my opinion, the fact that Apple is now selling a bag to carry your oversized phone around in, is an admission that they failed to make phones that are convenient to carry.
> they failed to make phones that are convenient to carry. I loved the iPhone SE and small phones generally, but at the same time I realize Apple's not failing at anything. They're giving the market the size people actually want. The smaller phones don't sell nearly as well. Most people prefer a bigger phone even if carrying it is less convenient. I've just accepted my phone will be bulky now, so I double down and at…
What “the market wants” is a maximally addictive device. It’s a really low bar even if highly profitable. Bigger screens make it more exciting and addictive.
Just profoundly weird to me that small manufacturers can’t make small phones because they’re small and can’t pay for it, and large manufacturers can’t make it because…(checks notes)…they’re large and don’t want to pay for it even if there’s demand.
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#128It gets really difficult to parody apple (and some of their customers) when they do things like this.
I sincerely believe one day we'll get an official release of one of those Airpod straps: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hilarious-accessory-reminds-us-at...
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#129>3d knitted construction This genuinely has to be a gag.
They bought a bunch of 3D knitting machines to make Vision Pro headstraps, and since that isn't selling I guess they're using the excess capacity to make iPhone socks.
You can briefly see them in this ad: https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1748337010191077462
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#130This just screams that Apple has jumped the shark to me. First of all, they're selling a knitted scarf for putting your phone in, which... what? > Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth” Groundbreaking. > iPhone Pocket in the short strap design retails at $149.95 (U.S.), and the long strap design at $229.95 (U.S.). Just... good luck, guys.
I’m not concerned; we’ve been here before with iPod Socks [1].