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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by perihelions »

> "Greater China"

Irredentist pro-war language, Tim Cook? I am so done with Apple. They knew what they did when they chose the words; they certainly spent thousands of hours deliberating them.

This is Lebensraum with Chinese Characteristics.

> "The term is often used to avoid invoking sensitivities over the political status of Taiwan.[16] Contrastingly, it has been used in reference to Chinese irredentism in nationalist contexts, such as the notion that China should reclaim its "lost territories" to create a Greater China.[17][18]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_China

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by nozzlegear »

stockresearcher wrote: post #161
ngruhn wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I share the frustration. But apparently small phones don't sell.

Apple sold 10-15 million of the minis each year, with a marketing budget of approximately zero. The problem is that everyone believed Tim Cook when he claimed that this is a failure.

How much did it cost Apple to make those minis? Do we know?

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by brk »

socalgal2 wrote: post #169
brk wrote: post #101

It might be dumb, but at least it's expensive. This looks like it would make basic interaction with your phone highly cumbersome. It also looks like an easier target for thieves.

There will be tons of cheap clones in 3...2...1....

This was one of my first thoughts. Could have knock-offs made for probably $10 landed cost, and put them on Amazon for $99.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by booleanbetrayal »

AEVL wrote: post #61

Just some trivia (and an aside): The collaboration is with Issey Miyake. Steve Jobs black turtlenecks was Issey Miyakes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2022/08/10/heres-... (As an aside, I swear by pants from the Issey Miyake Homme Plissé collection. Since investing in some pairs about 10 years ago, I have hardly worn anything else—no other pants match their comfort. The iPhone Pocket is of course ridicul…

I am wondering what you call consumption that feeds $499 designer margins on polyester like that, while so many people can barely afford to scrape by day to day.

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Post by parsimo2010 »

I’m so glad there are some people willing to pay over $200 for “a piece of cloth” which I assume is a translation issue but it sounds uninspired- who knew your inspiration for a bag could be the material that most bags are made of?

I especially like how it’s sized to fit almost any iPhone ever made. So not only are you getting a bag made of cloth, for over $200 it’s not even custom fitted!

Anyway, this product isn’t for me. I suppose enough other people will buy it.

Edit: I suppose the short version is under $200 but my sentiment hasn’t changed. Perhaps I’m even more cranky now that increasing the length of the strap costs $80. That’s the same level of rip-off that Apple charges for increased SSD storage on their Macs.

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Post by stetrain »

stavros wrote: post #116
stetrain wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a high-end fashion partnership, like the Hermès watches. You could probably argue that high-end fashion is in a constant state of jumping the shark.

But the Hermes watch was at least an Apple watch with some Hermes branding and accessories. This is just... a sock.

I'm not sure how an Hermès branded watch accessory is different than an ISSEY MIYAKE branded iPhone accessory.

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Post by nathan_compton »

ricochet11 wrote: post #146
nathan_compton wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The pants cost around 500 bucks? I don't necessarily believe that a priori spending $500 on a pair of pants is irrational, but I really struggle to imagine any pair of pants being worth that much money unless they are lined with gold or something. I usually buy cheap clothes and mend them and ten years for a pair of pants isn't unusual for me. I probably haven't spent $500 dollars on clothes in a year ever in my enti…

I once paid $1000 for some sneakers. I’m still regularly wearing them 7 years later. I’ve bought $50/$100 and they never last that long. It was an insane purchase at the time, done in a moment of jet lagged madness when my shoes fell apart in an airport. But over time it’s turned out to be a great investment. Smart, comfortable, well made.

Do you wear them like $50 shoes or like $1000 dollar shoes? I run around 18 miles a week on trails and I doubt your $1000 dollar sneakers would last ten years with that usage pattern.
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