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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by pseudalopex »

jms703 wrote: post #356
thesuitonym wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe there's room in the world for a device people want, even if it's not the device the majority want? I mean I know Apple is just a small startup company with only a $4 trillion valuation, but maybe they could just do one thing that isn't maximally profitable once in a while.

Shareholders would never ever be ok with a company not trying to be maximally profitable.

Tim Cook told people they should sell their shares if they wanted Apple to abandon environmental sustainability policies. And he identified accessibility as a similar issue.[1]

[1] https://www.macobserver.com/news/tim-cook-rejects-ncppr-poli...

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by perihelions »

GaggiX wrote: post #413
signatoremo wrote: post #359

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing pro war about it. Read history books instead of making assumptions. It is referring to the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau as a whole. It became popular with the rise of China. Try any business newspaper in the 90s. It is less relevant now as Hong Kong and Macau are now part of China. It isn’t unlike Benelux, or Scandinavia, or Iberian, or Balkan, or Gulf countries.

>It isn’t unlike Benelux, or Scandinavia, or Iberian, or Balkan, or Gulf countries. Greater Israel, Greater Italy, Greater Germanic Reich oh wait I lost the point, I guess any connections to irredentism are purely coincidental.

Wikipedia tracks a very long list of "Greater $wherevers" in irredentist or pan-nationalist movements:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Pan-nationalist_conce... ("Template:Pan-nationalist_concepts")

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by mgkimsal »

dpoloncsak wrote: post #192
nozzlegear wrote: post #168

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> 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. Can any woman with a purse or man with a fanny pack chime in and let us know if they've ever thought about putting their phones in their bags before?

Is this supposed to dispute the claim? A man putting his phone in his fanny pack would also signify apple's phones are inconvenient to carry. Apple releasing a 'solution' is them admitting it

i'm not sure i get the point here. at some point, i don't want to be carrying something by holding it in my hand. i might need to use my hand for something else. so I put the item down, or put it in a container that I bring with me (pocket, shoulder bag, etc). Are they 'admitting' that people move around with things and sometimes have more than one purpose for their hands during an outing?

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by hmry »

ufmace wrote: post #551
perihelions wrote: post #171

> "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 national…

"Pro-war" seems like an odd assertion here. They're recognizing the status quo in a reasonably neutral way, which seems anti-war to me. It seems like you're advocating for Western powers to take a position, using either soft or hard power, on a war that already ended many decades ago. Sounds quite a bit like imperialism to me, and pretty far from being anti-war. An anti-war position, at least from the perspective of…

I don't really see how "Greater China" is more neutral than "Mainland China and Taiwan" which is the phrasing they previously used.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by crossroadsguy »

The people shocked by this are the same people who still believe Apple can sell a normal sized phone but isn’t doing so possibly just to piss us off. The thing is there are millions and millions of suckers out there who will suck these Sock™s and Pocket™s up in possibly dozens - some for the colours and some for the mere satisfaction of getting to pay Apple. If you venture across iForums and iSubs you will slowly start seeing comments about these fabric things are already curing haemorrhoids and insomnia, in anticipation (even before shipping starts).

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by wat10000 »

jimnotgym wrote: post #553

I always have a little chuckle when I see people holding a tiny delicate smartphone in a massive fat case to protect it from the damage it will inevitably take in normal use. I always think that it would have been better if they had just made the phone itself a little tougher!

It's good to have a choice. I know I'm going to drop my phone from time to time, and sometimes it will be onto a hard surface, so I always get a case. I once managed to shatter the back glass while it was in a case, not sure how I managed that. Other people may be less clumsy, or more tolerant of living with damage, or more willing to pay for insurance or replacements.

It's also nice to be able to choose a texture. In my latest iteration, I got Apple's techwoven case, and I really like the feel compared to the usual silicone stuff, or bare metal. The texture also makes it easier to grip so maybe I'll drop it less. I can hope.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by hmry »

theturtle32 wrote: post #422
perihelions wrote: post #171

> "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 national…

Today I heard the word "Irredentist" for the first time as I'm about to turn 42.

Me too. I've always just heard that kind of thing called "imperialist". But "irredentist" seems more precise.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by xg15 »

actionfromafar wrote: post #595
xg15 wrote: post #558

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Genius Cap - the world's first knitted cap with built-in EEG electrodes and Neuralink inductors?

Neuralink injectors .

Ah, or like that. I was thinking about some kind of hypothetical wireless power or communication.
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