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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by walletdrainer »

carabiner wrote: post #636
walletdrainer wrote: post #530

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> but I really struggle to imagine any pair of pants being worth that much money unless they are lined with gold or something. It depends on how much you earn. I don’t mind spending tens of thousands on Loro Piana cashmere because it’s really nice, but at my income level the price difference between that and Zara is pretty much immaterial. Keep in mind that HN is packed with people with salaries above $1M/yr and entr…

What is your NW?

Less than $10M with the mortgage, my income will hit $5M this year pre-tax for the first time (almost half of that goes to the government)

Valuing my vast and eclectic empire of small websites earning between $1k and $300k per year is tricky because it’d presumably be tremendously hard to sell them all at once. Of course some reasonable multiple would arrive at some much higher number than my bank account+physical assets.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by wat10000 »

9rx wrote: post #578
ginko wrote: post #541

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Are you saying they released a knitted thing in 1984?

Yes, Apple released knitted shirts in 1984 with the launch of the Macintosh.

But not, I think, shirts for the Macintosh. Although I'm sure we can all agree that they should have.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by [deleted] »

t-writescode wrote: post #641
RandomBacon wrote: post #627

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It's a joke even before looking at the price. "3D-knitted" WTF is that? Isn't all knitting in "3D"? It's a crappy handbag, and it's just for a phone. It looks like they had to use models to advertise it because they couldn't use "everyday people" in "everyday situations" to advertise because it looks like it would be garbage in that scenario. Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?

They didn’t buy Beats by Dre for the sound quality.

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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by thesuitonym »

the__alchemist wrote: post #494
thesuitonym wrote: post #235

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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.

I think it's possible this is a good summary explanation, but isn't this a bit like saying "We only make shirts in medium because it's what the majority wants." I would switch from Android to Apple if this fixed this problem.

Come to think of it, the only reason I switched from Android to Apple was because the 12 Mini wasn't massive and was actually a decent phone. If I have to get a massive phone again, I might as well go back to Android.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by thesuitonym »

scosman wrote: post #476
thesuitonym wrote: post #235

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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.

They made it, it didn't sell well. Last I checked zero Android manufacturers were still creating high quality small phones ( https://smallandroidphone.com Some people definitely want it, but when not even one Android manufacturer will create a model when they can get 100% market share, it looks like there isn't enough demand.

You've hit the nail on the head. There are still some manufacturers that make small phones, and some that make high quality phones, but zero that make high quality small phones. Apple used to be our last respite, now we have nothing.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by chamomeal »

tempestn wrote: post #629
RandomBacon wrote: post #627

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It's a joke even before looking at the price. "3D-knitted" WTF is that? Isn't all knitting in "3D"? It's a crappy handbag, and it's just for a phone. It looks like they had to use models to advertise it because they couldn't use "everyday people" in "everyday situations" to advertise because it looks like it would be garbage in that scenario. Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?

My favorite bit is right before that, > Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth”

Lmao yeah I checked the domain after that. Cannot believe a person seriously wrote that. Inspired by the concept of a piece of cloth is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Sometimes I think they’re messing with us. This is more ridiculous than that monitor stand from a few years ago

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by walletdrainer »

tavavex wrote: post #650
walletdrainer wrote: post #530

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> but I really struggle to imagine any pair of pants being worth that much money unless they are lined with gold or something. It depends on how much you earn. I don’t mind spending tens of thousands on Loro Piana cashmere because it’s really nice, but at my income level the price difference between that and Zara is pretty much immaterial. Keep in mind that HN is packed with people with salaries above $1M/yr and entr…

> Keep in mind that HN is packed with people with salaries above $1M/yr and entrepreneurs with way higher income levels. Is it really packed with those people? I know there's some, but I imagined that the average user here is probably some senior engineer in his 40s making six figures - not an executive or some industry-leading employee, and not the top <1% entrepreneur who manages to walk away with multimillion doll…

You don’t have to be “industry leading” to reach that kind of comp working for big tech.

I could be totally wrong, but in a world where plumbers and the likes can walk away with multimillion dollar profits you probably don’t have to be top My own work couldn’t be more boring, I’m not particularly smart or talented. I just grind out many little varyingly useful websites with card payment forms.

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