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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by SkiFire13 »

umpalumpaaa wrote: post #416
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 never knew what a difference good pants can make. I usually just bought my pants from H&M/other retailers or Amazon. I usually bought what I considered good value pants for like $30-80. I then, out of curiosity, bought pants that were 2-4 times as expensive (~$150) and it really made a difference. I never really liked the pants I had… they never fit right… they felt very uncomfortable. The new pants I got about 2 y…

> My pants have pockets and in those pockets are smaller pockets with a zipper. Perfect to store things that are small and easily lost.

I had one with these as well, although probably not of the same quality, and I always feared the zip scratching the screen of my phone when putting it in my pocket.

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Post by illwrks »

Phone thefts where I live (London, UK) are at an all time high. If ever a product was needed to self identify as a target this has to be it. "See this expensive iPod Sock? It's holding my expensive iPhone"...

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Post by recursive »

For a second, I believed they were launching an iPhone small enough to reasonably fit into a pocket. That might make me switch to iPhone.

Nope

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Post by TOMDM »

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”

It honestly reads like low effort engagement bait I'd expect to see on Twitter

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by tavavex »

flyinglizard wrote: post #105
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…

Don't rule out until you've tried it. High end clothing (not just brand name, but real advanced stuff) is pretty amazing in how it makes you feel. I'm inclined to spend on anything I interact with, and clothes is pretty big interaction.

I wonder if there's an "ignorance is bliss" effect here that makes trying it not worth it for the average person. Think about it - to my knowledge, almost everyone spends ~0 seconds per day thinking about the comfort of their pants. But once you try something that feels as (allegedly?) supreme and heavenly as what you describe, you can't go back - you'll always feel that difference from now on, and now wearing something that you previously never paid any thought to would feel distinctly less comfortable. Kind of similar to how audiophiles train themselves to perceive the tiniest of flaws in the music they listen to and spend thousands of dollars to rectify those flaws, while everyone else keep ignorantly enjoying the flawed sound, not even being aware of the difference.

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Post by m463 »

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 looked it up, and Issey Mikaye seems to have died in 2022.

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

I wonder

... would jobs have approved?

... would issey miyake have approved?

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by virtualritz »

For everyone who is upset about the price tag: this is a wealth-signaling product. Like a Hermès handbag.

Apple is not a luxury brand but it's close enough with some of its products that it can get away with a price like this on a product like that.

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