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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by perilunar »

ungreased0675 wrote: post #217

I was hoping this would be the announcement of a mini iPhone. Instead they’re selling larger pockets because normal pockets aren’t big enough for large phones.

You would think pants manufacturers would cotton on and start making decent phone pockets.

I wear jeans a lot and the back pockets are dangerous for phones, and the front pockets are uncomfortable when sitting if there's a phone in them. I want a phone pocket on the outside of the leg that's big enough for a phone but not too bulky/puffy.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by constantcrying »

bborud wrote: post #745

Objects have to earn the right to exist. We make so much stuff. Most of it unnecessary. Stuff that will soon be cluttering your home and then end up in a landfill. This is not a product that deserves to exist. It is not made from quality materials ( Nylon (14%), Polyester (85%), Polyurethane (1%)). It is not innovative. It is questionable whether it solves its primary use case particularly well. What makes this parti…

>It is not made from quality materials ( Nylon (14%), Polyester (85%), Polyurethane (1%))

Polyamids like Nylon are some of the highest quality and most durable fabrics in the world, with some of the best material characteristics fabrics can have.

Given the constraints of the product and looking at it from an engineering standpoint, these are the materials you want for a product like this. Flexible, durable and resistant to weather. I do not see what other materials you would use to achieve a better quality product.

That said, it is of course a stupid fashion accessories. The world is full of them.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by butlike »

futuraperdita wrote: post #789
bborud wrote: post #782

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To some degree, but junk is junk even if it says Issey Miyake on it. But at the price they are asking I'd insist on higher quality materials. Not this junk. It is like those horrible Louis Vuitton plastic bags. Yes they are expensive and probably better made than most plastic bags, but they are mass produced plastic bags. You can get nice, custom, handmade bags for a fraction of what this pointless junk goes for. (Th…

> You can get nice, custom, handmade bags for a fraction of what this pointless junk goes for. You're making the subjective value judgement that a synthetic material is "junk", without qualifying it as such. A textile that is less expensive to manufacture, or is synthetic, does not automatically qualify as "junk". Look at technical fabrics such as GoreTex as a highly functional example, or any avant-garde techwear fr…

Polyester is plastic. I assume quality would be something that doesn't graft to your skin in a fire.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by butlike »

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…

The brushstroke pants look really attractive

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by mgh2 »

vessenes wrote: post #853
98codes wrote: post #778

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It's November, but I still had to make sure the date on the page wasn't April 1st.

Exactly my reaction. I hate this. I hate that someone thought of it and that it exists. I have no idea if it will sell, but I was like "no way, that cannot be a real launch from Apple"

Like anything newly launched, this is a test product. Just be happy that Apple is keeping innovation and experimentation alive.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by __alexs »

bborud wrote: post #824
__alexs wrote: post #757

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Synthetic fabrics are perfectly capable of being high quality. Buzz Rickson aren't making their MA-1s out of junk.

The MA-1 "works" under a relatively narrow set of conditions that I don't see most days. I tried. It is a miserable garment for how and where I live. I'm not saying synthetic materials are always bad. I own a few jackets in synthetic materials that are good, but I have gone through a lot that are rubbish. For jackets it is more about the technical design than the exact material. I have had lots of expensive jackets t…

There is a difference between a bad material, and a good material chosen for the wrong task.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by __alexs »

lucideer wrote: post #808
__alexs wrote: post #757

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Synthetic fabrics are perfectly capable of being high quality. Buzz Rickson aren't making their MA-1s out of junk.

MA-1s are inner lined with a 100% cotton/wool mix. The outer is nylon because synthetic fabrics are generally good for waterproofing (waterproofing is always a trade-off of quality over function) & also just because bombers are generally nylon, but a big part of their construction is using quality non-synthetic fabrics wherever they can to ensure overall quality.

I think nylon was probably also chosen for the MA-1 because of it's light weight and flexibility over the leather jackets it replaced for pilots.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by bborud »

auggierose wrote: post #905
bborud wrote: post #824

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The MA-1 "works" under a relatively narrow set of conditions that I don't see most days. I tried. It is a miserable garment for how and where I live. I'm not saying synthetic materials are always bad. I own a few jackets in synthetic materials that are good, but I have gone through a lot that are rubbish. For jackets it is more about the technical design than the exact material. I have had lots of expensive jackets t…

What do you think of the new futurelite material from The Northface? I think it is great, I love it for both my winter jackets and my light hoodies.

I haven't tried it so I wouldn't know. But I'll have a look. Thanks for the tip!

As I mentioned, I've gone through a lot of jackets in order to try to find a model that consistently works and it is slightly baffling. I have a long discontinued 20 year old Bergans (https://www.bergans.com/) jacket in a horrific puke green color that works really well, but it is ugly as sin. (It is almost painful to look at :-))

It is one of the few jackets I own that combine good resistance to heavy rain with an ability to vent moisture really well, so it doesn't get clammy. It also traps heat really well so I have worn it in ~ -15C with just two relatively thin merino wool layers. Most of the other jackets I've tried tend to build up condensation when I ride in heavy rain. Which is pretty common weather where I live.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by bborud »

WhyNotHugo wrote: post #889
bborud wrote: post #745

Objects have to earn the right to exist. We make so much stuff. Most of it unnecessary. Stuff that will soon be cluttering your home and then end up in a landfill. This is not a product that deserves to exist. It is not made from quality materials ( Nylon (14%), Polyester (85%), Polyurethane (1%)). It is not innovative. It is questionable whether it solves its primary use case particularly well. What makes this parti…

> It is questionable whether it solves its primary use case particularly well. The primary use case is to show off that you can afford useless pretentious crap. It fulfils this role perfectly well.

When you put it like that I can find no fault with your argument :-)
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