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Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by shwaj »

Tade0 wrote: post #760
shwaj wrote: post #730

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lol! What corner is that?

Poland and the original wording is "kołczan prawilności". The "righteousness" in question is a calque from the Russian adjective "правильный", meaning "correct, right, proper" and originates from prison slang. I believe the equivalent English term is "Original Gangster". The term is of course used in jest in reference to how man-purses, out of all things, are normalized among people associating themselves with street…

Fanny packs: so uncool! Man-purses (or “murses” in my corner of the world): so righteous!

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by bborud »

chaostheory wrote: post #861
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…

> Objects have to earn the right to exist. Yes, and that is what a free market is for I don’t understand this either but you and I are obviously not the target market

I'd object to the notion of a free market. Free and fair markets don't actually exist in the way we like to think. Pretty much every kind of business I've been involved in has different strata of rules for different players.

Try to set up a HFT business. Or try to do anything interesting in telecom. Once you have cleared the capital and regulatory hurdles what kills you is that you need special relationships.

In this case, I doubt this product would become a success without the two brand names behind it, and completely astronomical amounts of financial might. They will sell literal tons of these even if people ultimately find out that they are junk. On its own, this is a bargain bin-liner.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by bigyabai »

mgh2 wrote: post #966
vessenes wrote: post #853

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

If this is a "test product" from a multi-trillion dollar business, the American economy is perma-fucked.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by spectre3d »

jsheard wrote: post #129
Loughla wrote: post #7

>3d knitted construction This genuinely has to be a gag.

They bought a bunch of 3D knitting machines to make Vision Pro headstraps, and since that isn't selling I guess they're using the excess capacity to make iPhone socks. You can briefly see them in this ad: https://x.com/tim_cook/status/1748337010191077462

The iPhone Pocket is not made by Apple. It’s made by the Issey Miyake brand.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by spectre3d »

fennecfoxy wrote: post #221

Ha, I bet the muggers/phone thieves will have a field day. I find it interesting that anybody is that surprised. Remember, this is the company that overcharges for SSDs (no they're not magical super SSDs that only Apple can make)/extra ram. They charged $1000 for a monitor stand that's pretty much just a thin block of aluminium.

Agree with the frustration at their SSD and RAM upgrade prices, but Apple doesn’t make the iPhone Pocket. It’s made by the Issey Miyake brand.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by spectre3d »

jtc-hn wrote: post #228

Back when Steve Jobs was at Next, Apple released the Duo Dock. Instead of plugging your laptop into a docking station, you put it in a slot like a giant 3.5" floppy. It was different, sure, but I still don't know what design problem it solved. This is today's Duo Dock, isn't it?

Except that Apple didn’t make this. It’s made by the Issey Miyake brand.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by rkomorn »

spectre3d wrote: post #997
jtc-hn wrote: post #228

Back when Steve Jobs was at Next, Apple released the Duo Dock. Instead of plugging your laptop into a docking station, you put it in a slot like a giant 3.5" floppy. It was different, sure, but I still don't know what design problem it solved. This is today's Duo Dock, isn't it?

Except that Apple didn’t make this. It’s made by the Issey Miyake brand.

Apple is still embracing it: they posted a press release about it, and are selling it on their own site, though.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by Anamon »

tzs wrote: post #955
oidar wrote: post #59

This is the best idea since having a charging port on the bottom of a mouse. Finally, a product we can source from the US completely.

Almost no one who actually uses one has ever been bothered by the charging port on the bottom. If for some reason they ignore the low battery warning that occurs days before it runs out of power and it actually dies, 2 minutes on the charger will provide enough charge to get through the rest of their day.

Every Mac user I know complains about this regularly.

I don't own one, so I genuinely don't know, but when are you supposed to charge it then? I turn my laptop on when I start working, and I turn it off and slip it in my bag when I stop. My coworkers all seem to do the same. There is no time where the computer is on but I don't want to use the mouse. I have never charged my Logitech trackball while not also using it.

Re: iPhone Pocket

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Post by hulitu »

huffer wrote: post #918
vessenes wrote: post #853

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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"

Oh, it will sell! For the very reason it's $230 (remember the "I am Rich" app of olden days?).

Huh ? Who will put its expensive, 1000 $ iPhone in a cheap, 200 $ Pocket ? /s
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