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"The design drew inspiration from the concept of “a piece of cloth”
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Like many, I thought for a microsecond that they actually brought out a new phone model that will fit in a pocket.
But no, of course they didn’t. Because why the fuck would anyone want that.
I’m so sick of this trend of trying to make the phone as thin as possible and then the camera bump has prominent as possible, completely negating any benefit. My partner would definitely like a thinner phone and would probably buy a phone that didn’t have the camera bump because it didn’t have any camers, if it meant a thinner phone that would actually fit in her pocket.
Either that or keep the camera bump and just thicken the whole phone out and give me a larger battery and the apparently too big to fit 3.5mm audio jack.
What I don’t get is why they don’t make a model with more battery space to flatten out the back. I would love a phone with 10Ah instead of 3Ah and I already carry a battery pack for this exact reason. The lack of options is super annoying.
okay i hate apple but im actually upset about issey miyaki(also rip). like what the fuck happened?!
where’s the interesting designs and the shit ton of zippers :/
So, a knee-high sock with a slit on the side. For $230 US.
does it bother apple that it is compatible with all other phone brands?
Probably not. Can you imagine someone with a non-Apple phone not being willing to buy an iPhone, but being willing to buy one of those?
I cannot imagine anyone getting that phone cumsock to parade around
Many years back, I kept my ipod classic in an old sock to protect it while it banged around inside my bag. My buddy made fun of me for it, little did he know that my sense of fashion was just far ahead of its time.
Tangentially related. I used to go out on boats a bunch meant years ago. Lost a moto Razer when they were still kinda new. Was bummed, but learned. So I bought what at the time was a kinda nice Nokia(one of the first bar phones with blue tooth) and put it in a condom and tied it off. Could still use it fairly normally, and there was enough air to keep it floating the few times it fell in. Caught on with some of my cohorts, others got a very expensive lesson in laughing at me.
Honest question, how do you Apple fans keep supporting this company?
I focus on the hardware, OS and ecosystem which are all very good for my use and just shake my head at things like this and move on. It’s not like I approve or feel like I have to approve of everything a company does to use their products. Of course the more attuned they are to my needs the more I like them. And Apple has been a mixed bag over the years. Then again so has everyone else.
Since I started moving my family over to Apple, the amount of tech support I needed to do for them dropped to almost zero. It just works. I have my Raspberry Pis and Linux boxes for fun and my MacBook for when the computer needs to get out of the way and let me work.
That said, I have zero interest in buying this absurd fashion accessory ;)
I used to work in Apple tech support and trust me the people who buy iPhones are the least tech savvy people in the world. People dwelling in caves in prehistory would have been more capable than your average Apple customer.
A good chunk of them found the concept of plugging your iPad in occasionally to be beyond comprehension. Also that their Wi-Fi didn’t have a 600 mile range and no it wouldn’t work if you were in a different country.
You’ve just reminded me of my late sister, who insisted she could access my WiFi from 300 miles away. “How else am I getting internet?” A mystery for sure.
Well, not a fan, exactly, but I am forced to be fully engulfed in the apple ecosystem.
I don’t hate them more than Dell, Asus, Sony, or Microsoft. Not everything they make is a ripoff.
- the $10 A/D converter in the headphone adapters is a steal
- the mac mini with base config is a good deal
- the macbook air is worth the money and best in class
- ipad — no worthy competition for most users
- M-series chips and their energy consumption
- savvy users avoid all the upsell ripoffs like storage upgrades and displays and sock slings
Personally I wouldn’t call the MacBook air good value for money. It’s not a bad computer but it’s very expensive for the specs you get. You’re basically paying for it to be very thin and really it’s no more portable than the normal MacBook because when you think about it obviously it isn’t because if the MacBook wasn’t portable it would be a mini desktop.
Main issue I have with that company is the ridiculous pricing of SSD or RAM upgrades. I’m not paying $200 for extra 256gb, we’re not in 2008 anymore
And that it can’t be upgraded after purchase
Edit, went to watch the price of the 256gb SSD upgrade and I was wrong. It’s not $200 but it’s €250 👍🏻
Edit2: I was also wrong about the SSD pricing in 2008, they’re selling it at year 2012 prices, not year 2008 prices
Uh, I think you are agreeing with my last point…? You savvy user you.
Yes but it’s annoying to being forced to workaround the issue with USB drives…
Also I’d like to get 32gb or 64gb because it’s shared with GPU… But a Mac mini with 64gb costs 2500 euro (THREE TIMES!!!) instead of the 750 euro base model with 16gb…
iPads cant even send SMS or make calls. The most gimped of tablets.
The rest of your list seems reasonable
Meh, in my fairly extensive experience with end users, they don’t care about that, they have phones. Different use-case.
But I recognise that we’re here amongst many fussy edge-case users. Still the best tablet by majority acclaim even if you can’t use it as a phone.
apple is cool.
lemmy people aren’t cool. they are practical.
practical people are the antithesis of cool people. cool people don’t care about value or function.
hence why they pay $1000s for wear it once clothing.
MacBooks are pretty practical. ARM laptops like MacBooks have genuinely ridiculously good battery life; I was genuinely shocked the first time I used one.
Yes, ARM windows exists, but it’s clunky and has little support because unlike MacBooks, not all Windows laptops run ARM, so developers have little incentive to make ARM Windows versions their apps.
MacBooks are pretty practical. ARM laptops like MacBooks have genuinely ridiculously good battery life; I was genuinely shocked the first time I used one.
Yeah agreed, have one at work. I just really dislike their software.
battery life and simplicity thats why. i used it while in COllege, and i can see why people own even the older ones.
Oh God I feel dumber having read this. How is this not the onion?! A 3D knitted construction? Really?
I love this. This is perfect for Apple people.
It’s really not.
Apple seems to disagree with you.
Inspired by the barracks makeshift meteor hammer weapon - hard soap in a stocking. * Fullmetal Jacket
Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth,"
Looks at URL.
Born from the idea of creating an additional pocket, its understated design fully encloses iPhone, expanding to fit more of a user’s everyday items.
“The design of iPhone Pocket speaks to the bond between iPhone and its user, while keeping in mind that an Apple product is designed to be universal in aesthetic and versatile in use,” shared Yoshiyuki Miyamae, design director of MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO
Looks at URL.
When stretched, the open textile subtly reveals its contents and allows users to peek at their iPhone display…
This can’t be real. Checks URL again.
Phone Pocket features a singular 3D-knitted construction that is the result of research and development carried out at ISSEY MIYAKE. The design drew inspiration from the concept of “a piece of cloth” and…
iPhone Pocket in the short strap design retails at $149.95 (U.S.), and the long strap design at $229.95 (U.S.).
…What the fuck? This has to be hack or something. There’s no way a human being wrote that article, and didn’t know what they were doing.
And with all that piffle, they never actually tell what it’s made from. I assume some kind of acrylic? In which case it will snag and pill like crazy and look complete crap within a month.
I should start knitting these for Christmas gifts.
This was my EXACT experience. How was this not satire?
I can’t stop laughing at this comment. I think that’s what we all did!
I did the same, but also double checked the date to make sure this wasn’t some weird April fools that got missed
“This can’t be real. Checks URL again.”
Dude! I was doing the same thing. I kept thinking, “Is this some new form of prank that hides the url somehow?”
it’s so stupid I’m still not convinced it’s real.
It’ll just make idiots even more identifiable
It looks like the bathing suit that Borat wore to the beach.
We’ve come full circle.
Also, I wonder if this is some kind of scheme to park the “iPhone Pocket” name for a bit in case they want to make a phone called that in 10 years.
Here I thought it was going to be a small screened cheap iPhone and I was excited for a minute.
Very disappointed that’s not what this was.
cheap iPhone
LOL
I mean, they have done it. When I was looking at phones a few years back, it was genuinely a toss up between a Pixel 4a and an iPhone SE. If all you need it to be is a cameraphone, then both were good options.
Even now, the iPhone 16e is a relatively inexpensive phone when considering its featureset, but I would prefer a “mini” or newer SE variant instead.
Compared to other flagships they’re not outrageously expensive
OK? They’re also fuckin’ expensive
I won’t argue that. But they’re not like, uniquely expensive.
Well, they are more expensive, and have more expensive options.
That’s exactly what I was thinking too. Like an iPhone nano or something. The laugh I let out when I saw what it actually was though, I really needed that today.
What a sign of the times. God damn I fucking hate this. Some marketing team gleefully jerking themselves off to it somewhere. Their margins on this have got to be disgustingly high.
Profit: $229
It’s great! Costs about zero energy to produce, takes money from idiots, what’s not to love?!
And is made of polyester, microplastic
Would you rather one spend $230 on a little piece of shit like this or a new pair of tires? Bit relative isn’t it?
“Never give a sucker an even break”.
The Flimflam man
