Apple has stopped being innovative for years now - they are always serving a slightly upgraded and much more expensive version of their phones each year… and people keep paying those abhorrent prices. I honestly do not understand why.
Android is not better since they try to copy Apple pricewise AND you can enjoy being simultaneously exploited by the phones manufacturer AND Google.
Much more expensive? They’re the same price they’ve been for the last 5 generations.
And let’s be frank, no one is really innovating right now. Every phone is a brick, and some fold. But nothing about how we interact with our phones has significantly changed in at least 5 years. And even the change from fingerprint as the primary biometric to face is relatively small.
Introducing double tap to the Watch is the most significant innovation in a flagship device that I’ve seen in a hot minute. But phones are reaching their limit for ways to interact due to technological limitations. Hell, I’m not even seeing sci-fi showing real imaginative ways to interact with tech anymore, just different form factors for existing technology. What else is there to really do to change how we interact with our devices at this point?
If someone seriously innovated and made something different, it would flop because people would be like “EHHH IT’S NOT WHAT I’M USED TO”
I’m posting this from my five-year-old iPhone that works awesome also lawl, the only reason I’m upgrading now is for more storage space. You’re also right about the price… this isn’t much more at all than my 5yo phone was. This phone works great, but people complaining about innovation also… what I’m getting by finally deciding to upgrade:
Much faster processor
120hz fuck yeah
USB-C (wouldn’t care if the old cables weren’t fucking USB2 speeds lawl. This is actually a huge upgrade)
Always-on display (neat I guess)
More battery (love it, but my five year old phone still lasts all day)
SO MANY CAMERAS (I actually love this)
It unlocks via face when I wear a mask (I still do that thing, so that’s cool)
SPACE (so much space for flacs)
There’s probably more shit, but when I really think about it… this XS Maxxx is totally fine and would be great another year or two, but that’s a lotta upgrades.
Apple has stopped being innovative for years now - they are always serving a slightly upgraded and much more expensive version of their phones each year… and people keep paying those abhorrent prices. I honestly do not understand why.
Android is not better since they try to copy Apple pricewise AND you can enjoy being simultaneously exploited by the phones manufacturer AND Google.
Wonderful times.
Much more expensive? They’re the same price they’ve been for the last 5 generations.
And let’s be frank, no one is really innovating right now. Every phone is a brick, and some fold. But nothing about how we interact with our phones has significantly changed in at least 5 years. And even the change from fingerprint as the primary biometric to face is relatively small.
Introducing double tap to the Watch is the most significant innovation in a flagship device that I’ve seen in a hot minute. But phones are reaching their limit for ways to interact due to technological limitations. Hell, I’m not even seeing sci-fi showing real imaginative ways to interact with tech anymore, just different form factors for existing technology. What else is there to really do to change how we interact with our devices at this point?
If someone seriously innovated and made something different, it would flop because people would be like “EHHH IT’S NOT WHAT I’M USED TO”
I’m posting this from my five-year-old iPhone that works awesome also lawl, the only reason I’m upgrading now is for more storage space. You’re also right about the price… this isn’t much more at all than my 5yo phone was. This phone works great, but people complaining about innovation also… what I’m getting by finally deciding to upgrade:
Much faster processor
120hz fuck yeah
USB-C (wouldn’t care if the old cables weren’t fucking USB2 speeds lawl. This is actually a huge upgrade)
Always-on display (neat I guess)
More battery (love it, but my five year old phone still lasts all day)
SO MANY CAMERAS (I actually love this)
It unlocks via face when I wear a mask (I still do that thing, so that’s cool)
SPACE (so much space for flacs)
There’s probably more shit, but when I really think about it… this XS Maxxx is totally fine and would be great another year or two, but that’s a lotta upgrades.
Idk… except from the foldable phones I feel like this a general trend for all phones.