A musician friend told me that when he hits a bad note in live performance, he just hits it again a few times to make the audience think he did it on purpose.
That's the first thing I thought of when digesting Apple's latest "event" announcing the iPhone 14.
Here are Apple's bad ideas, some of which refuse to die:
The notch: This bud-ugly cutout in the screen is something other manufacturers just said no to before ever foisting it upon their users. But not Apple. No. What did they do instead? Double-down on the dumb idea. Now they've got something called a "dynamic island" that makes it darn near impossible to ignore that stupid cutout. Did you see how that thing now annoyingly stays on top of content, distracting you with utterly useless animations? If not, you will when you use it.
The form factor: The phones are too big, too heavy, and too uncomfortable to hold. Since when were square edges that cut into your palms a good idea? Back in the days of the iPhone 4 and 5? Remember how the 6 and follow-on phones were touted as comfortable because they had rounded edges? Yeah, they were, and the current phones are not.
The camera bump: It's now a huge, cancerous growth that looks like it should be excised by a surgeon. And for what? Most people still use their smartphone cameras (if at all) for quick snaps
Removing the SIM tray: This is a bad idea, as anyone who travels internationally will tell you right away.
Removing touch ID: This was a horrible idea, especially since Face ID is so flawed as a replacement. Apple should have brought back Touch ID with the 14, and they didn't. Bad idea.
Removing the small(er) iPhone: People don't carry these large phones. They lug them. The best phone Apple now sells is the SE because it's small, has no notch, and is relatively light and pocketable. All the others: not so much.
That's the first thing I thought of when digesting Apple's latest "event" announcing the iPhone 14.
Here are Apple's bad ideas, some of which refuse to die:
The notch: This bud-ugly cutout in the screen is something other manufacturers just said no to before ever foisting it upon their users. But not Apple. No. What did they do instead? Double-down on the dumb idea. Now they've got something called a "dynamic island" that makes it darn near impossible to ignore that stupid cutout. Did you see how that thing now annoyingly stays on top of content, distracting you with utterly useless animations? If not, you will when you use it.
The form factor: The phones are too big, too heavy, and too uncomfortable to hold. Since when were square edges that cut into your palms a good idea? Back in the days of the iPhone 4 and 5? Remember how the 6 and follow-on phones were touted as comfortable because they had rounded edges? Yeah, they were, and the current phones are not.
The camera bump: It's now a huge, cancerous growth that looks like it should be excised by a surgeon. And for what? Most people still use their smartphone cameras (if at all) for quick snaps
Removing the SIM tray: This is a bad idea, as anyone who travels internationally will tell you right away.
Removing touch ID: This was a horrible idea, especially since Face ID is so flawed as a replacement. Apple should have brought back Touch ID with the 14, and they didn't. Bad idea.
Removing the small(er) iPhone: People don't carry these large phones. They lug them. The best phone Apple now sells is the SE because it's small, has no notch, and is relatively light and pocketable. All the others: not so much.
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