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£220 'for a cut-up sock' — Apples's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online

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68 points Lyngbakr | 8 comments | 13 Nov 25 01:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.341s | source | bottom
1. broodbucket ◴[13 Nov 25 01:28 UTC] No.45909310[source]▶
Maybe this is a new low for the more regular consumer facing stuff, but this is hardly new for Apple. The $1000 wheels come to mind.
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2. kotaKat ◴[13 Nov 25 01:32 UTC] No.45909346[source]▶
Or the fugly Beats Pill... things.

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/18/beats-pill-vear-returns...

3. JimDabell ◴[13 Nov 25 01:36 UTC] No.45909368[source]▶
Apple were also widely ridiculed for the iPad (just a big iPhone), AirPods (everybody who wears them looks goofy), and Apple Watch (ugly square).
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4. ghaff ◴[13 Nov 25 02:26 UTC] No.45909752[source]▶
Apple Watch also that no one not a boomer wears watches any longer.
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5. LeoPanthera ◴[13 Nov 25 02:44 UTC] No.45909874{3}[source]▶
You're kidding, right? It's ubiquitous. I see it everywhere. It's almost unusual to see someone wearing a watch that isn't one.
6. broodbucket ◴[13 Nov 25 02:57 UTC] No.45909974[source]▶
Screenshot this when the iPhone Pocket is the hot new product everyone must buy, but somehow I don't think these are even remotely in the same category. I don't think Ballmer laughing at the iPhone's price is in the same category as this or the wheels, somehow. Maybe I'm just not enough of a thought leader.
7. broodbucket ◴[13 Nov 25 02:57 UTC] No.45909977{3}[source]▶
Yeah this is out of touch. They're definitely still popular, and besides, older generations exist and their product preferences are valid
8. mariusor ◴[13 Nov 25 06:51 UTC] No.45911583{3}[source]▶
Except for all the young, fit people that want to track their workouts and health. Maybe the time of watches that just tell time has passed - I would argue even against that with the continuing existence of Swiss luxury brands - but watch as a small health monitor is still in full force.