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

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68 points Lyngbakr | 1 comments | 13 Nov 25 01:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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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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1. 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.