Yes. Technology is hard; doubly so for wearables.

he sold it in 2006

…damn, Steve Jobs bankrolled a large portion of my childhood and I never even realized.

Has nothing to do with the square corners. They started making leather cases with the 5s, and they were fantastic.

Apple leather cases just haven’t been the same since the 12 lineup, and if they weren’t gonna improve on the quality, they might as well quit.

Launch day device at 98%. I don’t baby this thing’s battery, but I am more careful than most.

Regular 15 will easily last 3 years. Heck, I’d expect 4 or 5 out of it. As for the Pro, that’ll probably be good for a year longer, maybe two.

Carmakers might be able to do what nobody else has managed to do so far: Kill the automobile. Everything the industry does seems to point in that direction, at least.

Not to mention, the place where it used to be was easy to reach with either hand. This one will probably be unpleasant with both.

• Someone makes meme
• People like it and join in
• Brand sees attention and wants to be ‘hip’
• Brand co-opts meme and draws in other brands
• Meme is no longer cool, now it’s just brand memeing at brand

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The 15 is probably gonna do huge numbers this year, thanks to the design changes and USB-C. Kinda wish I’d gotten that but I really couldn’t put off an upgrade anymore and got the 14 Pro.

Monkey’s Paw lol

I mean, that sucks for you but pull-tabs are considered ‘repair-friendly’ by pretty much everyone in the Right to Repair movement.

Same, why is Paris Hilton so mad at him?

Then you just gotta hope that HCEs take off.

They’re fixing security issues left and right. Could be them being more diligent for once, could be more exploits that need urgent fixing.

I don’t even get why a removable backplate is necessary when the battery is a ‘once every 2 years’ replacement. Why would I want my phone’s entire design to be compromised for a replacement that my phone will probably only see twice, maybe thrice?

Plus, hot-swappable batteries would carry the risk of people replacing batteries and just tossing away the spare like garbage. At least now, the procedure is restricted to businesses and people who probably have enough sense to recycle the battery.

Dude, Apple uses pull-tabs; their batteries aren’t practically fused to the phone’s chassis like Samsung’s.

It’s not cemented into the chassis lol, Apple replaces it for $99 or you can just buy the part from ‘em and replace it yourself.

I care. This thing’s already thick and heavy enough, and I don’t particularly care about popping the back off my phone to replace a battery. It’s like…once every two years that I have to replace it.