Yeah, because they always just compare the new one with the old iPhone, not with competitors. "The best in an iPhone ever!" Well, no shit, the new one isn't worse than the old one, gz!

And don't forget to invent crazy marketing names to hide tech specs ("Retina display" which wasn't even 1080p etc).

what is a "normal phone" to you, apple has over 50% marketshare in both the US and UK. iphones are, by definition, "normal phones".

the days of iphones being the expensive/overpriced option are over, with 1200+ android flagships being common

Did we say you could visit The Cursed Place?

I just saw that same story twice on Lemmy this morning.

Have you seen much marketing for it? I've had to seek it out. Vision pro is pretty neat to me, especially with how sharp it is and the ability to use with my macbook seamlessly, but sure as shit ain't worth 3,500. I think there are really well-executed ideas in there. That is what Apple does, not necessarily invent from scratch, but refine a concept and work it into their pretty walled garden.

It doesn't seem like Apple is aiming to make massive profit off this, seems very very gen 1 early adopter limited run. Seems odd to me there would be a full on marketing blitz other than fanboy and tech enthusiast reviews and hype.

e: i accidentally a word

Adding ChatGPT to an ebike or adding “AI” to a pet door is basically what’s going on in the Patrick meme.

You should look into NVMe HDD. They're huge upgrades for older computers. You won't get full speeds, but with a PCIe adaptor, you can get half speeds, which will be a 350% improvement to your SATA hard drives.

Even stuff like that is intentionally held back these days. They'll release like 1 "new" feature per year, which is already a couple of years old at the time of release, so that you need to upgrade again in six months if you want features that have been around for several years already.