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Great esthetics at the expense of good engineering has been Apple's way for a long time. Whenever there is a choice between making something look nice vs, makin

Great esthetics at the expense of good engineering has been Apple's way for a long time. Whenever there is a choice between making something look nice vs, making it be durable or last long, they opt for it to look nice. If they can make you fall in love with a device, you won't mind paying to replace it when it breaks. Tell me, what is the logic behind buying a beautiful but fragile iPhone if you must encase it in an Otter Box just to survive daily use and the occasional drop? Who cares how thin it is or about the hue of the rose gold if it's buried inside a thick case? I read a story about how Apple despised the look of Dell charging cables with their thick cable reinforcers everywhere a cable interfaced with a plug or electrical component. So Apple made thin cables with no reinforcers that would easily get damaged from normal use, and people would have to go buy more cables. Why have iPhone screens been so fragile? Because they are pretty. All my iPhone friends would keep using their cracked phones because they didn't want to pay to fix them. What's so pretty about walking around with a cracked screen? The world was a better place when Nokia engineering was a dominant influence. Attractive durability is superior to what Apple sells.

ookblah 10y ago
lol what? i'm not sure where you get that sentiment but apple has always been about good engineering. sure they've had their design flaws and mistakes, but more often than not they are pushing the boundaries of what can be done(minus what i consider their latest phone offerings) i think you're forgetting in the age of plastic laden laptops the things like the air were considered impressive engineering wise. overpriced, sure. but solid. the built quality of my old macbook pro was leaps and bounds beyond any pc equivalent at the time. apple trackpads/screens and touch sensitivity have still yet to be matched. you can criticize apple's pricing, proprietary lock-in and a host of other things, but i think quality of engineering is definitely not one of them.

ookblah 10y ago

lol what? i'm not sure where you get that sentiment but apple has always been about good engineering. sure they've had their design flaws and mistakes, but more often than not they are pushing the boundaries of what can be done(minus what i consider their latest phone offerings) i think you're forgetting in the age of plastic laden laptops the things like the air were considered impressive engineering wise. overpriced, sure. but solid. the built quality of my old macbook pro was leaps and bounds beyond any pc equivalent at the time. apple trackpads/screens and touch sensitivity have still yet to be matched. you can criticize apple's pricing, proprietary lock-in and a host of other things, but i think quality of engineering is definitely not one of them.