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Designing a new iPhone that does everything the old one does slightly better has very little value added. Being able to replace broken iPhone12s with new iPhon
by sbaiddn 4y ago
Designing a new iPhone that does everything the old one does slightly better has very little value added.
Being able to replace broken iPhone12s with new iPhone12s is real. An iPhone18XR on paper is just a piece of paper.
- algoatecorn 4y agoYea but Apple isn't just the iPhone. Apple has unmatched perceived goodwill, devout customer base, and whole patent portfolio
- 9dev 4y agoThat still doesn’t change the fact that a tiger without teeth may roar as loud as they can, but still won’t be able to bite you.
- sbaiddn 4y agoPatents are worthwhile only as far as they are respected. A factory is a real asset employing many real people. Anyway, why does SV have a lock on design? If anything computer design has gotten very stale since the early 90s when all the competitors to American computer systems finally croaked
- jupp0r 4y agoIf what you said were true, there would have been lots of Chinese phone manufacturers eating Apple's market share for lunch. There aren't.