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"cheaper version of the soon-to-be-outdated iPhone 5, coming in a variety of colors, with a plastic case instead of aluminum. " I somehow feel that Steve Jobs

"cheaper version of the soon-to-be-outdated iPhone 5, coming in a variety of colors, with a plastic case instead of aluminum. " I somehow feel that Steve Jobs wouldn't have compromised like that.

auctiontheory 13y ago
Don't most iPhone owners use a case? The shiny beauty of the phone is really wasted.
- 31reasons 13y ago
  The shiny beauty draws them to the Store and buy the phones and they buy cases to protect that shiny beauty.
- interpol_p 13y ago
  Most smartphone owners I see use a case - iPhone or Android. I think it's a pity because the devices look so much better without cases.
  - olefoo 13y ago
    The devices may be awesome, but they are delicate, slick and slippery and cases make them grippy, resilient and personal.
- sytelus 13y ago
  People use cases because iPhone is fairly susceptible for screen cracking on drops. In that case, it costs $600 for replacement. Search for iphone screen cracked and you would see how popular this search term is and how many businesses have mushroomed around this.
  - glenra 13y ago
    FWIW, the last time my 4S screen broke, I got the whole phone replaced at an Apple Store for $200. What's more, they recently started replacing just the screens in-store for $150. http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/06/apples-149-in-store-iphone-screen-replacement-service-and-the-machine-that-makes-it-possible/ http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/06/apples-149-in-store-iphone-scr...
- chrischen 13y ago
  No kidding. They wrap their fancy aluminum with a cheap plastic exterior anyways!
gms 13y ago
iBook laptop vs Macbook Pro?
snowwrestler 13y ago
Look at what they did with the iPod (under Steve's leadership) to capture all the price points in the music device market. Expect similar tactics in phones and tablets.
zeckalpha 13y ago
soon-to-be-outdated?
arrrg 13y ago
What the fuck? Plastics are an awesome material and Apple is no stranger to using it – especially under Steve Jobs. The believe that this is in any way a compromise is just so fucking weird.
veidr 13y ago
I have heard several variants of this opinion, from several people, and it always blows my mind. Steve Jobs practically invented garish colored plastic housings. Don't you remember the iMac? In translucent 'Bondi Blue' and then every color under the sun? And how somehow just about every product on earth -- even like kitchen gadgets and car air fresheners and shit -- suddenly started coming out in weird-colored plastic housings? And then how Apple-under-jobs returned to that playbook for their music player line? I think the people who now say Steve Jobs wouldn't have made a cheaper colored-plastic-clad iPhone are the same ones who now say he would never have worn stonewashed jeans with huge non-functional thigh and knee patches.[1] [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-tKLISfPE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-tKLISfPE
- city41 13y ago
  > Steve Jobs practically invented garish colored plastic housings. And then he and Ives went onto Titanium and ultimately settled on aluminum. They've not made a plastic computer since. Jobs most likely would see plastic as a regression.
  - veidr 13y ago
    Actually, right now I am anxiously awaiting the latest model of Apple's flagship computer, which will ship later this year and is made out of plastic: http://www.apple.com/mac-pro http://www.apple.com/mac-pro
    - Oletros 13y ago
      It is not plastic
      - veidr 13y ago
        Oh really?? Cool; just because it isn't true that Steve Jobs wouldn't release a plastic computer, that doesn't mean I want to spend ten grand on one... :-D So what material is it? Do you have source for that info?
  - 13y ago
raldi 13y ago
> I somehow feel that Steve Jobs wouldn't have compromised like that. But he did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3G http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3G

"cheaper version of the soon-to-be-outdated iPhone 5, coming in a variety of colors, with a plastic case instead of aluminum. " I somehow feel that Steve Jobs wouldn't have compromised like that.

auctiontheory 13y ago

Don't most iPhone owners use a case? The shiny beauty of the phone is really wasted.

31reasons 13y ago
The shiny beauty draws them to the Store and buy the phones and they buy cases to protect that shiny beauty.
interpol_p 13y ago
Most smartphone owners I see use a case - iPhone or Android. I think it's a pity because the devices look so much better without cases.
- olefoo 13y ago
  The devices may be awesome, but they are delicate, slick and slippery and cases make them grippy, resilient and personal.
sytelus 13y ago
People use cases because iPhone is fairly susceptible for screen cracking on drops. In that case, it costs $600 for replacement. Search for iphone screen cracked and you would see how popular this search term is and how many businesses have mushroomed around this.
- glenra 13y ago
  FWIW, the last time my 4S screen broke, I got the whole phone replaced at an Apple Store for $200. What's more, they recently started replacing just the screens in-store for $150. http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/06/apples-149-in-store-iphone-screen-replacement-service-and-the-machine-that-makes-it-possible/ http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/06/apples-149-in-store-iphone-scr...
chrischen 13y ago
No kidding. They wrap their fancy aluminum with a cheap plastic exterior anyways!

gms 13y ago

iBook laptop vs Macbook Pro?

snowwrestler 13y ago

Look at what they did with the iPod (under Steve's leadership) to capture all the price points in the music device market. Expect similar tactics in phones and tablets.

zeckalpha 13y ago

soon-to-be-outdated?

arrrg 13y ago

What the fuck? Plastics are an awesome material and Apple is no stranger to using it – especially under Steve Jobs. The believe that this is in any way a compromise is just so fucking weird.

veidr 13y ago

I have heard several variants of this opinion, from several people, and it always blows my mind. Steve Jobs practically invented garish colored plastic housings. Don't you remember the iMac? In translucent 'Bondi Blue' and then every color under the sun? And how somehow just about every product on earth -- even like kitchen gadgets and car air fresheners and shit -- suddenly started coming out in weird-colored plastic housings? And then how Apple-under-jobs returned to that playbook for their music player line? I think the people who now say Steve Jobs wouldn't have made a cheaper colored-plastic-clad iPhone are the same ones who now say he would never have worn stonewashed jeans with huge non-functional thigh and knee patches.[1] [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-tKLISfPE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-tKLISfPE

city41 13y ago
> Steve Jobs practically invented garish colored plastic housings. And then he and Ives went onto Titanium and ultimately settled on aluminum. They've not made a plastic computer since. Jobs most likely would see plastic as a regression.
- veidr 13y ago
  Actually, right now I am anxiously awaiting the latest model of Apple's flagship computer, which will ship later this year and is made out of plastic: http://www.apple.com/mac-pro http://www.apple.com/mac-pro
  - Oletros 13y ago
    It is not plastic
    - veidr 13y ago
      Oh really?? Cool; just because it isn't true that Steve Jobs wouldn't release a plastic computer, that doesn't mean I want to spend ten grand on one... :-D So what material is it? Do you have source for that info?
- 13y ago

raldi 13y ago

> I somehow feel that Steve Jobs wouldn't have compromised like that. But he did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3G http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3G