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The iPhones of Fall
- pedalpete 13y agoFor the most part, I've been really happy that HN hasn't been overloaded with iPhone article after article, but I also think it is a sign that the last few releases really haven't been that interesting. iOS7 got a ton of coverage and rightly so! This article comments that the iPhone move from technology to fashion is a bad thing, but I'm not so sure it is. There is no technology 'missing' from any of the premium handsets these days, and we can only compete on mega-pixels, processors, etc. for so long. Technology as fashion is a progression, as is the split between 'feature phones' and 'smart phones'. I compare it to a pen, where many companies put out details about how well it writes, while others create fashion pieces that you want to have. Pens all right good-enough, so you can't keep competing on that. Furthermore, fashion drives price, I suspect often more than technological advancement does.