Re: iPhone 16 Pro may have polished titanium frame instead of brushed titanium

On 2024-03-30 13:49:00 +0000, Cameo said:

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Your Name wrote:

On 2024-03-29 18:52:46 +0000, badgolferman said:

Jan K. wrote:

 https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/29/iphone-16-pro-polished-titanium-report/
 "Apple has developed a new finish for the titanium frame of the
iPhone 16 Pro models, with the brushed look of the iPhone 15 Pro
replaced by a more polished material."

 Please explain to me why this is a big deal and how does it lead to
a better experience for the user.

 It doesn't ... but Samsung and co. will still be copying it in four
months time, after jeering Apple for doing it.  :-p

 Regardless of whether Samsung copies them, Apple has trillions of
dollars to use for innovation and creating new useful products.  When
it comes to the iPhone the only things they've shown lately are
different colors or different skeletal materials.  Oh, and the dynamic
window which turned out to be a dud.  Occasionally they come out with
an updated camera.  Why bother coming out with a new model every year
if there's nothing new to sell?  The only thing I can think of is they
know the Apple sheep will stand in line for days waiting to be the
first to buy a yellow iPhone.

 Because that drives the sales. Marketing 101.

Yep. If people are stupid enough to keep buying a new model when their old one still works perfectly well, then big business companies will continue to make new models.
The reality is that the mobile phone reach the end of real innovation long ago, pretty much with the release of the original iPhone. Everything since then has just been tweaks - some good, some bad, and some ridiculous.
Samsung and other companies have made foldable phones, but they don't sell that well. Apple is rumouredly looking at a foldable iPhone oand/or iPad, but so far is reportedly unhappy with the results (the crease down the display's middle, for example) and is working to improve them. At some point Apple may actually release a foldable iPhone, and like most of what they do it will be made properly, work, and show all their "competitors" how it should have been done ... and then all those "competitors" will simply lazily copy Apple's work.