Apple consistently has top tier processor, camera, and longevity. There’s ton I don’t like about their business practices but don’t act like they release garbage. My kids still use my old iPhone 8 Plus and it still works great. The Android devices I have from that timeframe are unusable by comparison.
If there’s anything I’ve learned over the years, it’s the “new” doesn’t always actually mean “good”. It sure can have that shine though, that cutting-edge aura where you feel like you’re actually a pioneer or some shit. Then it becomes merely a “thing” and no longer a “new thing” and all that luster is kinda worn off. Even worse–sometimes the new thing changes the stuff you liked about the old thing, while introducing new features/options that don’t always fill the gaps. Sometimes there’s progress in the transition: lighter, faster, more capable, etc. But i feel there’s always a tradeoff and it’s usually reliability or legacy compatibility that’s the first thing to get reduced to make room for more glitter.
I think I’m just getting older and find myself less interested in trying out different tech, i just want something that works and i don’t care if it’s current or not. At this point, the difference between the capabilities of most current stuff doesn’t justify spending 2-4x as much to upgrade from my cheap, reliable daily drivers. The tech in these phones is amazing, but it doesn’t seem like there’s been any major improvements in the past several years that felt really ground breaking. I’m sure I’m overlooking something or perhaps there’s newer functionality I’m unfamiliar with. It just feels like they really are just re-releasing the same products over and over but with a new number slapped on it so people get the warm and fuzzies when they buy it.
I mean, Microsoft at will give different versions of windows different names, Apple just keeps reusing the same name.
Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows CE, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11.
Apple just use the same name for so many different models in the same series that customers have to invent descriptors:
Wasn’t abomination known as ME (millennium edition) after all the 98 versions? At least I don’t recall hearing about it until well after using 98 SE for a while.
It is odd though that they switched from version numbers in 3.1 to years for a bit and random names, then just kind of picked up the version numbers again like nothing happened between.
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