Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoApple's ultra-thin iPhone flops as foldable iPad hits a creasewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128external-linkApple's ultra-thin iPhone flops as foldable iPad hits a creasewww.theregister.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s about prestige. Once it catches on and rich people are seen with it, normal people will start buying them too to look prestigious too.
minus-squareSaraTonin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou could have said the same about the Vision Pro, but that’s pretty dead
minus-squareChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou couldn’t really take them to a Starbucks though. This feels more portable for what many people use computers for on casual setups (shop, music and videos).
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoCrazy but true. That’s the price of my work laptop from the late 90’s/early 2000’s.
It’s about prestige. Once it catches on and rich people are seen with it, normal people will start buying them too to look prestigious too.
You could have said the same about the Vision Pro, but that’s pretty dead
You couldn’t really take them to a Starbucks though. This feels more portable for what many people use computers for on casual setups (shop, music and videos).
Crazy but true.
That’s the price of my work laptop from the late 90’s/early 2000’s.