It's a joke even before looking at the price. "3D-knitted" WTF is that? Isn't all knitting in "3D"?
It's a crappy handbag, and it's just for a phone.
It looks like they had to use models to advertise it because they couldn't use "everyday people" in "everyday situations" to advertise because it looks like it would be garbage in that scenario.
Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?
> Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?
They've been flirting with it for a while, remember they made a $17,000 solid gold variant of the first gen Apple Watch (which is no longer supported lol), and today they sell luxury Hermès edition watches at a 2-3x premium over the regular titanium models.
Lmao yeah I checked the domain after that. Cannot believe a person seriously wrote that. Inspired by the concept of a piece of cloth is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
Sometimes I think they’re messing with us. This is more ridiculous than that monitor stand from a few years ago
>Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?
Apple has been dealing in luxury fashion goods since at least the early 2000s.
You think they made computers look like that, with a circular mouse, because it was better? You think putting the charging port on the bottom of yet another mouse was about sharp product focus?
Apple sells what it does because it's a Lifestyle Brand.
You seem more eager to shit on this aspect of it than to understand something you’re unfamiliar with. Not that you need to become familiar with something you’re uninterested in, especially with luxury market products, but since you’re here talking about it and this isn't "Hater News"…
It does have higher production cost but the price of this item is priced for it being designed by Issey Miyake (not Apple) and sold as a luxury fashion item. If you want a cheaper strap they sell that too.
Most expensive sock ever.
They've invented the 'thneed' from "The Lorax"...
Excellent, I'll be repeating this.
Have you seen what the Olsen twins are charging for a sweater?!
It's a joke even before looking at the price. "3D-knitted" WTF is that? Isn't all knitting in "3D"?
It's a crappy handbag, and it's just for a phone.
It looks like they had to use models to advertise it because they couldn't use "everyday people" in "everyday situations" to advertise because it looks like it would be garbage in that scenario.
Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?
> Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?
They've been flirting with it for a while, remember they made a $17,000 solid gold variant of the first gen Apple Watch (which is no longer supported lol), and today they sell luxury Hermès edition watches at a 2-3x premium over the regular titanium models.
I got an Hermes (plastic?) strap as a gift and it’s way better than any other strap I’ve ever had. Plastic and steel still look brand new.
Is it worth 10-20X the price of a normal strap? No, but it’s called disposable income for a reason.
>they made a $17,000 solid gold variant of the first gen Apple Watch (which is no longer supported lol)
I don't think the kind of people to spend $17K on a digital watch care that it's no longer supported - it's pocket change for them
I think that's different. That's just premium flair for their product, whereas this is just a stupid fashion product.
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My favorite bit is right before that,
> Inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth”
I dunno, this was pretty good too
> The design of iPhone Pocket speaks to the bond between iPhone and its user
Like it's a pet or something
Apple must be trolling us at this point.
Also I cannot help but read this in the voice of Jony Ive.
Lmao yeah I checked the domain after that. Cannot believe a person seriously wrote that. Inspired by the concept of a piece of cloth is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
Sometimes I think they’re messing with us. This is more ridiculous than that monitor stand from a few years ago
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It honestly reads like low effort engagement bait I'd expect to see on Twitter
>Is Apple expanding to the "luxury" fashion market?
Apple has been dealing in luxury fashion goods since at least the early 2000s.
You think they made computers look like that, with a circular mouse, because it was better? You think putting the charging port on the bottom of yet another mouse was about sharp product focus?
Apple sells what it does because it's a Lifestyle Brand.
Could be AI-knitted. They lost an opportunity right there.
It has a meaning as technical jargon in textiles https://www.uniqlo.com/eu/en/news/sp/topics/2022011301/ which was chosen as being similar to Issey Miyake’s piece of cloth construction: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/100361
You seem more eager to shit on this aspect of it than to understand something you’re unfamiliar with. Not that you need to become familiar with something you’re uninterested in, especially with luxury market products, but since you’re here talking about it and this isn't "Hater News"…
It does have higher production cost but the price of this item is priced for it being designed by Issey Miyake (not Apple) and sold as a luxury fashion item. If you want a cheaper strap they sell that too.
They didn’t buy Beats by Dre for the sound quality.
I imagine that a lot of poor people will pay this, in order to try to show off as rich