Apple's new iPhone 15 is an underwhelming 'slap in the face,' say disappointed fans

I don’t know why people expect massive jumps every single year. There’s only so much you can really change year over year at this point.

You don’t need to upgrade every damn year. Apple supports each phone for a minimum of 5-6 years.

"New iphone sucks", says fans while standing in line at the store the night before the launch.

So what the fuck do you all want? It's a phone. All the innovations that could be crammed into a candybar-style phone have pretty much been done.

If you want real innovation that means a return to the early 2000s when there were tons of different form factors in the market. Sliders, flips, phones with full keyboards, etc. But that means you either need The Only Phone Manufacturer to produce more than one product line of phones, or it means you need to consider other options.

There's a LITTLE innovation happening- Samsung and Google are both using the new flexible OLED panels to make flipbook-style phones that look pretty cool. Motorola has one too that's a flip phone style gadget, kinda square when closed but flips open to be a standard phone size. Sadly I don't see any real contenders with a physical keyboard.

What's funny is this is the biggest update in years. The action button and USB C by themselves are a much bigger difference than last year was. Base models also got dynamic island. Smaller bezels, rounded edges, new colors. I dk how much more could change visually besides those things anyway?

The pros also have 3nm, armv9, wifi 6e, thread connectivity, new cellular bands, ai 5g modem, ray tracing, more ram, Qi2, 10 gbps port, increased repairability, titanium. 5x zoom on the Pro Max.

I think the problem that people are picking up on is that the base model is turning into a budget version of the previous year's pro model. If you want newer tech you are forced to pay over $1,000 now. Before they had the same internals as the pros.

"I'll never leave Apple but the iPhone 11-15 are all the same exact phones," said one user in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

I'm getting serious

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I think that we've reached the peak of that form factor. Every real change will have to deviate so much that we wouldn’t call it smartphone any more.

How about they add a 3.5mm audio jack? That'd be a killer feature!

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If they added a 3.5 headphone jack, that would be earth-shattering

People say this every year. The vast majority of true innovation is behind us. Why was an article written this year? Is it just because some reporter browsed X and thought, "eh, why not?". This is not news.

It's just a phone. Here's an idea: You don't have to rush out to pathologically buy the latest thing that Apple makes. You and Apple don't owe each other shit. If your old phone works, stick with it. And if the new iPhone doesn't do it for you, just fuckin' buy something else.

Also:

The latest range of iPhones did feature a number of changes from previous models – most notably switching from the company’s lightning charger to USB-C. Apple said that it had no choice but to make the change after coming under pressure from European regulators to adopt the standard.

However, this new feature has also attracted criticism from fans because it limits users to just one action at a time.

So, I have never in my life had to try this (because my Moto Z4 has both a headphone jack and USB-C port) but I just tried it for grins using a USB-C hub with PD passthrough I had lying around and yes, my existing 4 year old phone can charge and use another USB device -- or four -- simultaneously just fine. This is 100% on Apple for intentionally crippling their shit out of spite and has nothing to do with USB-C.

TL;DR: Just don't buy the new iPhone, then. I manage to consistently not buy the new iPhone on a daily basis. It's not that hard.

Apple keeps releasing the same HypePhone every year.

@L4s it’s not like you have to buy a phone every year. They’re mature tech now. I have an iPhone 13. I will probably still be using it 2 years hence.

Phones are maturing. Are they upset when the new Toyota Camry is only modestly different than last years?

Lol what? Just dont buy it, Its that simple. Suckers born every minute!

Lack of Innovation is their business model

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Apple fans have attacked the new iPhone 15 on social media, describing it as "disappointing" and "underwhelming."

"I'll never leave Apple but the iPhone 11-15 are all the same exact phones," said one user in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Other Apple fans posting on X described the new iPhone lineup as "underwhelming" and said the lack of innovation left them "tempted to go back to Android."

"Launching iterative phones is one thing but this year's base 15 models are a slap in the face to loyal customers who (are) locked into the ecosystem and need an upgrade," they added.

The latest range of iPhones did feature a number of changes from previous models – most notably switching from the company's lightning charger to USB-C. Apple said that it had no choice but to make the change after coming under pressure from European regulators to adopt the standard.

However, this new feature has also attracted criticism from fans because it limits users to just one action at a time.

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Theyll still buy one.

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hOw Is ThAt PoSsIbLe???

All the YouTubers invited at Apple’s are saying this is an incredible and revolutionary phone. How can it be otherwise ?

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LG Prada.

As always, Apple "borrows" innovation while others take the actual risk.

And they will still line up to buy it.

I don't know if Lemmy is degrading already or if the Apple fan boys and girls have just migrated en masse, but this thread sucks.

• Apple sucks, they don't innovate. They wait for others to test innovation in the market, then they copy it and market as their own.
• the people saying stop expecting new features/designs every year are missing the larger point, they shouldn't be releasing phones on a one year cycle in the first place AND, if they are, it better be for a reason (e.g. New features/designs)
• those saying, "not news" are apologist shills - it's never wrong to call out corporate violent and endless greed.
• Did you know that people who's comments say "LOL" in a dismissive gesture are statistically likely to never wipe their assess after going to the bathroom?

What fans. It does this every year. Unfortunately innovation has stagnated. Now it's just money for exceds

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I'm not even a fan and I'm disappointed.

You call that competition?