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When I see “bad” in the title I equate that with a functional deficiency. Maybe “overpriced” or “ridiculously overpriced” or “a bad deal” would be more appropriate since the cables do work as intended, but at a price that only true believers would find acceptable.

Wow, the iPhone 15 Pro Max being 19 grams lighter than the 14 Pro Max will definitely put less strain on people’s bones and joints. That’s like carrying 8 fewer pennies in your pocket.

mike1 said:

"Nobody even remembers the Lighting to headphone adapter"

Not true at all. My wife has yet to find a wireless, in-ear headphone that she finds comfortable and will stay in her ear while even simple walking, never mind a real workout.

She has a Lightning and a USB C to headphone jack so she can use her wired headphones with her phone or iPad.

And I do still see other people with them occasionally, for whatever reason.

I use the Lightning to 3.5 mm dongle a lot. I even use USB-C to 3.5 mm with my iPad mini. I like the AirPods Pro a real lot, but I still prefer listening to the bulk of my music with an open back headphones, or even a good closed back headphone, over the AirPods Pro. The AirPods Pro are stellar for watching & listening to Apple TV when there’s someone else in the same room reading a book or otherwise engaged. 

Umm, of course they will make the best of the situation.

When the EU hands you lemons - you make lemonade. 

Why would anyone expect otherwise? Apple has to answer to shareholders who really don’t care about debating technical details and purity as long as the stock price keeps going up and they get their dividends. Some battles are not worth fighting, especially Lightning in 2023.

Long live Lightning and thank you Apple for saving us from the heinousness that was micro-USB. 

mayfly said:

Can't imagine what's going on here. If this is accurate, those pastels are nasty! The black is OK, but all the others look like 1950's bathroom tiles. If Apple is targeting the consumer market, why don't they make brighter colors? If they're targeting the business market, then why not use the same color scheme as the Pro phones?

Too funny. Not “nasty,” like your cat puking in your slippers, but definitely throwback or a ride in the Wayback Machine. Some of those colors are very reminiscent of kitchens and bathrooms in apartments I’ve lived in as well as my first ranch style house, which was built in the late 1950s.

If Apple continues on this path we should expect to see Apple graduate to the 1970s next year and bring out the Harvest Gold, Avocado Green, and my favorite, Coppertone iPhone 16s. All of those would look totally fetching with a nice fake wood paneling case. Oh yeah.