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What kind of douche canoe carries a ridiculous phone like this? Even the name is beyond pretentious.

My question is, will there be an 8s model at all? I don't want to lose that form factor. It's absolutely the sweet spot for me.

Check out this NYT article from 1992 about this amazing new device that was being imagined. It's a fascinating read today. Intel thought it was an impossible pipe dream - and probably not coincidentally, has basically missed out on the entire mobile revolution. "How rich is this lode? At one end of the spectrum is John Sculley, the chief executive of Apple Computer Inc., who says these personal communicators could be "the mother of all markets." At the other end is Andrew Grove, the chairman of the Intel Corporation, the huge chip maker based in Santa Clara, Calif. He says the idea of a wireless personal communicator in every pocket is "a pipe dream driven by greed." Wow. How prescient. https://goo.gl/38uobo

^^ That's OpenDNS's backup server. Main is 208.67.222.222.

Not surprised at all. It's a nice piece of hardware, with a REALLY lousy voice assistant, and Apple chose to keep out 3rd party streaming like Spotify, which IMHO was a HUGE mistake. That omission alone is hindering sales, probably significantly. You can't expect people to pay top dollar for this thing just because it sounds good - with Siri being so lacking, and so many people preferring Spotify as their streamer of choice, this thing was bound to stumble.