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.

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.

"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.

Slow news day at Business Insider, I see.

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!

"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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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.

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I have a 14 Pro, and the changes in the 15 Pro are tempting to me.

I want USB-C, I want the lighter titanium, I want the rounded edges, I want the new camera effects, I want to try the new case options, etc.

Anyone coming from an older phone would find a LOT to look forward to in the iPhone 15 or 15 Pro.

It sounds like your life is pretty sweet in order to be underwhelmed by a magic $800-$1000 device.

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.

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

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?

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

Theyll still buy one.

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And they will still line up to buy it.

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 ?

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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For me it’s the always-on portrait mode that wins for me. And better cameras.

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

You call that competition?

LG Prada.

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

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