[rconti]

Interesting theory about the iPhone X being "obviously different" than the lower end iPhones last year, and how it would immediately signal if you had the 'latest' device or not. I suppose that's somewhat inarguable in terms of the iPhone ecosystem, particularly when powered on, but my favorite thing about my X last year (and especially now) is how anonymous it is. With a generic black quad lock case on a black phone, sitting face-up on a table, literally all you can see is black, and a tiny slit for an earpiece. If you look REALLY closely you can see the camera next to the earpiece. There's no home button to say "this is an iPhone", or advertise whether it's a touchID home button or an even older physical home button. It could be absolutely anything. The only real giveaway is when it's on, or if you put it face down; the stacked cameras were fairly distinctive.

I mean, I certainly didn't choose it over some other phone merely because WASN'T flashy, but I'm a lot happier buying something that doesn't advertise itself.

[jiveturkey]

imho that is some serious rationalization. you likely don’t see yourself as a flashy person so you have to construct a reality where the phone is the extreme of that — anonymous.

i have news for you. for anyone that does care, you can tell an iphone X all the way across the bar.

[overcyn]

Why are you criticizing someone's personal aesthetic preferences? So you think that the iPhone X isn't understated. Doesn't mean that someone who disagrees is doing "serious rationalization" or "constructing a reality".

[jiveturkey]

You've misread. I wouldn't dare to and I'm not criticizing someone's personal aesthetic preferences.

I'm commenting on their projection of their desired reality onto the real reality.

[overcyn]

What real reality are you referring to? That the iPhone X looks flashy? Thats not an objective truth, its taste.

If someone likes driving Corvettes because they think it looks anonymous and non-descript. Who are you to tell them they're wrong. Its their opinion.