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[-] korny@lemmy.world 44 points 6 days ago

Woah, they designed the cloth with forward compatibility? Thanks Tim Apple!

[-] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

From my frame of reference they designed the phones to be backwards compatible with preexisting accessories.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

It's a shame it's not compatible with my iPhone 4

[-] tulliandar@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Interesting that it doesn’t list the Apple Vision Pro, even though the AVP came with one

[-] mick@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

That’s a completely different cloth. You can’t use the iPhone polishing cloth on the AVP and vice versa.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

Wiping with the wrong wipe may wipe your data.

[-] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Oh thank God, just the news I ~~wanted~~ needed to hear today.

[-] c0smokram3r@midwest.social 7 points 6 days ago

Surprised they didn’t announce @ the keynote!

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Why is this posted, much less upvoted?

Who gives a fuck about a polishing cloth? Sounds like a joke.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago

Sounds like a joke.

You might be on to something

[-] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 41 points 6 days ago

Oh, I think we’re all laughing at the inanity of it

[-] itchick2014@midwest.social 13 points 6 days ago

I appreciate the randomness and the fact that the polishing cloth is only backwards compatible to the iPhone 5 and iPad 4th gen. No mention of any other devices prior to like 2012 which is kinda funny honestly. It is a polishing cloth. I could use it to dust the display of my Philco Predicta and it would do just fine 😂 (not that I have one…just providing a ridiculous example).

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think this is just a result of the apple store's accessory recommendation system. Probably so few people use anything older than iPhone 5, it doesn't make sense to include anything before that.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Yeah, they put product compatibility for everything on the site. But we also enjoy shit posting about this over priced microfiber cloth every year.

[-] itchick2014@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago

Oh I know. It is just a ridiculous oversight. Compatibility could have easily been hidden for the page and it would have made more sense lol. This is just poor website implementation. Harmless but also makes them look dumb and pretentious 🤣

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's intentional design, search engine optimisation.

[-] itchick2014@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago

Invisible text can accomplish the same thing.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Are the models prior to the iphone 5 even viable? 3G network is long gone at this point, I don't think they had 4G capability until the 5. They'd be entirely wifi-bound

[-] B0rax@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

What are you saying? That the polishing cloth needs at least 4G?

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

At this point? 6G at minimum, with no backwards compatibility.

[-] PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 6 days ago

Polishing cloth compatibility? Does using a non apple screen wiping cloth brick the phone now?

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Nah, it just takes longer to get the smudges off, and you miss out on the Apple Magic (TM) experience

[-] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

The mods need to do something about all the heresy being promulgated!

Execution perhaps?

this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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