The Ephemeral Nature of Design Trends

As I sat amidst my collection of vintage watches and leather straps, I couldn't help but think that my personal style had evolved over the years. What was once a staple of sleek sophistication has given way to a more understated approach, leaving me to ponder the fleeting nature of design trends.

My affinity for pinstripes, which once seemed so chic and modern, now feels dated. The striped pattern that was once a hallmark of my wardrobe has been replaced by a more subdued aesthetic, one that eschews bold statements in favor of a more nuanced approach. I recall a time when the pinstripe was all the rage, but as with any trend, its popularity waned, leaving me to reassess my relationship with this classic pattern.

I often find myself oscillating between two distinct personalities - one that is nostalgic for the past and another that looks towards the future. My fondness for German design, which I once thought would be a defining feature of my style, now seems like a mere curiosity, a relic of a bygone era. The polished titanium finish that was supposed to be my crowning glory now feels like a dated gimmick.

As I continued to rummage through my collection, I stumbled upon an article about a new type of lighter called the Ys 722, which boasts fingerprint-resistant properties and a scratch-resistant surface. While I appreciate the innovation behind this design, I couldn't help but feel that it was a case of trying too hard to be different. The brushed titanium finish, while durable, felt like a compromise on style.

Speaking of which, I've been experimenting with magnetic phone cases, specifically the MagSafe PopSocket. This ingenious device attaches to your phone's back, providing a secure and stable surface for holding onto it. However, I was surprised to learn that Apple recommends attaching it to a case rather than directly to the phone, citing concerns about damage from the strong magnet.

As someone who has grown accustomed to using their phone without a case, I can attest to its slipperiness. Even on flat surfaces, the phone seems to slide away with ease, making it difficult to set down without fear of it falling off. This has led me to explore alternative solutions, such as phone cases and pouches designed specifically for comfort and grip.

When traveling or working from home, I've found that having a secure and stable phone case is essential. Not only does it prevent the phone from slipping away, but it also provides a sense of security in unfamiliar environments. While this may seem like a minor concern, it's one that has become all too familiar for me.

As I closed my collection of watches and leathers, I couldn't help but think about the fleeting nature of design trends. What was once considered cutting-edge becomes yesterday's news, replaced by newer, shinier models. As someone who values timeless style, I find myself drawn to classic designs that never go out of fashion. Yet, even these staples are subject to change, as we continue to innovate and push the boundaries of what is possible.

In the end, it seems that design trends come and go, leaving us to reassess our relationship with them. As I looked around my collection, I realized that true style lies not in following the latest trend, but in embracing timeless elegance and sophistication.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell let's go ahead and talk about iPhone 16 then because um we talked about this robot thing for way too long I guess there is one last thing I would say actually to put put to put the bow on to fix the bow that is to your point about it being like a big product category where they're going to make tons of money I also think this one seems kind of bizarre like this one doesn't seem like it's it to me but we haven't seen what they are going to produce but just that category in general I don't think it's going to be a huge barn burner for them I know TC likes to burn down the barns I don't think this is going to be it for him um but I guess we'll we'll we'll see um I'm interested to see what they do there okay let's move on iPhone 16 talking about bar Barn burners you know what this is a small feature upgrade in the iPhone or I guess a small change I actually think that this is going to be a nice one and I'm excited about it who's talking about it oh it's LS again I guess it's me again can we talk can we talk later in the show okay go ahead so uh iPhone 16 dummy units are now giving us a glimpse of upcoming changes uh images of the iPhone 16 dummy dummy units have been published by a tipster with an established record they show the redesigned camera hump reportedly coming in the two non-pro iPhone models this year as well as other changes uh these were posted on X your favorite social media platform Sunny Dixon's still doing it wow Sunny Dixon yeah old old not old old time experienced long he might be old at this point he's been around forever I think he's in 50s now so these these uh dummy units they they are mockups that show all four upcoming iPhones uh from both front and or from the back and from the sides uh you know the calling it a leak is I don't know I mean I I don't know the Providence of these things but uh so this this basically pulls together all the uh sort of rumors we've heard so far and is the maybe the biggest one you're referring to is that the camera hump on the iPhone 16 and 16 plus will be about half the current width with the LED flash moved outside the camera hump uh and the design uh would feature the two lens one on top of each other makes it kind of look like the iPhone 10 or iPhone it was iPhone 10 right I always wanted to say iPhone x I like the sound of that I allow either iPhone 10 yep uh one of these images also shows that the customizable action button that premiered in the iPhone 15 Pro will appear on all the 2024 models we've heard that but is happening y uh Apple makes a habit of course they love to do that trickle down technology right get you got to get the pro this this year and then next year you get the other things that that that the pro had on the regular model uh this these things also show the capture button that we've heard about uh this would be on the right side of all four models now that's kind of surprising I guess okay we still don't really know what that's going to do Al capture I mean what what could it possibly do could it possibly capture things like video like spatial video like huh that would require for instance the phone cameras to be lined up the way they are the way you piece these the way you piece the these things together truly a sight to see yeah yeah it is isn't it uh anyway so uh it's basically all the latest rumors in uh you know dummy form I don't know what they're made of I can't tell looks like metal looks like a SL I mean there was a rumor this week that it's going to be well at least the Pro Models are going to be made out of titanium I don't know if it's going to be all iPhones but um I actually got this story conflated with that one and um instead of brushed titanium Lewis you'll never guess what they're going to do cross-hatched well that's next year's model the year after this current one the iPhone 16 is going to be polished Le they're going to polish it and not brush it oh so it'll be even slipperier Yeah well yeah shoot right out of your hand but it won't matter because it's going to be made out of Tian you can do whatever you want that thing completely unbreakable I actually like polished titanium a lot more I just you know like the brushed look it it reminds me of yeah it reminds me of an older era of mac and um OS design that I just didn't really love I like I like the Polish look better I'm aush 104 tiger you know I uh I have no clue cuz that came out so long ago I couldn't even tell you what it looked like or anything well finder is brushed metal iTunes was brushed metal Safari was brushed metal the calculator was brush metal everything was brush metal that was the brush metal times yeah I I yeah I'm sure at the time I liked it metal times but not a fan of it now more of a Pinstripes guy I think it's just a DAT dated look you know it's like wearing a Ascot if you guys can get away with that but I I didn't hear this rumor about the uh polished titanium where is this from um where did I see this from don't tell me the internet I thought I was German but it may not have been germin and if it wasn't germin then I couldn't tell you who because I I I saw it earlier this week and I almost added it to the show actually you know what I hate to even say this I hate to even utter this on this show it might have been 9o5 Mac 9 to oh I believe it is yeah okay citing news aggregator y 1122 that I'm not I'm not so you haven't heard of Ys 722 do you ever get online Louis H well more fingerprint resistant lighter scratch is less obvious okay sure I don't know I don't know I don't mind the brush this name I actually kind of like it I never actually even see it cuz my phone has a bumper case on it so it doesn't even matter to me you know uh but by the way leis you've been going caseless any any troubles with that you know what I gotta tell you just this week yeah I put a case back on my phone why is that be because I swear to God I've been holding like my hands been hurting from typing so much yeah so I I to use my uh phone for you know voice dictation right yeah I've been holding the phone so long and so many hours a day that my hand was starting to hurt because of the stupid thing and so I put this on for padding to protect me from those uh I'm sorry brushed titanium edges the brushed titanium was chafing you it it wasn't chafing it's just like I don't know it's like gripping a you know this metal chunk of metal for so long I I just needed some padding huh so go ahead maybe you should take a look at these uh mag safe popsockets because then it's it's like a you know you're all familiar with the popsockets little little thing that like pops out of I have one around here somewhere WRA your fingers around they have new ones that it just attached to the mag safe Puck on the back right and that way you wouldn't have to grip it around the edge you could just you know thread it through your fingers like that although they say that you shouldn't attach those directly to your phone isn't that interesting what they tell you to attach them to a case and I wonder if that's because the magnet in those popsockets is so strong that there's a chance it could damage your phone I don't know if that's it but they do recommend that you attach it to a case and not directly to your phone which I thought was odd Le is on the iPhone upgrade program so it doesn't matter to him yeah you can literally punt that thing into the air and just let it drop wherever like a lawn dart just don't look up I gotta say it's it's just so big I I you know I'm gonna have to shift back to the other size phone I don't care what features they have next this this year I just can't it's just too big it is just too big and uh you know I have been using it without a case for a long time now and I got to say the thing is slippery as a banana peel it it slides off of anything I've had it slide off of uh you know just tables just just it's sitting there just it's just like it's got a mind of its own slides right off you know and I'm talking about a completely flat table slips right off and you know that gets a little tiresome and and you know like I'm I work from home I spend my time around my house I'm always very I know where I can set it down I know where there's a where I can set something down you know if I when I start like when I travel I put a case on because I I just don't know I don't know where I'm going to be and if I you know if you dare set it down on the wrong surface man that thing's going to shoot right off like a log flume crazy the log flums shoot right out they're kind of you're in a log flume okay all right like you're going down like a like a log and a log a log and a flume how about a log in a flume okay yeah like you're going down the once great Splash Mountain yeah don't even get me started about Splash Mountain without any of the fun and excitement you're limited to one rant about Disneyland per week okaywell let's go ahead and talk about iPhone 16 then because um we talked about this robot thing for way too long I guess there is one last thing I would say actually to put put to put the bow on to fix the bow that is to your point about it being like a big product category where they're going to make tons of money I also think this one seems kind of bizarre like this one doesn't seem like it's it to me but we haven't seen what they are going to produce but just that category in general I don't think it's going to be a huge barn burner for them I know TC likes to burn down the barns I don't think this is going to be it for him um but I guess we'll we'll we'll see um I'm interested to see what they do there okay let's move on iPhone 16 talking about bar Barn burners you know what this is a small feature upgrade in the iPhone or I guess a small change I actually think that this is going to be a nice one and I'm excited about it who's talking about it oh it's LS again I guess it's me again can we talk can we talk later in the show okay go ahead so uh iPhone 16 dummy units are now giving us a glimpse of upcoming changes uh images of the iPhone 16 dummy dummy units have been published by a tipster with an established record they show the redesigned camera hump reportedly coming in the two non-pro iPhone models this year as well as other changes uh these were posted on X your favorite social media platform Sunny Dixon's still doing it wow Sunny Dixon yeah old old not old old time experienced long he might be old at this point he's been around forever I think he's in 50s now so these these uh dummy units they they are mockups that show all four upcoming iPhones uh from both front and or from the back and from the sides uh you know the calling it a leak is I don't know I mean I I don't know the Providence of these things but uh so this this basically pulls together all the uh sort of rumors we've heard so far and is the maybe the biggest one you're referring to is that the camera hump on the iPhone 16 and 16 plus will be about half the current width with the LED flash moved outside the camera hump uh and the design uh would feature the two lens one on top of each other makes it kind of look like the iPhone 10 or iPhone it was iPhone 10 right I always wanted to say iPhone x I like the sound of that I allow either iPhone 10 yep uh one of these images also shows that the customizable action button that premiered in the iPhone 15 Pro will appear on all the 2024 models we've heard that but is happening y uh Apple makes a habit of course they love to do that trickle down technology right get you got to get the pro this this year and then next year you get the other things that that that the pro had on the regular model uh this these things also show the capture button that we've heard about uh this would be on the right side of all four models now that's kind of surprising I guess okay we still don't really know what that's going to do Al capture I mean what what could it possibly do could it possibly capture things like video like spatial video like huh that would require for instance the phone cameras to be lined up the way they are the way you piece these the way you piece the these things together truly a sight to see yeah yeah it is isn't it uh anyway so uh it's basically all the latest rumors in uh you know dummy form I don't know what they're made of I can't tell looks like metal looks like a SL I mean there was a rumor this week that it's going to be well at least the Pro Models are going to be made out of titanium I don't know if it's going to be all iPhones but um I actually got this story conflated with that one and um instead of brushed titanium Lewis you'll never guess what they're going to do cross-hatched well that's next year's model the year after this current one the iPhone 16 is going to be polished Le they're going to polish it and not brush it oh so it'll be even slipperier Yeah well yeah shoot right out of your hand but it won't matter because it's going to be made out of Tian you can do whatever you want that thing completely unbreakable I actually like polished titanium a lot more I just you know like the brushed look it it reminds me of yeah it reminds me of an older era of mac and um OS design that I just didn't really love I like I like the Polish look better I'm aush 104 tiger you know I uh I have no clue cuz that came out so long ago I couldn't even tell you what it looked like or anything well finder is brushed metal iTunes was brushed metal Safari was brushed metal the calculator was brush metal everything was brush metal that was the brush metal times yeah I I yeah I'm sure at the time I liked it metal times but not a fan of it now more of a Pinstripes guy I think it's just a DAT dated look you know it's like wearing a Ascot if you guys can get away with that but I I didn't hear this rumor about the uh polished titanium where is this from um where did I see this from don't tell me the internet I thought I was German but it may not have been germin and if it wasn't germin then I couldn't tell you who because I I I saw it earlier this week and I almost added it to the show actually you know what I hate to even say this I hate to even utter this on this show it might have been 9o5 Mac 9 to oh I believe it is yeah okay citing news aggregator y 1122 that I'm not I'm not so you haven't heard of Ys 722 do you ever get online Louis H well more fingerprint resistant lighter scratch is less obvious okay sure I don't know I don't know I don't mind the brush this name I actually kind of like it I never actually even see it cuz my phone has a bumper case on it so it doesn't even matter to me you know uh but by the way leis you've been going caseless any any troubles with that you know what I gotta tell you just this week yeah I put a case back on my phone why is that be because I swear to God I've been holding like my hands been hurting from typing so much yeah so I I to use my uh phone for you know voice dictation right yeah I've been holding the phone so long and so many hours a day that my hand was starting to hurt because of the stupid thing and so I put this on for padding to protect me from those uh I'm sorry brushed titanium edges the brushed titanium was chafing you it it wasn't chafing it's just like I don't know it's like gripping a you know this metal chunk of metal for so long I I just needed some padding huh so go ahead maybe you should take a look at these uh mag safe popsockets because then it's it's like a you know you're all familiar with the popsockets little little thing that like pops out of I have one around here somewhere WRA your fingers around they have new ones that it just attached to the mag safe Puck on the back right and that way you wouldn't have to grip it around the edge you could just you know thread it through your fingers like that although they say that you shouldn't attach those directly to your phone isn't that interesting what they tell you to attach them to a case and I wonder if that's because the magnet in those popsockets is so strong that there's a chance it could damage your phone I don't know if that's it but they do recommend that you attach it to a case and not directly to your phone which I thought was odd Le is on the iPhone upgrade program so it doesn't matter to him yeah you can literally punt that thing into the air and just let it drop wherever like a lawn dart just don't look up I gotta say it's it's just so big I I you know I'm gonna have to shift back to the other size phone I don't care what features they have next this this year I just can't it's just too big it is just too big and uh you know I have been using it without a case for a long time now and I got to say the thing is slippery as a banana peel it it slides off of anything I've had it slide off of uh you know just tables just just it's sitting there just it's just like it's got a mind of its own slides right off you know and I'm talking about a completely flat table slips right off and you know that gets a little tiresome and and you know like I'm I work from home I spend my time around my house I'm always very I know where I can set it down I know where there's a where I can set something down you know if I when I start like when I travel I put a case on because I I just don't know I don't know where I'm going to be and if I you know if you dare set it down on the wrong surface man that thing's going to shoot right off like a log flume crazy the log flums shoot right out they're kind of you're in a log flume okay all right like you're going down like a like a log and a log a log and a flume how about a log in a flume okay yeah like you're going down the once great Splash Mountain yeah don't even get me started about Splash Mountain without any of the fun and excitement you're limited to one rant about Disneyland per week okay\n"