Casey Liss

And then your fingerprints are all over your actual phone, and so are all the nicks and scrapes.

And then your fingerprints are all over your actual phone, and so are all the nicks and scrapes.

Speaking of the final thing on cases, this is a good time to refresh people who haven't been listening to the show for years and years. I always make reference to the naked robotic core idea. And for people who don't know what that is, it is the idea that I think I talked about back in the hypercritical days originally that you will make a product.

Speaking of the final thing on cases, this is a good time to refresh people who haven't been listening to the show for years and years. I always make reference to the naked robotic core idea. And for people who don't know what that is, it is the idea that I think I talked about back in the hypercritical days originally that you will make a product.

that omits as much stuff as possible because someone who buys your product can always add things to it, but they can't take things away. So for example, in the case of the iPhone, you can imagine making a smartphone that has a grippy rubber back on it that is not as slippery as the phones that Apple makes. But if you don't want a grippy rubber back,

that omits as much stuff as possible because someone who buys your product can always add things to it, but they can't take things away. So for example, in the case of the iPhone, you can imagine making a smartphone that has a grippy rubber back on it that is not as slippery as the phones that Apple makes. But if you don't want a grippy rubber back,

And the phone comes with one, and that is literally the back of the phone. You can't remove that. So the naked robotic core theory is ship the smallest, most minimal thing possible, and then anybody who wants something can add it to it. But people who want nothing get the smallest minimal product possible. And it is a...

And the phone comes with one, and that is literally the back of the phone. You can't remove that. So the naked robotic core theory is ship the smallest, most minimal thing possible, and then anybody who wants something can add it to it. But people who want nothing get the smallest minimal product possible. And it is a...

I don't know if Apple espouses this theory is a thing that I came up with to explain Apple's apparent design decisions on their phone. And I think they continue along those lines. And the specific instance with the iPhone 16 is I think Marco talked about this maybe in the past episode. Um, they're shrinking the bezels around the screen just year after year, millimeter after millimeter.

I don't know if Apple espouses this theory is a thing that I came up with to explain Apple's apparent design decisions on their phone. And I think they continue along those lines. And the specific instance with the iPhone 16 is I think Marco talked about this maybe in the past episode. Um, they're shrinking the bezels around the screen just year after year, millimeter after millimeter.

It's not like there was a big giant one inch border like there was in the original iPad. Like the border around the screen, uh, on the iPhone has always been pretty small, but I was like, no, we need to make it smaller. because that border is a thing that if you don't want it, you can't remove it from the phone. You can always add a border by putting a case on it.

It's not like there was a big giant one inch border like there was in the original iPad. Like the border around the screen, uh, on the iPhone has always been pretty small, but I was like, no, we need to make it smaller. because that border is a thing that if you don't want it, you can't remove it from the phone. You can always add a border by putting a case on it.

But if you get a phone and you want no border, you can't have that unless we ship you the naked robotic core. And then it's up to you to decide. We ship you, if they could ship it with zero border, they would like a Samsung phone with the screen goes over the edge or rounded or whatever, right? They're getting real close to essentially having zero border.

But if you get a phone and you want no border, you can't have that unless we ship you the naked robotic core. And then it's up to you to decide. We ship you, if they could ship it with zero border, they would like a Samsung phone with the screen goes over the edge or rounded or whatever, right? They're getting real close to essentially having zero border.

And you can decide, is zero border what you want? If not, add a case. And now the screen is so close to the edge that I've heard from so many people with iPhone 16s that they're accidentally activating things on the screen simply by the act of holding the phone. Because the meat of their fingers wraps around and ends up touching the screen part. And yes, the iPhone and iOS has all sorts of like...

And you can decide, is zero border what you want? If not, add a case. And now the screen is so close to the edge that I've heard from so many people with iPhone 16s that they're accidentally activating things on the screen simply by the act of holding the phone. Because the meat of their fingers wraps around and ends up touching the screen part. And yes, the iPhone and iOS has all sorts of like...

what we would call on the iPad palm rejection, but essentially touch rejection, rejecting what the OS thinks is an inadvertent touch, but it's not enough for some people. There's still some of their touches are getting through.

what we would call on the iPad palm rejection, but essentially touch rejection, rejecting what the OS thinks is an inadvertent touch, but it's not enough for some people. There's still some of their touches are getting through.

And by the way, I think there's a fun one where like, if you, if you touch the screen where right by the camera control, where like the little camera control controls would appear on the screen, if you touch the screen there and then try to do anything else anywhere on the screen, all your touches are ignored.

And by the way, I think there's a fun one where like, if you, if you touch the screen where right by the camera control, where like the little camera control controls would appear on the screen, if you touch the screen there and then try to do anything else anywhere on the screen, all your touches are ignored.