The Macalope
By The Macalope
Beauty marks: The iPhone 11 camera bump
The iPhone 11’s most noticeable feature is a powerful marketing tool.
10/01/2019
Consistency: The serial misunderstanding of Apple products
Apple rarely ships first, it just usually ships better.
09/24/2019
A sour note: Calling on Apple to stop doing keynotes
All this marketing is so distasteful.
09/17/2019
S-yearing analysis: Judging tomorrow’s iPhones today
Why wait to see the new iPhones when you can judge them now?
09/10/2019
Exploited exploits: The missing details of the iPhone hack
The iPhone attack that turned out to be more. Except the pundits weren’t having it. The Macalope explains.
09/03/2019
Of frying pans and fires: Despite mistakes, Apple’s still better on privacy
Apple needs to fix its Siri problem, but it’s still better on privacy than the competition.
08/27/2019
That darn cat: Schrödinger’s iPhone revenue
iPhone revenues are bad when they're high and bad when they're low.
08/06/2019
Lousy contributions: The state of thought on 3D Touch
3D Touch was nothing until it might be going away. Now it’s amazing.
07/30/2019
Easy solutions: Fixing Apple in one easy step
Apple should take risks. But good risks, not bad risks. It’s easy, say the pundits.
07/16/2019
Unidentifiable differences: Apple and Google’s stances on privacy
When you don’t look into it, aren’t all companies really the same?
07/09/2019
Ive got a story to tell: Differing views on Apple’s exiting designer
Dedicated eco-terrorist or check-out exec?
07/02/2019
Making mountains out of camera bumps: How Apple ruined the 2019 iPhones
Renders do not an iPhone make.
06/25/2019
The feature that dare not be named: Apple’s privacy advantage
Sure, Apple talks about it a lot and it's one of the big reasons people prefer its products, but why mention it?
06/11/2019
The sun never rises: Apple’s perpetual doom state
This year’s iPhones doomed, just like every year’s iPhones.
06/04/2019
Camera obscura: Pre-judging the iPhone XR2
Renders don't necessarily look like the real thing. The Macalope explains.
05/28/2019
Hyperbolic style: All Apple decisions are terrible
If Apple has made a design choice, it’s pretty easy to say it’s bad. The Macalope points out that it’s harder to say what would be better.
05/21/2019
