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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Good to know. I don't use an android phone, but now I've got something to lean on sending feedback to Apple about why they need to catch up. Not that I expect that to help.
On average, Apple catches up 4 years after something has become a widespread standard feature.
Or they simply wait for a feature to get developed beyond the earliest stages and implement it when it's a bit more refined. But either way, yeah, they often aren't the first.
Yeah, that refinement thing is definitely a part of it. To me it seems that in most cases of the delayed features, there wasn't really that much refinement. I guess some of them were refined, but I can't think of a good example right now.
They're rumored to be releasing a folding iPhone this year or next. I remember reading reviews of the first handful of folding phones and all the tradeoffs that went with them. I saw a headline (but didn't read the article) about a recent folding phone being damn near perfect (or at least exceptionally good) just this month. I don't remember the manufacturer.
Anyway, that'd be an example off the top of my head. The next would be OLED. And before that, reflective coatings on displays (that one was when Jobs was still alive). There are probably others, but I guess I notice display technology a lot more than other hardware advances.
Ooh, just remembered one: Always on display. Android has had this feature for years, but it was always black and white. However, Apple did it with colors, which looks nicer. Is it more efficient though? Probably not, but I guess apple uses prioritize looks over practicality.