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Comment by kylec | Hacker News Reader

    Cars are boring and should be completely utilitarian. I'd rather not even own a car.

You should have started your comment with this. I'd imagine that if you thought that phones are boring and completely utilitarian that you wouldn't be interested in the iPhone either.

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Phones are boring and utilitarian too. The difference is I used my pre-iPhones and could nitpick about the UI and other aspects to no end. I get in my car and the only thing I nitpick is the shit integration with my iPhone, but I don't have a CarPlay stereo yet. Literally every other aspect of my car can't be improved. I see a lot of things that could regress in the name of advancing technology, but if I wanted that, I'd probably want a Tesla.

The iPhone is a pocket PC with a phone bolted on. The phone part can remain be just as boring and utilitarian as ever - I think my "phone" experience might have even been better with a Nokia.

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