I feel like I'm the only person who isn't a fan of Teenage Engineering's design. It's all a bit too uncanny valley for me.
This thing in particular is purely for posers, even more than their other stuff. I find it condescending, and nebulously offensive.
I've seen a few videos and the OP1 looks cool - how do these things perform?
Are they decent but expensive, or are they just pretty but trash?
IMO Apple pulls this off well because their devices work really decently while also holding that premium look.
They are terribly limited, which is marketed as a bonus - I don't see it that way.
I wouldn't go so far as to call them trash - they're very expensive toys.
You may enjoy this video about the OP-1's feature set, even without the background knowledge to know everything he's saying is 100% true (which it is) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8alMWUmDI
I like Apple, quite possibly too much. I put a lot of value on user experience. But I would never buy a Teenage Engineering product with my own money. I find that 'I only drink $500 bottles of wine' kind of thing deeply uncool.
Oh wow, that one is going in the memory bank for future use.
Reading all these comments, I’m feeling equally lonely as a fan (but admittedly seldom a customer) of basically everything TE does.
I also think at that price point, there is a sunken cost fallacy that contractually obligates people to defend the visual design to the death.