iPhone, a return that is no longer young

Recently, due to work reasons, I have used flagship Android phones from several major domestic mobile phone manufacturers, from Xiaomi 8 to OPPO Find X to OnePlus 6. These flagship phones have their own advantages. Xiaomi MIUI is easy to use, OPPO Find X has a stunning full screen, and OnePlus 6 is thinner and feels better. But suddenly I realized that I have put my iPhone 7 Plus aside for almost 2 months - a "belief" in my heart was dethroned by myself.

I should be considered a loyal Apple fan. Since the first generation, iPhone has been my main phone for so many years. My laptop has changed from a small black to the current Macbook Air, and I haven't changed it for several years. Even now I am writing this article using an iPad Pro... For a long time, I have always believed that iPhone is the only choice for my main phone. Even if I don't upgrade to iPhone 8 and iPhone X, the next choice will still be iPhone. However, after watching this Apple conference, my idea was shaken. Because for the first time, I found that iPhone can be replaced in my heart.

Apple has disappointed us a lot in recent years, just like the Chinese national football team. After all the disappointments, we still have a lot of hope for it. But this time, what I was left with was not disappointment, but more of a sense of loss.

I don't know why, but when I saw Tim using words like "the most advanced" to describe the iPhone at the launch conference, no matter how decisive he was, I felt the weakness behind these words. Apple seems to be digging a well for foreign users who don't know about Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, and then sending them into the well, educating them like frogs at the bottom of the well to continue to pursue Apple's "innovation". Perhaps these users don't know that OnePlus ranks first in sales among high-end mobile phones in India, Finland and other countries; Xiaomi is already one of the best in sales in the Indian and Chinese markets; OPPO and vivo are not only in sales, but the recent Find X and NEX are even more impressive in their innovative spirit. I also want to say that people who are still commenting on the iPhone's full-screen display should take a closer look at Find X. Those who say iOS is the only good system should at least try MIUI. Those who admire the size of the iPhone Xs Max probably haven't heard of Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi, and the latter has even bigger ones. Those who praise the iPhone's dual cameras probably don't know that Huawei's P20 Pro already has three cameras. Those who shout wow when they hear about dual SIM cards and dual standby probably don't know that this has been standard in China for many years and is completely a "Huaqiangbei" technology.

Tim has been to China so often that Apple's press conferences seem to have more and more Chinese characteristics: only talking about their own strengths, and not talking about their inferiority to others, or speaking in a very precise way. I really don't understand why they repeatedly emphasize that they have released the largest iPhone in history, and why they don't talk about the screen-to-body ratio? I don't understand the significance of saying that the new iPhone battery lasts 30 minutes longer than the iPhone X (can you tell me whether it supports fast charging?).

I believe that Apple is still very strong and is still one of the most representative companies of technological innovation in the world. It is irreplaceable because it has its chips, its watch that can measure electrocardiogram, its Macbook, its iPad, and most importantly, its powerful closed ecosystem based on iOS/MacOS. Chinese companies are still primary school students in this regard.

But the iPhone is no longer the most brilliant jewel in the crown. The iPhone has become an optional.

I wanted to say that I would still buy Apple Watch 4, but suddenly I felt embarrassed, because if I really don’t use iPhone anymore, why would I buy Apple Watch?