Apple Is Slowly Killing the iPhone — The Information

• Plus: San Francisco goes Bourbon Street for fall; how yuppies live on; and the immigrants and the internet. Remember when an Apple unveiling was actually exciting? Honestly, I can’t. It’s probably been nearly a decade. This week brought more snoozy sameness. The iPhone got a new camera button and the Pro models got ever so slightly bigger displays. Meanwhile, the Apple Watch can now detect sleep apnea and the AirPods can turn into hearing aids. (That really tells you something about the average age of whoever’s making the top calls at Apple these days.) I’m starting to wonder how much of this listless hardware innovation is what’s fueling the Dumbphone Era—the surge in consumer interest around more basic cellphones and other devices. Until recently, it’s generally seemed like a trend confined to younger generations beleaguered by toxic software, like social media apps. But it’s clearly not limited to youths: Just a couple days ago, The Wall Street Journal had a story anointing fax ma

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