Porsche Design Honor Magic V2 Smartphone Reminds us of how Redundant Luxury Phones are.

 

Luxury technology is, frankly, oxymoronic.  Technological devices are designed to be on the cutting edge, and therefore are inherently disposable.  While luxury goods are theoretically supposed to be superior quality products meant to last.  It’s therefore endlessly amusing to see brands attempt to buck this trend, inevitably producing things which are forgotten after a year or two.

No category of electronic device better exemplifies this than phones.  The average life of a cellphone is 6 months to a year, so the idea they can have any permanence is faintly ridiculous.  It’s one thing to suggest a Bang Olufsen stereo will last for years, and often it does, but pretending a phone can stay with you longer than 12 months isn’t realistic.  Vertu, Nokia’s now defunct luxury phone arm showed this, as it shuttered repeatedly.

Yet that doesn’t stop brands continuing to try.  Such as for example the new Porsche Design Honor Magic V2 luxury smartphone.  it’s specs are. . . Irrelevant.

No one wants this, no one asked for it, and likely, no one will buy it.  After all, a top of the line fully specced Apple iPhone Pro is more luxurious, and more expensive.  It’s completely redundant, and a bit sad, when you consider the waste of resources and environmental impact that went into these landfill fillers.

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