{"id":615,"date":"2025-11-16T16:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/?p=615"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:31:46","slug":"apples-230-iphone-pocket-sock-ridiculed-for-looking-like-borats-mankini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/?p=615","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s $230 iPhone Pocket &#8216;Sock&#8217; Ridiculed For Looking Like Borat&#8217;s Mankini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Related reads:Apple Announces iPhone Pocket: A Phone Cocoon You Can Dangle From Your Shoulder<br \/>\nApple&#8217;s just-announced iPhone Pocket accessory has been mocked over its $230 price point and threadbare nature \u2014 which has been described as simply being a ribbed fabric &#8220;sock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The high-fashion holder is described by Apple as a &#8220;beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone,&#8221; born out of a collaboration with designer Issey Miyake \u2014 who previously created some of late Apple leader Steve Jobs&#8217; famous turtleneck sweaters.<\/p>\n<p>But the response to iPhone Pocket has not been kind, with the overwhelming amount of feedback online suggesting that the accessory is emblematic of Apple&#8217;s ability to create products that fans will pay over-the-odds for \u2014 even those made out of fabric.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-616\" src=\"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mceclip15-1760952922-q80-5.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mceclip15-1760952922-q80-5.webp 960w, https:\/\/humorssite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mceclip15-1760952922-q80-5-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/humorssite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mceclip15-1760952922-q80-5-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The new Apple iPhone Pocket! \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZM59K0MAd\">pic.twitter.com\/bZM59K0MAd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Richter (@ErikJRichter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikJRichter\/status\/1988344893354197017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related reads:Apple Announces iPhone Pocket: A Phone Cocoon You Can Dangle From Your Shoulder Apple&#8217;s just-announced iPhone Pocket accessory has been mocked over its $230<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorssite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}