It seems like the new iPhone that comes out each year being lighter, thinner, faster with a sharper, brighter screen and better build quality and better software than the previous phone, and every other phone on the planet isn't enough. It's boring. There's a sentiment out there that Apple has to do something radically, magically new that delights us with childlike wonder every year on a consistent production line schedule. If they don't, they're a washed up hasbeen that has betrayed Steve Jobs' legacy.

And no, bringing out devices that are lighter, thinner, faster, etc, etc is not radically new. It's what they did last year, and the year before that, ad nauseam. What did they do for is this month, that nobody has ever done before, is all that counts. Don't give us better. Better is next door to mediocre and only a few steps away from bad. So better might as well be bad. We demand magical!

I honestly don't think I'm straw-manning here. Is that not what the "iPhone 5 is boring" brigade mean? I honestly don't know what to say to that. It's kind of hard to comprehend that grown adults can think about things that way. It mainly seems to affect Apple users too, people who have bought Apple products. It's as though they're disappointed and upset that what they got was only an excellent, high quality product.

Note: I'm not saying Apple haven't made missteps. The iOS 6 release with mapping issues and various other niggles has shown that they're not perfect, but then when were they ever? They've always had their fair share of awkward updates and failed products.