I’ve been nauseous all afternoon. It started when I was scrolling through Twitter and saw the first glimpses of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max and their triple-camera horror show.
[Editors Note: Trypophobia is a phobia for a reason, it freaks people out. If you’re afraid of clusters of small holes, read our blog about a big art hole that someone fell into instead.]
Do you see it?
iPhone 11 Pro: What's new about Apple's super extra premium triple-camera phones #AppleEvent https://t.co/M9mHPsEYUC pic.twitter.com/HGfr6ITBXQ
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) September 10, 2019
Those three black circles. What monsters thought this was okay? I get that Apple wanted three lenses, but placed so close together they create a deeply unsettling image of trypophobic terror.
You know what trypophobia is. You feel it when you see a lot of holes clustered together, like in certain types of barnacles and coral.
Oh, and lotus seeds.
Yeah, now you’re feeling it. Not much different than this, is it?
When I see those three circles together, my brain registers something like this:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1171528710224150528
Or this:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1171490143942758401
I’m far from the only one who has noticed this design flaw.
the 3 lens iPhone is giving me trypophobia pic.twitter.com/pgv0HvSPV9
— Tanya Chen (too hotistic to work) (@tanyachen) September 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/embed/status/1171372600062332928
Hi Apple, my trypophobia is TRIGGERED by your low key ugly iPhone 11s. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/VIgCX45aVi
— sincerely, ivy marie. 💫 (@sincerelyivy) September 10, 2019
A cluster of lenses should not be put on a $1,000 phone. They belong in my nightmares and with click-bait scare links that try to sell boomers nootropics.
I’m glad that Apple is preventing me from wasting money on a new iPhone, but now I’m afraid that a glimpse of one of these on the street could make me feel lightheaded. The first time I walk into a bar and see a row of people holding up multiple iPhone 11 Maxes—each with an array of beady holes staring into my soul—I know I’m going to faint.
I need to go lie down now.
