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| ▲ | SequoiaHope 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I recall there was some understanding that it had a legitimate use as well as the obvious marketing, which was to advise the reader that the message may be unexpectedly concise or contain errors because it was sent from a cell phone, something less common before the iPhone came out. BlackBerry phones did this too for the same reasons. |
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| ▲ | Cadwhisker 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| “Sent from my iPhone” is a default signature, but you can change the message under Settings -> Apps -> Mail -> Signature (at the bottom of the options page) |
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| ▲ | robin_reala 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| At least “Sent from my iPhone” was a factual claim, unlike this mess. |
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| ▲ | cik an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| These are the same thing. Marketing, and the ability to track reach. There's no other reason to do this. |
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| ▲ | richooret 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You misunderstand the purpose of "Sent from my iPhone" - it was a status symbol, it showed that the sender was part of the superior iPhone owning elite. It was trivial to remove, but most didnt "oh, I am too busy too remove it, I guess I'll just leave it and let everybody know I can afford an iPhone". You are right, it was advertising, but it advertized the user, not Apple. |
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| ▲ | opello an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | I always thought this was an implicit request to forgive obvious typos and autocorrect mistakes. Sent from a mobile device (iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Blackberry, Windows Phone, etc.) with a tiny keyboard and in a setting in which proofreading may not be as rigorous as normal. | |
| ▲ | poly2it an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | That's advertising with extra steps. Apple having created an ingroup and an outgroup is very effective advertising on their side. |
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