11 years ago today, Apple over-engineered the iPhone 6s so thoroughly that millions of users simply refused to upgrade for the next six years. Panicked by the iPhone 6 "Bendgate" backlash, Apple didn’t just iterate in 2015. They accidentally over-engineered an immortal tank: • 7000-series aerospace alloy that flat-out refused to bend • MacBook-grade NVMe storage that smoked speed benchmarks for years • 3D Touch & the Taptic Engine, embedding 96 capacitive sensors under glass to give flat software actual physical depth • The A9 chip, which held on through 7 full generations of iOS (iOS 9 through iOS 15) Apple sold 13 million units in the opening weekend, and then customers simply refused to upgrade for half a decade. Do you remember the kind of hype Rose Gold color created back then?