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  • Apple again rumored to drop charger and earbuds for 'iPhone 12'

    None of this is acceptable at all.

    The entire iPhone market is not like the dorks reading these articles with drawers full of unsatisfactory 5W chargers and wired EarPods.

    If they want to slim down iPhone packaging by separating these items and having them available as FREE optional add-ons, well that's Apple choice. They'll maybe save a couple dollars in logistics while inconveniencing every single customer. But hey, this is the new Apple. I've given up on them doing the reasonable thing, the logical thing, or even the comprehensible thing.
    rhbellmorlibertyandfreemuthuk_vanalingamGeorgeBMacOferchemengin1anantksundaramindieshackAlger
  • AppleInsider readers are split on the iPhone X notch, but most support Apple's decision to...

    It's the new iconic look. It is visually jarring right now because it's new, and we're staring at it. Once you get the phone and start using it, it will all but disappear as part of regular usage.

    Edit: I also love dramatic change like this, the kinds of things some people just can't handle.
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  • Samsung unveils its Galaxy Z Flip phone during the Oscars

    omasou said:
    Is Samsung totally incapable of having an original thought of their own?
    On the contrary, I think this and other things they've done show that they do have original ideas.....so original that absolutely no one else in the world wants what they are spending millions to develop and produce.

    No one ever asked for screens that wrap around edges. No one ever asked for foldable screens.
    radarthekatllamawatto_cobra
  • AirPods Pro use custom silicone ear-tip, basically non-repairable

    Good.

    To hell with these worthless right-to-repair nutjobs. I don't want worse products just so some cheap asshole can repair them poorly.
    lkruppStrangeDayshammeroftruthbaconstanggilly33watto_cobra
  • Clipboard snooping still rife across many popular iOS apps

    There should be severe penalties for things like clipboard snooping. Maybe they should be permanently banned, or at the very least immediately blocked from the store until they fix it, and their cut of App Store proceeds permanently reduced (e.g. Apple takes 60% instead of 30%, and the offenders can accept it or leave). And public shaming, of course. 
    Lol. Severe penalties for things that are allowed and have legitimate use? Right. This is why the little kids aren't allowed to make policy.

    crowley said:
    I'm not sure why Apple even allow apps coded access to the clipboard anyway.  Can't they limit it to user invocation when in a text or photo selection dialog?  Maybe I'm overlooking some use cases.
    Not Maybe.

    mjtomlin said:
    crowley said:
    I'm not sure why Apple even allow apps coded access to the clipboard anyway.  Can't they limit it to user invocation when in a text or photo selection dialog?  Maybe I'm overlooking some use cases.

    I agree. There's really no reason for an app to need access to the clipboard until the user decides to paste the contents (just as is done with drag&drop). Maybe Apple determined that there's very little chance that someone would copy and paste sensitive information from app to app?

    It seems to me that it would be trivial to add a timed lock to the clipboard giving the app access to the clipboard after the user invokes a paste, and then locking read access after so many seconds.
    That doesn't seem logical. A user could easily copy sensitive information in one app, paste it, and then seconds later move on a totally different app that reads the clipboard without any user interaction.

    And yeah, Universal Copy and Paste between iOS and macOS devices already work this way...the synced clipboard contents expire after some time. In fact I've found that the original clipboard contents come back after the expiration, which is also a bit strange.
    caladanian
  • How Apple A-series chips stack up against Intel Macs

    We have yet to see an Apple chip that was built for the Mac...be it portable or desktop. Everything they've achieved to date is for pitiful little devices with no battery power to spare and no thermal management at all.

    Imagine what Apple can do just in a MacBook alone, let alone in a desktop like iMac.
    chasmpatchythepiratewatto_cobralolliver
  • Apple unveils new iPad Pro with 3D scanner, trackpad support


    I’m very curious about that keyboard. It looks flimsy, but if it holds your iPad at any angle suspended as shown then it must have some kind of engineering in the “hinge”.
    You say it "looks flimsy" (based on absolutely nothing) and then immediately point out the one thing everyone can see from a distance that indicates there is nothing flimsy about it. You're special.
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  • Apple's 20W charger, smaller 'iPhone 12' batteries found in filings

    MplsP said:
    does anyone else find the ‘reduced packaging cost’ excuse for eliminating the charger bordering on ridiculous? Not only is the cost of a little extra cardboard trivial, there would be other ways to reduce the total packaging and include the charger. 
    Yes, its ridiculous. 

    But just to consider all possibilities. It may be that the small 5W charger is just not going to cut it for iPhone 12, which meant Apple had to consider making the packaging larger to accommodate the much larger 20W charger. That made them take stock of the entire charger and packaging situation. They then started running some hypotheticals on what the iPhone packaging could be like if it had NO charger or headphones in the box, and what the cost savings would be. They added up to be more than they expected.

    I'm holding out for the possibility that Apple will still include the charger for free...it will just be packaged separately, and by request only. Meaning if an online user adds one to their cart at the time of purchase, they get it for free. If not, they don't. This will reduce the number given away, saving even more money.

    But far more likely is that this won't be the case.  Since the expertise of the guy running the company is limited to supply chain management and political pandering, he of course jumps at the chance to save a couple dollars on distribution costs while ripping off every single customer of their most important product.

    And none of this is about so-called "e-waste" at all, no matter how many times the shills scream shrilly about it, while simultaneously not providing a single factual basis.
    muthuk_vanalingamGeorgeBMac
  • Future Face ID could map a user's veins to foil 'evil twin' attack

    gatorguy said:
    It's coming despite our personal preferences and intentions, but IMHO these "advances" in positively identifying specific people across a very broad spectrum are not a good thing.  
    It is certainly something to be concerned about. Such advanced technology developed and used for such trivial purposes has the potential to be misused, or copied by others with completely different motives, which is always a concern. The way some people say, "Don't care, give me a better iPhone" is alarming.

    I'd settle for Face ID that works in landscape mode. How about a gyroscopic camera?
    Beats
  • Review: The 10.2-inch iPad is more of the same, and that's not a bad thing

    Eric_WVGG said:
    The slow processor is the most interesting thing about these new iPads. 

    Historically, Apple always puts their latest chips in new devices, even "low-end" devices like consumer iPads and most notably the iPod Touch. For years analysts would predict that Apple would put slower chips in these units (presumably to save on costs, or to differentiate the lines). Instead they'd get the latest and greatest, but then stay on the shelf without updates for several years at a time.

    This pattern finally broke the the latest release of the iPod Touch, and now these new iPads. The old chips are now "fast enough" and the new chips presumably too expensive. This change in strategy was inevitable, but nonetheless disappointing. 
    It has nothing to do with cost. If anything it costs more to produce an A10 than a A12 or A13, simply because they have to keep manufacturing yet another chip, at low volume.

    It has everything to do with differentiation. If this newly released iPad had an A13 or even an A12, it would give everyone a reason to consider instead of an iPad Pro.