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So is there only an "earrings report" this time and no "earning call" ? Will there be a call later ? Did I miss some announcement ?
Is that why AI's coverage is minimal this time ?
Granted the record is not quite the blowout of others but still, the stock is trading at around +3% in after hours trading, more than 3 hours after the report and AI usually has more detail and reports on the Q&A of the call.

Somewhat disappointing for a full digit revision, seems to be merely small tweaks. I still miss searching and replacing special characters to cleanup files with extraneous tabs, paragraphs, etc, like the Pages of old. I have to resort to Word for that, recordable macros too would be nice for the whole suite. I mostly use and really like Numbers and Pages but finally gave in and picked up the 50 $ Lifetime Microsoft Office for those occasional specialty features, after years of getting by with LibreOffice. For my usage MS Office isn't worth their original sticker price but that special scratched an itch.

Talk about the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing !
This security committee wants Apple & Google to clamp down on policing while the ongoing antitrust committee wants to lessen their control. I'll bet that the latter won't accept Apple's reasoning that they need control for security and the former won't accept any refusal of policing.
Strange bedfellows indeed.

Rayz2016 said:

mr lizard said:

I wonder if the authors of these posts have any control over the false click bait headlines that adorn their stories? “Europe” is emphatically not pressing Apple for compensation. 

This is the most deceptive headline ever, or really poor writing. Not sure which.

The other deceptive language which I think is a big part of the problem and exacerbated by the media is the use of the word "slow" or "slowdown". There is a palpable sense of permanence in that word that is not present in the proper word "throttle". As in :
"Apple did not (permanently) slow down your phone, the phone (temporarily) throttles the processor to avoid a sudden shutdown initiated to protect the battery. This will also will extend its life of the battery as well." (And possibly avoid the phone go Samsung Smokey.)
I was so relieved by that update because my 6S was shutting down with over 40% battery on a weekly basis and more. This stopped immediately after that update and i had never ever noticed a difference in performance until this whole issue came out in the open. And nobody that I know of ever mentioned a difference in performance for years until this whole kerfuffle came out. Yes, yes, Apple coulda shoulda done better, they should've done exactly what they did eventually, but in the real world this had no impact, nobody noticed.

KenThod said:

Lol you guys are so funny right, i agreed about that dynamo, only 1 time per day to perform the workout. By the way, is there any material exist rather than lithium? Maybe Elon save the last invention for the best, i read some academic research, there are some composite material, but in the end maybe the lithium is just good for the less cost.

hmlongco said:

Apple would be better served pouring some of their billions into ongoing research and development of solid-state battery technology. Having a phone capable of recharging in a minute would be a game changer and a clear marketing advantage.

KenThod said:

So actually, we are now much more closer to see a device with fast charging, i agreed with Hmlongco, recharging in a minute. So but i would say it can be done soon maybe like 15 minutes for a full charge. Right now, in 30 minutes you can get half full charged

We're almost there with Aluminum, hopefully sooner than later :
Aluminium-ion battery - Wikipedia

Still in research of course, but promising. Some features already reported from different researchers :

• ORNL's battery producing 1,060 Wh/kg versus 406 Wh/kg for Lithium
• Stanford claimed an aluminum-ion battery with a recharge time of about one minute, lasted over 7,500 charge-discharge cycles with no loss of capacity
• University of Maryland made a prototype aluminium/sulfur cell which demonstrated an energy density of 800 Wh/kg for over 20 cycles
• Zhejiang University announced 3H3C design of a battery using graphene films as anode and metallic aluminium as cathode with impressive properties :
• The battery works well after quarter-million cycles retaining 91.7 percent of its original capacity.
• The battery can be fully charged in 1.1 seconds.
• The assembled battery works well across a temperature range of minus 40 to 120 degrees Celsius.
• It offers a high current capacity (111 mAh / g 400 A / g based on the cathode).
• It can be folded.
• It does not explode when exposed to fire and the materials used are non flammable.

But of course there are challenges as well :
Aluminium-ion batteries have a relatively short shelf life. The combination of heat, rate of charge, and cycling can dramatically decrease energy capacity. When metal ion batteries are fully discharged, they can no longer be recharged. Ionic electrolyte materials are expensive.