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Teens in the US, which has less than 5% of the world's population? (and yes, they are richer, but everyone in the world has one smartphone, and only one; so population, not income, is the key measure).

I kind of "like" intercom, but it only works in one language, English when that's the set language, and we are a multi-language household. It clearly does not just record and play back the Intercom message - now why is that [sinister thoughts]. 

I may be using it wrong, but I have found dysfunctionality completely useless in notes. For example, it doesn’t recognise numbers written in a column with a line below it to do a sum. It also does not recognise divisions original as a fraction very often. 

I *want* reasons to upgrade. I can’t find any. 

mike1 said:

dutchlord said:

What “super cycle”?? The tentpole feature should be Apple Intelligence which will not be available in my region (EU).  So Apple misses a 500 million people market with the iPhone16. 

You can thank your EU overlords for that.

I think you meant democratically elected governments that represent the wishes of the inhabitants (rightly or wrongly) to keep personal data private and secure; and who will likely engage in discussions to ensure data used by AI cannot be traced back to the individual. “Overlords” generally refers to rulers that obtained their power through conquest using military and financial means. 
Can Americans not ever have a discussion without becoming political; it’s exhausing. Let it be man, let other societies organise themselves how they want. Go buy a Kinder egg. 

The clip-on iPod shuffle is iconic. It was the first and last device that was a joy to go running with. We dis not have that again until the Apple Watch came out. 

Nice try. It's still confusing. Home has personalised Playlists and generic Playlists; but almost no personal new Album or Song recommendations? And Browse (actually called "New"?) has new Albums and Songs, but they are not personalised. New also has Updated Playlists (wouldn't they be under Home)?

Apple Music Radio  only has three stations, why do I have Musica Uno Apple Music Radio, Chill Apple Music Radio and Club Apple Music Radio. And Local Radio is buried somewhere in the 17th row.

Where are the videos and video playlists?

Nope, it's a mess.

I still don't understand why anyone would prefer to manage their lights, heating, and curtains in one central spot in a big house, instead of in the individual rooms where those things are located. I can understand managing them from a watch or a phone that one always carries around, but a central fixed hub? But what do I know.

it is ludicrous for a car manufacturer to give Apple access to all its car systems, which will invariably lead to Apple becoming the gatekeeper to the entire tech stack of a car. This in addition to the branding impact. CarPlay is not the end of evolution, for example, the music app is well on CarPlay. Audi music controls are much better. 

Once Apple controls the user interface for the entire car, it would only a matter of time until they make demands for the rest of the stack, to “provide the best user experience”.