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  • This may be the best look yet at the iPhone 15 color assortment

    When the critics say this release is lack lustre they will be very much correct. 
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  • What's Apple's Vision Pro killer app?

    Unfortunately, this article is an example of the VP problem. 

    If you need miles and miles of text to evangelize the product and “explain” why all the stuff thrown at the wall is somehow collected into a killer app, then none exists. “Oh, the killer app is everything all together!” Nope. Sorry. Doesn’t work like that. 

    This has been the problem even in internal testing. Apple’s own staff had concerns. Now, outside of fanboys or developer evangelists,  it’s a big question mark and rightly so. 

    Downplaying customer price concerns over a non essential product is also troublesome - especially during inflation. 

    The VP HAS POTENTIAL and can become something great - if Apple can figure out why they made it to begin with. 

    So far, they’ve simply just built a better headset. Will it be enough to actually become a viable “platform?” We will know in two years, after the initial early adopter phase is over. 
    Let's not confuse a pundit known for being overly wordy and who often misses the point even when it is historically recorded, with Apple, who do keep their cards close to their chest even internally. So staff being confused about what the end game isn't a sign that there aren't people in Apple very much with an end game in mind. 

    Look around. Those who are in the space of practical training are normally rabid self-promoters, yet for a few months now, I know a couple who have been oddly quiet and would make great demos at the launch event. I think Apple have a good idea where there are markets where the price point represents a saving and an improvement on traditional methods and where there is so much value in those systems that a cheaper system would increase the roll-out of them, soaking up all the units Apple can produce.

    Add to that the massive improvements in scanning of 3D environments for all sorts of technical uses, and it is easy to see the 2 coming together in interesting ways to be the "killer app" that would take it mainstream once there is the production to allow that. 
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  • Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs hit every one of Apple's international manufacturing part...

    blastdoor said:
    nubus said:
    32% on TSMC, 34% or 24% on the camera modules, 25% on displays, and assembly is up by 26% to 46%.
    There is no way to move production now = the next 5 years everything will be +30% or margins will take a hit.
    Will production move to the U.S.? Not likely as U.S. workers are expensive.

    It seems the choice stands between expensive and expensive.

    The issue that's bigger than US workers being expensive is the massive uncertainty about future policy. Moving production to the US would require a huge investment that cannot easily be reversed. That investment would only make sense if firms could be sure these tariffs would be in place for a very long time. Even if Trump were to become dictator for life, firms cannot assume he will stick with his policy -- he's highly erratic. Also, he's an old man, so if "dictator for life" might not be very long anyway. So companies will conclude that their best bet is to just import and pass the tax on to consumers as best they can. 
    Dictatorship don’t tend to have a good consumer base with disposal income. So there is no reason to bring manufacturing to the USA if it chooses to leave the free world. 
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  • Apple makes room for new Macs by rethinking retail Vision Pro demo stations


    Apple needs to rethink the vision pro.

    Back to the drawing board.
    I’m sure they never left the drawing board. 
    I also doubt you’ll like the response. 
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  • Trump blinks: Floats suggestion that Apple might get a tariff exemption

    It’s not a “blink.” It has been mentioned a lot here on ai before the tariffs came on. Apple would get an exemption. I’ve personally posted this a few times. 

    Smart people do smart things. It’s why cook preemptively met with the president prior to the election and why the admin is letting some of the fine tuning show now. It’s always shock and awe to rile up the immoveable players. Then settles into the details. It’s why you hear the phrase/torle “art of the deal” being so talked about lately. 

    As I’ve BEEN saying, Apple willl be fine. 
    And the delusional cult continues on unabated, Dear Leader must not be questioned. 

    Meanwhile in reality Trump has shown how much of a lame duck president he is and U.S. is much weaker on the world stage than it was a week ago.  

    And because you pointed out in an other thread that you woefully uninformed on trade, let me help you out. What you and Trumpty Dumpty seem to be missing is Trump can't protect Apple or any other company from China. If China decides to start targeting U.S. companies like Apple or Tesla and just boots them from the country then they are absolutely screwed. The U.S. doesn't have the advanced manufacturing capabilities of China and that is something that would take at least a decade to build out. China does almost all of the world's refining of rare earth minerals. Replacing that capability will take a decade to do. China holds way more cards in this trade war than just tariffs. Turmpty Dumpty has brought a squirt gun to a gun fight. 

    Maybe, just maybe, ponder the potential consequences of Trumps actions rather than blindly cheerleading for him 


    It’s not a “blink.” It has been mentioned a lot here on ai before the tariffs came on. Apple would get an exemption. I’ve personally posted this a few times. 

    Smart people do smart things. It’s why cook preemptively met with the president prior to the election and why the admin is letting some of the fine tuning show now. It’s always shock and awe to rile up the immoveable players. Then settles into the details. It’s why you hear the phrase/torle “art of the deal” being so talked about lately. 

    As I’ve BEEN saying, Apple willl be fine. 
    And the delusional cult continues on unabated, Dear Leader must not be questioned. 

    Meanwhile in reality Trump has shown how much of a lame duck president he is and U.S. is much weaker on the world stage than it was a week ago.  

    And because you pointed out in an other thread that you woefully uninformed on trade, let me help you out. What you and Trumpty Dumpty seem to be missing is Trump can't protect Apple or any other company from China. If China decides to start targeting U.S. companies like Apple or Tesla and just boots them from the country then they are absolutely screwed. The U.S. doesn't have the advanced manufacturing capabilities of China and that is something that would take at least a decade to build out. China does almost all of the world's refining of rare earth minerals. Replacing that capability will take a decade to do. China holds way more cards in this trade war than just tariffs. Turmpty Dumpty has brought a squirt gun to a gun fight. 

    Maybe, just maybe, ponder the potential consequences of Trumps actions rather than blindly cheerleading for him 


    It’s common sense. Something a trump-hatred cult will never see. 

    And I’ll take Donald trump and Bessent any day over some dude on the internet named “stabitha.”

    But seriously. There are so many ways to look at this. It definitely exposes predispositions. If you already hate Tru p, you’ll work to find the pessimistic angle. If you already like him, you’ll work to find the positive angle. And if you’re just a simple common sense guy, you’ll work to can appreciate what he’s trying to do while retaining the ability to see where it may go wrong - but also retain tje ability to see where it may go right. So far, for common sense folks, tje goal is admirable, results are mixed with the short time in action, and the pivot seems to preserve both the American tech company as well as the inherits of the action to begin with. The downside of all of it is of course the “short term pain” of stock volatility and posdible higher prices. But that was always a known quantity. Not some surprise. But the long term gain of fair trade is what the goal is. And it’s certainly at the very least worth the attempt. If it wasn’t trump, it would be someone else. The status quo is not sustainable without ceding our economy and leading status in the world. As one of the few truly free places in the world, this matters. We are all her for all things apple. They’re a great company. Another reason their great is that they stand for human rights, privacy, security, etc. on top of making the best stuff on earth. But take away the foundation of freedom upon which they operate and things go south. We see a microcosm in the EU and China. Hopefully, with the bold moves being made on the big stage, that’s as far as it goes. 
    Where does the long term gain come from if what caused the “blink” was the bond market rejecting USA as the safe stable reliable currency?

    we don’t know who the new default currency is but I suggest we’ll know next time an Apple keynote has a pricing chart. Tim Cook will set in stone with the words “iPhone 17 still xxxx” and oh the new increased USA price.
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  • What Apple products will get hit the hardest by Trump's new tariff orders

    anthogag said:
    So, the tariffs were announced in April and then delayed for 90 days. At the point where the tariff were delayed we were promised "90 deals in 90 days"  In that time Trump claimed he had made deals with 200 countries despite there not being 200 countries to actually make deals with. This week we will hit the 90 days with exactly two deals made. That is a well short of the 90 promised and well below the 200 that Trump claimed he had done. So, what does the Trump and is band of clowns do? Announce even more tariffs and immediately delay them for almost 30 days. 

    Any country watching this clown show has learned two things. 
    1. Trump and team have no actual plan are just making this up as they go along.
    2. They can safely ignore is bluster, he will always chicken out and kick the traiff can down the road. This dog has no bite. 

    This cult will make excuses for this and repeat whatever inane talking points Dear Leader gives this and the rest of the country will just be embarrassed on their behalf. 
    Countries dealing with Trump and his inner circle likely believe they are dealing with extremely untrustworthy clowns. Conversing with Trump probably resembles dealing with a psycopath. 
    He has proven over the years to never contract in good faith. No contract can legally exist without that. 
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  • Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China


    ITGUYINSD said:
    A professional grifter. Robbing any fool that will listen to him. Humanity has failed. 
    The key here is the “fool,” without whom the entire movement would crumble.
    Last I saw, a moderator here was deleting the same kind of posts for attacking politicians. but I guess it only applies to whatever side has the favorable bias. Have some consistency. 
    The "side" is the same side most of the entire world sides with.  Sorry you're not on the majority side.
    Not the majority on this forum. But in the country? See the recent election. 
    The majority of your country didn’t vote in your election. Millions of those because you all actively disenfranchise voters as a way of winning. So the claim any US president had majority support does not stand.  

    Indeed the active disenfranchisement of voters and the fact that the system is moving towards more disenfranchisement not less is why you are a failed democracy on the international index. 

    Math doesn’t support a claim of majority even in a sound democracy 

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  • Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China

    narwhal said:
    I just don’t know if the world is ready for a urine-colored phone.
    Maybe they could revisit Zune 💩 brown
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  • DOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE app

    Great. Obstruction of justice is a criminal offense. Doesn't matter if it's done via an app or not. 
    Hasn’t been established as justice to be obstructed…
    no warrants, no badges, no probable cause, held on no charge, with no hearings, no representation, with unreasonable seizure of property and liberty by masked persons not willing to demonstrate they have authority. 


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  • Apple has 18 months to sort out Apple Intelligence

    corin_oz said:
    You have to wonder how they've been so caught out in the AI space, complacency — they thought they were doing enough when in fact they were so far from it. Though I still have an iPhone 16 Pro, I swapped to a Samsung S25 Ultra recently and the AI experience is much better along with other things to — can anyone say autocorrect, as that is still garbage on my iPhone. 18 months? That long hey.
    Are they really “caught out”?
    they have a foundation that they can now adapt to whatever comes and makes it possible for smaller startups to target various markets big and small in a way that drives hardware sales. 

    They don’t have the sizzle but they sure have the steaks. 
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