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Fidonet127 said:

dutchlord said:

Apple Intelligence is the only reason to buy. But is not available in the EU. I’ll skip this one. 

Not available yet. I thought Apple was working with the EU to make it happen.

Apple can't even tell when AI will ship in Australia, Canada, Ireland, or UK. The SOS call feature from 2 years ago is now available in 17 countries (UN has 194 members). 10 of 27 EU member states. Not a single country in South America, Africa, or Asia is covered.

AppleInsider said:

Apple made the Apple Watch Series 10 display 30% larger.

30% compared to... Series 6. While being a nice update Series 10 is the most disappointing X product ever.

Samsung used the fabric "Revive 1" by Kvadrat upcycled from PET bottles. Same designer worked with VW and Volvo.
Revive 1 hits 60,000 Martindale (abrasion testing cycles), the leather cases scored around 50,000, while FineWoven took a paltry 1,600 Martindale before disintegrating.

FineWoven 2 should at least hit 50k and Apple should report the number.

bluefire1 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. 

Why won’t Apple Intelligence be available in the EU? 

Thanks for asking!

Apple is extremely slow at localizing. Just 9% of the countries in the world have SOS calls 2 years after iPhone 14. The only country added with iOS 17 is Japan as roll-out has stopped. It happens with a lot of features. Even those that don't hit any legal issues (less than half of EU is covered by SOS calls). Same for 5G mmWave hardware - limited to US models. Not that pricing outside US is different. We just get a lot less.

Google Gemini AI is already available in 40 languages - https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13575153?hl=en  75% of GDP and 96% of the population is outside US (and more when you subtract  the 13% Spanish speaking Americans). Apple won't get the sales it could have.

The news are in... and Apple must pay $14.4b + interest. Several media cover it - but here is a link to the judgement of the ECJ:

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=289923&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=883040

This is a major win for Vestager and EU. As EU can't charge taxes and the amount will go back to the member states.

25% of Services is Google paying Apple. That won't happen in 2025. Apple will have to grow Services by 33% to deliver the same revenue and far more to get the margin back. 

It feels like it should get a 5 score. There is a lot of value in this computer. Display, keyboard, battery, performance, connectivity, design, materials, and OS - is any other vendor able to deliver a better package at this price?

No, it doesn't have Wifi 7 like PC laptops, but this isn't built for connecting to future routers at any cost. The support for 6E will fix network congestion problems when used with either 7 or 6E routers. Compared to M2 it seems Apple fixed the performance problem with 256 GB models. I still recommend getting the 16 GB version to reduce memory swapping. Is M3 better than M2? Well... resale value + much faster 256 GB version + could be 2 years more of OS support + fewer fingerprints on the black version + 3nm should improve battery life... it might be. The M2 is however one very nice computer as well. 

apple4thewin said:

I think you mean iPhone 18 in 2025. What is new then for the 17? Rumored thinness is now gone, 2nm is now gone, and maybe upgraded camera stays?

New colors, a button dedicated to AI (or not), dynamic islet, MLA AMOLED display (yup), and 5G Advanced on more devices. It will be the best iPhone ever.

lukei said:

Or it could be headed the way of the iPhone 13 Mini which would be disappointing but not surprising. 

Indeed - 7% of iPad sales in 2022... either create 3 sizes of Air or drop it. Running 4 colors, 2 storage sizes, and 2 network variants... 16 variants for US and a lot more around the world. Add covers and it really is too much for something Air could/should cover.

I suggest a modern Nelson statue of Vestager with 3 names on the pedestal: Cupertino • Mountain View • Redmond.