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Apple's Dan Riccio responds to bent iPad Pro reports, says device 'meets or exceeds' produ...
Typically when you machine/hog out aluminum from a single surface, you will get a potato chip when you pull the part from the machine (the stress locked in place by the calendar-rolling process in the mill is now released). To counter this, there’s typically a skim cut done on the opposite surface. I presume this 7000 series aluminum is all being machined in a tempered condition.
Something is likely occurring down the line, and my guess would be this is limited to a small batch of units.
If affected return to Apple, let them trace it back through the fabrication process to the source, if it hasn’t already been corrected.
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Apple to open office in Vancouver's new 400 West Georgia tower
Vancouver, BC, Canada? Or Vancouver, WA, USA? They are within hours of each other, and easily confusing to speak of without the correct context.
I presume its BC, given the mention of Toronto. Just asking for the sake of clarity and to avoid giving Bloomberg any free clicks.
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Panicked selling of AAPL lets Apple buy back billions cheaply
Apple has been doing this longer and better than $TSLA. This strategy is long-term, decades out.knowitall said:Apple seems to act like a national bank, buying its currency to keep devaluation low.
I think this situation shows that it is not wise to be dependent on one area and country for your products.
A company like Tesla is doing it the modern way, positioning its production in several distinct areas in the words (the U.S.A. being one of them) to combat all sorts of problems concerning one area.
I would adapt Apples policy regarding this immediately and start building factories on US soil immediately, using the 100 billion or so for this years share buybacks that are effectively the same as burning the money.
Apple should think big again, maybe look at Tesla what that means.
DED, you sure do bring out the crazies.
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Apple stock hammered on lower forecasts from iPhone part suppliers Lumentum & Japan Displa...
Finisar, now II-VI, also makes the VCELs, and their new factory that Apple bought last year for almost 400 million is up and running now, possibly better than previously believed.retrogusto said:It could also mean that Apple has multiple suppliers for their components, and some will inevitably be more competitive than others.
I wonder if II-VI gave some assurances to Apple as conditions for them buying out Finisar.
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Jony Ive's departure reveals new details of Apple's car and TV plans
It’s time to move on Mr. Crabby Pants, put the hate down and step back slowly.qwwera said:So the abomination that was ios7 was indeed Ives.
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Editorial: Why Apple created Apple TV+ rather than buying Netflix
iPhone was too lateLatko said:Every substantiation mentioned here indicates that they’re simply too late, given their ambitions. Same for Music Streaming, and Project Titan soon.
Apple Watch too late
Airpods was too late
iPad was too late
Apple Music too late
If “too late” means “this is where you’ll find the profits, if any...” then that’s where I’ll invest my money hats.
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Credit Suisse boosts AAPL price target by 25% but remains neutral on shares
Go look and see what Horace Dediu has been posting on Twitter about stock prices for Apple... The only ones to pay attention to is Neil Cybert and Horace... the rest are noise, some criminally.
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Lead times suggest Pacific Blue iPhone 12 Pro models are most popular
Actually, it just means Apple didn’t anticipate well enough for the demand of these particular models. If 100 people want it, but Apple made 5 and it took X number of weeks to deliver one of them... that does not compare well to the 100000 of the regular iPhone 12 that Apple cranks out every two days. It’s not even a valid data point for anything other than - Apple is supply constrained for whatever reason on those models.
Apple will tell us sometime next quarter or next year what is the most popular model. Just like they do every years.
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Here are all of the biggest changes coming to Apple Watch with watchOS 6
I have the issue on my home Wi-Fi and out in the world. Siri is mostly useless, and the lack of feedback to correct it is why it’s the most used AI service in the world. Users unsuccessful attempt multiple times... then give up in frustrating and manually make the query. Since Apple doesn’t count them as one query en mass (privacy and all), and there’s no feedback to indicate the queries are anything but queries, they mis-record the metric as a positive.chasm said:I do see the "I'll tap you when I'm ready" message from time to time (maybe once in 50, certainly not the problem you're having), but let me tell you what the problem is and a potential fix.
The reason for the difficulty is that your iPhone is trying or has connected to a non-working open Wi-Fi connection, and can't reach the internet to process some aspects of your request. The fix is to go into your iPhone settings -> Wi-Fi, and tell it to ask to connect to unknown networks (known networks will still be joined automatically). If there's a notoriously bad "known" network you've joined before that doesn't work (I have this problem in some parts of town with the carrier's hotspots), tell the iPhone to "forget" that network. This will cause your iPhone to rely on LTE data when you're not on a known-good Wi-Fi network, and thus the connection between your iPhone and the Watch will be stronger and thus Siri will work much more reliably. It made a huge difference for me, I hope it does the same for you.
Regarding pronunciation ... I agree that there could be more done in the area of fixing bad pronunciations, there is a way to correct names, here is the method I use to train it from scratch:
1. Ask Siri for the phone number of the name you know it will mispronounce.
2. After it says the name incorrectly aloud, say "that's not how you pronounce it."
It will then ask you to say the name, listen, and offer you choices of pronunciation. Select the one that is closest, and then it will pronouce it correctly next time.
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Apple silicon Mac documentation suggests third-party GPU support in danger
Exactly. Look at their Afterburner Card. That’s a freaking monster, right there!rob53 said:The A12Z Bionic is up to 8 GPU cores. The Most powerful and expensive GPUs have cores in the thousands. What would it take for Apple to create its own separate 500 core GPU SoC or maybe only a 100 core GPU with the ability to use several of them in a blade setup. There's nothing stopping Apple, other than patents, from making whatever they want to any way they want to. Look at the Mac Pro. It's a fantastic workstation.
