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Apple ditches physical SIM cards from all US iPhone 14 models
I think the whole no sim tray is a deal made with US carriers to force you into their high priced roaming when traveling. Should be investigated.
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Apple ditches physical SIM cards from all US iPhone 14 models
No eSim wasn’t the ONLY way on the 11, it still has sim tray.digital_guy said:Using eSIM as only/default/primary on my 11 series since 2020. Knew it should’ve been possible, then, but carrier said it wouldn’t be, and activation was an almost impossible struggle. -
New EU regulations mandate user-replaceable batteries in Apple products
Nice spin, but 8mm is only 14% thicker than 7mm. No one will care.bsd228 said:
10mm is 67% thicker than 6mm. People would notice, unless they never had 6mm devices in the first place. Ignorance is bliss.twolf2919 said:
I don't think most people would notice/care if their device was 8-10mm instead of 6-7mm thick.red oak said:Its not a “significant win for consumers”, Implementing this can lead to less water and dust proofing, heavier devices, and less overall quality uni-body build
On the positive side, you'd get painless swapping of batteries. Many folks bring along spare power banks on trips. Now you'd have the option of simply attaching a 'fat' battery to your mobile.
With the way I abuse my phone in daily use, I don't see the ability to change the battery as a need - I've trashed it long before battery capacity is compromised. But for the tablets and laptops, more interest. Or the consumer electronics with smaller, usually lower quality batteries, much more interest. -
Apple Watch Series 10 rumored to offer limited blood pressure monitoring
Poorly written article at best.. “the "holy grails" of non-invasive blood pressure”. Since when has blood pressure measurement been invasive?! Maybe the author should look for a new physician.
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Exploit that delivered Pegasus spyware patched in iOS 16.6.1 update
So much for the so-called “rapid security responses”. Why didn’t apple issue that?!
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Apple Watch Series 10 rumored to offer limited blood pressure monitoring
There’s no need to extract blood to get BP (as the article eluded to).jbdragon said:
It's invasive as in having to prick your finger to get blood to take a real reading. Non-Invasive is not having to do that. There are a few patches you can get these days, but it is still invasive, but you leave the needle in guess, and safe for a number of days? I'm not an expert in this area. Even that would be invasive.ralphie said:Poorly written article at best.. “the "holy grails" of non-invasive blood pressure”. Since when has blood pressure measurement been invasive?! Maybe the author should look for a new physician.
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New EU regulations mandate user-replaceable batteries in Apple products
It’s a huge win! I’m happy to give up a bit of dust, water proofing, and thinness for an easily user replaceable battery. Apple is smart they’ll figure it out.red oak said:Its not a “significant win for consumers”, Implementing this can lead to less water and dust proofing, heavier devices, and less overall quality uni-body build
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Tesla reaches settlement in autopilot death case of Apple engineer
Tesla might make a decent battery on wheels, but they certainly don’t make good cars.
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Cowen revises AAPL price target to $133 after four-for-one split
its already $132.92 today. Brave call! /s
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108 new emoji expected to become part of iOS 17 -- eventually
Agreed. I’ll NEVER use 99% of the emojis, or even want to see those. Let me hide/delete them.kitatit said:The amount of “safe space” and sanitised emojis now is ridiculous. I’m not violent or even into guns but I lament the old pistol being replaced with a water pistol. I wish you could delete the emojis you don’t use, or the regularly user emojis memory was larger so it could push your 200 most used emojis to the front.
