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  • Hermes Apple Watch bands review: No leather in these new stylish strap options

    mayflymayfly
    There are seven layers of expensive:
    1. Expensive
    2. Quite Expensive
    3. Very Expensive
    4. Extremely Expensive
    5. Insanely Expensive
    6. Stupid Expensive
    7. Hermes Fake Leather
    muthuk_vanalingambeowulfschmidtdewmedarkvader

  • How Apple is already using machine learning and AI in iOS

    mayflymayfly
    slow n easy said:
    I’m wondering if the Apple Car will have a similar fate as the Apple Television Set. It’s hard for me to see how they can innovate on building cars. We already have EV and self-driving, and we already have big digital displays. Cars have been innovating like crazy in the last few years. Instead of building the actual vehicles, Apple should license the software instead. Like CarPlay, but much more advanced. I can’t imagine buying a car built by Foxconn.
    Getting into the automaker business is the worst thing Apple could do. Think of how many American carmakers there were in say, 1930: more than 50. Now there are basically 3, if you include Tesla, but not the boutique makers (Fiat Chrysler/Stellantis is no longer an American carmaker). And many of those companies were GREAT automakers. Think Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Packard, Studebaker, Hudson, American Motors, Kaiser, DeLorean, Checker and many others.

    These companies were all founded by people with extensive experience in the segment prior to startup, and still failed. It's my belief that Apple would suffer the same fate if they "diWORSEified" into automaking. It could be significantly detrimental to the entire company if they don't cut their losses, from the enormous startup costs to the overhead and payroll costs. Better would be to license Apple's proprietary technologies to existing automakers, and charge them up the wazoo for it!
    Alex1Nwatto_cobraalexsaunders790

  • Europe asks if Digital Markets Act should apply to iMessage

    mayflymayfly
    The EU should focus on higher priority issues. Guess they forgot there's a war on their border. Oh wait a second: there's TWO wars on their borders. Winter is coming, with sanctions on the Russian oil and gas they rely on to keep from freezing to death. Inflation is worse than it is here. France, England and Germany were sent reeling from record heat waves and flooding, killing thousands. Right wing extremist authoritarianism is spreading like wildfires, driven by anti-immigrant fervor.

    And their knickers are in a knot about iMessage?
    mike1baconstangSpitbathJaiOh819secondkox2watto_cobra

  • Dozens of stalking victims join AirTag class action suit against Apple

    mayflymayfly
    The lack of empathy for victims of stalking, intimidation and violence facilitated by Apple's tracking technology in every post on this topic is stunning to me. What is wrong with you people??

    For instance: "Simply…..DONT USE THEM" The victims aren't using them. AirPods are being used against them.

    Or: "Who should they sue for making a bad choice of partner?" I feel sorry for anyone who chooses you for a partner.

    Or this: "Did the stalkers murder their victims with the airtags? Stupidity has no limits." Yes, they have, and continue to do so. AirTags are deadly weapons in the wrong hands, the same as the crosshairs in your gunsights. You're correct about stupidity having no limits. At least you know you're emotionally retarded.
    ralphiebsimpsenmuthuk_vanalingamHonkersjony0

  • Apple Watch Series 9 vs Google Pixel Watch 2 -- Specs, price, and features, compared

    mayflymayfly
    kmarei said:
    I just can't get over the rectangular face of the apple watch, it looks so geeky
    i want a circular watch 
    Still using my motto 360 3rd gen
    not sure why the obsession with all the health features 
    i want a watch for notifications, so I don't have to pull my phone out to see I got a new Viagra ad :)
    "Not sure about the obsession with all the health features???"

    Well, I'm sure. My brother was running out of breath walking his dog. His 7th Gen Apple Watch was sending him warnings about aFib. He went to a cardiologist at the VA, and he said, don't worry it's probably not aFib. The watch disagreed, multiple times every day. Two weeks later, he was out to dinner with us, and he felt so short of breath we took him to the ER. He was admitted, and an ECG confirmed aFib. He's since had two cryoablations, two cardioversions, and a Watchman implant. He's also on 4 heart medications. That watch may have saved his life. And when he falls out of sinus rhythm, he knows right away, and takes action.

    And the fall detector has already saved many people who otherwise may have died. I've gotten one false alarm from tripping on an area rug, but was able to cancel it. I wear mine all day every day, and don't often take my phone when I'm out. I don't really care about texts or phone calls in the moment. And like your opinion, I don't get the obsession with having to stop whatever you're doing to answer the phone!
    ronnwatto_cobraargonautjony0

  • Apple Watch Series 9 vs Google Pixel Watch 2 -- Specs, price, and features, compared

    mayflymayfly
    Doesn't matter to me (or anyone else, I think) what wonderful features and specs either watch has.

    If you own an iPhone (and possibly an iPad, a MacBook, AirPods, and an Apple TV box), you buy the Apple Watch.

    If you're stranded with Windows and Android hardware, then dump that junk and get the Apple Watch, an iPhone and everything else!
    watto_cobradarkvaderjony0

  • iPhone 17 could be first to get new thinner & lighter motherboard tech

    mayflymayfly
    Doesn't sound that critical for the iPhone. But it could improve the wearability of the VisionPro.
    watto_cobrabyronl

  • Kuo: Apple Watch is seeing a big sales decline year-over-year in 2023

    mayflymayfly
    AppleZulu said:
    mayfly said:
    iOS_Guy80 said:
    Japhey said:
    mayfly said:
    iOS_Guy80 said:
    mayfly said:
    Apple's problem is that everyone who wants an Apple Watch already has one. And their incremental changes aren't going to drive upgrade cycles. The Ultra was new and different, but the buy-in was a big deterrent for the mass market. Things like Micro-LED screens won't do it. A total rethink is what it will take. I can't think of anything the Apple Watch 9 offers that would even make me consider upgrading my 7 series.
    Upgraded from series 7 to series 9, really enjoying the brighter screen, faster processor, looking forward to double tap feature. WatchOS 10 takes the user interface and Watch experiencce to the next level.
    Well, since I have WatcOS 10 on my series 7, still not sold. I can see my watch screen just fine. But I'm curious about how exactly does a faster processor improve your use? I don't notice any lag at all when using my watch.
    I would also like to know the answer to that question. We’ve all made excuses to justify expensive upgrades, but this one needs a little more explanation. I’ve never wished my Series 7 was faster…not even once. 
    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess. Maybe it’s my imagination but everything just seems to run a little smoother and zippier on series 9. I suspect apps will take advantage of the faster chip to do who knows what? Apples buyback for the upgrade from series 7 to 9 was also very generous.
    "Apples buyback for the upgrade from series 7 to 9 was also very generous."
    Buying something you don't need because it's on sale, or takes trade-ins, is the reason Millenials and GenZ's can't afford to buy homes.
    No, a significant shortage of supply at most price points is the reason Millennials, GenZs and a lot more folks can’t afford to buy homes.
    You forgot to blame student loan debt. But you can buy a 2 bedroom, 1 bath, true brick Georgian house with a two car detached garage in my Chicago neighborhood (Norwood Park) for $250-275K right now. We're a neighborhood with mature tree-lined streets, many cops and firemen live here, it's 1 block to a K-8 school, 5 blocks from Taft High School, 7 minutes from O'Hare, two blocks from the bus, 8 blocks from the El or the Metra. Two churches within 6 blocks, a Jewel-Osco (Albertsons), a Mariano's (Kroger), Amazon Fresh, Butera (Certified Grocers) and two produce supermarkets within 2 miles, Starbucks, Panera, Chipotle, you name it. Also numerous great family-run Italian, Chinese, Thai and Indian restaurants in walking distance or a short drive. Almost forgot to mention, lower overall and violent crime rates than almost all the surrounding suburbs.

    They're only about 1,000 square feet (plus full basements, many of them finished), but how much does a single GenZ need? And as the young families move in, they're able to put an addition to the back, since the back yards are so large. So I'm calling BS on the "short supply at most price points." The Millennials and Z's just spend too much on cars, electronic diversion and entertainment, all financed with both bank and credit card debt.
    watto_cobra