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Man's small iPhone order turns into $100,000 iPhone 15 Pro Max mix-up
The theory I saw him put forward (I did see this on TikTok) was that, as he was a business customer, his customer liaison put through his order for the 1 TB phone, and then put through a restock order for an Apple Store (or other reseller) but didn't update the delivery address. Note he actually got 61 iPhones. One single order, and then 3 boxes of 20.ITGUYINSD said:
The other explanation is iPhone 15 x 4 = 60.22july2013 said:1 phone + 3 boxes does equal "4", which is a number he used on his order. That's my best partial explanation. Human error is the rest of my expectation.
He did also suggest he might sell them all, and kept showing references to laws around unsolicited deliveries (he is correct that Apple really don't have any redress here, it's their error, and he is entitled to keep the phones). Personally, I'd be tempted to take them back to Apple to curry favour with them, but that's me. While it may be legal, keeping them and selling them on feels like a dickish move.
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New 14-inch & 16-inch MacBook Pro sport M3, and come in black
Oh well, that's A$4199 down the tube. I really wanted a Max, but can't really afford it at the current prices. So, I got the upper Pro model. Should be plenty for home defence.
Plus Space Black, I mean, I couldn't not.
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RIP Touch Bar -- Apple sends the 13-inch MacBook Pro to the grave
The Touch Bar needed to be implemented across the line, and not just on the one model for it to really go anywhere, and given it was apparently driven by spare processing power in the T-series chips, putting it in a standalone keyboard might have been tricky, if not expensive. Then again, they've put TouchID in a standalone keyboard, so...
The one thing having a Touch Bar taught me was that I didn't use the Function Keys very often, as I never missed them. A physical Escape key, I did miss, and they at least fixed that in later models.
Of course, the one thing I really miss is the extra TB port they sacrificed for the HDMI and SD-Card slot on the current models. I mean the reason I didn't consider the 13" Apple Silicon MBP was that it only has two ports, which is just not enough.
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iPhone 16 won't be compelling and Apple will get hurt because of it, says Kuo
Alternative headline: "Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo panics as deadline approaches, and makes random prediction."
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'Slow Horses' wins outstanding writing Emmy for Apple TV+
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Regulatory filing points to new MacBook Pro launch in coming months
As I understand it, and was discussed at the time, it was due to the change in backlighting on the newer displays. Previously, the display used a single LED backlight. This had some "wasted" output, since it was basically just a light shining in there, so someone had the clever idea of putting a translucent bit of plastic on the back so that the excess light could shine through. (I had an HP at work that used the backlight to illuminate the keyboard through a small mirror at the top of the screen. Not as good as a backlit keyboard, and not as cool as a glowing logo.) The newer screens use a more efficient diffused backlight system, so a translucent panel wouldn't show the same nice, even glow, but rather a stripy one, if at all. Rather than add another LED just for the glowing logo, they removed it.Soli said:
Maybe, maybe not. It doesn't seem like it would need too much thickness but it would be more than just a piece of milled aluminium since the plastic piece does need to be adhered to the aluminum. It's not much, but Apple does like to push the envelope, which is why we had a keyboard design that would stop working properly with nearly interruptible crumbs getting under the keys.DuhSesame said:
I'd think it has nothing to do with the thickness, the glowing logo itself is just another sheet of transparent material.Soli said:
1) No offense taken because it's not a dumb question to wonder why, as an end user, would give a shit about a design choice that serves no purpose to the end user except as a status symbol and clearly intended to help advertise for Apple.anantksundaram said:
No offense intended, but that is just an arrogant twaddle of a question. At multiple levels.Soli said:1) What purpose did the glowing logo serve you? For Apple it was advertising.
Not sure "use" is the right word, but yes, I did look at it all the time. There is little point in letting something draw phantom power for longer than necessary.Soli said:2) I guess there is a slight purpose of the light on the plug, but how often did you use that over the Mac? I
I can't confirm it, but I see no reason to kill this simple solution to this effective marketing tool than new engineering choices making it infeasible. Since this occurred when Apple started using thinner top cases I can't see of another reason outside of the backlight setup being a different technology. If you're upset that Apple removed it when it serves no functional purpose to you just imagine how much Apple had to think it over when it does serve a clear marketing purpose to them. Once Apple moves to OLED for their laptops this will truly become impossible since the previous design used the all-white, all-on backlight to create the effect.
I doubt they removed it for its negative effect of projecting an Apple logo onto the display when the light on the backside of the open lid was more powerful than the display light, but that effect also shouldn't be ignored in a discussion about the translucent llid logo.
2) Phantom power? I'm not familiar with that term outside of audio equipment.
Surely you've been to an Apple Store, been to apple.com, or read comments where people mention that Apple sells 3rd-party products. Why would you assume that using a 3rd-party USB-C cable that Apple sells would somehow void a warranty?anantksundaram said:
If one used a non-Apple cord or charger for charging -- and assuming one didn't lie when asked -- does the warranty still hold?fastasleep said:
Why? Think there’s something special about Apple USB-C cords? You can replace yours with one of any length, negating the need for the heavy AC extension cord - there’s literally no need for those anymore.anantksundaram said:
Very nice. But I am a little wary of their-party charging hardware...DuhSesame said:
Here you go.anantksundaram said:This is a much-needed move.
I recently sold off my disastrous, overpriced 2019 MBP15", and got the 16": the difference in the keyboard is like night and day, I am happy to say. Moreover, the exact same configuration on the 16" (as my 15") cost me 30% less. Go figure.
I am still a bit chagrined about the lack of the backlit Apple logo and the "charging/fully charged" light on the charging plug. The non-inclusion of the extension cord for the power brick also rankles.Also, I have a third party charging brick made by Nekteck, permanently at both my home and office desks, they work just fine.
The glowing logo has been used for two decades, so it's good time for a change.
I still lean toward a different backlighting setup (or planning for a different backlighting setup), but I can't rule out that it's due to a lack of additional space in the top cover design.
The new backlighting system also enabled them to make the display thinner. So the logo wasn't removed to make it thinner, the design changes that made it thinner resulted in the glowing logo no longer working.
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Apple gives employees a closer look at finishing touches on 'spaceship' Campus 2
It'd be nice if they were able to hold their next big product launch in the auditorium. Whenever they do first use it, you know the first half hour at least is going to be taken up with talking about the new building, everything they've done to make it environmentally friendly, and the compulsory video about it with Jony Ive in a white room talking about the design of the curved glass panels.
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Official Apple images show new MacBook Pro with OLED 'Magic Toolbar,' Touch ID, new speaker design
Looks good to me. And as usual, none of the renders we've seen recently quite got it right.
Bernie de Kok said:
I don't get the bezel hate, it looks smaller than it was (but I could be wrong) and it's going to have one. And I'm a leftie, too (not just in handedness either, but never mind) and Apple has historically had a bit of a dexter bias. The placement of the microphone on the iPhone assumes you're holding it to your right ear, the crown and button arrangement on the Apple Watch is clearly designed for wear on the left hand, and so on. Still, I'm willing to put up with as long as their products are worth it. And it's not like any of the other manufacturers have brought out left handed computers - those that have had fingerprint scanners in the past have tended to be on the right hand side of the keyboard.There's nothing wrong with the bezel, or the escape on the touch bar, but being a leftie, I'm disappointed with the placement of the Touch ID. I'm so used to using my thumbs, now I'll have to get used to using the index finger .
