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nunzy said:

People love the notch. The iPhone X is the best selling iPhone in history.

My friends and I love the "Notch". It's a great dive bar and an annual place for old friends to gather around Christmas time.

StrangeDays said:

inplainview said:

Trying so hard to be excited. It’s just not “magical” anymore. Loads of meh...

This kind of whining is predictable. Every year the smartphone grows more and more mature as a product category. The initial growth spurts are in the rear-view mirror, my friend. If you're deriving your personal happiness on surprises from tools like smartphones, you're in for a lifetime of disappointment. The more important questions are -- does this tool perform the jobs-to-be-done I have for it? Do I like it better than the alternatives?

"Magical" is in your mind.

This kind of response is so predicatable. Every time someone posts anything other than a positive comment, someone feels the need to respond, chide them, and/or "school" them about why their opinon is misguided. It happens ALL THE TIME on this site. The Apple Insider air is thick with smug and pretention. Get over yourself. your opinion is no more valid or invalid than anyone elses. And yes, I realize the irony and hypocracy of my post, but it hopefully serves to amplify my point.

FWIW, I've been in the "meh" crowd about Apple events for the past few years.

melgross said:

davgreg said:

Streaming is theft.
Here is a tweet from Peter Frampton:

“For 55 million streams of, ‘Baby I Love Your Way’, I got $1,700. I went to Washington with ASCAP last year to talk to law makers about this. Their jaws dropped and they asked me to repeat that for them.“

https://mobile.twitter.com/peterframpton/status/1025584924609400832?lang=en

Do you think Hollywood would take $1700 for 55 million tickets to a movie?

It’s not theft. There are legal agreements in place. Most artists are happy with it, though they would like a little more. The fact is that the industry has been changing for a long time. Digital has done that. There’s no going back. Apple resisted it for almost 2 decades, but had to give in. You do what your customers want. If artists have to perform live, tough!

FYI, that's not the cockpit, it's the "main hangout area" of the Millennium Falcon.  

andyring said:

Interesting on the logo pin. Probably a gay rights thing is my guess.

Interesting on your comment. Probably a "you're not familiar with the history of Apple logos" thing is my guess.  

spice-boy said:

If there are any women reading these comments let me apologize for the men that can only imagine what it is like to be a man, lactk any empathy and think that when a boss or coworker makes sexual advances those being harassed should be flattered. Guys try for second to imagine being at the other end of unwanted sexual advances, and complaining can cost you your job, promotion or being black listed in your profession. If you can't perhaps Apple will develop an App using augmented reality which puts you in an office situation with a boss that makes sexual comments all day and is constantly grabbing at your crotch. 

Did you even read the article, or the comments, or were you too busy climbing on your soap box? I think your assumption of insensitivity and/or lack of empathy is somewhat presumptuous and misplaced. The article is in reference to a consensual relationship, not sexual harassment. There is a BIG difference. I read through all of the comments and do not see any insensitivity toward sexual harassment. Most comments are in reference to a consensual relationship. If a workplace relationship is consensual and violates company policy, I feel both people involved are equally culpable and should receive equal consequences. If we want equality in the work place, we need to practice what we preach. 

A few years back I was in a consensual relationship with someone I worked with. It was not against company policy, so there were no issues. But FYI, she was the one who made the advances and pursued the relationship. I'm sure the majority of the time that is not the case, but I think we need to remember that when it comes to consensual workplace relationships, it takes two to tango.

1STnTENDERBITS said:

rko said:

How does an artist get paid when their song is accessed on Apple Music?   How much are they paid per song?  I listen to songs on Apple music, but wonder if the artist actually makes anything.  These services should maximize artist revenue from song 1.  Selling merchandise should not be needed, the music is the merchandise.  Artists should be able to earn a living through their work.

Afaik, payment goes to the rights holders.  The rights holders could be a combination of music label, artist, song writer, producer, etc.  The label typically gets the lions share and everyone else, including the artist, is paid from the rest of the cut.  Touring and merchandise has always been the primary revenue generator for artist for as longs as I can remember.  That isn't a consequence of streaming.

Touring and merch is only a primary revenue generator for the most successful artists. Most artists are lucky if they break even after covering all of their expenses.

And songwriters, composers, and producers do not tour or sell merchandise. Song royalties are a significant portion of their income. One of the major consequnces of music streaming is that it has destroyed the royalty rates for songwrites, composers, and producers. Record sales have been eroded by music streaming services that currently operate under an unsustainable business model. The only way Apple, Spotify, Google, Pandora, can make money is by paying EXTREMELY low royalty rates to music creators. 

StrangeDays said:

racerhomie3 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

racerhomie3 said:

It’s sad to see Apple not putting SSDs or Fusion drives on these things as standard. Please those who are annoyed by this please send apple feedback & be respectful. I mean even the $800 Mac Mini now has NVMe SSD standard.
Apple.com/feedback

We'll be talking more about this later. Just because something isn't right for you, or for a good portion of the AppleInsider devoir, doesn't mean that it's wrong for the vast majority of the intended market. 

I want the Apple experience to be the best. An iMac with a 5400 rpm drive isn’t the best in my opinion. We should want Apple to do better. I mean instead of the 5400 rpm drive couldn’t they have just put in a 128 GB SSD. I understand AI opinion that we are geeks. That’s why I said ‘if’ people are annoyed they should send apple feedback & be respectful.

Different people have different needs. My parents wouldn’t give a crap about a slower spinning disk, and the added space for photos and videos of the grandkids is more important to them, not performance. 

I think most people appreciate the extra speed at which they can copy, move, and view their photos and videos on a faster hard drive, even if it were a 7200 rpm instead of 5400 rpm.  Let's be honest, putting a 5400 rpm spinning HD (20+ year-old technology) in a brand new 2019 computer is pretty much cheaping out the build as much as possible.  Apple is positioned as a premium brand, and putting a 5400 rpm HD in a brand new 2019 computer is what bargain basement companies do. 

And there are several options inbetween a 5400 rpm HD and a NVMe SSD that they could have used in the base configuration like a 7200 rpm HD, Fusion drive, or a SATA SSD. Yes, it would have increased the cost slightly, but I think it would better reinforce the premium brand perception, at least more so than a 5400 rpm HD.

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6502 said:

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wizard69 said:

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sirlance99 said:

hmlongco said:

sirlance99 said:

Standard isn’t always best when many cards have better rewards than 2%. Also, my standard purchases are extremely low compared to other categories. There’s practically nowhere that I purchase things that I can’t get at least 3% back and up to 5% on most things. 

Depends on how one defines "best", doesn't it? The Amazon Prime Store Card, for example, gives you 5% back... with a 28.24% annual APR.

Apple committed to a low (albeit unspecified) APR, with no fees, no late charges, and no penalties. Not to mention the not-so-minor fact that you get your rewards back daily as Apple Cash. Not at the end of the month, not when you redeem them. Daily.

Then there's the secure unique randomized card number per transaction. No number or signature to steal on the physical card. No tracking of purchases. No sales of transaction data.

I don't know about you, but there's a ton of value in privacy and security.

Fees and APRs don’t matter if you pay your balance in full. 

You realize that being able to pay off your cards every month isn’t the norm, right?

If you think the “norm” is being stupid then we have a problem.  By the way I learned this the hardway and have drastically changed my use of a credit card.    At this point I try to keep all card purchases beyond an emergency  at a level easily payable every month.   The average person can literally save themselves hundreds of dollars a year by doing so.  

Frankly it wouldnt hurt for our educational system teach students why being conservative in your use of money is so important.  

Whether you believe it's stupid or not is completely irrelevant. Most people cannot pay off their cc every single month, and use it to get by when they need to. It's not even a matter of intelligence, I assure you.

Maybe you shouldn't buy what you can't afford then. And, I doubt it's most people.

You're free to doubt whatever you like. I worked for Capital One corporate for years and will believe and share what I experienced. Again, it's not about your ivory tower morality judgements from on high. It's about the reality of the economy -- the once booming middle-class is being eradicated, and the segments that are growing are low-income, and the very-high income. ie, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. The middle-class and the promise of the American dream of my parents and grand-parents age where a single-earner need only show up and work hard to get that house and two cars is long gone. 

Bingo! The elitist and judgemental comments being posted, i.e. "Maybe you shouldn't buy what you can't afford then" is sad and only serves to illustrate how out of touch and/or ignorant some people can be. 

As Kenny says, You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em."  In this case, if you can't fold 'em, better hold 'em for now.