themacman

sog35 said:

This is horrible.

Who the heck does testing at Apple now?  

Bozo the clown?

You figure with $200 billion in cash they would test these products to perfection.

This could be a real disaster year if people decide the iPhone X is too expensive and the iPhone 8 is actually the iPhone 6sss.

My God, Tim Cook.  You had such a great last 12 months, but you are slipping.

Agreed. I remember Apple got so bad back in the system 7 days, where the startup progress bar would literally run past the gutter. iOS seems to be heading in that direction with subtle quality issues that will build up over time. BTW t-mobile offered me 3 month free for my Apple Watch. 

The other story the media isn't talking about is the ceramic Apple Watch. The material could potentially be used in the next iPhone. Harder than stainless steel, lighter and has total transparency to wireless signals eleminating the need for any external antenna lines. In addition, its no coincidence that the ceramic Apple Watch is priced at the $1300 price point. A nice test bed with low risk. I think that's the real story. 

ktappe said:

themacman said:

They’ll purchase as many as they can and return any unsold. 

Then Apple Hong Kong should do what Apple Delaware does:  Limit iPhones to 2 per customer. 

They use proxies to buy them. http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/world/asia/hong-kongs-iphone-flipping-industry/index.html

I wonder who leaked this story  

adyb said:

Why not flick up from the bottom of the screen & tap the orientation lock - or am I missing something?

The orientation lock will keep your phone in portrait mode in all apps. This method will still let rotate the phone with Safari etc  but not the lock screen. That's the difference