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Generally Europeans use Master Card, Bank Cards or NFC/prepaid cards. AMEX is not common or popular due to the fact few European companies or individuals have accounts. You will also find acceptance of AMEX spotty at best in Asia outside of larg…
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This shows a problem with US retail systems dominated by a few large corporations in each category, making it easier for them to resist bottom-up innovation (ironically, the innovator in this case also being a large and dominant company). In Europe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX How about arc reactor or super collider or space arc collider? Reality Distortion Field emitter.
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So now what are us fanboys going to argue about on blogs? This is TERRIBLE NEWS !!!! /s
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I don't know about the USA, but in Asian markets that would be a serious mistake because Apple is already on the high end and perceived to cost a premium already and that will put it out of reach for exactly the young people they hope to attract as …
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Exactly correct. To Chinese, iPhone is a status product and if you will afford a 5C you will afford a 5S, which is a better investment. But I think Apple will do well with 5C in places like India, Indonesia & Malaysia where (a) Apple has low m…
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Actually, China Mobile was offering 3G compatible iPhone 5 to (Premium) Go Tone users from last summer as a placeholder to keep them from jumping ship to China Unicom or China Telecom who could offer this service. How it worked was to offer a 2 yea…
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Excellent ! Actually, I'm a hard core Excel user on Mac, but this is too funny. Eat it, Frank!
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Where is the part forecasting wearables? Comments quoted only discount the possibility of an Apple TV and say nothing about wearables. Maybe you should change the lede?
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No, they waited too long. Notice how in the year or so since he got canned maps has improved?
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Actually, Apple uses Navteq in some areas, I don't know about CH, but some other areas of Europe seem to use it. Apple Maps has another problem in China. They have a local partner for maps, and the maps are generally accurate, but their server inf…
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Lesson : Don't be a cultural bigot, jerk.
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Neither Google or Apple maps works well in China because they have inadequate server infrastructure and the apps have to lad too much data before maps display. So most Chinese users of iOS and Android use BaiDu Maps, which load in about 2 seconds o…
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Meh. Still sucks for China. Baidu maps dominates use here because it works, loads fast, in our language, with our mass transit information and our user data. Both Google and Apple have a long way to go to make their maps useful for Chinese. Not im…
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iPad mini Retina : I'm in. My local Apple Store Genius Bar (by straw poll) is all in. If they introduce this, they will have monster sales and it will be back-ordered weeks. A year ago I held-off buying an iPhone 5 because I really wanted an iP…
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For a good laugh, check out the CNBC report on this story. http://www.cnbc.com/id/101111899 In the video, the red hair pundit states, basically, that: - Apple is leaving China - Moving manufacturing to the USA (Texas) with "100% automation" - Thi…
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C for Counterfeit. Why would Apple use a plastic box when other products are packaged in more environmentally benign paper packaging (except when the jewel box is a carrying case)? And the messy pile of boxes look more like a small time manufactur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Getz The problem with Intel, or anyone else, is that Apple's design will be in the hands of another manufacture just like Samsung. Even if they can't copy the design, they can learn from it. A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by QAMF Yup, right on, except, what is the problem with buying a physical fab? If this was a fab for 20nm (or above) I would agree, but process technology advancement beyond 14nm seems to be very slow. …
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Since the story was about UMC and your comment lead with "I have been saying this for months and I am glad to hear they might be" my assumption is you refer to the story subject. Personally, I don't think Apple needs it's own fab as an incr…