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I don’t know about China but here in the US Apple are not selling the popular “no-sim” version. This was the preferred version for grey market re-sellers. This may have to some small degree helped mitigate the grey market.
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So they are comparing it to jet black iPhone 7 specifically? I seem to recall that the jet black was highly constrained. Apple have assembled far more iPhone X units than anyone anticipated. The expectations of long wait times and extortionate res…
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78Bandit said: Apple is doing whatever it can to avoid tax. Is all of it legal? I'm sure it meets the letter of the law in the country in which the tax shelter is formed but likely is being abused. I used to work in public accounting and w…
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avon b7 said: This is a damage control statement. The article by the BBC is a damning revelation that leaves Apple in a bad moral light. The questionnaire leak alone paints a picture which will make everyone in PR at Apple squirm. This is g…
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“costs about $357.50 to make” Nope, that’s just a guess at the cost of component parts - it costs more to actually engineer and assemble. Then you have to package, distribute, advertise, retail, etc Actually it was reported last month that the OLE…
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jiveturkey said: Liquidmetal? Kuo appears to be talking to suppliers that are geared up to machine steel and aluminum parts. This suggests phones with steel and aluminum frames will be in the lineup next year. Bulk Metallic Glass alloys (a…
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k2kw said: It not clear if this is for the iPhone 9 (last of the LCD phones?) or iPhone XI. Kuo is typically unclear. He refers to stainless steel components but also talks about the possibility of one of the suppliers making aluminium par…
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melgross said: What I don’t understand is why Apple can’t use a metal case, as they have been, with a cutout in the back for the oval charge coil. They could fill the oval with glass, or ceramic. It would be much less breakable. They could…
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Apple Watch Series 3 LTE proves that Apple have the technology to make antenna lines disappear entirely. So it would not be unreasonable to expect an iPhone with a single piece frame (externally). Kuo typically gets his information a bit confused. …
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In order to not be misled again (remember the “function area”) it is important to try to deduce what data is factual and what Kuo has added based on his own assumptions. In this case it is probably factual that the frame will be made of more pieces…
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NY1822 said: but i was told by analysts through their channel checks that Apple was still undecided in August 2017? Nope. Impossible. In order to manufacture at this scale you must have the design locked down many months before. In this …
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Wow! Remember, Apple themselves said that it is more likely to be fooled by a close family member. If anyone had any doubts about how good it is - this video should convince them - hope it goes viral!
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My guess it will be open for employees only for the iPhone X launch. They have done ‘employees only’ on launch days at the Infinite Loop store in the past.
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Nothing new in this article.
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They argue “Apple is unlikely to sustain this growth in Q4” This defies all logic. There is every reason to expect sales to accelerate with the launch of iPhone X. Also it’s a misnomer to portray recent ‘declining’ sales figures in China as bad. T…
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No. Launch day supply has not sold out. ‘Pre-order supply’ sold out. A certain amount of ‘launch day supply’ has been reserved for in store purchases on launch day.
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You write: Unusual sensor and software technology lets the phones achieve simulated bokeh —as on the iPhone 8 Plus —without a second camera lens. This feature is badly broken. Some of the pictures are horrible. Google should really have called this…
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By the time information filters through to Kuo it might already be weeks old, if he thinks they have 2-3 million they probably actually have 4-5 million. Also the fact that he has changed his mind about which part is causing the bottleneck is indica…
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The “cut off from” networks headline is inaccurate and sensationalized clickbait. Existing users have not (at least yet) been cut off. The network providers have stopped offering Apple Watch service to new customer activation requests.
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As technology advances devices will only get more difficult (or impossible) to repair. Attempted repairs can also have serious safety risks. Apple are committed to a ‘cradle to grave’ approach that includes recycling every part of a device that ha…