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wizard69 wrote: » This is good news to an extend but I do hope that some of that production capacity is heading for the USA. Why should I pay more for my Apple equipment just to benefit some random American?
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sog35 wrote: » iPhone6 is cheaper this year than last Yes it was if you believe a $300 price increase is cheaper
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bulk001 wrote: » Your mistake is in thinking that most people here are anything but apologists for the largest company in the world. Worlds largest company, ICBC?
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solipsismy wrote: » Charging the same nominal fee was simply being fair, which is something you and Cash907 may want to consider in the future, instead of letting an irrational hatred for Apple rule your responses. Yes, I hate Apple so much, I …
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brertech wrote: » The US law applies to Apple, a US company, no matter where the purchase happens. They have to charge for the upgrade. You are showing your ignorance. Let it go. No, the vast majority of my Apple purchased have been non-US, th…
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solipsismy wrote: » 1) $1.99. 2) A nominal fee was required for legal reasons, not because of your ridiculous theory that Apple was nickel-and-diming their customers. A rational person would realize that $1.99 isn't going to affect Apple's bank…
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jpellino wrote: » Worst Office installation in recent memory. Back to 2011 if I still have the DMG. Every app crashes unpredictably. All three open at once (and nothing else open) take 99% of 4GB RAM. Do not remember a crash with 2011. Tried…
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sennen wrote: » Ha. I still get them confused, fool is me. The iPhone 6S is recording 4K at approx. 6MB/s, or 48Mb/s - whilst low for 4K is actually reasonable considering the iPhone is a highly portable and consumer-oreinted device. Sony consum…
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anantksundaram wrote: » But your post is really quite dense, and suggests an inability to understand basic English. Here's my original post (see below): where did I remotely say or imply Nokia was dead?! English as a second language, so by dens…
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sennen wrote: » Apple is using h264, not h265 on the iPhone - it says on the specs page. The minimum bitrate that broadcasters such as the BBC accept is 50MB/s for 1080p. Hence, 6MB/s for 4K on the iPhone 6S - even at the consumer level - can be …
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anantksundaram wrote: » Oh, give up. Any idea why they were losing money on their phone business? And when/how that started, considering they were the LARGEST handset maker in the world through 2007? Their network business is "profitable"? D…
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lemon bon bon. wrote: » The new Apple TV is kick bacon nutty! $149 puts it at £96. That's cheaper than the Apple TV 2 I bought at £99! plus 21% tax
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lemon bon bon. wrote: » The birth and death of Sony's dominance of gaming on the same day? Fitting. The console makers have become too greedy and arrogant. $50 games? $400 systems? $50 game controllers? Give me a break. What he s…
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nolamacguy wrote: » he's not wrong. you provide no compelling argument to the contrary. Actually I did, there are thousands upon thousands of hours of movies that is filmed at greater than 4K
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anantksundaram wrote: » Yes, you mean, "one of the largest networking companies in the world" who had to exit the most valuable business they were in because of Apple, whose market cap fell from $150B to $25B in the process, and had to dismiss tho…
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anantksundaram wrote: » jfanning wrote: » Ah, that kind of 'still around' -- walking dead. Got your point. Knock yourself out. They are one of the largest networking companies in the world. Again, what is your point?
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cnocbui wrote: » Which begs the question of why on earth Apple didn't just include an optical port and thus make the new ?Tv attractive to a lot more people, since you have neatly demonstrated that the cost of the parts would have been trivial. …
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retrogusto wrote: » I always had generally positive feelings about Sony, from my fifth birthday when my dad gave me a Sony clock/radio until several years ago I got a PS3. I was an early adopter of the PS3, so it cost $600, and at a certain point …
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drunkzombie wrote: » People always say that the white middle aged men managing Apple are out of touch. People saying dissing the Apple TV for not being the next generation of console gaming are even more out of touch. What do you call the peopl…
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anantksundaram wrote: » That's what Nokia said.... (nee 1865). And Nokia is still around, what is your point?