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Quote: Originally Posted by steveH They have unrealistic expectations. Apparently, to them, a smartphone is a magical device; they don't understand that the machine functions in part by executing instructions stored in memory, said instructions…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I've stated it over 4 pages; mostly to you in various ways. There are only a limited number of ways I can state the same info again and again. Apparently the number is zero. I don't think I've ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TeaEarleGreyHot Well I think the strongest defense in this case may have to do with (1) as mentioned by @muppetry Apple does not suggest that you have all the advertised space at your disposal for storing things li…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Accurately, like I've been doing. It is, because I've I've previously shown it alters the values stated in the lawsuit by a significant amount. No. No. If you've provided an example of a sentence tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Yes. 1) That's still not accurately stated. 2) I would not have "jumped all over" you if your comments had clearly isolated the fact that Apple uses decimal notation to advertise capacity and the bin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Yes. 1) That's still not accurately stated. 2) I would not have "jumped all over" you if your comments had clearly isolated the fact that Apple uses decimal notation to advertise capacity and the bin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TeaEarleGreyHot An interesting point. At the dawn of computers, I think one had to install the OS oneself and, later on, there were choices of OS you could load. So describing the hardware did not involve outlining…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BobSchlob According to all your earlier posts on this thread; you mean "just for Apple". I've never said that Apple should lose this lawsuit. I hope they don't. But if they do, it'll be because they didn't cover…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Don't car manus also advertise internal space of the trunk/cabin? How much of that is actually usable. Are shelves excluded from the calculation? In addition, they recommend you leave space around the sid…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I care. That's informative, even if I do wish that was never the marketing standard, that Apple use the IEC standard for binary, and that they use BASE-10 in iOS like they have used in Mac OS X for years.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp No it’s not the “right” thing to do. Reasonably intelligent people understand the situation. It’s the idiots, their lawyers, and especially California laws who try to get something for nothing. Why else do y…
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It's like we're having a discussion about advertised fuel economy in MPG and someone is wigging about about miles per gallon versus kilometers per liter. I don't get it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY No. No, what? It's good to know you're still saying that Apple doesn't state… Ok, I'm going to try to understand whatever point you are trying to make because, unlike in this thread, you usua…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Likewise. I suggest you read the complaint. They are not making the case that Apple is misrepresenting anything by using GB versus GiB. Their claim is that iOS 8 takes up a "unexpectedly" large po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY HOLY FUCKING CRAP ON A CRACKER! One last fucking time. This is a tech site so I do expect everyone to know what the fuçk about fucking binary. That's not the issue in this lawsuit. This…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SmileyDude Where does the adequate research end? The box says 16GB of storage. A reasonable expectation is that it would hold 16GB of files. When I bought a refrigerator, it listed it's capacity in cubic feet. That…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Where are they getting their figures from? Why would iOS take up more space on an iPod than an iPhone? And are these people going to sue every other manufacturer since they're even worse than Apple in this reg…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY No, they shouldn't include "3GB of storage is reserved for the operating system and other non-user-removable files" because the OS doesn't take up 3GB. READ THE FUCKING IMAGE YOU POSTED!!! Whoa, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich It's your responsibility as a consumer to adequately research and compare before purchasing. Grow up. This is how things work. Like it or not, there are consumer protection laws and truth in advertisi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY What's their specific point about iOS 8 that isn't a point in iOS 7? I've read the entire brief and they seem muddled about iOS 8 versus the devices. I can't explain that.