crowley
I don't add "in my opinion" to everything I say because everything I say is my opinion. I'm not wasting keystrokes on clarifying to pedants what they should already be able to discern.
About
- Banned
- Username
- crowley
- Joined
- Visits
- 454
- Last Active
- Roles
- member
- Points
- 11,767
- Badges
- 2
- Posts
- 10,453
Reactions
Comments
-
As I understand it, you could buy an iPhone without signing a contract, but you had to activate it at home through iTunes, and would need to sign up to an AT&T plan in the USA. You couldn't use it without a contract. It was similar in the UK, …
-
JP234 said: chasm said: macxpress said: I wouldn't really say they're hammering Apple with fines lol...thats a little exaggeration there. The amount of money Apple is being fined is a drop in the bucket for them. I doubt they ev…
-
Hedware said: It will be interesting to see how Apple fares against Australian unions. Most likely to be a repeat of the EU-Apple exercise over USB-C cables. Pretty different scenarios, not sure how a dispute with a union could be a repea…
-
avon b7 said: crowley said: avon b7 said: 22july2013 said: ova said: timmillea said: "The European Union is, in theory, a force for good across Europe — just ask anyone in Britain now they've found out how m…
-
beowulfschmidt said: kempathonnodge said: ova said: By the way, is the current UK prime minister elected by the people? Did not think so. Your message was so unnecessarily condescending, I felt compelled to reply. In the UK we…
-
Or I believe the manufacturers could ship a device with two charging methods, USB-C and the new one. I think that’s ok by the regulation. Apple could ship a dual port Lightning and USB-C iPhone if they wanted.
-
mike1 said: crowley said: DAalseth said: The EU will be blamed by many but I have a feeling that Apple has been intending to make the switch itself for some years anyway. I agree. The dock connector was around for 12 years, i…
-
ppietra said: A bit hard to believe this growth is real! IDC probably made some sort of mistake, especially when see that it projected a 20% decline in Apple’s sales in the 2nd quarter, while Gartner projected 10% growth. This kind of big swi…
-
avon b7 said: 22july2013 said: ova said: timmillea said: "The European Union is, in theory, a force for good across Europe — just ask anyone in Britain now they've found out how much the EU used to do for that country" I…
-
DAalseth said: The EU will be blamed by many but I have a feeling that Apple has been intending to make the switch itself for some years anyway. I agree. The dock connector was around for 12 years, if Apple had killed Lightning too quickly…
-
lkrupp said: Cue the “Apple is greedy” crowd. Cue the whining about how everyone is always mean about Apple crowd, even when no one is being mean about Apple.
-
motif88 said: More buffoonary from the bureaucrats…Let’s let a bunch of unelected morons control our destiny. Wait that have already decided that know better (via lobby $$$) that everything should be USB C, yet nitwits that control the USB br…
-
randominternetperson said: CheeseFreeze said: Secondly, there is nothing that prevents the EU from amending their own laws with the acceptance of a future standard, granted it actually IS a new standard (not another propriety AppleConn…
-
davidw said: crowley said: davidw said: crowley said: Do Apple do this without informing developers? And are developers able to set different price tiers for an app in different territories? I’m sure the situation could…
-
tht said: crowley said: 11,000 tonnes is not a small number, no matter how you try to bend and divide the figure. Relative to the non-compostable landfill waste produced by 500m people in the EU, it's a small number. A plastic bag …
-
entropys said: I would have thought a smaller process allowing more SOCs on the die would help reduce costs? Depends how many of the SOCs are usable. Die shrinks usually come hand in hand with yield issues.
-
11,000 tonnes is not a small number, no matter how you try to bend and divide the figure.
-
davidw said: crowley said: Do Apple do this without informing developers? And are developers able to set different price tiers for an app in different territories? I’m sure the situation could be improved to give developers a bit mor…
-
maciekskontakt said: chadbag said: Apple is considering the technology. Which is why they’ve resisted USB-C. Lightning does need to be updated to support higher data speeds and charging rates. But USB-C and it’s lousy connector isn…
-
Are other parties not able to license whatever magic sauce Apple uses in its MagSafe charger to get those efficiencies?