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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross How much texting do you do? Why didn't you just go and get a plan for that? It starts at $5 a month. We have three iPhones on the family plan. Unlimited texting for all three phones is $30 a month. Un…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iReality85 Haha, I did the same exact thing, although its been a couple of years since such a thing has been relevant to me, for better or for worse. yeah, its only been 6 months here... i keep feeling like i have …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox And guess what? A memory bumped phone with a more powerful CPU and what we've already been shown of the new OS will be a kick-ass phone, and sell really well. It's only compared to imaginary phones that such …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism HW = Hardware You do know that turn-by-turn GPS will be an additional cost from a 3rd-party developer and that the maps will have to be loaded into the device because Google doesn't allow for turn-by-turn …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I see no reason to expect Apple to use the same HW as they did for the last two builds. Remember that Apple had no cellphone for sale less than 2 years ago and that there was no competition for touchscreen me…
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is there an article out there that is pretty much a list of all the new features that the iPhone will have/might have? i knew a few things here and there, but i really dont have the time to go through every little article on the internet. i know …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stashman If you can get an Educational discount, check the referb store (with full Apple warrantees) or Ebay you can find some good savings upto 25% in some case. i have, and it brings the premium down to about $700…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You can go with an XPS One, but you are still paying a premium because they use notebook-grade components in them so you are never going to get the same cost-to-performance that you can from a desktop tower. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 1) You don't have to buy an AIO to get OS X. 2) Having a higher marketshare does not equal more net profit. You fail to see that supporting any and every HW option is not a simple task. It's one that MS…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mitz Actually if Apple wanted to compete seriously with windows and start making serious margins they would release OSX for "PC". I bet you some day it will happen(when they aren't making any money on the hardware e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lukeskymac Check your history. Apple was perfectly fine until a Ballmer-like mind sick person named Sculley managed to throw Jobs out of the play. Windows came, Apple nearly died, and when Jobs returned, Apple started …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 By the way, Apple uses better parts in general for things like: hard disks, LCD screens, transformers, cabling, etc. Look it up. Aluminum, glass, and better materials in general obviously cost more. That …
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Quote: Originally Posted by slapppy I think I'm correct. I'm a Mac user myself. I will save money to buy a Mac in the future. I just bought a late 08 MBP 2.5ghz myself, iWork, iLife 09. I'd rather wait to save up than buy a PC/Windows box. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism FYI: You can easily block the new trolls and tiresome lot on this forum. They really do take away from the flow and keep, either by choice of from a lack of active gray matter, the conversation from progressi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I am afraid it's totally FUD. Just to get the facts clear, I looked at all three of your cites - Gizmodo says 'BOM' costs (i.e., only the actual cost of material, it is neither the cost to make nor creat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Adjei Irrelevant to me Apple just like Microsoft tries to find the highest possible profit margin. duh. thats business.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Adjei Oh so because the economy is down I should stop living my life. I should only shop at Walmart, eat unhealthy cheap foods, buy everything from the dollar store, and just go the cheap route for everything in life f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Really? A gross margin of 67%? Can you provide a cite/link? sure. now this is all from memory, its been a good 8 months since i read the original article. 3g http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/17..…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Virgil-TB2 Apple's margin on everything is 32%. Microsoft's is 82%. Apple's software prices are the lowest in the industry for the products they sell. you are right to a point. but its not always 32%. the iP…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud And what do you call those that only spew forth posts that 1.(Apple makes know mistakes and 2.)always knows what you want and when you want it ie, video on a phone, MMS pic and texts, blu-ray drives, cd burne…