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Quote: Originally Posted by Lukeskymac More than $300? And defeat its purpose of being a cheap'n'good iPhone? I'd say $250-$300 TOPS. Apple is going to be as agressive about this as they are with the iPad. And a 35% profit margin isn't exactl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lamewing 1. You really must have a poor view of people if you really think they cannot tell the difference between an Apple product and a Samsung product. I think others have already made the point before me, but I'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ConradJoe Ok, so you're saying that in general, big orders are better than small orders. I can't argue with that as a general rule. But you are also assuming that Apple pays enough to make their big orders a better…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ConradJoe This whole line of reasoning assumes that Apple pays a lot for chips, compared to other chip buyers. I have seen reports to the contrary. Other than the general principle that big orders are better than…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu This will be more or less the same SOC in the Playstation Vita. Not sure why Apple chips are always called 'custom designed' as they're the same ARM and Power VR components many other manufacturers use. ARM …
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Quote: Originally Posted by lilgto64 Perhaps Samsung WANTS Apple to stop buying components from them - so that they can either use their production capacity to build their own products and or be able to sell more components to other companies at …
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Quote: Originally Posted by lamewing I see this entire argument over "look and feel" to be ridiculous in the first place. There are very few choices in design for a sleek tablet, but it is apparent that Samsung chose to make a device that looks v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mercury99 Of course, the future iPhone 4G would use "significantly less power", hardly any power at all Whatever. I don't know what your problem is, but I'm going to add you to my ignore list, because your style o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mercury99 So when iPhone will get 4G you not gonna complain about 4G "terrible battery life" and you gonna sing a different song. Whatever your Apple god gives you, you accept 4G baseband chips in current phones ar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GalaxyTab You may be personally averse to 'cramming more hardware into the same space' as you put it but there are benefits (radio technology, processing architecture, memory expansion, optics) have all moved on when i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GalaxyTab This isn't happening is it tho? Look at handsets like the Sensation and Galaxy S II. Android OEMs are pushing the envelope far faster than Apple are (and ever will with a yearly refresh). Right now, there …
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Quote: Originally Posted by GalaxyTab The very fact that a consumer has more manufacturer choice when choosing an Android handset will lead to lower retention percentage. I'll easily swap manufacturers if they have a higher end offering compared …
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Quote: Originally Posted by squirrelz Crack has a high customer retention rate, it's not necessarily a good thing about the product. Crack also makes you feel really good. If it wasn't illegal, bad for your health, and it didn't ruin your chan…
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It's exactly statistics like this that leave me dumbfounded why Samsung is doing their best to piss off Apple and lose their business for components. Looking at this graph, Samsung execs should really consider whether it's a good idea trading in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning So you have used "a lot" of android devices to be able to prove this statement? How about you provide a summary of all those Android devices that are "a painful chore to use"? Don't most Android phones pro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jd_in_sb Interesting business decision by Samsung: steal IP from your largest customer to hurt sales of the products you sell them parts for. Then sue your largest customer to block all sales of the products that you s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 My question is why there is so many flash zealot? Do we still care and fight for other out of date tech like QBasic, DOS, FLI video, long gone in the already overcrowded tech graveyard? My only answer is Flash …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacRulez Many Android devices ship with apps to become a wifi hotspot themselves, so the odds of needing Android to connect to one of those expensive airport connections is relatively low. Edit: should have read the…
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Quote: Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 have been declared by Adobe to be the "game console for the Web," as they will allow 2D and 3D games to be played over the Internet on "nearly all PCs and many other devices." I don't get it, this 'game console f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I want to discuss your answers further -- you appear to have hardware expertise that I lack. I don't want to challenge your statements, rather to understand how they affect the computing world as I see …