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hammeroftruth said: blastdoor said: The main devices from Star Trek were communicators, tablets, phasers, and tricorders. I’m guessing it’s not a phaser, so it must be a tricorder. But I want a phaser. I know that Altman must be d…
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The main devices from Star Trek were communicators, tablets, phasers, and tricorders. I’m guessing it’s not a phaser, so it must be a tricorder.
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I think the most momentous WWDC by far is the transition to Apple Silicon. I don’t think anything else comes close. The irony is that it made Apple more of a true computer company than ever before. To control the whole stack from silicon to OS to pr…
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I wonder if in China the iPhone is now more a symbol of Donald Trump than of Steve Jobs.
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The difference between a 145% tariff and a 30% tariff is that with 145% shelves would be empty, with 30% the shelves won't be empty but the stuff on them will be a fair bit more expensive than before. Remember, people lost their minds when prices we…
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Another reaction to tariffs is to just hold onto your old iPhone for longer, which many folks seem inclined to do anyway. Maybe we will see a surge in battery replacements and new cases.
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loopless said: Tim Cook has details about when/where every iPhone was sold and access to amazing data analysis tools.He **can't** lie about this. He has a fiduciary duty to the shareholders and he could be sued for giving false or misleading …
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I'm increasingly using ChatGPT instead of google for search.
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The iPhone is importantly different from the iPod in the sense that the iPhone is a multi-purpose platform for running software while the iPod was a single purpose device for playing music. In that sense, the iPhone is more similar to the Mac than i…
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So if the temporary exemption is removed, Apple does not get a free pass for importing from India — not even if it were possible to make all iPhones there.That is not possible now, and it never will beNever (emphasis added) is a very long time. A lo…
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Apple co-developed PPC along with IBM and Motorola. They used it for a little over 10 years. PPC fell behind Intel to a point that Apple had to make the somewhat embarrassing admission that they had no choice but to switch to Intel. Apple not only …
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flydog said: blastdoor said: discountopinion said: Politics aside - having geographic distribution of chip production is essential as to not have a freak natural disaster kick us back into the Stone Age if most chips are manufac…
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discountopinion said: Politics aside - having geographic distribution of chip production is essential as to not have a freak natural disaster kick us back into the Stone Age if most chips are manufactured in one small location. Very true! …
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This actually might end up being a good self-preservation step for Taiwan. Previously, they thought the US would defend them because of the importance of TSMC. Now it's clear that the US is led by an incompetent, corrupt, and erratic despot with…
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Another “pull forward” that could hurt Apple is China deciding now (or soon) is the time to launch a gambit to take Taiwan. Trump has no credibility with anyone. No country is going to put their soldiers in harms way to support the US under his lead…
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If they start production in 2028 then that means it will be the 2029 iPhone that gets them. That tracks based on recent experience. We expect the last N3 class iPhone this year, then we can expect 3 years of N2 (2026, 2027, and 2028). Every time…
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Also, if they do make a consumer oriented robot, they'll have to do something better than this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9mz-JREiU I had one of those as a kid.
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I'm skeptical of a consumer-oriented robot being a desirable or successful product anytime soon. However, building robots that can assemble iPhones and other products would be highly valuable to Apple. I think that should be their focus. I suspect…
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cpsro said: Lack of a blood oxygen sensor will be a killer for many people. I don't use it a ton, but I'm happy that my series 9 still has that sensor working. I probably won't consider upgrading until Series 14 or 15. Hopefully they are…
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Maybe they’ll soften the blow of a higher price with a three month trial of Apple Deli+ https://theonion.com/new-ipad-offers-3-months-of-something-called-apple-deli/