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Quote: Originally Posted by Sol77 What makes me feel the story is the emotional content...ask yourself this: does a person with one eye experience a Scorsese movie, or Schindler's List, or Batman Begins, an an *emotionally* different …
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Quote: Originally Posted by igriv The iPhone is popular despite its screen size. Here is a source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-apple-iphone-screen-2012-12 or more anecdotally: http://w…
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No, I don't worry about innovation at Apple. It takes a few years to develop and introduce another game-changer. But I've suggested that they bring in a 5" iPhone Pro. Also, the iPhone 5S in multiple colors. It's just a natural evolution …
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I'm very interested in an iWatch. For the first generation, Apple will have to decide which radios to include: wifi, bluetooth, and cellular. My belief is that cellular would use up too much power. So, it will probably only have wifi and b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Robre One of the earlier posts talked about "consumers with buying power".... Good point! I just don't like companies that push their product by portraying buyers (or fans) of other competing products …
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Yes, Apple has too many product lines and varieties now. Macbook with and without the retina display. iDevices a generation or two are selling at the same time. They need to clean this up and avoid confusion for the consumer. They need a…
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Apple should always try to build the best devices in the world. That is its DNA. With that said, they should launch an "iPhone Pro" along with the iPhone 5S later this year. The Pro model will have a 5" screen and comes with the best bluet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac_128 You need to get out of whatever major metropolis you subsist in, and take a look at the rest of the world. First I have an iPhone, and without cellular and wifi its pretty much an iPod touch w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Soli, here's my take. As Dick Applebaum said a few days ago, Apple had a chance to be "disruptive" with the iPad Mini. IMO they missed. There's very little that makes it a stand-out product. It won…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX If you look at the MS Surface RT — which I think will sell better than most $199 tablets — it has a weak resolution, is designed only or landscape mode, has no apps or ecosystem, and if you wa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton Maybe. But Apple products are starting to have A LOT of overlap, now that they've kept: iPhone 4S, iPod Touch (4th gen), iPad 2 (9.7"), the iPod Classic, MacBook Pro (non-Retina). …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee Yeah, it seems stupid to me. I think Jobs would have eaten the $30 and said $299. I mean it's not *that* great and it's almost 50% more expensive than the competition. I know th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I was thinking from a broader, more long-term perspective. Google offers a web OS, a mobile OS, some apps, an app store, some content, some cloud services, and sells mobile de…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ People are wrong in referring to the iPad Mini as a 7" tablet. If people and media are not going to be accurate and refer to it as a 7.85" inch tablet, then it is more correct to call it an 8" tabl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Yes, because Apple has never done similar things across different lines of product. They certainly don't put a bunch of different products under the same banner and run them with the same…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Whether there's any connection, a few blogs are now reporting a Nexus10, meaning a 10" tablet, is being revealed at a previously-announced Google event on the 29th. Said to be introducing a particu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And? So what? Look at Apple's product lines. The iPhone does not have any smaller models. It sells last year's model cheaper. The iPod does not have any older models. It sel…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky The tech world is spinning faster, and... 1. Apple sees the need to bump the specs on their products more often. 2. Newer tech can be folded into the products more often then o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John F. It is true, though, that Apple wanted IGZO, but had problems getting them in quantity. The new iPad is at best a stopgap. Why? Because of the battery. That is an 42.5-watt-hour battery in the new iP…
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Quote: Originally Posted by s.metcalf It makes less sense that Apple wouldn't update the retina iPad when releasing the iPad mini, at least to give it the Lightning port. If they didn't then the larger, superior and more exp…