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Eric_WVGG said:

AppleInsider said:

If Apple again produces four models of iPhone, it's hard to see one that warrant failing to have the speed. 

There’s a very easy explanation for this: There will be an iPhone Ultra. 

The bit about the “periscope camera only being on the Pro Max” convinced me, putting it on the one model but not the other would just be too contradictory to their established strategy. Ultra makes way more sense.

And that’s why there’s three Thunderbolt connectors, there’s three top tier phones. (Now if they would just augment the bottom tier by bringing back the Mini…)

I agree on the Ultra comment. Of course the Ultra will end up costing more (does already) than a MBA. We already see people using iPads as cameras so why not use a MBA that already has TB on it. Apple should include the periscope and other cameras in the MBA and you’d have a very capable cinema camera with an easy to view screen and at least two TB ports for large, external storage. 

I have a problem with governments trying to force capabilities onto a product. If Apple only wants their phone to do certain things, it should only have to do those things. It's like a government forcing a car manufacturer to make a car that flies when that manufacturer only wants to make it drive on a road. Australia, like lots of other countries, want to use unique Apple technologies for their own use instead of simply using what's available on that Apple device. Show me a Windows PC that natively runs macOS. There aren't any so why isn't Australia, etc., forcing Microsoft to install macOS on PCs? Stupid idea but it's the same thing as governments demanding access to things the manufacturer doesn't want to give anyone.

Four WiFi patents out of many are worth that much? Did these patents become part of standards? I also have an issue with schools that receive government money are able to get patents. Were any of the many students who worked on WiFi paid any money? I’m sure Caltech will be getting the majority of it, using student (unpaid) labor.  

I hope most of you realize that engineering is not the top college major in the US. From Niche, the top of the list is Business and Management (we have way too many of these), followed by Nursing (half of Business), Psychology and Biology before coming to Engineering. Computer Science is at 11, Information Technology is at 27 and Trades and Personal Services are at 23. When you look at things like Building Construction, almost nobody gets a college degree in that field. The trades are usually covered by apprentice jobs (OTJ training). TSMC is bringing over experts in the field along with trained personnel who know how to run the very technical equipment, something that isn't taught anywhere in the US. For all you people who think the US is the only country with highly trained personnel, you need to open your eyes. Business degrees along with legal degrees are supposed to be high paying, which is what greedy Americans want to have. The problem is there aren't enough high paying jobs in these fields to pay college tuition so they end up getting low-end jobs or changing fields.

Doesn't mean I will use it. I don't use Bing or google's search engine either. I know better than that.