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  • iPhone 15 Pro again rumored to cost more than ever before

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    macdoofus said:
    "In a note to investors"...
    I was waiting for the 15 since my 8plus is kinda long in the tooth. Talked to a VZ rep at the counter, who told me to wait  as well and that they won't raise prices. Right, speculation. What isn't speculation on my end is if they raise prices I'm in no way in hell buying a new iPhone. I already hate ios and what they pass off as "it just works" bullshit. This is my courage talking.Cooks Apple is working for the investor, not the user. Just look at the state of the Golden Master - means nuthin/Save Draft
    And you believe Verizon? I quit buying my phone through Verizon years ago. They say it’s “free” but Verizon never gives away anything. None of the cellular companies do. They can price an iPhone at anything but hidden in the fine print is enough surcharges to kick the cost up over the long run to what Apple lists it at. 

    Disclaimer: I’ve used Verizon for over a decade.  
    darkvader

  • Apple guts internal communication tool, crippling union organization

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    The First Amendment guarantees citizens the protection of free speech from intrusion by the federal government, it does not apply to private actors, and employers are private actors. Employees working in the private sector often don't understand that the constitutional First Amendment right to free speech applies to government employees but not employees working for businesses. There are all sorts of things dealing with private sector communications but in most cases the company you're working for can decide what can and can't be said at work. It's the same with personal use of computer equipment. Some companies allow it while others don't. To go to the extreme, several people where I worked were running their side businesses while at work using work computers. That's generally a definite no-no!
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  • EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment

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    chutzpah said:
    rob53 said:
    Does the EU design and manufacture any cellular devices (that anyone actually buys)? Tough talk telling non EU members how to do things. Since when does any EU member country have the expertise to even decide these things? 
    The EU is a political organisation, not a company.

    If you mean, do any companies design and manufacture any cellular devices (that anyone actually buys) within the EU then the answer is yes.  Gigaset, Medion, Shift, and TechniSat in Germany alone.  Nokia, Alcatel, Archos, plenty of others in other countries too. Just because rob53 hasn't heard of things doesn't mean they don't exist.
    Gigaset, formerly known as Siemens, flip-phones among other things
    Medion, subsidiary of Lenovo (Chinese company)
    Shift, "shiftphones" designed in Germany, manufactured in China, "By June 2019 Shift had sold 30,000 units."
    TechniSat, satellite receivers
    Nokia, I give you this one. 
    Alcatel,      is a French brand of mobile handsets owned by Finnish company Nokia and used under license by Chinese electronics company TCL Technology 
    Archos, tablets and some other devices. I've never heard of them but I'm not aware of all companies.

    My comment about the EU stands. I know they are a political organization, bordering on a cartel (don't understand why all the member countries have ceded control to an organization instead of being independent countries), but I still believe they have too much power, especially for a political organization that doesn't know what they are doing regarding computer devices, especially their design. Until I see an EU country that actually sells cellular devices on the same level as Apple, I don't agree with them dictating to Apple how Apple MUST design their devices. If you don't like the design, buy something else.
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  • EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment

    rob53rob53
    Does the EU design and manufacture any cellular devices (that anyone actually buys)? Tough talk telling non EU members how to do things. Since when does any EU member country have the expertise to even decide these things? 
    williamlondon80s_Apple_Guy

  • Apple Vision Pro $3,499 mixed-reality headset launches at WWDC after years of rumors

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    Could be a great replacement for a large screen TV. No glare. Great for small apartments. 

    Seeing the 3D scanning of your face makes me wonder when 3D scanning apps using the front cameras/LiDAR will come out allowing scanning of “things” imported into 3D CAD systems. High quality handheld scanners are expensive. 
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