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  • Entire iPhone 15 lineup's camera specs detailed in last-minute leak

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    These leaks/additional tumors don’t confirm anything.  They may reinforce existing leaks/rumors, increasing our confidence, but they don’t confirm anything. 


    williamlondonCalvin_Hobbeswatto_cobra

  • Apple & ARM have been crucial to each other's survival for three decades

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    hammeroftruth said:
    chadbag said:
    What would have happened if Intel hadn’t just sold its Xscale division (its ARM based processors inherited from DEC and its StrongARM processors which DEC first developed with Apple MessagePad as its target)?  and then when Apple came calling for an iPhone processor had been able to offer an ARM based Intel Xscale processor, which I presume would have performed better than the Samsung ARM Apple used)? 

    Anyway, just daydreaming. 
    I doubt that Intel wanted anything more from DEC, but to buy it and bury it. They didn’t want any RISC chips interfering with their plans and they also got Microsoft to help by shelving Windows for PPC. 
    Well they spent a lot of effort and time with it to just bury it.  StrongARM evolved into Xscale and between the two Intel ran the business for almost 10 years after acquiring it from DEC.  In 2006 Intel sold the PXA line of Xscale SoC to Marvel.  I don’t know what happened to the various Xscale embedded/IO controller/etc non SoC Xscale based lines as Wikipedia specifically mentions the Xscale PXA (SoC) in the sale to Marvel.  

    Intel used StrongARM to replace their foundering i860/i960 risc processors.  Eventually, after 10 almost 10
    years (1997-2006) they decided to double down on x86 and sold and used the proceeds to do so. 
    tmayFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Apple & ARM's iPhone & Mac chip partnership will continue for decades

    chadbagchadbag
    Yes those early licensees included DEC, at one time the second largest computer company behind IBM, which developed a high powered version of the ARM architecture called StrongARM and which was developed with Apple specifically in mind.   The original Newton MessagePad used an ARM610 but the MessagePad 2000 switched to StrongARM.  DEC sold this tech and teams to Intel as part of a lawsuit and Int developed StrongARM into their Xscale line. 

    Other companies also licensed ARM architecture and reference designs etc (there were various versions/degrees of license)including TI and Samsung.  samsung based ARM powered early iPhones if I’m not mistaken (from memory so I could be wrong and I believe TI was used as well?)  So the idea of licensing their designs was a good and well founded decision that has lead us to where we are at and Apple has been there since the beginning, being a founding member (later sold off to raise cash) and a perpetual foundational licensee  

    (I grew up in the DEC family as my dad took a job with them when I was 10 and I later spent about 6 years, not contiguous, working for them in NH and Munich). 
    tmaydewmesphericFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Apple is eliminating the social media support roles from Twitter and others

    chadbagchadbag
    Mistake.  Asynchronous support channels are important.  I use Twitter for support  for a lot of companies as I can respond at my pace and convenience.   Instead of wasting time on hold on the phone. 

    What about the official Apple support “Apple Messages for Business” account?   
    williamlondonOfergrandact73watto_cobra

  • Apple Pay keeps growing, but can't catch Visa or Paypal

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    eightzero said:
    red oak said:
    Apple Pay does not compete with Visa, MasterCard, or AMEX.  It rides on top of those networks

    Apple does not process payments.  It relies on these networks for the actual transaction 

    Why is this so hard to understand? 
    Yeah, I don't get this. I think PayPal is the same. I haven't used that in years. I use Apple Pay any time available, easily dozens of times a month. How do you use PayPal at a store? Isn't that an online only thingy?
    There are ways to use PayPal in stores. Not sure how but I’ve seen it at checkout registers as an option. Stores have to support it. 
    ronneightzero