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  • Renders of '2019 iPhone' depict square camera bump as part of rear glass

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    darren mccoy said:
    It would be less offensive if the bump was more central, maybe where the Apple logo is on the back.
    1STnTENDERBITS said:
    darren mccoy said:
    It would be less offensive if the bump was more central, maybe where the Apple logo is on the back.
    It does look better more centrally located, but I doubt Apple would do that since it would make the iPhone look far too similar to the Mate Pro 20.  Some would probably say it would only be fair since others copy Apple all the time.   Pretty sure Apple wouldn't think of it that way though.  
    Even though it looks better centrally located, it's still an ugly design imo.  Apple should do something else.  Considering these are still just rumors, chances are they will. 

    May it’s more functional in the corner base on how people hold there phone in portrait and landscape positions as well as not interfering with Qi charging and how it “balances” on a table without a case.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple project lead Ted Kremenek discusses Swift 5 & how it is used internally

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    I’m reminded of the movie ratatouille: he didn’t mean “anyone can cook”, but “a good cook can come from anywhere”
    randominternetperson

  • Apple's Chinese price cuts provided only temporary sales improvement

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    AppleExposed said:
    elijahg said:
    genovelle said:
    ireland said:
    The price lowering is hardly mentionable. It’s slight.
    20% in not slight

    £200 off a £1000 phone is still £800. That's still very expensive in a first world country, let alone a developing economy, when there are phones with 80% of the features for 40% of the price. My flagship 6s was £649 on release, now the flagship is 35% more expensive, when the average price of Android phones from most manufacturers has been falling - and I gained a lot more features upgrading from my 5s to 6s than I would from 6s to Xs. iPhones are too expensive.
    ksec said:
    It is nice that one day AI say all those iPhone XS not selling in China are bull shit, then next day decide to report about the biggest discovery was that XS is dropping YoY in shipment. Then decided price drop will fix everything and had 80+% increase in sales, and now it isn't doing so well again.  May be another day DED will have yet another article " This has all happened before "....
    It's literally only DED in the AI staff that claims sales aren't falling, but there are of course the apologist commenters here with their heads in the sand who worship DED and think Apple's current strategy (and pricing) is perfect. Apple's initial Xs pricing killed a lot of the hype and impulse buys, and the price drops are too little too late now that hype has evaporated.


    DED reports FACTS. Don't like it? Go to the Verge.


    iPhone XS was priced the same as iPhone X, a very very very successful iPhone.

    His articles are mostly op/eds.  His opinion is clearly present and the bias is also easy to spot.
    elijahg

  • Apple's Chinese price cuts provided only temporary sales improvement

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    elijahg said:
    genovelle said:
    ireland said:
    The price lowering is hardly mentionable. It’s slight.
    20% in not slight

    £200 off a £1000 phone is still £800. That's still very expensive in a first world country, let alone a developing economy, when there are phones with 80% of the features for 40% of the price. My flagship 6s was £649 on release, now the flagship is 35% more expensive, when the average price of Android phones from most manufacturers has been falling - and I gained a lot more features upgrading from my 5s to 6s than I would from 6s to Xs. iPhones are too expensive.
    ksec said:
    It is nice that one day AI say all those iPhone XS not selling in China are bull shit, then next day decide to report about the biggest discovery was that XS is dropping YoY in shipment. Then decided price drop will fix everything and had 80+% increase in sales, and now it isn't doing so well again.  May be another day DED will have yet another article " This has all happened before "....
    It's literally only DED in the AI staff that claims sales aren't falling, but there are of course the apologist commenters here with their heads in the sand who worship DED and think Apple's current strategy (and pricing) is perfect. Apple's initial Xs pricing killed a lot of the hype and impulse buys, and the price drops are too little too late now that hype has evaporated.
    This.  I avoid DED like the plague to keep from giving any ad revenue for his articles.  iPhones are too expensive, which is why I’m sticking with my 7 until the price drops or it breaks.  I did the battery replacement in December to prolong upgrading.  Cannot justify $1000+ for a flagship phone, when it was $30 to get 2 more years out of a 7.  And no, I don’t want a refurb or “second rate” phone like the 10 or 10 R.  Flagship prices need to drop.  Maybe if they made a slightly small phone than the 10S would I upgrade, but I would still think long and hard about it.
    elijahg

  • Amazon acquires mesh Wi-Fi router startup eero as part of smart home push

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    Just before Apple discontinued the airport I bought a Ubiquiti AC Pro and USG.  Haven’t been happier.  Was considering the airport, but based on the rumors of it going away I obviously chose the option I have now.
    watto_cobra