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  • Qualcomm doesn't wield enough power to harm competition, says trial witness

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    For anyone interested in current state of 5G from a handset modem/router perspective, Huawei lifted the curtain on its Balong5000 plans in a pre MWC2019 briefing this morning and made direct comparisons to the Snapdragon X50:



    Jump to the 60 minute mark.

    Up to that point, they discuss 5G from a wider perspective and include a light hearted jab at AT&T and the 5GE marketing.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • No, Apple's licensing of iTunes & AirPlay 2 isn't a 'strategy reversal' in any way

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    radarthekat said:
    rogifan_new said:
    jbdragon said:
    nano said:
    It seems more like a confirmation that Apple is continuing to shift their strategy.  Apple is not likely to make a standalone TV now.  Yes, Apple Music was on android but further evidence that the shift is happening away from the walled-in strategy with their hardware. 

    On another note, having read Appleinsider for many years. Did WSJ do some sort of harm to AI?  The attacks and defensiveness of some recent AI articles is off-putting. 
    Apple was never going to make a stand alone TV, Why? It was and has always been a silly rumor.  Profit margins on TVs is small.  Few people are going to rush out and replace their perfectly good TV for a over priced Apple TV.  They are also large and take up a lot of space.  Really, what more is it going to do over a Small box that can be added to any TV and at a fraction of the price.

    I've had Airplay on my Yamaha surround sound receiver.   I access icloud on my Windows computers for years.  Really, Apple is doing what they've always done.  Steve Jobs was talking about having FaceTime on Android.  That didn't happen, but it still like to see it.  Let me know when imessage is on other platforms.  That would be nice.  Everyone could be blue bubbles.

    Every time I’m in Best Buy the TV section of the store is the most crowded. Over the holidays I’ve had numerous family members and friends upgrade their non-smart TVs to smart TVs. Smart TVs are incredibly popular. It’s very convenient to have the capabilities built right into the TV with no need to spend additional money on a separate box and separate cables. If Apple ever got into the TV set business it wouldn’t be about making large profits on the TV it would be about using the TV to sell their original content programming service. For now Apple has decided to just give the service to existing TV makers. But I think Apple is great with displays and could probably make a really great TV. Maybe it wouldn’t have iPhone like margins but if it’s there to sell TV subscriptions so what.
    Nope.  Better to NOT integrate the smarts with the big expensive display.  You want to upgrade the smart bits more often than the expensive bits, so it makes sense to keep the streaming/gaming/content bit apart from the big expensive display.  
    Oh, if only they had done that with the iMac. My big expensive 27 inch screen would still be in use and not acting as a paperweight after have the graphics card literally slow cook itself to death.

    The only headless options were the Mini at one end and the Pro at the other, both left for years to rot.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Qualcomm pushed for iPhone exclusivity in response to $1B incentive payment demand, CEO sa...

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    Notsofast said:
    saltyzip said:
    Remember they were going super nuclear on android, well that worked out well for them, they lost that war. .
    I guess if you consider getting 90 to 100% of the ENTIRE industry's profits "losing," you're spot on. LOL.
    The last news I saw on this subject was Q2-18 and the figure given was 62%.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • HSBC again slashing AAPL target, based on continued iPhone and China woes

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    There are rumours of the price cuts in China coming to Europe. In a first phase through discounting through official resellers.

    Currently Amazon Spain is offering the black  XR 64GB for 808€, that is 51€ less than usual and more or less in line with the cuts in China.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Volkswagen poaches Alexander Hitzinger from Apple's "Project Titan" team for self-driving ...

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    “Now, Mr. Hitzinger... tell us everything you know.”
    LOL! That flashed through my mind too and brought back memories of the scientist Apple hired (ex-IBM?) years ago who was contractually required not to participate in work on chip design or something similar.
    cornchipmuthuk_vanalingam