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This power consumption comparisons of both phones between high signal and low signal seem unintuitive.
identical for the 16e, less power on low signal compared with high signal for the 16.

It is the change in total carbon captured in a forest that matters for the purpose of this exercise. The measurement of that increase would be what credits Apple is claiming, and has paid good money for. And if the forest burned down the carbon company would have to cough up the credit value, not Apple.

That completely leaves aside how manipulated and subject to well, “subjective” interpretation a lot of emissions and carbon capture measurement really is. In my role we spend a lot of time trying  to find ways of providing opportunities for farmers to sell carbon credits, including reforestation. In truth reforestation, particularly eucalyptus based, is high risk for the farmer  if it burned down. Soils carbon trading is also highrisk depending on when the original measurement is made and then when subsequent audits occur. Rainfall is a key driver of soil carbon. In drought prone areas like my country, if the baseline measurement occurred in a wet year, and then the audit in the middle of a drought, the farmer would end up having to repay a lot of credits right when their finances are stretched.

And to this day the EU has had the box seat in determining how it is measured (it’s the forever bureaucrats there that really run the show, not having to worry about ephemeral politicians) which quite coincidently (I am sure, snort) favours the EU economically compared with its transatlantic competitor or even countries such as Australia.

nubus said:

Harrytro said:

$499 would have made more sense to make it easier for more people to afford a brand new iPhone. 

$499 wasn't possible with 10% import tariffs and inflation. This is a $200 discount on the iPhone 16 experience.

We don’t have any tariffs in our country (or even yet to be imposed ones like you yanks) and now the cheapest current iphone is AUD$999.

Missed it, but does it still have standby?

could just put it in a magnetic case if it does.

All this  is quite impressively awesome and hard to believe even a decade ago. The advancement of technology is amazing.
: looks at his work geriatric iridium sat phone sitting beside his iPhone.