patsu

rogifan_old said:

mcarling said:

I would be delighted to pay the same price for a 4" phone with all the features of the 4.7" iPhone 6S phablet.

Everything about this phone seems odd to me. Same specs as current 6S but released 6 months or so later and older iPhone 5S design. Huh?

Technology-wise, I am of the opinion that Apple should deploy state of the art tech in different form factors.

These tech can be useful for Apple Watch, smart bands and Pencil too. Apple need the production experiences to get there. These next generation computers are significantly smaller than our phones and tablets today. Yes, I see Pencil as a full blown computer too since it has built-in battery, a CPU, network, and of course some memory, and software. No one really plays in that space as deep and broad as Apple yet.

In fact, their logistics should be profitable even for low volume production if they forecast their demand well. You can really only have the data if you jump in.

For volume sales say in India, if they discount iPhone 5 aggressively perhaps with some parts update, it should be more than good enough than the not so reliable phones people sell in those price range.

Search harder. :-) The victims were using unmodified Android with Google Play on their phones. They are in US, Singapore, and other countries outside China and Russia. Android security was bypassed. With Play going to China, it will be the same exploit story.

You are free to ignore those reported incidents in the wild personally. You'll have to google those reports and news yourself. Some of them originated from the banks and the police because the victims made police report.

gatorguy said:

patsu said:

Yes, one of the easiest ignore is just to pretend malware are scare stories and not real world problem. It's someone else's losses anyway.

No, malware is certainly real. But there's relatively benign malware like an app that collects your contacts for no legitimate reason. Then there's malware that takes over your phone and steals banking info. The first type exists on every mobile platform. The second is exceedingly rare, even on the supposed malware-infested Android.

I would have thought that some of the more recent Apple malware scare stories and the comments from members here would have made it clear that a proof-of-concept exploit does not automatically make one anything a common user would ever encounter or need to worry about.  Android is little different. 

You are mistaken. Apple malware stories apply to Apple malware. Android malware stories apply to Android malware. They may or may not apply to each other because the platform security mechanisms and philosophies are different.

No wonder you ignore malware threats on Android. You lumped everything together without thinking.
So yes, one of the easiest ignore is to just pretend malware are scare stories, not a real problem.

btw "Benign malware" is an oxymoron. They may appear benign to you. But it is an exploit, and it can evolve.

Yes, one of the easiest ignore is just to pretend malware are scare stories and not real world problem. It's someone else's losses anyway.