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  • Trump may have added 25% iPhone tariff specifically to punish Tim Cook

    dinoonedinoone
    I would also consider 2 extra bits of related information:

    - Apple's CEO is one of the few CEOs that is vocal and in favor of both the LGBT community and the inclusivity theme, while the current POTUS is openly opposing both;
    - one of the key guests in this POTUS trip was Elon Musk and I seem to remember about an alleged 2016-2017 clash between Elon and Tim around Apple's acquisition of Tesla, with alleged exchanges like "I want to be the new Apple's CEO if the deal goes through" and a "f*** **f" answer, a story reported in 2021 by The Los Angeles Times and included in the book "Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century" by Tim Higgins.

    These two things might have been 2 key ingredients to produce the outcome described in the article, that can also be read as an action to directly hurt Apple's CEO professional profile in order to oust him.
    watto_cobra

  • iPhone SE 4 -- All the rumors about Apple's next budget-friendly device

    dinoonedinoone
    A slightly different name, such as "iPhone E" (Entry) could also be useful to justify a slightly higher price, rather than adopting exactly the same launch price of an iPhone SE3 with a 128G storage memory, throwing in not-so-SE-comparable specs, such as Apple Intelligence, A18 chip, and a much larger OLED screen with the notch.
    randominternetperson

  • How Apple's new iPhone & Apple Watch amp up user health monitoring

    dinoonedinoone
    Now that we have new Apple Watch models, I can't find what's the status with ECG and the whole legal fuss with AliveCor which involved a US import stop for some Apple devices.
    ECG seemed to be a central part of Apple health monitoring message, but no news or updates about it with Apple Glowtime event.
    No more bold references to EGC from Apple, as expected, and no reference also from journalists: some sort of code of silence?
    It's clear that the debate over the effectiveness of Apple Watch's ECG changes and heart monitoring capabilities is very much ongoing, with medical professionals raising concerns about recent changes to the Apple ECG technology (June 2024 amicus brief by a group of heart doctors) made to avoid legal fusses with AliveCor.
    A paragraph about the above in a piece titled "How Apple's new iPhone & Apple Watch amp up user health monitoring" would have been appropriate.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple to sell Apple Watch with blood oxygen detection removed to bypass ITC import ban

    dinoonedinoone
    Mmm.
    Still the patent covers hardware and software for that function.
    Would (temporarily) removing the software be an acceptable solution?
    Or would it be similar to selling the watch just with zero charge battery level, therefore with no blood oxygen function practically active?
    elijahgwatto_cobra

  • Apple's stripping out blood oxygen sensing from Apple Watch enough to skirt import ban

    dinoonedinoone
    If the Masimo patents are related to hardware and software, then removing just the software might not avoid the violation.
    After all, a device that still carries hardware for a (temporarily) forbidden service could have that service reactivated at any subsequent software update.
    In consequence a device with hardware for a (temporarily) forbidden service inevitably has a higher market value than the same device without such hardware (where such service cannot be simply turned on with a software update).
    Such market value difference between a device with hardware for a (temporarily) forbidden service and one without such hardware would still be a violation of the patent holder exclusivity rights i.m.o..
    watto_cobra