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  • New Beats firmware brings audio sharing to Beats Studio Pro

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    I bought these when the first came out, for a ridiculous discount. I’m not really a headphone person, partly because of all the editing I used to do with headphones on, long ago (various Koss Pro models). That soured me in them. But these really do sound pretty good.
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  • India will assemble iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max for the first time

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    this is a good sign. India already announced that Apple was the fastest growing company there.
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  • Apple has reportedly dropped Qualcomm modems on two 2025 iPhones

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    beowulfschmidt said:
    neoncat said:
    if apple can produce these for less, then hopefully they can charge less. it would be nice to see the option for cellular drop from about $130 to maybe $50.

    On what planet is Apple—king of the upsell and margins so fluffy and plush it'd make a down jacket blush—going to pass along even a nickel of cost savings? Are you completely out of your mind? 

    This.  In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Apple were to charge more for it's own modems.  Because obviously an Apple modem would be superior to Qualcomm's in every way, right?

    As for comments about it taking so long, Apple does not want to pay anyone else licensing fees if it can avoid doing so, which means not using anyone else's patented technology, or buying those patents outright (or, cynically, using them anyway and hope they're invalidated).  All that research takes time, and engineering a new modem to not infringe on existing patents is no small task.
    I don’t believe Apple would be superior in every way, unless you’re being sarcastic there. All modem makers pay other companies license fees for patents. Nobody has an exclusive on FRAND patents, or other useful, but not required patents. The biggest holders are Qualcomm, then Huawei. But there are others. Apple bought a large number and has developed others. From what I understand about their efforts, they’re very involved about future cell technologies such as 6. If so, maybe they believe that they can get ahead in some of that and be more ready to have a seat at the table. But for now, they’re very involved certainly would have to license more that a few. I’ve read that there are well over 100,000 working cert patents out there, possibly twice as many and they’re usually licensed out in tranches.
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  • How the Apple Ring will blow all the other smart ring manufacturers out of the water

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    There have been rumors about this, but I’m not so certain it’s going to be r a real thing. Does Apple actually need a ring? I,don’t think so. I’ve got my Apple Watch and phone. So, do I also need a ring? No. In fact, for me, having a ring can be dangerous. It’s all too easy to forget you’re wearing one. In my shops, a ring is a big no no. So, what would be the point?
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  • Apple has reportedly dropped Qualcomm modems on two 2025 iPhones

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    tht said:
    The last of the key processors to get the boot along with INTEL, NVIDIA and AMD. Proof! Qualcomm. It will likely stink the motherboard slightly, improve power consumption and certainly reduce costs. Don't be surprised if they eventually integrate it into the SOC.
    Hope they can pull it off. Cellular modems should be in all Apple products. They should be in Macs, including the desktops. They should be in AirPods, They should be in the AppleTV. They should be in HomePods. Just everything.

    Still a long ways to go for this rumor. They could get a better deal from Qualcomm and the status quo remains.
    the interesting thing for me is the cost of cellular. apple has paid a high price for qualcomm's chips, which is why the lawsuits. if apple can produce these for less, then hopefully they can charge less. it would be nice to see the option for cellular drop from about $130 to maybe $50. but it that cant happen then we won't see them in less expensive devices. i don't think qualcomm will give them a much better deal than theyre getting now. and as we know, apple does want to be as vertical as possible. another thing is that with qualcomm chips you can get the modem on the SoC. but qualcomm has never given apple permission for that. with all the talk about apple being a monopoly, i dont understsnd why the government has never looked into that.

    by the way. apple seems to have changed my keyboard snd theres no auto correction, capitalization, or anything. not being used to that on my ipads ive not corrected a number of things. hopefully ill be able to get the normsl one back. i havent been able to in settings so far. its amazing how you get used to those things.

    ok, after nothing worked. I turned the iPad completely off and back on, and back to normal. That was weird. But then, I’m on the 18 beta. That was the first glitch so far. I suppose I should report it.
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