tjwolf

gregg thurman said:

  Considering that is is a rare bird that pays cash for an iPhone this price increase is a non-issue (except for Android shills).

My in-laws in China at least all buy their phones with cash.  Haven't asked my sister in Germany recently, but I believe the same is true there.  Even here in the US, with subsidies by the carriers being a thing of the past, cash purchases are pretty common (my family's last iteration of purchases was).  So it's not quite as rare as you seem to think.

The meme that Apple Maps is inferior to Google Maps is getting pretty tiring after 5 years - especially since in some (many?) cases it's actually not true anymore.  If I had to rate the two on pure (map data) accuracy, Google is still slightly ahead (most annoyingly, Google is still much faster in updating its maps when a flaw is reported - I know this from personal experience having reported a missing road to both companies).  Navigation wise, they're about equal and, to me at least, Apple Maps of late seems to have the edge on the currency of traffic data (on several trips now, Google still showed traffic congestion when Apple Maps already reflected a 'green' reality).  Google Maps sometimes picks better routes - Apple's estimate of remaining time to destination is more spot-on.

During navigation, Apple Maps is far superior to Google Maps in battery conservation.  The former almost never causes my phone to run hot - the latter almost always - i.e., Google Maps sucks my battery dry at a much faster clip.

Where Apple Maps is still much weaker than Google Maps is in searches for businesses or points of interest.  There are still many cases when Google Maps finds what I'm looking for after Apple Maps give me nothing.

"benchmarks we've listed in the chart are pulled from the iPhone SE which has an A9 processor running at 1.8 GHz. The 2017 iPad is said to run at 1.85 Ghz, so we're not expecting a major difference from that, but there may be other factors involved".  Well, graphics for one, no?  an iPad has to push a lot more pixels than an iPhone SE.

The 'P' in P/E ratio stands for 'P'rice not profit.  It's hard to take anything you wrote seriously when you can't get that basic fact straight.

Soli said:

AppleInsider said:

The automaker didn't immediately say which trims will have the technology as an option, or how much it might cost.

Prices for the CR-V start at $24,045, but can go up to $33,695 or more for a top-of-the-line Touring model with all-wheel drive.

Based on their website, it looks like all the 2017 CR-Vs have a "7-inch Display Audio with High-Resolution WVGA (800x480) Electrostatic Touch-Screen and Customizable Feature Settings" and therefore like access to CarPlay and Android Auto. The only change I'm seeing for the more expensive trims is their GPS system.

Actually....from their web site: "Apple CarPlay™* and Display Audio Touch-Screen standard on EX, EX-L and Touring." - i.e. it's not available on the LX trim.