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tzeshan said:

Since Android market share is over 85%, iOS market share is less than 15%. So in the long term Google will make five times more from Android App Store than Apple earn from App Store. May be Google is already making at least twice more than Apple? 

You think? Maybe before you post a crock you might like to do a little research, quote; As per a report compiled by Sensor Tower, users spent approximately $58.6 billion on apps in 2017 across the Android and iOS platform, but a major share of that eye-watering amount fell on Apple’s side of the app ecosystem. It is a well-known fact that the number of Android users dwarf iOS subscribers by a very hefty margin, but the revenues generated from the rival OS’s app directories is an altogether different story. You might be wondering how wide the revenue gap actually is? Well, the revenue generated by the App Store in 2017 is nearly double that of the Play Store. According to Sensor Tower’s analysis, users hooked to the iOS platform spent an estimated $38.5 billion on apps in 2017, a figure that includes the up-front cost of paid apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions. On the other hand, Android users spent around $20.1 billion on apps downloaded from the Play Store. But it’s not just the gross financial figures where the App Store has left the Play Store to bite the dust, as the net revenue growth rate is another domain where the App Store beat the Play Store, albeit by a smaller margin. On a year-on-year basis, the revenues generated by Apple’s app directory grew by 34.7%, which is barely higher than the 34.2% gross revenue increment recorded by the Play Store on an annual basis. Gaming was yet another area where the App Store’s financial game proved to be much stronger than the Play Store’s, as iOS games generated approximately $30 billion in revenues, while Android games could only amass $18 billion in 2017. However, when it comes to net app downloads, the numbers are strictly in Google’s favor as the Play Store accounted for 64 billion app downloads in 2017, while the App Store lagged much farther behind with just 28 billion downloads. But what can one say, Apple emerged as the winner in the areas which appear to be more significant, and that’s where the proverbial mic should be dropped. Edit: Apologies...even though I have chapter breaks between the 8 paragraphs including this one AI seems to have lumped it all together...

StrangeDays said:

i haven’t found a use for the sharing feature yet, but i am loving the absolute speed of the Series 3. my 0 now lags on common operations so it’s like day & night. the only things that still lag for me are the Home app which gets stuck when rendering my list of scenes & devices, and sometimes HK siri commands. 

I also upgraded from the original to the Series 3 only last week and I agree that it is quicker speed wise with none of the lag especially when double-pressing the button to bring up Apple Pay. On my original watch sometimes it took a while to register or I got fed up of waiting and I pressed it again or pressed the Digital Crown only to end up with a screen full of icons!

The Series 3 just responds instantly...so far anyway.

However the big thing for me is the battery life...staggering! I only took it off my wrist this morning to charge as it was showing 21% and I was off to Birmingham on the train.

The thing hasn't been off my wrist in 3 days and I have worn it in bed the last 3 nights consecutively without charging and it still had 21% showing this morning! Amazing!!

Not sure if this will last but in my experience most new devices start out with mediocre battery life initially because;

1. I tend to use it a lot more (novelty factor)

2. There are usually many things going on in the background such as indexing etc.

I took it off the stand at 6:00am this morning and here we are 10 hours later and it is showing 91% and I must have had @50 alerts so far.

Admittedly I haven't used it to stream music (and am unlikely to do so as I still use wired earbuds on my 6S) and have only made one short cellular call just to see if it works - see novelty factor above!

The other big difference is the display. Seems much clearer, brighter and is laced with colour where my original watch was mainly just white on black.

All in all very pleased and a worthwhile upgrade.

applesauce007 said:

The current AppleTV will be upgraded to 4K via a firmware update.

Nope. Uncle Tim won't miss this chance to sell you yet another overpriced box!

Think of the ATV 720p->1080p 'upgrade' a few years ago.

Anyway as I understand it there are hardware limitations to the current Apple TV that prevent 4K/DV/HDR10/HLG etc.

This device has both feet planted firmly in the past with only one optical input which electronically castrates its connection ability & function IMHO

Not only that but the recent ridiculous £100 ($130) price rise in February this year increases the price of ownership from an expensive £599 ($777) to a staggering £699 ($907)

Definitely not worth the money IMHO and that's coming from someone who owns 3 x Connects, Play 1, Play 3 and Play 5 and who definitely will not be buying a Playbar in its current form or price.

Not sure that its just a Withings snub as there are many more devices not listed such as Ring Pro, Canary Plus, Eve Aqua, Eve Extend etc.