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  • Multiple mall shootings prompt Apple Store closure in North Carolina

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    One wonders if Apple had been in active discussion with the mail operators in order to gain some level of assurance regarding security of Apple Store staff and patrons and maybe failed to gain the level of assurance they were seeking.  This would be a plausible backstory for an abrupt shutdown.  
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  • Smartphone sustainability is at an all-time high, Apple in the lead

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    racerhomie3 said:
    mike1 said:
    racerhomie3 said:
    Apple should sell refurbished products in other nations like Indonesia,Pakistan and Bangladesh and offer 3-4 years of security updates to iOS devices not getting newer OSes. They should also improve presence in poorer nations like Africa and South East Asia. 

    Ugh! Where do you think the millions of traded in iPhones go?
    Apple always provides updates, security and otherwise, to older phones for many, many years after they stop selling.

    What presence would you like Apple to have in those nations?. Huge Apple stores for no customers?! Apple products are attainable anywhere in the world through one form of distribution or another.
    Apples official presence in south east Asia is not strong. Although there are plenty of devices in the gray market having access to official refurbished products will get more switchers in poorer regions in the world
    Here in the Philippines where I’m living my early retirement there are at least two Apple reseller chains.  The iStore and Mac Power Center, both of which sell the entire Apple product line and do not sell other brands.  They do an excellent job of representing Apple here, with very nice stores that mimic the Apple Store esthetic.  They also have separate repair centers (smaller storefronts usually in the same malls  as their retail stores) where they take in Apple products for repairs, battery swaps, etc.  
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  • Apple Store crash victims sue Apple over '100% preventable' crash

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    ronn said:
    caskey said:

    Do the other stores in the mall have large sheets of glass for entrances? Why does Apple have barriers at many of their other stores? How many instances has Apple had of vehicles used in smash in grabs at their stores over the years? If stores "have barriers installed behind their stores in for theft and loss prevention," why not in the front which is much more vulnerable, especially in this instance with a glass wall? There will be depositions and paperwork looked over with a fine-tooth comb in search of answers to all those questions and more. This is just the beginning of the lawsuits with at least two employees already suing (although they're currently not suing Apple, just the driver and the property owners).
    What does having large glass windows have anything to do with this? It’s a strip mall. They all have large primarily glass entrances. That’s how retail stores work. They want to show off what they have inside. This accident didn’t happen because they have large windows. It happened because some moron, jammed his foot on the gas and went through an area he shouldn’t have. Apple is not to blame for any of this. This is purely a cash grab by greedy lawyers.


    How many crash and grabs at stores for Nantucket Kids, Loft, Allbirds, Cava, etc? Crash & Grabs have been happening at Apple stores for more than a decade. Some stores more than once. The Apple Store glass walls are nowhere near the same as other stores' glass entrances. They're basically large sheets of glass as in the Hingham store. It's a miracle it took this long for the something like to this happen, intentionally or not.
    You do know there’s a restaurant directly at the end of the street the Toyota sped down.  A restaurant that is set back only a fraction the distance from the curb.  A restaurant that the driver HAD TO swerve to avoid, thus putting him on a path into the Apple Store.  A restaurant that has outdoor seating (in warmer weather) right there directly in line with the street the Toyota sped down.  See Google maps, which shows a summertime view with diners sitting out there three feet from the curb.  Oh, and there are zero bollards in front of that restaurant.  

    So Apple, which is not lined up with the street and is set back 30 feet, should have had bollards but not the restaurant?  Maybe the restaurant should be sued. If it had bollards maybe the driver would have sacrificed his vehicle on them rather than swerving to avoid driving through the low wall with huge picture windows of the restaurant.  
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  • Apple earned $90.15B in fourth quarter of 2022

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    macsince1988 said:
    Apple did NOT earn $90.15B in fourth quarter of 2022.  That is their total revenue.  They earned $20.72B, for a profit margin of 22.99%.
    If you have a business and you go out on a sales call to a prospect and you convince that prospect to become a customer, then you have earned that prospect's business.  There's more than one context in which the term earned can be used.  

    Apple earned $90.15B in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022, resulting in $20.72B of profits.  Both are true.  
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  • Apple Watch Ultra is impressive, but can't replace my dive watch just yet

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    DAalseth said:
    The AW is a great general tool but a dedicated tool will always work better. A Swiss Army Knife is great, but an actual screwdriver is better. A multi-tool is useful, but if I need to disassemble a piece of machinery, I’ll use dedicated wrenches. The AWU does these diving functions well, but if I were a serious, diver I’d use an actual diving watch too. Similarly the Satellite SOS function is great and will save lives. But if I were doing a serious expedition into a very isolated location, I’d take an actual sat phone, and maybe an emergency locator beacon just in case. 
    Not sure the argument for dedicated tool versus general tool always stands.  

    Take Apple Watch versus mechanical chronographs.  

    Or iPhone versus a dedicated alarm clock, or any of dozens of other pre-smartphone stand-alone products that smartphones complete obsoleted.  

    A Ring doorbell, which not only allows someone to, you know, ring the doorbell, but also allows you to see who is at the door from wherever you are on earth.  Plus record that in case you aren't looking in on it in real time.  Win for the more general purpose combination of smartphone and home security doorbell.  A dedicated doorbell would be, after all, dedicated solely to the task of providing a button to push to sound a buzzer inside the home. 

    There's too many examples for me to list where a smartphone or smartwatch go against the once accurate wisdom that a a dedicated tool will always work better.  
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