sully54

I wonder if this will function the same as the iOS 11 dock on the iPad. 

macxpress said:

I don't really get why case makers continuously do this...Some please give me a good explanation and not this well to be first with cases. 

Historically, case makers have been pretty spot on with rumours.

mindwaves said:

Good overview, but missing one huge limitation -- the inability to any of those mentioned things in Dropbox and Google Drive. Selecting multiple files, etc are only limited (right now) to iCloud Drive, which is a huge limitation. If viewing Dropbox files, you are only limited to a panel browser with no sidebar.

I'm thinking the respective apps will have to be updated with the proper APIs and that this will be fixed with an update once iOS 11 is out of beta. 

muthuk_vanalingam said:

coolfactor said:

Silly people that make these decisions. Unless the refurbs have visible blemishes, it's well known that they are quite often more stable and better tested than brand new units. Maybe the blemishes are the concern? Do people feel "dirty" using a pre-owned device? Personally, I find some of my favourite items at thrift stores.

Can you please elaborate on the bolded line a bit more? I don't get it.

New units that come off the assembly line are manufactured at scale. Which means that it's simply impossible to subject each individual unit through QA testing. So what companies does is they take a sample from a batch and test that sample. If the sample passes QA test, then the whole batch is assumed to pass as well. 

Refurbish units are different. Apple disassembles and reassembles each refurb unit, testing every component along the way. Once assembled, each refurb unit goes through QA testing. This is why apple is still able to offer AppleCare on refurb units. 

Dont confuse refurb units units with open box items from places like Best Buy. Open box items don't go back to apple and are sold "as is"

melgross said:

Mike, I really don't expect 32 bit binaries. Why would you even be asking this? It does seem obvious that Apple is through with 32 bit. Having binaries for these older products would go against Apple's stated policy of removing all 32 bit apps from the store. This would just confuse people, and give developers an excuse to not update their apps to 64 bit, since some products may not support it.

so, maybe they'll come out with it, but why spend the dollars in updating something that's going obsolete?

I think you misunderstood Mike's intention for writing this post.