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  • iPhone not migrating to USB-C or getting Touch ID on power button any time soon

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    80s_Apple_Guy said:
    Just shows the lie of Apple being concerned about e-waste. If they really were, they’d go to USB-C which would cut down on wasted cables as they break and need to be replaced. 
    Can you honestly say that USB-C cables are more durable in daily use than Lightning? If a USB-C cable stops working can it be somehow fixed rather than tossed so they aren't wasted? 

    watto_cobra

  • iPhone not migrating to USB-C or getting Touch ID on power button any time soon

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    lukei said:
    Has anymore produced a Ming-Chi prediction vs reality comparison?
    According to appletrack he is at 78.2% accuracy.



    Here is the leaderboard from appletrack for both accuracy & most rumors.


    B)



    elijahgwatto_cobra

  • Hacker allegedly posed as Apple Support to scam user out of $1,500

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    Wgkrueger said:
    They intercepted the phone call : Nope, probably misdialed the number
    They had the user download an app from the App Store that gives this kind of control over the iPhone: which app would that be?
    They were able to locate which bank and log in without help: unlikely although opening the bank app could trigger a faceId login
    The remote control app was able to launch another app without the users input: current iOS requires this action to be manually approved 

    There’s a lot of pieces of this story that don’t add up and without more detail I’m calling BS.



    I thought the same at first. What are the chances that she mis-dialed the # to the exact # that was used for the scam? Maybe she got the Apple support # from an infected computer that showed a faked website and not the iPhone box as she claimed.

    Years ago I tried to access my chase account and their website redirected me to a site that looked very much like the actual Chase.com website except it was asking me to verify info ( SS#, Name, Address etc.. ) and as I read over and looked at the site I noticed grammatical errors that made it obvious it wasn't the actual Chase. I called Chase and they made me change my user name and password on a machine not connected to my work network and confirmed it was a fraudulent website. I found out later that there was an infected machine on my work network that was the cause of the redirects.

    I agree that things don't add up. I would also like to know what this remote control app was that was somehow loaded on her iPhone?  That is another part of this story that makes me think she may have been on a computer and not her actual iPhone as she claims?

    watto_cobra

  • Apple releases second public beta of iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4

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    mike1 said:
    Really need to make emojis larger when in line with text. It is sometimes too difficult to make out exactly which emoji was sent. The size is fine when there's no text.
    I just said this earlier today when I was talking to a buddy about the new gender neutral emoji's. They are so small unless they are sent by themselves with no text that it's kind of pointless. No one would really be able tell what they were supposed to be ( bearded woman ) .



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  • Qualcomm opposed to Nvidia's $40B takeover of Arm

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    mjtomlin said:
    iOS_Guy80 said:
    Why does not Apple by ARM?

    US government... "Companies that design chips should not be allowed to make devices that use them."

    Seriously surprised that Microsoft isn't being investigated for unfairly being able to use their OS on their computers while at the same time licensing the same OS to competitors... Doesn't that give Microsoft an unfair advantage?
    Doesn’t google do the same with Android ?  
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