svanstrom said:

JFC_PA said:

“ ecause of the nature of the vulnerability and related exploits, physical access is required for attacks to be carried out.

As a result, average users can avoid the exploits by maintaining physical security, and not plugging in USB-C devices with unverified provenance.”

So once the bad people HAVE the device they can mess with it.   Yawn. 

Which means that the devices that used to be undesirable by thieves and robbers now are perfectly legit reasons for pulling weapons on, physically attacking, and in at least some cases also worth killing, people out and about. There's no yawning about that.

RealMattBradley said:

Currently running tvOS 14.0.1 on an Apple TV 4K hardwired to ethernet with automatic updates on. Nothing in 4K or 1440p yet, everything still at a top of 1080p. 😩

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

This is due to Apple's repair policies more than anything else. Apple tells customers that their iPhones must be replaced even if they could be repaired by a competent technician. This is why all of Apple's claims of being "green" are rubbish. Reuse is the best form of recycling. This recycling firm was actually doing its job. It just happened that the way they did it was not in Apple's best interest even if it was in the best interest of the planet.

ne1 said:

tmay said:

tht said:

The wait is long.

I actually thought I would replace this iPad Pro 10.5 after a year, but lo and behold, still typing on it.

I'd guess by March, it will be available, and I'm certainly interested, but curious if it will be powered by an A14X

Seems like an awfully long time for Apple to sit on the older iPad Pros while the new iPad Air has the A14. It’s feasible due to Covid, but I still think there’s a slight chance of a speed bump before then. 

GeorgeBMac said:

jcs2305 said:

GeorgeBMac said:

MplsP said:

rbnetengr said:

Verizon is apparently banking on it to claim the highest 5G speeds, but what good is it if it’s only available in 2% of their coverage footprint?  

C'mon, quit beating on Verizon. Their coverage is easily closer to 3 or 4%! (Actually this is true)

GG1 said:

MplsP said:

Well, since 5G has so far been pretty much a non-event, why should a 5G iPhone be any different? 

5G coverage is fair at best, bordering on abysmal for Verizon, and the performance of the 5G networks is essentially on par with the 4G LTE ones. Why should we pay extra for any of it? If and when (emphasis on the ‘if’) the utopia of self driving cars that talk to each other actually comes to pass then maybe 5G will be useful. Right now it’s all hype. 

As we both concluded on the same thread months ago, 5G's biggest growth isn't going to come from mobile users, so the carriers need to hype it as much as possible. And now this article shows that CEO McElfresh is "softening expectations." Don't get me wrong - 5G is impressive technology on the infrastructure side, but sadly those gains won't be fully realised by mobile users.

And mmWave will work best on physically large phones due to the multiple mmWave antennas (diversity) that must be crammed in to overcome the shadowing.

yup. It's impressive, just not for phones. Fortunately, the backend infrastructure will benefit everyone, no matter what technology they're using.

GeorgeBMac said:

Am I Anti-AT&T -- Or pro-Reality?

GeorgeBMac said:

M68000 said:

@AT&Texecutives. -  instead of “working” on 6G,  how about working on getting more than 1 signal bar of 4G strength in my general area ?

You will get neither as long as you stick with those losers.

You seem to be pretty Anti-AT&T here!

GeorgeBMac said:

mcdeal said:

In the mountains of Colorado, where I live, there is very little ATT or T-Mobile. Only Verizon works with anything close to an acceptable signal and only along main roads. My home requires a Network Extender. Local phone stores will tell complaining visitors that they should change their settings to 3G while in the area. A friend in the "cellular game" says that 5G and higher may never roll out in rural areas because it will require 5 times the number of towers and would take years to build.
He says that the future is Starlink.

T-Mobile says your friend is wrong.   They are rolling it out now.  Not the mm-wave your friend is talking about but 5G nevertheless.

We've been through this before. T-Mobile may say his friend is wrong, but T-Mobile's maps are also wrong, so his friend is probably right. The other catch with coverage - often times when I have 2 bars of T Mobile coverage I still struggle to load a simple web page, so even though I have 2 bars, they are pretty useless bars. They're not the only ones though. Verizon got censured by the better business bureau for misleading claims of coverage, too. 

I'm trashing AT&T because, well, they are trash.   One of America's top carriers, they first pulled a scam telling us they had 5G in wide distribution (it was 4G relabeled to 5G-E) and now telling us that, "Yeh, much of the rest of the world is moving to 5G, but you don't need it and should instead wait for their 6G (or will that be 6G-E?)"

If the U.S. is going to continue leading the world it has to lead -- not bullshit about it -- or try to maintain its leadership by suppressing those who are leading the way.

(And yes, I know you claim that T-Mobile's maps are complete lies because you once drove through a spot that didn't have T-Mobile coverage.   Got it).

Didn't TMobile get fined for deceiving customers with false ringtones.

T-Mobile USA has agreed to pay a $40 million fine after admitting that it failed to complete phone calls in rural areas and used "false ring tones" that created the appearance that the calls were going through and no one was picking up.

T-Mobile admitted to inserting fake ring tones into “hundreds of millions” of the doomed calls, presumably to make the caller believe either that the phone was ringing at the receiver’s residence or business (and, presumably, that no one was picking up), or that the local terminating carrier was at fault, according to the agency.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40559716/t-mobile-inserted-fake-ring-tones-in-hundreds-of-millions-of-non-connecting-calls

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/t-mobile-deceived-customers-with-false-ring-tones-on-failed-phone-calls/

I'd rather have some faked 5G symbol and be able to complete calls then this nonsense. I am currently a TMobile customer who was a long time former AT&T customer btw.

I live in a spot where TMobile coverage is horrendous! I am almost within eyeshot of a tower and my coverage is terrible inside my home and the surrounding area. Which is completely opposite of my coverage with the same phone same address when I was AT&T. I get false rings with TMobile ( it appears to ring on my end but the caller has no record of a call from me, same thing happens with sms texts)

I also have friends who use TMobile for business and have the same problem.. calls never received. Email documents never go through etc.. ) slow slow data speeds and loading webpages. Building penetration is a joke also compared to AT&T atleast where I live and work.. I have used both services when I was working from the office and after switching to TMobile there were spots in my one floor building that I had barely a bar of signal or was unable to load a page or make a call.

I live in the Lehigh Valley in PA with a population of about 841K so I am not in the middle of nowhere. Tm maps may not be a lie but the coverage isn't as complete as the map makes it seem in experience over the last 3 years.

Just for reference I get a new iPhone every year and my current phone goes to my GF who has AT&T. I have actually popped her SIM out recently and put it in my 11 Pro Max with the same results..

So, T-Mobile got a wrist slap?   Ok....

For me, T-Mobile works great - I have had only great service from them!  Plus, I'm saving a bundle over what AT&T would try to rip me off for.   But, even if they charged the same as T-Mobile I wouldn't sign with those crooks: Previously, after I replaced my paid off phone with one I had purchased in full from Apple, they STILL INSISTED ON CHARGING ME FOR A PHONE I HAD PURCHASED!

And now they're making excuses because they never invested in modern technology and want us to keep using their out of date garbage -- at exorbitant prices.

It's just like politics NO politician gives a damn about you or yours unless you or yours somehow impact them.