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BMW confirms it will not support CarPlay Ultra
They don't need the capability to develop their own system--GM didn't have it either and just partnered with Google to develop their own system that ended support for CarPlay and Android Auto. And the success of that system, with its abilities to collect all kinds of customer data to be sold to the highest bidders, plus a subscription model for its most desirable features, achieved a kind of holy grail for a car manufacturer: a steady stream of continuing income from every car sold after it leaves the dealership. Prior to his, there was nothing, unless you count money made on OEM parts for repairs. Trust me: nobody in the auto industry hasn't taken notice of this and it's the death knell for the adoption of CarPlay Ultra. Why turn over your screens to Apple when you can turn them into an all-new profit center? Of course, Apple isn't going to partner with any company on a system that profits from abusing customer privacy while setting up subscription paywalls to use desirable features--Google has no such consumer concerns. The company motto long ago became, "Dont be evil. Unless it pays well."Blackwhitepanda said: I am pretty sure that Apple will find a compromise with the rest of OEMs.Premium brands like BMW or Mercedes will limit or will not support Apple Car, but there are tons of others like Stellantis, Dacia etc., which have no capability of developing their own eco-system.
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Apple's Epic gamble: birthright citizenship ruling cited to overturn antisteering mandate
VERY interesting article. Thanks, Wesley! Off-topic but wanted to mention: I seem to be running into a lot of ads covering content lately on AppleInsider--not sure what that's about, but it happened again repeatedly as I tried to get through this story. No issue with ads here, in general, you've gotta pay the bills, but the ads covering content, which don't go away, are really annoying.
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iPhone Fold will dominate the market despite 2026 arrival
All well-stated. But... there is the China piece to this, as Gurman mentioned, and that does make some sense. It's Apple's second largest market and the top handset makers there are releasing some truly killer, cutting edge high-end folding phones. Huawei is already making a tri-fold phone. These phones put the Samsung and Google offerings to shame and I think it creates a perception problem for the Apple brand in terms of iPhone seeming less premium, more 2nd tier, because it's not even competing with the most premium, tech laden Chinese phones. That said, an Apple folding phone with "me, too" hardware about equal to Samsung isn't going to help with that perception. And I honestly don't know if the benefits of "the Apple ecosystem" and its seamless integration of various Apple products means as much in China as it does in the U.S.AppleZulu said:A folding iPhone isn't going to happen. There are nonsensical red flags all over the prognostications on this concept. As noted here, the release date is always just around the corner. The original predictions would've had it out three years ago. Now the latest have it out a year or more from now, but with the same folding screen Samsung already has already developed. So this means we're supposed to believe that Apple has taken an extra five years to create a folding phone that is literally no different or better than the competition.
Apple is famously late to the party with new products, but it's because they've taken time to reimagine the whole idea and produce something that has intrinsic usefulness that's lacking in the existing competition, which is always satisfied with the novel, regardless of actual utility. The iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods all reimagined existing concepts. These things didn't just replace mp3 players, smart phones, tablets, smart watches and wireless ear buds. They re-defined those categories. In doing so, Apple did better than being first to release something by instead becoming the first that anyone thinks of.
Showing up five years late with an Apple-branded folding Samsung phone that breaks no new ground doesn't do any of that. Why would anyone believe that this is something Apple is actually going to do?
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iPhone 17 Air rumored to shrink battery & lean on iOS 26 to keep up
Really? You can do that? Please link to ANY stats that allow you to "more accurately speculate" that "everyone or nearly everyone who wanted a smaller phone bought a Mini."macgui said:
I've known a few business types, especially some women, how prefer or would prefer to keep the phone in an inside breast pocket but don't due to the weight, or do and lament the weight. I don't know how many customers like that there are and that they're enough to help sustain a model.dijital said:Who keeps asking Apple for an even thinner iPhone with worse battery life? I’ve never met anyone with those requirements.
No It's not. it's speculative bullshit.charlesn said:
See, that's the thing, people say they want this or that, but then Apple offers it and they don't buy it.retrogusto said:I would love it if they could make something with the same thickness (6.9mm), weight (129g) and battery life as the iPhone 6 from 2014 (or in that ballpark) but with more modern specs. And maybe they should devote more resources to developing really great battery cases for people who don’t mind the bulk but need more battery life.
I can more accurately speculate that everyone or nearly everyone who wanted a smaller phone bought a mini.
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iPhone Fold will dominate the market despite 2026 arrival
"Gurman goes on to say that Apple is also embracing the foldable iPhone design now, because it is extremely popular in China."
Really? Folding phones at the $2,000+ price point are "extremely popular" as in generating high volume sales? I find that hard to believe. For sure, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, etc. have some truly impressive folding phones in that price category and above--Oppo's Find N5 that's under 9mm thick when folded and sports a Hasselblad-developed camera system is a real knockout--but this is not a volume sales price point.
