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  • T-Mobile 5G service launches across US, minus high-speed mmWave

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    Mike Wuerthele said:
    n2itivguy said:
    5G is 5G regardless. There’s a slower and a faster version, but it’s all 5G. IMHO, a more steady and useable 5G (slower) is a better start than the unsteady (difficulty penetrating, etc.) faster 5G one. 
    There's also almost no point to 5G from a network speed and usability standpoint without the faster mmWave.
    That is incorrect.  A 5G network using the standard 4G spectrum has several advantages compared to 4G. 
    1. A lower latency.  The network reacts faster.  This is quite important for a number of applications like VOIP where reaction time is crucial. Example:  in a multiplayer shooter game a 4G connected player will have a hard time beating a 5G connected player
    2. A higher capacity due to better encoding techniques.  A 5G cell can connect more users at the same speed than a 4G network.  In crowded areas 4G networks are suffering from saturation, leading to a drop in the connection speed per user.  In such a saturated network, 5G will have roughly 3 times faster connections
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  • New German law mandates opening up Apple Pay NFC tech to rivals

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    lkrupp said:
    As I see it the only ones who will benefit are the middlemen and banks, not consumers. It’s all about the fees collected for each transaction. The potential exists for every German bank to establish its own wallet app and NFC payment system. If this happens Apple should at the very least receive compensation from each “competing” payment system for being the medium through which the NFC payment is accomplished, similar to the fee developers pay Apple for hosting their app.
    Credit transfers in the EU are free of charge, so there are no fees to be collected.
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  • New German law mandates opening up Apple Pay NFC tech to rivals

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    I think other EU countries will follow very quickly
     
    The new law is fully in line with the PSD2 directive of the EU that came into force in September.  The PSD2 directive forces banks to open their infrastructure using the open banking protocol, allowing third party payment providers to offer a payment service to the consumers.   It would be extremely inconsistent that banks were forced to open their infrastructure to third parties while the NFC on the payment terminal like an iPhone is not.

    The reaction of Apple is very similar to the reaction of the banks a few years ago when PSD2 was announced:  they had concerns about security, data protection,  ....  The reality is that this is not the case.  An open infrastructure can be as secure as a closed proprietary one
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  • Spotify says subscriber growth now doubles Apple Music

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    foljs said:
    I don't see how Spotify's metrics are relevant.

    For one, everybody (including Apple) knows that Apple Music is 90% for the Apple ecosystem users.

    Those, if one includes all macOS/iOS users, are still much smaller compared to Android and Windows users.

    And Apple doesn't much care about those others (even if they will e.g. make a client for Android, like they have a Windows iTunes).

    So I don't think Apple expects to get the non-iOS/macOS part of the market, and thus doesn't expect to ever be larger than someone that does...
    Knowing how many iPhone users have a premium or free Spotify subscription is an important metric for Apple.  And if I look around I see that in Europe these numbers are very high.  Of the more than 100 people which I know to have an iOS device, only 2 of them have an Apple Music subscription.  The rest, including myself is using Spotify.
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  • iPhone 11 sales continue to cut down Android's market share globally

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    tmay said:
    cropr said:
    lkrupp said:
    seanismorris said:
    pnaddaff said:
    This comparison between iOS and Android marketshare is not relevant. Do the same chart, but for profits earned by each platform. Apple isn't trying to sell more phones than Android, they're trying to MAKE MORE MONEY.
    “Apple isn’t trying to sell more phones than Android”... true that’s not the goal, maximizing profits is.  But, Apple has improved their price points to sell more phones, to sell more services.  
    Even more interesting is the continued growth in developer output. The old pattern doesn’t seem to be repeating itself. In the desktop era developers tended to prioritize the Windows operating system in their business models. The more Windows machines out there meant more income from developing for it instead of Mac OS. Mac users were often left out completely or had to wait months for the release of the Mac version. Critics here like to point out the small worldwide market share of iOS devices but developers apparently don’t care and development for iOS seems to be more profitable for them.
    As a developer that apps that are always available for both platforms, I have a different view.   My revenue split is about 60% - 40% in favor of Android, my profit split is about 75% - 25% in favor of Android (because I can get around the 30% cut in most cases).  I also develop apps on request of large customers, and since 2015 I never had to develop an iOS only app, while I did make 2 Android only apps.  I do have to say I live in country with a iOS market share of about 25%.
    You are making an argument for abandoning iOS development. Happy to note that for you, and the sooner the better I would think.


    No I am not, I am just saying that is not correct to assume that for all developers iOS is more profitable than Android. 

    In fact I cannot abandon the iOS ecosystem; a lot of my corporate customers only have interest in an app when it is available on both platforms.
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