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  • OnePlus plus has bit into Apple in India, and things may only get worse

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    clarker99 said:Toyota actually makes a profit. The only Android vendor that makes any kind of profit is Samsung.

    It is also fun to pretend that High-end Android devices are not ‘expensive’. The Mate20 is launching in Canada for $1300, the Note 9 is $1249. So, much more affordable!  These are not the devices being sold in India. Cheap sub-$200 phones probably are the most popular and no one is making profit on those.

    Good for One Plus but let’s see who the flavor of the week Android vendor of choice is in a couple years. A couple years ago Samsung was Android vendor of choice with no other really good option.  Time will tell.
    Look at the facts.
    Huawei is making a decent profit, has surpassed Apple in markets hare in the last 2 quarters rand has recently announced that the major driver for its profit are the models in the $300 - $400 range like the Honor Play.  These devices fulfils the needs of 95% of the users and are decently designed and built.  As long as Apple does not have an answer to these devices, it will be an uphill battle in India.  The sub-$200 phones are not the issue.
    muthuk_vanalingamgatorguy

  • Apple's powerful new Mac mini perfectly suits the 'Pro' market, yet the complaints have al...

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    This Mac Mini seems to be a great machine

    If this Mac Mini would have been announced 18 months ago, I would have bought 3 machines for my software development company.  Now the window of opportunity is gone and it probably remain closed for the next 2 years

    As a professional my main complaint about Apple is lack of transparency and roadmap.   If I need to take a business decision that has a >$100K impact I cannot wait 4 years until Tim Cook decides that a new machine will be announced.  I need a roadmap that I can rely upon.

    I do understand that for the consumer market Apple cannot disclose new product announcement, but for a professional market this is different.  So if this machine is targeted at a professional market, the attitude of Apple about secrecy must change.
    Pylonsmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple pitched a standardized version of iMessage to wireless carriers, but they didn't bit...

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    steven n. said:
    I have a question for any Android fans on messaging. I have a friend using Android. When he sends an MMS (not SMS) using the default Samsung messaging app it will come into my iPhone in a variety of ways:

    1) Into iMessage (as an MMS) with <phonenumber>@random.com where the random is different every time but is generally some weird carrier name not even available in the area.
    2) Into email using my iCloud (@me) account from a <random>.<random>.com address. The "from" is just a 10 digit string of numbers and is different every time.
    3) Into email using my iCloud (@me) account from a <phonenumber>.<random>.com address. The "from" is just a 10 digit string of numbers and is different every time.
    4) Just like a normal MMS text message.

    Does anyone know why his phone is doing this? It drives me nuts.

    SMS always works just fine.
    Your assumption is wrong that his phone is causing this behaviour.  MMS is an optional standard in mobile communication. It is the telecom operator equipment that decides how a message will be delivered.  Depending on the location of your friend this might be different equipment with different behaviour.   This is by the way one of the reason why MMS is not really a big success.    

    There is a new world wide telecom standard that most probably will replace SMS/MMS.   RCS (Rich Communication Service) is already endorsed by more than 60 telecom operators. It is supported in Android, and it is also available on some features phones (still very important in Africa).  Whether Apple will enhance iMessage with RCS is still an open question.  RCS should solve the issues you mentioned.
    muthuk_vanalingamphilboogiedysamoria

  • ARM processor for Macs coming in 2020 or 2021, Apple car in 2023 says Ming-Chi Kuo

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    JWSC said:
    If Apple does move to A Series on the Mac, loss of virtualization becomes a real concern for the 3-5% of Mac users who need it.  Could Apple offer a Pro model with a dual CPU configuration?  Probably.  But it would greatly complicate the MacOS needed to run such a thing.  Would such an OS be worth Apple’s time and effort to maintain?  Not at all sure about that.
    Where is the 3-5% figure coming from?  Your estimated guess??   My estimated guess is that it is at least 30%.

    I am the owner of a software development company and in case I can no longer buy an Intel based Mac, the share of Macs in the company will drop from 50% to a single machine.  A Mac that cannot run Windows or Linux in a virtual machine is a useless Mac for my company
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Google complying with EC ruling by charging Android vendors for Play Store, Google apps

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    Rayz2016 said:

    But the other reason they’ll lose is because the EU is both the judge and jury, which in my layperson’s opinion, is bloody ridiculous. 
    This is of course incorrect.  It is the European Commission in Brussels that detects if Google has violated he EU competition rules and decides for a penalty.  It is the European Court in Luxembourg that decides on the appeal.  It is bloody ridiculous that ignorant people always assume they know the absolute truth
    muthuk_vanalingam