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I'm disappointed with the HomePod. It's barely a foot in the water and completely ignored home theatre enthusiasts.

wood1208 said:

Plenty lightening cables around so it's all good if 2019 iPhone stays with Lightening port. But in future if Apple going to move iPhone to USB-C than sooner is better. I don't see another physical port standard on horizon unless everyone move to Wirless for charging and Data/music transfer.

I don't see any reason ever to move the iPhone to USB-C. Wireless charging is the next standard Apple will likely move to, and drop the exposed port concept from their phones entirely. They've steadily been moving to seal it up completely. For the optional need to make a physical connection for a very small portion of Apple's iPhone base, something like the SmartConnector is likely the way to go. For most customers, wireless will suffice to meet all of their needs, and encourage use of Apple's Cloud services -- which after all is a stated goal of their transition away from hardware focused profits. 

Wireless phones and self doing cars ain’t gonna happen Tim needs to blow out the competition with some battery breakthroughs then we’ll cut that wire for good not before

Administration cleared it for sale, making the smartwatch the first consumer device to do so without requiring medical review.”

 Alivecore has the Kardia ECG that works very well and was approved by medical review. I imagine if one was truly concerned about their heart they would go with this device that is far more accurate, vastly less expensive, integrated with real-time medical review by doctors, or transmitted to you own. Even comes with a clip to fit to your smartphone. https://www.alivecor.com
They also support the iwatch.

 The watch probably isn’t accurate enough to pass medical review - thus the legal tie-up in other countries, not so much for the feature, but the ‘marketing’ aspect of it being a medical device. Neither are as good as an 8 point lead at a hospital - but can indicate something isn’t right with rhythm.

What a load of nonsense, per usual. 

- I don't see why the Alivecore portable finger-based ECG would be any more accurate. What is your evidence?
- its $100, not "vastly less expensive"
- it also costs $10/mo for unlimited cloud storage of results
- but it's also a single-purpose device, and requires carrying around, making it less useful than an ECG already in your daily watch
- yes, the Apple Watch ECG is accurate enough to "pass medical review"
- you can transmit your Apple Watch ECG to your doctor
- there is no such thing as an iwatch. 

...you could at least try, you know.