caladanian

I don’t want screens wrapped around the edges. My two cents to this point only. 

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Apple's bug bounty program and security fix disclosures are fundamentally incompatible with the company's insane corporate secrecy. Apple's secrecy is borne of the wrong idea that keeping everything secret will somehow allow it to out compete other companies. People don't buy Apple's products because they did or did not keep something secret. They buy Apple's products because they trust the company to make great products, to keep their private information private and to treat them with respect. If another company releases a phone with similar, even better features than an iPhone, people still buy iPhones because they simply like them more.

Apple's secrecy is really all about the pride of the top management. They like to walk out on stage and proudly announce their new product features to gasps of amazement and delight of their (virtual) audience. Instead they are just confirming the rumors and leaks from the past year. This bruises their precious egos so they take it out on their employees, contractors and third party manufacturers with crippling levels of secrecy which clearly does not work. In fact you could make a strong argument that all the secrecy makes it more likely that some disgruntled oppressed worker will spill the beans.

Here is the actual situation: Apple is well ahead of other companies on chip design and production. It is able to source most of its necessary silicon components and they are better than what the competition can produce. On the other hand, all other components of the iPhone are about the same or inferior to phones made by other companies. This includes the screen, camera and battery. The connector is now at least five or six years out of date compared to USB C. The screen has a notch at the top rather than a small hole or behind the screen cameras now starting to appear in some phones. The screen does not wrap around the edges of the phone as it does on Samsung and other phones. The camera does not have a massive zoom feature like the current Samsung phones which can photograph the mountains of the moon. None of these advantages or disadvantages have to do with secrecy.

Yes. I think so. 

22july2013 said:

Does this mean the Wallet works like an Apple Tag?