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  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

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    bushman4 said:
    Apples biggest problem is not the 25% tariff it’s the fact that they’ve fallen behind on AI , Foldable iPhone etc. 
    People will pay for technology that’s state of the art with all the bells and whistles. Apple has to catch up on AI or buy a company and integrate it into Apples AI
    also Apple glasses everybody’s waiting let’s go

    In point of fact, foldable phones are a pretty neat product (I've played with one), but the fact that they retail for around $2K has not done much for sales.

    You don't see them in the wild outside some of the richer Asian nations, and they are certainly not a mass-market item even several years after introduction, to say nothing of the poor durability of them.
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  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

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    blitz1 said:
    In less than a week, Apple has proved to be extremely vulnerable. 

    Its supply chain is under attack by tariff's.
    Its flagship product is under attack by its former star employee.
    Its AI is nowhere to be found.

    Apple is under enormous pressure and let's see how M. Cook can address it. 
    Very likely the same way he has addressed Apple's many and varied previous challenges. It's not like such problems are new ... indeed Cook must be experiencing a lot of deja vu since he last had to deal with Chump eight years ago.

    Cook's not new at this. You might recall he was COO before he became CEO. That's why Apple's logistics are so incredibly good.

    The biggest problem Apple -- and the world -- faces right now is a delusional senile old man and his enablers in Congress who seriously believes you can build a world-class iPhone manufacturing plant and the attendant logistical infrastructure (because iPhones are clearly made in ONE plant, right?) as fast as you can, let's say, bankrupt a casino.
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  • Inside Pages for Mac -- how to get the most out of Apple's best writing tool

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    For non-complex documents, I prefer Pages as a page layout tool over InDesign and QuarkXpress. I need to take a deeper dive into Affinity Publisher, but it seems to be a worthy competitor as well.

    There is much beauty and pleasure in a well-presented document, both from the creator's and the reader's viewpoint.
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  • Trump is too busy for his own tariff negotiations, so will dictate terms instead

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    charlesn said:
    While this certainly sounds like something Trump would do, what is the source for this story? This should be big news but I'm seeing nothing about it on CNBC, WSJ, Bloomberg or any other business news site. 
    Reading the article will help you find the source. Those blue words are links. Here's the specific link from the AI article to the Bloomberg report you apparently missed:

    Trump says
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  • Trump is too busy for his own tariff negotiations, so will dictate terms instead

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    Putting aside any political opinions on the current President, he does objectively seem to be more erratic and unclear since the last time he was in office. This is having a dramatic effect on the US economy and international relations. Even his usual allies seem concerned and confused by his king-like edicts and general behaviour.
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