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  • Apple's manufacturing efforts in India are slowly reducing reliance on China

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    Good. Diversifying the supply chain more can’t happen fast enough. At the very least it should improve stability. 
    danielchowdarkvaderwatto_cobra

  • Unique 'Lucky you' sealed original iPhone is up for auction

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    gmac said:
    darking007 said:
    gmac said:
    Trying to figure out the box contents.  Looks like headphones on the left, dock cable at the bottom, usb charger in the middle. What's that in the middle right side of the box?
    I was wondering the same. Find an old unboxing video. I believe it’s a docking stand in the middle, AC adapter on the middle right. Think larger 12v size like an old iPad charger with folding prongs, so they look recessed here. 
    Yeah you're right. Didn't realize they came with docks back then.  Found a pic of the contents:


    I still have my first iPhone, its dock and the 30-pin charging cable with the built-in slot for charging the Apple Bluetooth headset. The dock has a jack for audio out built into it so we could plug into a stereo and play music from the iPhone. Good times!
    Japheywatto_cobra

  • Google's Magic Eraser photo tool is coming to iPhone

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    How well does this tool work? I’ve used some ML tools for image editing that do a mostly decent job but sometimes a very poor job. For instance, in the example photo this article uses I would potentially see some sand smeared up into the surf where people used to be. I find these features are nowhere near as good as how they are portrayed. 


    Additionally, Google One members can get free shipping on orders from the print store in the United States, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom starting today.
    I’m very disappointed that Apple discontinued their print services directly inside Photos. We used that all the time. The replacements I’ve used (Mimeo and Motif) are OK, but clunky and more limited. 
    aaplfanboyravnorodomAlex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Future Apple Watch band could change color based on what you wear

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    DAalseth said:
    That might justify Apple’s price for their bands. 
    I worked with a guy who would only buy knock-off bands for his Apple Watch. He couldn’t justify paying $49 when he could pick one up for $5 or $10. One time he was expressing his disappointment in a knock-off of a Nike Sport Band because in under a month the outer color was wearing off to reveal the “highlight” inner color in little spots all over the place, mostly where the band would run against itself. It was black and red and looked pretty bad. No matter! He threw it away and bought another, but different colors, “I don’t care, it’s only $10!” 

    Though it took a bit longer the same thing started happening with the next band. Replaced!! “I don’t care, it’s only $10!” 

    Other times the material would get tears around the areas more prevalent to wear, like the oval hole where one end of the band would go through the other. Discard, replace, “I don’t care, it’s only $10!”

    This continued as long as I worked with him. Shortly before I left that job I purchased a Nike Sport Band in two tones of blue. I’ve worn it almost exclusively every day since I got it, with the exception of times when I swap it out for my Space Black Link Bracelet, which isn’t particularly often. That was in May of 2017. I’m coming up on 6 years of using the same band. It shows no signs of wear. Perhaps the colors have faded but I can’t tell. 

    I have no doubt that that guy has spent more replacing his cheap bands than I spent on just one that lasts. 

    Yup, Apple’s bands cost more, much more, and I’d bet the markup is huge. For me, I’d rather pay more and have them last than spend my money ion something that won’t. I find value in that. To each their own, obviously there’s a market for junk bands, I just don’t want to participate in it. 

    Back on topic, this seems like a cool idea. We see a lot of cool patents from Apple around bands but so far haven’t seen anything change (other than colors and styles). I hope we get to see some of these innovations sometime soon. 
    lkruppAnilu_777CluntBaby92

  • Apple working on how to read back iMessages in the sender's voice

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    mike1 said:
    Not sure. Might be OK for close contacts like my wife or kids. In reality, those would likely be the only people I would have a voice sample from anyway.
    If I’m reading the article correctly the iPhone of the person who sent you the message would also send a voice profile of the sender’s voice. Your iPhone would then read back the message in the sender’s voice using the profile that was sent along. You wouldn’t have to provide the voice sample to hear a message in your wife’s voice, her phone would do it automatically. Same goes for that new plumber you just hired, you’d never need to have met but if they sent a text it could be read in their voice.
    lolliver