henrybay

Instead of prioritising the repairs, Apple should be prioritising the complete redesign of these atrociously bad keyboards. 

The main factor now driving Apple profitability is the software (iOS, MacOS), not the hardware. 

Apple’s hardware is being destroyed by a ‘design extremism’ that prioritises thinness and minimalism over functionality. This results in faulty keyboards, lack of ports and the removal of much loved features Ike Touch ID and MagSafe cables. 

Jony Ives has much to answer for in this respect. But Tim Cook won’t challenge him because he is basically a supply chain management guy, and feels out of his depth when it comes to design aesthetics and functionality. 

If Steve Jobs we’re alive today he would tell Ives, ‘I don’t care how elegantly thin the new MacBook is, if the keyboard doesn’t work it’s trash! And stop removing stuff from our products that people really like - like ports, and TouchID. We’re not creating art here, we’re trying to make products that folks love to use and can rely on! If this means they have to be a little thicker - make them thicker, God dam it!’ 

If Jobs was in a particularly bad mood, he might add, ‘Look Jony, you’ve had a good run here at Apple, but all this adulation and success has gone to your head. You’ve become a design extremist, and our products are suffering for it. If you don’t prioritise functionality over thinness it’s time for you to move on.’ 

usersinceos1 said:

henrybay said:

...I don’t trust Face ID because it bombards my retinas with infrared laser dots (which can’t be healthy)....


...Also, edge to edge screens are just another gimmick - like those frameless reading glasses in the early 90’s.,,,

Then, I presume you also stay indoors and only use fluorescent lighting.  After all, the sun and other types of indoor lighting also supply lots of IR radiation, probably much more than the "infrared laser dots" emitted by Face ID..

The point of the edge-to-edge screen is that it provides more screen real estate in a smaller external package.  An SE-sized overall size iPhone with an edge-to-edge screen would have more screen area than the current SE.

I would not be so sure about the safety of IR lasers. There are dozens of scientific articles pointing out the dangers of these types of lasers (even at low power). It’s true that there is ambient IR light all around us but this is quite different to shining a concentrated laser beam of IR directly into your retina and cornea. Here is a useful link. 

https://blink.ucsd.edu/safety/radiation/lasers/effects.html

I hope this rumour is true. I don’t trust Face ID because it bombards my retinas with infrared laser dots (which can’t be healthy).  I much prefer the good old fashioned home button on my iPhone 8. It feels good to touch, is super quick and helps me orientate my phone - even in the dark or when it’s in my pocket.  

Also, edge to edge screens are just another gimmick - like those frameless reading glasses in the early 90’s. A well designed frame can accentuate the content of a screen, like it does on the iPhone 8 (without silly notches and curved corners). Indeed the iPhone 8 has a perfectly adequate screen size at 4.7 inches and it’s overall proportions are great. 

There is absolutely no point in releasing a new MacBook Pro, unless Apple gets rid of their atrocious butterfly keyboards.

It's not rocket science Apple. Just revert to the older style (non-butterfly) keyboards that were...

1. Universally loved
2. Pleasant to use (because they had a decent amount of key travel)
3. Reliable
4. Worked

Please don't inflict a '4th generation' butterfly keyboard on us. To do so would be cruel, unjust and just plain dumb!