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  • Questionable Vietnamese leak claims 'iPhone 7' will ditch Space Gray color, record 60fps 4K video

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    I wonder if the video would have a Setting allowing the user to select frame-rate?  Could I set the frame-rate back to 30 fps in order not to double my storage consumption?
    Well, you can do that today for 1080p, so of course it would be an opiton for 4k. 

    But quite honestly, why wouldnt you solve the problem of 'not enough storage' instead of settling for worse quality video? Maybe I just dont understand this thinking. To me the solution to this problem is not "dial down the quality of the video I'm taking"..., its "buy a phone with a enough storage".
    lolliver

  • Apple 'AirPods' to target high end of headphone market with custom 'Bluetooth-like' low-power tech

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    Inetersting. Very much like Apple to rethink the wireless connection itself since Bluetooth is so generic and probably not ideal for this product. 
    palomine1983doozydozenjony0lolliver

  • Questionable Vietnamese leak claims 'iPhone 7' will ditch Space Gray color, record 60fps 4K video

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    thewhitefalcon said:
    Why is this questionable? It seems consistent with other leaks, and 4Kp60 is perfectly reasonable. 
    Agreed. Perhaps the source itself is questionable, but 4k@60fps, something no other smartphone is doing, sounds exactly like something Apple wants to achieve (considering they've gone from from 1080p@30, to 1080p@60, to 4k@30 in successive years.)

    mike1 said:
    By what I've gathered looking at wait times for new products, Space Gray seems to be the most popular finish. So, I can't see them dropping a dark finish completely. I do hope that there is a dark alternative, with a black front, besides a high-gloss piano finish. It can be a matte black, dark gray or even the nice midnight blue that was floating around in photos. Personally, I think high-gloss finish is rather tacky. But then again, once in a leather case, who cares.
    Space Grey is the only model with black glass on the front. I believe people buy this model for this reason. Whether the aluminum back is light grey, dark grey, or matte black, i dont think matters. Im just glad that this model will exist alongside the Piano Black, so as to spread the load of black orders. 
    lolliver

  • Genius Bar doesn't hire retired Apple engineer, fires up age discrimination debate

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    SpamSandwich said:
    "Hi, I used to be a highly paid engineer at Apple and now I want to work at your store as a Genius making close to minimum wage."

    Anyone see something wrong with that picture?
    Why not. An ex colleague at my work place decided after a nervous breakdown to work at a community centre. He went from (in usd) 400k to 20k per annum. Sometimes people want out of the rat race but still want to be active in something they love.
    At any rate, my unpopular position is that any business should be free to apply any hiring qualifications they want to get their ideal candidate. No one is guaranteed a job, nor should they assume they are the ideal candidate. They are merely an applicant.
    Damn right. The very idea that companies need to follow laws on who they hire is just a joke. Just socialism wrapped in the blanket of "fairness".

    Do you know one of the things Obama wanted to do, and failed, was Wage Insurance? This crackhead actually wanted the government to subsidize a wage level for a person, if they lose a higher paying job, and need to accept a lowering paying job.

    SpamSandwichtallest skil

  • Genius Bar doesn't hire retired Apple engineer, fires up age discrimination debate

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    asdasd said:
    TurboPGT said:
    The logical fallacy is that "years" = "qualification" in a lot of these age discrimination cases. When they claim they were passed over for someone less qualified, they often cite "year of experience" and assume that must somehow make them more qualified.

    Maybe they gave a worse interview than the younger alternative?

    Or maybe the company just wants to hire people who are looking to WORK and not someone looking for a paycheck to coast on til retirement.

    Private companies need to be left the hell alone to do as they please. Why anyone would want to start a business in the US anymore is beyond me. Just not worth it. 
    Your second to last paragraph reveals your own ageism.  In this case the guy would know vastly more about the insides of the OS than anybody else at his interview. 

    Over qualification (or thinking this guy might leave) would be a more likely reason for over looking him. 
    You're damn right it does. And there is nothing wrong with that. Why should a company hire somebody that is just looking for a paycheck to hold them over for 4-5 years until social secuirty kicks in, as opposed to a younger person that actually has a future with the company?

    "ageism" sounds like smart business.
    SpamSandwich