mmatz

Well, this whole thing really made me angry.  Then the lightbulb came on and I bought some more shares yesterday.
In the meantime, I’m really enjoying my new iPhone X.

wemclaughlins said:

What was the point of this article? AI: I like your site, I use your app often, but I’m “just not that into you” ...not enough for me to want to read articles about how pretty and wonderful you are. Stick to the facts, not the sympathy requests. And the fact remains that the iPhone X is underselling. Doomed for failure? No, but too expensive and too ugly? Consumer spending is saying “yes”. There’s your story, sans pity.

Well, you and I have different perspectives on this. Mine is that it’s one of the better articles I’ve read in quite awhile.

Why? Because even though it’s about the reported life cycle of a simple luxury item, it does a pretty good job of illustrating one of the major challenges facing us as a society today: the frequently inept and sometimes malicious handling of information by those we rely upon for providing information.

From tech to politics, what the author describes and comments on is all too common.  And destructive on a number of levels.
Information is now disseminated in orders of magnitude of volume and speed greater than we’ve evolved to process it. And because of this critical thinking is arguably more important now than in the past.  So I’m pleased whenever I see an example of someone in the media (or anywhere, for that matter) thinking critically.

I don’t mind at all the author’s laying out the process by which AI does its job.  Doing so actually helped me appreciate this site a bit more.

Folio said:

Geez... Not another must own. While I've been buying Apple gear since the 90s, never have I binged like this past year (iMac, iPadPro, iPhoneX, Series 3 Cellular). 

Lady says I'm responsible for 1 point of Apple stock price.

As a stockholder, I thank you 

I have the Series 3, non-cellular version.  Losing the ability to control my music library from the Watch was the only downside of the new model, but it was a big one.  Looking forward to again being able use the Watch to control music in my vehicle, since doing so is much easier (and safer) than using my particular vehicle’s built-in controls.

Having had a Series 0 AW from the start (well, after it finally shipped!), I treated myself to a Series 3 AW, but without LTE. I am quite happy with the improved performance.  Maybe at some point in the future I’ll go for LTE, but at present that feature doesn’t add sufficient value for me.
Not surprised that Apple is crushing this product category.  Even with its minor (to me) shortcomings, it is an amazing bit of tech.