Herbivore2

Apple is taking control now of the GPU. It is a very substantial development.  

Intel can offer the ability to integrate the modem into the SIP/SOC. The integration of the modem is important for the watch given the space constraints and power requirements. It is not nearly as critical for the iPhone and iPad. 

It would seem inevitable that Intel will build the SIP for the watch. The watch will likely cannibalize the iPhone. I know that I would get rid of the phone all together if the watch came with a cellular radio and I am able to tether the iPad to the watch for calls and data. 

I am far less convinced that Intel will get the business for the iPad. The iPad is built primarily for mobile performance. TSMC is ahead of Intel with better yields, and lower cost. 

Interesting times are ahead.  

I remain convinced that the watch is the next disruptive technology. And Apple moving to control all of the technologies involved. 

Apple is now going to own its own GPU. A nice development. 

gilly33 said:

Herbivore2 said:

Too late. Chrome deleted and for good. No plans to reinstall it ever. Firefox, Safari and iCab are my primary browsers. Besides on mobile, I rarely fire up the browser any more. Nearly everything I do is on various apps. 

Too late for Google to redeem themselves now.  

How is Firefox on Macs? Was thinking about it just the other day and deleting Chrome myself. 

I am rather fond of the browser. I haven't found any incompatibilities and it runs nicely without hogging all of my system resources. 

I don't run flash, however. If a site demands flash, I just go elsewhere. So I can't say how Firefox handles flash. But otherwise a very good browser. So good that I won't be going back to Chrome. 

Too late. Chrome deleted and for good. No plans to reinstall it ever. Firefox, Safari and iCab are my primary browsers. Besides on mobile, I rarely fire up the browser any more. Nearly everything I do is on various apps. 

Too late for Google to redeem themselves now.  

Why is this even posted here. Most iPhone users could care less about Google maps. I haven't used any Google product in over 2 years and don't plan on using them at all ever. 

More important than GPU, is the infrastructure and services where all the information is processed, and Apple clearly lack in both.

You are going to have to back that one up. Apple is building out their own server farms. The real question on my mind is whether Apple is using Intel's Xeons or perhaps waiting on an ARM solution which would be more elegant in meeting Apple's specific needs and likely more efficient. The only service in which Apple does not compete in yet is search. Siri is based on Bing. But so is Alexa and Alexa works quite well maps is rapidly improving. And the most important search queries are being lost to Google as the public moves to mobile devices for most of their computing. Amazon's app is where much of the shopping starts, not on Google search. And the most important demographic, prime members finish their shopping there. Amazon is not sharing that data with Google. And it is far more valuable than search these days from an advertising perspective. I can't stand the Chrome browser. I don't use it at all. It has been deleted from all of my computers and computing devices. Duck duck go is my default search engine. And Google's messages are interesting when I follow a duck duck go link to a YouTube video. They disapprove of my search engine choice. Apple still has the far more valuable data and effectively walling off Google from it. Amazon is doing the same. Google has the data they collected in the past from iOS and Amazon users. They need to act on it quickly because they are losing more and more access to those populations. I am going to add the Amazon Fire to my iPad. It now comes with Alexa. The Echo is an outstanding device. And it ties into the Amazon marketplace. Google has no access to that data and Amazon does. And if anyone thinks AI can function in a vacuum without data, they had better think again. Because my Amazon product searches are far better than ones I make on Google. Amazon knows me far better. And the suggestions are far more "thoughtful" than Google results. It's definitely noticeable to me. And don't think it isn't lost to the CEOs of Amazon and Google. Google has a new threat to worry about also. Verizon just purchased Yahoo. Does anyone really think that Verizon, the largest network carrier won't be using Yahoo for default search? This is a desperation move for Google and likely the reason the device was released in the Verizon network. It still won't sell. The Samsung Exynos processor is better than the snapdragon 821 and Samsung phones are better overall. Google services are getting locked out. That trend will continue to accelerate. Samsung now has Viv, Verizon has Yahoo, the most lucrative shopping demographic is moving to apps, Apple is rapidly upgrading maps, Facebook has a billion users and sights on Google's advertising. This is the only play that Google has. They are playing their poker hand the best they can. It is actually a pretty weak hand. Most of the public care about the quality of pictures, not how well Google assistant works. Apple's position is still far stronger than Google. And there are things happening that could still propel MSFT in the mobile OS space. What gets me is how Google tries to take on ALL of the tech titans at once. Apple with the Pixel and Android. Facebook with Google+ and now Oculus with their own VR, Samsung with the Pixel, Amazon's Echo with Google Home, Internet explorer with Chrome and now they are going after Yelp also. Does the leadership at Google not know that all of these companies are now targeting them specifically? Only Microsoft decided to go after Google with Bing. None of the others did. They picked on the wrong guy with Bezos. He will finish the task that Steve Jobs started. Google still doesn't realize that iOS users aren't going to purchase the pixel just to get Google assistant. Most of the public cares about buying things as inexpensively as they can. Some care about convenience and quality. Amazon has captured many of them with Prime and Apple with iOS. Google assistant won't help much to capture those users. And Google is now using HTC to build their phones. If Samsung is having difficulties competing at the high end, the HYC device is going to get slaughtered.