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jmulchino said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

"You reap what you sew.

Sew what?

pgpappas said:

My wife and I had the same issue. She had a slightly higher credit score and makes more money than I do.  I received 10K in credit. She only got 7500. All other aspects of our financial information are the same. The only possible explanation is gender based discrimination.

Yeah well, I just paid off my car loan and my credit score dropped 30 points. Must be because the credit bureaus realized I'm a male. That is the only possible explanation.

apple ][ said:

Hilarious how much mansplaining is flowing in this thread.

I’d be surprised to learn if the team at Apple working on this wasn’t over-represented with men, or at least women who haven’t had to worry about credit approval.

So yeah, I completely stand by my original charge: @AppleCard is a sexist program.

Mansplaining (I wonder who invented *that* word; I'd be surprised… (CAUTION: You are in the no-fact zone); …a sexist program (I bet you say this a few times a day and are a really happy person).

seanj said:

I hold Apple to a higher standard. Do you know why? Because the Apple of 2007-2012 actually cared about that standard. 

Looking at the Apple leadership team at https://www.apple.com/uk/leadership/
and I think they are missing a role; Senior VP of Quality.
Ideally a perfectionist like Steve who regardless of the financial cost to the company will slap down and say “no” to any VP wanting to release hardware/ software/ service that fails to meet Steve’s standards of quality and industry leading perfection. The standards that made Apple unique.

Ultimately, Tim Cook is to be held accountable for Apple's fall from excellence. Mr. Cook is busy worrying about share price, public expectations, media rants, and SJW causes.
As for Apple's VPs, they should be held accountable for making sure their personnel understand the Apple ecosystem and how the new product or service fits within it. A hands-on VP should never see a preliminary (much less a final) design that does not logically and aesthetically integrate with other Apple products.
Mr. Cook has spent years scrambling to come up with the next big thing, while the loyal user stumbles along with poor Cloud services, indecipherable photo management, woefully inept customer support, and on and on.

Overall good review, well presented. I would like to see you take advantage of the video aspect of the review and demonstrate switching output from phone to speaker and back – and maybe some touch controls and voice commands. Also, no mention of build quality. From the closeups, the Ikea grid looked uneven and cheesy. In real life, maybe not – you tell us.