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  • iPhone Fold rumors and renders: What to expect after years of leaks and speculation

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    avon b7 said:
    Apple is beginning to have an 'image' problem in China in terms of technology.

    Chinese brands have a complete suite of options that cover a very broad scope (truly smart homes, smart cars, folding phones of all kinds, folding tablets/PCs plus and endless list of wearables and home appliances etc). 

    In the ultra-premium folding phone segment, it is not improbable that Apple is losing some top end customers who have the disposable income to be able to buy them. 

    By not being able to offer a folding option Apple isn't in the game. The same can be said of the car situation and in wearables Apple has long had problems competing against what is available from Chinese brands. In battery life alone, if you only want to charge once a week, Apple is not an option. 

    In that sense alone, an Apple folding phone offering would help a lot. 

    iPhones are regularly discounted via  Chinese Apple authorised retailers (and have been for a few years now). 

    All this without taking into account geopolitical issues which are undoubtedly spurring on sales of Chinese brands. On one side through patriotism towards China Champions and on the other through reluctance to buy American. 

    Samsung may also be looking to step in on that last point as its rumoured tri-fold phone will only be released in China at first. 

    Foldable phones are 3% of the Chinese market. Apple isn’t going to panic over a novelty that gets 3% of the market. 
    Xed

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque

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    randominternetperson said:
    abujazar said:
    Cook is not only selling his soul to Trump with blatant corruption, he's also undermining the political system and contributing to turning the US into a banana republic.
    Because of a photo op and a plaque? What a weak political system we have if that undermines it. 

    But you’re right about what Generalisimo Trump is doing. 
    Because it’s just one more capitulation in a long series of capitulations to corruptly assumed authority. Everyone is exhausted and just allowing things that should be challenged to go unchallenged. Where does it end? What happens when more financial threats are attached to demands for user data, including things like location, communications, or women’s menstrual cycles? None of that is at all far fetched at this point, so where’s the line today, and where will it be in two weeks?
    spheric

  • iPhone Fold rumors and renders: What to expect after years of leaks and speculation

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    Since you can’t prove a negative, I imagine that after a folding iPad comes out, the rumors of a folding iPhone just beyond the horizon will continue here unabated.
    macgui

  • Made-in-America iPhone not happening anytime soon & Trump seems okay with that

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    Let's not forget that Trump also got owned by his own bumbling sons with their recent introduction of a Made In America Trump phone. There is an enormous capacity for cognitive dissonance within the MAGA crowd, but Don Jr. and Eric made it really hard for their father to continue demanding that Apple immediately start making iPhones in the US. 

    One can imagine all that came into play during private conversations before this announcement, where Cook tried to keep from throwing up a little as he massaged Trump's ego by referring to him as a "fellow smartphone maker," who also knows the struggle of trying to do that kind of manufacturing in the US. Trump's brain no doubt flooded with endorphins as he soaked in enough of Cook's description of their "shared challenges" to regurgitate that word salad made of some of the same ingredients. 

    One can also imagine that Cook wanted a strong drink and a long shower with a a steel-wool loofah after the visit, but he probably saved his company a lot of money, at least for a while. 
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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque

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    NYC362 said:
    NickoTT said:
    It’s comical.
    Tim Cook just needs to do what he needs to do to distract our pea brained president, regardless of where the money goes and what for. Trump is like a child. You have to give him candy so he'll sit still and shut the f#ck up.
    You hit the nail on the head.   A little golden trophy is perfect for him.

    Oh... AppleInsider, I really doubt that base is solid 24K gold.  First, it would weigh an absolute ton. Second, 24K gold is pretty much never used for anything big, it's too soft.  Third, my guess is that it is 24k gold leaf (that's what it looks like),   Even Olympic Gold Metals aren't all gold.. of any karat.  


    The plaque was of course -by law- a gift to the American people. Don’t be surprised, however, when, like the “free” 747 we are about to pay $1bn to retrofit, it ends up going into Trump’s personal collection. 
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