jimh2

Back up to iCloud and erase your phone before getting to the airport and then restore when you have left the airport. Repeat on your way home. 

The type of deal Apple has is none of our concern. They have a business model for their chip buying and we are purchasing phone, tablets and computers with chips. All we care about are performance, quality and price.

I'd equate to the person buying a new car with a sticker price of $40K. The negotiate to $36K and get $10K for the trade. They also could have felt good about themselves if they paid $38K, but got $12K for the trade. The dealer does not care how the numbers work so long as they get what they need.

mayfly said:

Of course the iPhone 15 will have USB-C! So will the next AirPods. In fact, the Apple Watch 7 and up chargers already have a USB-C connector. Why wouldn't they save millions of dollars dropping that proprietary lightning connector on just one device?

Because it is a better connector and they get a fee for certification on every cable sold. 

beowulfschmidt said:

Words are inadequate to express my bewilderment.

If you are unfamiliar with the high end audio world then the price of this product is a shock, but what you do not know is the high end audio world has no problem paying insane dollars chasing perfect sound. Interconnects and speaker wire costing thousands of dollars, supports for holding speaker wire above the floor, amongst a ton of snake oil. There is no question that as you move up the cost chain there are improvements but they diminish fairly quickly when you move much above $10K. The improvements are there, but most would not care. The craziest waste of money I have seen is a network switch being sold as an "audiophile" switch. It is a relabeled cheap switch that is sold for more than $500. You have to go to an audio forum to see how insane the claims are. 

"[But the] engineering and depth of engineering in it is mind blowing, you've got more than a 4k experience in each eye," he continued. "And of course, it doesn't come for free."

For reference the human eye has an approximate resolution of 32K.