Metriacanthosaurus

HAHAHA. I knew it. Of course they did not update the low end iPad with a compelling offering. Nope. Just invented a new price point to gouge people even more.

When the hell are we going to get a product that lets you record to local NAS?

Damn these companies and their cloud subscriptions for every little thing. I don’t want to pay them to store my doorbell videos, and I don’t want them to have access to that footage period. I swear the only reason they even make these products at all is to try and sell the cloud storage. 

Who ever asked for a foldable smartphone? What an utterly ridiculous gimmick. I'm sure Apple is keeping up with it from an R&D standpoint to make sure they don't get left behind on the off chance it became a major hit...but it's not, and it won't.

The very idea of bending the display is inseparable in my mind from permanent damage. So that alone is a hard road to climb. None of the form factors that are even possible with this idea are appealing as a usable canvas, so the real estate argument is out.

This is right up there with the "3D" display gimmick from a few years ago, and the curved displays that no one wants. Samsung is still pretending anyone cares about curved edges on screens, because they misunderstood their industrial espionage prior to the iPhone 6 release.

It’s always the same story. Our puny minds can’t comprehend the expenses Apple has. Well, every company has expenses that are not materials cost. Is that really the customer’s burden to bear? I think what customers want is for some of that past R&D to start to amortize, and result in stable product lines. This unpredictable continuous rise in prices for no compelling reason has everyone concerned. 

Meanwhile, our puny minds can comprehend the balance sheet, and profit is obscene. The same old story doesn’t fly. 

Dont get get me wrong I think it’s perfectly fine for Apple to have a wide line of iPhone, but they’ve pushed the envelope on what a flagship model can cost and they’re not doing anything they weren’t doing 5 years ago when a flagship iPhone was $650. 

Oh dear god.

Apple, please get that first party wireless charging case out asap. The third party market for this has been horrific. I've 3 of the top recommended solutions and they are all garbage. Now seeing this one...oof. This a coffin that desperately needs to be nailed shut, permanently.