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  • Five years of Apple Silicon: How Apple continues to revolutionize chips

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    StrangeDays said:
    nubus said:
    Did the change make increase the marketshare for the Mac? All the "it is fast" and "it uses less energy" are nice but did it really change anything?
     Market share is not the correct question. Apple leads the profit-share in the PC market, which is quantifiably more valuable. 
    Market share can be the correct question. It indicates the value consumers see in products. The market share for Mac was 8.7% in 2020 and still is. Clearly Apple Silicon didn't boost Mac sales. With no growth in sales there won't be increased sales of services or Apple Care or keyboards/monitors. At best Apple Silicon allowed Mac to stand still.

    Do we even know that Apple Silicon improved profits? Intel Lunar Lake is using a similar on-chip RAM but Intel rejected it from future chips due to impact on margins.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Why iPhone mirroring and Mac Live Activities aren't coming to the EU

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    rob53 said:
    Happy that Apple has started to challenge the corrupt EU. Apple is an American company that sells worldwide but I don't see any reason why Apple needs to include all their software for every country.
    In what way related to this does it indicate EU as being corrupt? EU countries are consistently being rated as the least corrupt globally (and the happiest as well) with US close to #30.

    As for suggesting Apple to only play home ground games... how will that ever work? US is less than a quarter of global GDP. The world is mainly away games. You don't win unless you send your best. Even when the playing field is metricated.
    avon b7williamlondon602warrenalbertop9watto_cobra

  • iPhone Fold mass production now expected to start in summer 2026

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    Grizzmick said:
    I can’t see apple producing such a niche product which nobody has been able to make profitable unless they have found a way to make a foldable screen that doesn’t look crap. 
    The iPhone range is in need of a flagship and something screaming "we innovate". You can't increase the display size by much and the Pro is already loaded with buttons. It has to be something spectacular. Make it flip, fold, roll... anything not being a candy bar.

    Apple could also decide to go retro and offer "iPhone icon". A statement phone. We have seen this work very well with cars in Europe. 

    These would be halo products and benefit the entire range. People might still buy the candy bar, but they would talk about that other phone.
    williamlondonmacgui

  • Apple redirects 97% of Indian-made iPhones to the US to lessen tariffs

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    Oliver#65 said:
    But will the Quality be there for apple Products being made in India ???
    What is even driving this concern?
    Facts are. Financial Times did a report (paywall) but part of it is here:
    williamlondondanox

  • If you were underwhelmed by WWDC 2025, you're not alone

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    randominternetperson said:
    No offense, but are you a developer?  It's a developer conference where developers are introduced to new capabilities introduced in the new OSes.

    You can't judge a conference by its keynote.
    The WWDC Keynote isn't for developers. It started with a TV+ show and had fitness sessions. It also had an absurd number of "product people" showing their diversity by all being "thrilled" to stand in a virtual wasteland speaking the same marketing lingo. None of them would survive 2 minutes in a Standup with developers.

    As for the developer part... Xcode to include ChatGPT. Apple is at least 5 years behind MS and CoPilot. There simply is no Apple AI in Xcode for 2025/26. Somehow there are clients and more clients but no cloud or servers or partnership with cloud providers to tie things together. Cook is the king of iterations but the world is moving at pace.

    s.metcalfwilliamlondonStrangeDaysdanoxtrainMan83