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  • New iPad Air & iPad Pro models are coming soon - what to expect

    nubusnubus
    AppleInsider said:

    The bigger screen may also be quite expensive for consumers too, as a change in size has always been accompanied by a price increase. It'll be cheaper than the Pro equivalent, but probably not as much as people want. 

    MBA M2 15" did push down the price of the MBA 13". I do hope Apple will repeat this and lower the cost of Air.
    Price could go further down if Apple decided to use an A-series chip instead of M-series.

    As for USB C... AirPods Max and iPhone SE are both due for upgrades. If WWDC is the time for AI then perhaps more products will see updates now?
    williamlondon

  • The history -- and triumph -- of Arm and Apple Silicon

    nubusnubus
    y2an said:
    Strange how this article spends no thought on the GPU design yet this is where the real computational horsepower and efficiency has shifted. Nothing runs as hot as an NVIDIA graphics card yet the M series GPUs sip power.
    Sipping power is nice. Delivering results... even better. Nvidia launched their desktop series in 2022 and it is still faster than any M-series chip on the desktop.

    The real problem is how Apple decided to entomb the Mac to deliver performance from Apple Silicon. The performance comes at the cost of an Apple Tax on memory and storage. These computers are fast, stupid, and costly. I do hope Apple will make devices upgradeable. We will probably never get the keyboard from the Pismo back or be allowed to swap network tech again, but Apple should design beyond glue.
    williamlondon

  • Apple's FineWoven case and Apple Watch band lineup may have been cut short

    nubusnubus
    Found a research paper on it. FineWoven is 100% petrol based, and the abrasion test (as measured in Martindale) is a disaster.
    The longevity of the Apple series 14 leather cover is at least 100x higher making FineWoven a terrible product for customers and the planet. 
    https://unic.it/storage/iPhone15ProMax_FineWoven_VS_LEATHER.pdf

    The concept isn't even original. In 2020 Samsung created covers from used plastic bottles. Quality is on the level of leather. Samsung asked the fabric experts at Kvadrat to design and deliver the upcycled material. Would be nice to see Apple work with experts and test. FineWoven should never have shipped.
    VictorMortimerwonkothesanebaconstanggatorguyelijahgdewme40domi

  • EU's antitrust head is ignoring Spotify's dominance and wants to punish Apple instead

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    nubus said:
    The surcharge isn't 30%. Apple is taking 30% making the Apple Tax / surcharge 43%. 
    Spotify only used IAP on the App Store for two years. Please refer to Spotify's timetoplayfair web site for the facts. They've never allowed customers to pay via the App Store the other thirteen years. 
    How does your comment relate to calculating surcharges? To modify... it is a 43% surcharge on app prices / a 30% tax on developers.
    gatorguywilliamlondon

  • EU's antitrust head is ignoring Spotify's dominance and wants to punish Apple instead

    nubusnubus
    The surcharge isn't 30%. Apple is taking 30% making the Apple Tax / surcharge 43%. 
    VictorMortimer