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  • Apple finally accepts that 64GB is inadequate for iPhones and iPads

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    Xed said:
    You hear a lot more complaining about this on tech sites than in the real world. I'm using about 60 GB on a 128 GB iPhone which means 128 GB is ideal for my needs, but I know a lot of normal users who are doing just fine with 64 GB, especially on the iPad. These are people that only use it for basic consumption. You probably won't even find them keeping bookmarks in Safari in many cases.

    That said, I do think that 128 GB should be the minimum moving forward as iOS and iPadOS increase in size each year.
    True. iOS and iPadOS do a good job with memory management. With a phone, photos are often the big memory hog. The addition of ‘live photos’ several years ago meant you were storing a bunch of 2 second movies rather than still photos. That combined with ever-increasing camera resolutions eats up memory in a hurry. 
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  • Apple cut too much by removing MagSafe from the iPhone 16e

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    Hreb said:
    StandBy hasn't been lost because the iPhone 16e doesn't have MagSafe.  StandBy without the always-on display is pointless.  The magic of StandBy comes from the combination of MagSafe and always-on, and the 16e has neither.
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  • Apple ends its Qualcomm dependency with the new C1 modem chip

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    hexclock said:
    I seem to remember people saying Apple could never build a modem, or if they did it would be inferior. Well, they built one, and now time will tell if it holds up to Qualcomm modems. 
    I don’t think anyone said Apple couldn’t build a modem. The question was always whether they could build one that was competitive on cost and performance. 

    The C1 doesn’t have mm wave capability which has virtually no practical impact because virtually no one can use it. It does have an impact on perception, though since the stats look worse on paper. Ultimately, modem performance is dependent on chip design as well as the antenna and overall phone design (you have to make sure you’re not holding it wrong, right?) this makes true, accurate comparisons difficult but I’m interested to see the final installed performance comparison and hopeful Apple can break free of QC
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  • Government says DOJ subpoenaed Apple without authorization

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    Wow - Trump broke the law and used his lackeys to go after people he didn’t like. I’m shocked. Utterly shocked. 
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  • How Tim Cook gets Trump to help Apple

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    saarek said:
    It never ceases to amaze me that so many people would prefer Tim Cook to publicly shun Trump and refuse to work with him.

    Gruber over on Daring Fireball was practically soiling himself in rage over Tim Cook congratulating Trump.

    Just because Tim Cook is gay, people on the left seem to assume that he must be left leaning and woke to the core. They forget that he has plenty of centre right attributes that kind of matter in business. For all they know he might be a Republican voter!

    People just need to move on. It makes good business sense to deal with Trump, end of discussion.
    All of the complaints about Donnie are true, but Cook’s job as CEO is to do what’s best for Apple. In this case it means sucking up to a wannabe dictator. Fortunately for Tim it’s pretty easy - Kamala showed how easy it was to manipulate Trump in their debate. 
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