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India thinks it knows more than Apple or Google about smartphone security
Pre-installed apps is a non-issue as far as iOS is concerned. If you get a chance to play around with a brand new Android smartphone from any Chinese OEM (sold in India particularly, not sure if this is allowed by EU), then you would understand the seriousness of this problem in Android phones sold in India. And the worst part is - those apps cannot be uninstalled or even force stopped. They will continue to run in the background forever and do as they please.Dooofus said:All jokes aside, being able to completely remove those of Apple's apps I don't want or need would be a big plus.
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India thinks it knows more than Apple or Google about smartphone security
This seems to be the only sensible post in this thread. Other posters in this thread seem to be clueless. They are not aware of the amount of bloatware (Apps that cannot be uninstalled, or even cannot be force stopped and would run in background forever) that is pre-loaded in Android smartphones from Chinese OEMs (various BBK, Xiaomi brand phones) and the actual risk posed to the users of those devices.mknelson said:I read the article and see it as a sensible response to the bloatware that manufacturers and Cell Carriers put on Android devices.
Nothing to do with Apple directly. Best to make the rules generic so they can't be accused of singling anyone out.
Other posters in this thread - Please note that I am not a fan of the current Indian government and their politics/policies. But please try to understand the subject before posting about it.
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Apple continues to evolve the hinge it may use on a folding iPhone
If you closely follow the foldable form factor Android phones, you would understand that the technology has come a long long way, compared to even 4 years ago. In 2017, if anyone had said that - there would be 10+ foldable form factor phones launched in 2022 as prediction, they would have been laughed at and ridiculed beyond limits. Yet, here we are, with more and more foldable form factor phones being launched by various OEMs (Samsung, BBK subsidiaries, Xiaomi, Huawei and Motorola). Prices are also coming down. So significant progress has been made in the last 4 years in reality which cannot be ignored.Xed said:
I feel like "two more years", which is the same as saying "it's almost here", has been said for many years now. it's like waiting for jet packs to be commonplace like in 1950s Popular Science magazines. It's Godot Futurism at its finest.muthuk_vanalingam said:
A rather short-sighted view, imho. Foldable phones have already become good-enough for mainstream adoption from a durability perspective. Only price is a showstopper as of now. As time passes, the prices would come down as well. Just wait for 2 more years - foldables will become mainstream.sunman42 said:I have to compliment Apple on committing the resources that go into patents like this for the sole purpose of convincing Samsung to throw yet more millions down the rat hole of folding smartphones, a segment that will never be profitable.
Can you detail the scenario in which you would get a folding phone? I can't see a personal need for one and I don't think most people will want that. What I can envision is a use of the same, bendable OLED display tech that's that allow for a large variety of contoured surfaces, like the dashboard of a automobile, and eventually a scrolling display so one can have a large display when needed but have it to out of the way when not needed. I think they used something like that in the movie Mission to Mars.
And I disagree about durability. The displays can't too close together or they risk breaking the OLED display if something minute is caught between them when closing, and as far as I know they can't use any of Corning's alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass-based Gorilla Glass products which means it's back to the soft plastics that were everywhere pre-iPhone, which makes it easier to damage the OLED substrate.
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Apple continues to evolve the hinge it may use on a folding iPhone
Because - Larger is better, when it comes to display. It is that simple. Larger the viewable/usable display area in a smartphone/phablet/tablet - better it's usability in variety of scenarios. Which is why smartphone display sizes have grown, grown and grown in the last 10 years. Samsung was the first to figure this out and others (including Apple) followed suit. But with the non-folded form factor, it cannot grow beyond a point - pocketability becomes an issue, which is why phone display sizes have not breached 7" diagonal.omasou said:muthuk_vanalingam said:
A rather short-sighted view, imho. Foldable phones have already become good-enough for mainstream adoption from a durability perspective. Only price is a showstopper as of now. As time passes, the prices would come down as well. Just wait for 2 more years - foldables will become mainstream.sunman42 said:I have to compliment Apple on committing the resources that go into patents like this for the sole purpose of convincing Samsung to throw yet more millions down the rat hole of folding smartphones, a segment that will never be profitable.
Why?
But the appetite for larger display is not going to go away anytime soon. So the next logical step in evolution of smartphones is - foldable form factor. It is not rocket science as Apple hardcore fans in this forum make it out to be. Just because Apple has not launched a foldable phone yet - does NOT mean that it is not useful or practical. It is only a matter of time that Apple will launch a foldable phone (once they are ready). -
Apple continues to evolve the hinge it may use on a folding iPhone
A rather short-sighted view, imho. Foldable phones have already become good-enough for mainstream adoption from a durability perspective. Only price is a showstopper as of now. As time passes, the prices would come down as well. Just wait for 2 more years - foldables will become mainstream.sunman42 said:I have to compliment Apple on committing the resources that go into patents like this for the sole purpose of convincing Samsung to throw yet more millions down the rat hole of folding smartphones, a segment that will never be profitable.
