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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaque

    muthuk_vanalingammuthuk_vanalingam
    It’s absolutely pathetic. Cook is acquiescing to power, with gifts and million dollar bribes. 
    Nice to see you on the other side of the fence, for a change. But people who are usually critical of Apple would be fairly lenient on Apple's CEO on this occasion. Apple's CEO is in a very difficult situation (stuck between a rock and a hard place). Whatever he does, he is/will be in a lose-lose situation for another 3.5 years. Nobody would want to be in his shoes right now.
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  • iPhone 17 import tariffs may cost Apple more than expected, as Trump threatens India

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    avon b7 said:
    Did something get mangled in the first paragraph?

    India selling oil to Russia? 

    With the beginning of sanctions against Russia, India quickly became a key customer of Russian oil. That hasn't changed.

    But India selling oil to Russia?

    Is there something I'm missing? 

    Trump might not like the situation but in terms of sanctions support, countries representing over 80% of the world's population have decided to ignore them. 
    Trump said that India was selling oil to Russia. That's all I've got. That's the basis behind the threat.
    I think the AppleInsider author mixed up the sentences on this occasion. I don't think Trump mentioned India was selling oil to Russia. He mentioned that India is selling Russian oil in open market (basically to other countries for a profit after buying it from Russia). And that is what the linked article says as well.

    I have read the same in multiple news websites here in India. There is no mention of Trump saying "India selling oil to Russia" as reason for sanctions. And the media here picks up such misquotes/mistakes pretty quickly and it would be all over the place if it had happened.
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  • iOS 18.6 arrives with a Photos improvement and bug fixes

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    M68000 said:
    mpantone said:
    At last it looks like I'll finally be upgrading from iOS 17 to iOS 18 in the next few days. Same with migrating from iPadOS 17 to iPadOS 18 as well as macOS Sonoma to macOS Sequoia.

    As usual I will wait until at least June 2026 to install iOS 26/iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe.
    Totally up to you. But I have no idea what you are waiting for. 
    He has mentioned this in multiple posts earlier - Stability of the OS.
    williamlondonchia

  • Oppo Find N5 foldable phone review: Apple's now on notice

    muthuk_vanalingammuthuk_vanalingam
    Nice to AppeInsider covering one of the best foldable phones in the Android world, from Chinese OEMs. There are other equally good foldable phones from other Android OEMs (Huawei, Honor, Vivo) as well, all of them from China. Samsung is WAY behind in terms of technology (definitely not in display, but other key areas such as Design, Thickness, Weight, Battery Capacity, Crease visibility etc). And people in USA get to see only that, which is a shame.
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  • iPhone Fold will dominate the market despite 2026 arrival

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    charlesn said:
    AppleZulu said:
    A folding iPhone isn't going to happen. There are nonsensical red flags all over the prognostications on this concept. As noted here, the release date is always just around the corner. The original predictions would've had it out three years ago. Now the latest have it out a year or more from now, but with the same folding screen Samsung already has already developed. So this means we're supposed to believe that Apple has taken an extra five years to create a folding phone that is literally no different or better than the competition. 

    Apple is famously late to the party with new products, but it's because they've taken time to reimagine the whole idea and produce something that has intrinsic usefulness that's lacking in the existing competition, which is always satisfied with the novel, regardless of actual utility. The iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods all reimagined existing concepts. These things didn't just replace mp3 players, smart phones, tablets, smart watches and wireless ear buds. They re-defined those categories. In doing so, Apple did better than being first to release something by instead becoming the first that anyone thinks of.

    Showing up five years late with an Apple-branded folding Samsung phone that breaks no new ground doesn't do any of that. Why would anyone believe that this is something Apple is actually going to do?
    All well-stated. But... there is the China piece to this, as Gurman mentioned, and that does make some sense. It's Apple's second largest market and the top handset makers there are releasing some truly killer, cutting edge high-end folding phones. Huawei is already making a tri-fold phone. These phones put the Samsung and Google offerings to shame and I think it creates a perception problem for the Apple brand in terms of iPhone seeming less premium, more 2nd tier, because it's not even competing with the most premium, tech laden Chinese phones. That said, an Apple folding phone with "me, too" hardware about equal to Samsung isn't going to help with that perception. And I honestly don't know if the benefits of "the Apple ecosystem" and its seamless integration of various Apple products means as much in China as it does in the U.S. 
    Well said. Absolutely spot on with your observations on foldable phones from Chinese OEMs. And people in US do not get a chance to see them. People in US get to see only half baked attempts from Samsung and evaluate the idea based on that. Apple will do much better than that.

    Slightly off-topic - You are well informed about what is happening in Android world on the foldables. Which is why I find it strange that you are not aware of batttery technology improvements that are already available in Android phones for last 2-3 years. The rumors about iPhone Air having lower battery life than current small sized iPhones are complete non-sense. Apple would adopt the Silicon Carbon batteries in the upcoming iPhones and iPhone Air would definitely have a pretty good battery life, even with a thin profile. Samsung and Google are still stuck with older batteries which is why their phones have average/terrible battery life. That is not the case with Android phones from Chinese OEMs for the last 2-3 years. And Apple will adopt those batteries in this year, making 2-day battery life normal for iPhones going forward.
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