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  • Apple's Dan Riccio responds to bent iPad Pro reports, says device 'meets or exceeds' produ...

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    Typically when you machine/hog out aluminum from a single surface, you will get a potato chip when you pull the part from the machine (the stress locked in place by the calendar-rolling process in the mill is now released). To counter this, there’s typically a skim cut done on the opposite surface. I presume this 7000 series aluminum is all being machined in a tempered condition.

    Something is likely occurring down the line, and my guess would be this is limited to a small batch of units.

    If affected return to Apple, let them trace it back through the fabrication process to the source, if it hasn’t already been corrected. 
    tmayrandominternetpersonJFC_PAblurpbleepbloopGG1burnsideracerhomie3StrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • iPhone XS & iPhone XS Smart Battery case leaks out in Apple marketing document

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    MplsP said:
    CelTan said:
    One of the reasons my wife refused to give up to her 7 was that she lived the battery life with the battery case. Only when the 7 cracked was she reluctantly agreeing to a Xs. 
    Battery life for the naked phone is clearly better but still not as good as with case. 

    If this comes out we will be first in line to get one. 

    Please apple take my money. 


    Aren’t there other battery cases our there? The old case with the camel hump was such a fugly design I wouldn’t gone with it anyway.
    Beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. 
    racerhomie3

  • Apple remains in violation of Chinese court order after iPhone software update, Qualcomm s...

    dedgeckodedgecko
    Boy, it would be nice to know exactly what the patent infringement is. Talk about obfuscation... oy vey!!
    watto_cobra

  • Apple starts selling LumaForge video production servers to business customers

    dedgeckodedgecko
    Well that’s an interesting tangent. 
    randominternetperson

  • Macquarie slashes Apple stock target price from $222 to $188 over weakness in Services

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    zoetmb said:
    It's best to sit tight and ignore all this noise.

    Just wait until the next earnings report. It's only a month-and-a-half away.
    The problem is that the analysts never admit that they were wrong.   Instead, they double-down with something like, "Well Apple made their numbers this quarter, but they won't make them the next."

    It's amazing just how negative the analysts get on Apple considering Apple just had four record quarters and that Apple's fiscal 2018 net income is larger than their net sales from 2009.  Net Sales have more than doubled (from $108B to almost $266B) in just 8 years (since Jobs left) as has Net Income (from $25.9B in fiscal 2011 to $59.6B in fiscal 2018.)  Services alone would be a Fortune 500 company if spun off.  

    It's not that there aren't problem areas.   iPad sales were flat, Mac unit sales were down 5.4% and iPhone unit sales were up only 0.4% in fiscal 2018.   But Net Income was still up 23%.  If Apple wanted more unit sales, they could/should lower prices, but maybe they care more about the $ than about the units.  

    What Apple needs to do is to find "the next thing".   Maybe they thought it was going to be AppleTV or the smart speaker, but those obviously aren't it.   I still believe that 15-20 years out, Apple has to be a Robotics and AI company and get into home automation in a much bigger way with a total solution.  
    The next thing is wearables... and guess what, Apple already has them nailed down, with loads of room to grow. Oh, and you still need an iPhone for the best, secure experience they provide.  It doesn’t have to be the best iPhone, just a relatively recent one. 
    StrangeDaysneil anderson