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  • Apple's 2019 iPhone lineup may mark the end of the Lightning connector

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    nht said:
    macxpress said:
    GG1 said:
    The Lightning cable is both elegant (mechanically and electrically symmetrical) and robust (thick "tongue"). USB-A is probably the worst connector, as it appears mechanically symmetrical but is not due to the offset tongue (it is not reversible). USB-C is symmetrical but still has that fragile tongue.

    If Apple do change the Lightning connector, I hope it is an iteration on it, and not a change to USB-C.



    You do know that USB-C can plug in either way right? Its no more fragile than the lightning connector. I actually think its stronger because it doesn't have something sticking out. This is how the Lightning Connector should have been IMO, rather than have something sticking out. 

    He said that USB-C was symmetrical in his post (now bolder).

    I prefer lighting over USB-C because the solid tongue does seem stronger than the hollow tongue on usb-c. Both has something “sticking out”.  I suspect that mechanically lighting suffers less from wear and abuse than the more complicated usb-c.
    I'm guessing that the Lightning tongue (on the plug end) is stronger than the USB-C tongue (in the receptacle end) just based on the beefier Lightning tongue. See USB-C receptacle end below.

    But in the real world, if you bump either cable really hard to cause something to break, what breaks first? Does the Lightning tongue break before the receptacle? Does the USB-C tongue break before the plug end? I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I would hope that in either case the plug end would be designed to break first so as to save the receptacle end (which is soldered in the PC/laptop/device), making the damage (much) cheaper. But I really don't know. Any ME's here to comment?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's 2019 iPhone lineup may mark the end of the Lightning connector

    GG1GG1
    The Lightning cable is both elegant (mechanically and electrically symmetrical) and robust (thick "tongue"). USB-A is probably the worst connector, as it appears mechanically symmetrical but is not due to the offset tongue (it is not reversible). USB-C is symmetrical but still has that fragile tongue.

    If Apple do change the Lightning connector, I hope it is an iteration on it, and not a change to USB-C.



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  • iOS 12 'doubles down' on performance for iPhone and iPad

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    Folio said:
    More seriously Apple disarmed many critics over these two plus hours. 1. Boosting performance of old even ancient devices shows concern for folks on tight budgets. Dang. Can’t call them greedy catering to elites. 2. They shrewdly appeased big shareholders in a way that’s probably a plus for Apple and a minus for Facebook in their solution to the addiction brouhaha by empowering users/ parents with quantitative monitoring and prompts. 3. They further distinguished themselves in privacy arena by making it difficult for surveillance shops like FB and Google to track machines by “fingerprint”. 
    +1. I really appreciate this move by Apple. It will promote customer loyalty in a way that Android can never touch. Of course, Wall Street will say this will put a dent in the supposed Super Cycle.

    I can easily keep my 6S a bit longer now, but a dual-SIM iPhone XI in the Fall will pull me away.

    Seriously, well done, Apple.


    watto_cobra

  • Qualcomm adopts cheaper licensing for 5G tech, hoping to appeal to Apple & others

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    Thanks to all for clarification.

    radarthekat said:

    And unfortunately, this olive branch by Qualcomm feels to me more like a Trojan horse.  If phone manufacturers accept the lowered pricing then they will have defacto accepted the pricing model Qualcomm has recently been taking heat over.  No doubt that’s part of their strategy here.  
    Exactly. The business practice continues as before with only adjusted fees. Time will tell if Apple accept it (my guess is they won't accept it).
    radarthekatjbdragon

  • Sprint and T-Mobile could reach merger deal by next week, report says

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    georgie01 said:
    I hope this doesn’t happen. There is nothing behind this merger that has the customer’s interest at heart. I like T-Mobile and I don’t like Sprint, and my service with T-Mobile is fine everywhere I go.
    My feelings exactly. T-Mobile is trending up, and Sprint is treading water.

    However, if John Legere were to command the merged company, that would be best case. Worst case is Softbank inserting someone else. (Or real worst case, we now see that dolt "Paul" from Sprint in T-Mobile commercials.)

    Hopefully, there is some spectrum that Sprint has (and has not exploited) that T-Mobile can use to increase coverage.


    cornchip