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nllarsen said:

The Lightning connector has 8 pins, but the image in the tweet only has 7 solder points. How does that work?

It’s a custom adaptation that likely doesn’t require the use of pin 5 / power.

gregoriusm said:

“Shazam's 2018 profit was $34.5 million, less than 2017's $44.8 million, but boasted a profit of $158.4 million and reversed $19.4 million in losses the year prior.“

Am I missing something?

Glad it’s not just me confused with this statement.

Trying to clarify the general display types vs. confusion from the article and responses:

LCD Panel, 3 major types of backlighting 
- FL backlight (old tech)
- LED backlight (current tech)
- Mini LED backlight (newer current tech, increases number of backlight zones)

OLED, no backlight required (current tech)

Micro LED, also no backlight required (next gen tech)

fastasleep said:

Weird. Why not lower tier iPhones or iPads and spend half as much?

Perhaps they bought them for something like $400 each in that kind of quantity, as they certainly did not pay $749 each ... assuming usd conversion from pounds ... and thus they have a first rate device that their crews can easily use (big screen) for a longer term (latest spec internals).

Can someone please send Tim, Phil and Jony an Atari 400 to type with?