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MplsP said:

I never said there wasn't a need. I just said that there is not a need for 5G on a mobile phone in the next 2-3 years. 

And when Verizon (or any other company) says '5G available in xx cities,' they do not mean the entire city, much less the surrounding area. They mean that some part of the city has a patch of 1st gen 5G available. Claiming that 'the majority of the US has access to 5G' is just plain misleading and wrong, 

Again, you seem to be incredibly fixated on your need for 5G. Just what do you plan on using it for?

Pretty sure the only need for it is to bang on Apple for not having it soon enough. 

netrox said:

it makes ARM Apple Macs inevitable.

Intel has reportedly already said (privately, not publicly) it expects Apple to use their own ARM processors starting as soon as next year. 

Regarding a 2021 rollout of Apple’s baseband chip, it’s certainly possible if they started back in 2014 as rumored. But if the project only recently began in earnest, I don’t think 2021 is even remotely accurate. It’s a very heavy lift, and I don’t doubt there could be 2,000 engineers dedicated to making it happen. But it’s not a two year development timeline, even for the extremely competent Apple silicon group. Of course I could be wrong, those folks have surprised me more than once!

blastdoor said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

Fatman said:

Can anyone confirm if the internal SSD can be user upgraded with a 1TB or 2TB Samsung drive?

The internal Fusion drive uses a SATA connector, so it seems so, if you're adventurous. We're not sure yet if you buy with SSD.

Sadly, I'm not adventurous when it comes to warranty-violating cracking open of iMacs. 

I guess the good news is that TB3 is super fast, so you can actually get really great external storage. The downside of the external storage option, of course, is desk clutter which is kind of antithetical to the iMac design. Sigh... tradeoffs. 

In the US (and other countries) opening a computer and upgrading memory (or other reason) does not violate the warranty. You can do the work yourself, have a mom and pop shop do it, take it to an Apple authorized repair facility or have Apple themselves do it. Of course if you damage something during the process, the warranty will not cover any necessary repairs. In fact it might even be unrepairable.

For instance, if the cost of repairs exceeds the purchase price of the computer, Apple won’t authorize the repair even if you’re willing to pay for it (mainly because they don’t want to have to do any further warranty repairs on a computer that’s been “totaled”). Linus tech tips found this out first hand. 

Note however that Apple can require that you remove third-party upgrades before they’ll do any warranty work on your machine. For a couple reasons; the problem you’re having might be caused by the upgrade, and also they don’t want to be responsible for keeping track of your parts. 

smaffei said:

The fact that this opinion piece exists means that the fanboy base is worried. 

They should be.

Fans—be they boys, girls, men, women or other preferred descriptor—have absolutely no need to worry. The concern trolls have that covered. Paid or not, they’re on the job!

Right smaffei?  

leavingthebigg said:

Of all the lawyers in Silicon Valley, Arjuna Siva somehow gets legal counseling from a lawyer who previously worked at the law firm that is currently working with Qualcomm. That lawyer advised Arjuna to not answer questions from Apple and Arjuna is following the advise. 

My suspicious mind has me thinking Arjuna Siva be added to a watch list for financial transactions that are not consistent with past transactions, expedited green card activity, a job change from Google, the start of his own business that could have influenced his sudden decision to lawyer up and to not answer questions from Apple. 

Or QC bought him off. Occam’s razor.