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andrewj5790 said:

Guess what. Many many many many users will also not use an alternate App Store or non apple in app payments. I wouldn’t. The cache of trust apple has built with users has real value. 

I agree with you regarding the payment system.  I'm not interested in using a different payment system.  However, I wouldn't be opposed to a competing App Store.  I wouldn't use it for most things, but Apple has at times over stepped their bounds with regard to pulling apps, etc.   Pulling apps due to security concerns is perfectly fine.  Pulling apps effectively due to political bias is another.  Restricting what type of content these apps can have is also a bit much.  

DAalseth said:

I’m looking forward to seeing the Geekbench scores for the new models. 

Are you really expecting something substantially different from something like a MacBook Air?

cpf said:

A12 is slower for gaming than A10X.... are you sure it's not 12X?

While there may be some benchmarks that suggest what you are saying, in practice, the A12 is a more capable chips than the A10x.  Playing a demanding game like World of Tanks Blitz, I can tell you that my son's iPad with A12 is better in practice than my aging A10x iPad Pro. 

Apple's video indicated this was somehow a tremendous upgrade though.  That clearly is NOT true.  It's a very modest upgrade.  I was hoping for an A12x at the minimum.  However, when you think about it, the A12 is perfectly fine for a streaming box and modest Apple arcade style games.

I suppose the real disappointment comes from those of us who keep hoping for a gaming edition of the AppleTV.  Something with like an M1 in it would be great.  Of course, Apple would also have to commission a few A-list games to make it appealing.  There have been rumors that Apple has been working on two versions of the Apple TV and one of them to be focused on gaming with an A14/M1 variant in it.  Let's hope there is something exciting announced this fall.

gatorguy said:

Weirdly, that's the one thing that the researcher claims Android does not collect while Apple does. 
"Leith found iOS shares information relating to IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number, phone number, device IDs including UDID and ad ID, location, telemetry, cookies, local IP address and nearby Wi-Fi Mac addresses.
Android sends similar data, adding device Wi-Fi MAC address but not tapping a handset's location, local IP address and nearby Wi-Fi Mac addresses."

I have news for you.  If Google has "local IP address and nearby Wi-Fi Mac address, they have your location as well.  Much of the information they need can be derived from other sources of information.

DAalseth said:

lkrupp said:

Well, Intel can’t even do 7nm yet so how do they expect to get to 5nm in order to make chips forApple?

LOL My first reaction when I heard that Intel was interested in making Apple’s chips was “But who wants a 14nm M2?”

Exactly!   **IF** (and that's a big "if"), Intel ever becomes competitive again with the manufacturing process, then I'm sure Apple would be happy to work with them again.  However, not only would Intel have to catch up to TSMC which is unlikely, but they'd also have to show some level of consistency with improvements before anyone would trust them again.  Maybe Apple would test the waters with low quantity chips like the M1, but I can't imagine they'd ever trust Intel at this point with iPhone chip production.  Intel has dropped the ball and missed their own forecasts so many times over the past 10 years that they have little manufacturing credibility at this point.