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  • iPhone is the only reason the US smartphone market has recovered

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    rax_mark said:
    Wow, the states really likes iPhones. 

    If I were Google, I would realise that the US market is already lost and focus on other demographics. However, since the world is moving to premium and Android has a budget and cheap tag to it, I don't think that those markets will remain Android majority for a long time.

    Regardless, I think many Android OEMs will likely pull out of the states if things continue for them like this. 

    The US is already the least competitive market for phones in the world, the situation will only get worse.
    I see plenty of android phones where i work and when i go out places and i live in the US. 
    williamlondon

  • Apple Vision Pro review roundup: an experience that weighs on you

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    designr said:

    Consensus about Apple Vision Pro is mostly unanimous, with everyone interested in the prospect of spatial computing but unable to pin down what the killer app might be. 

    Read on AppleInsider

    Who is this "everyone" you speak of. And WTF is "spatial computing"?!

    This is silly. Apple invented a new term. Okay. The product implementing this so-called "spatial computing" is barely out the door and yet "everyone is interested in the prospect" of it. LOL

    Okay. Sure. Or maybe not.
    Yeah, at the moment it’s more like “facial computing”.       All kidding aside,  the reviews from real customers should be in soon and should be interesting.  Even if the reviews are great, i still have to wonder what use the device is beyond being an interesting toy.  Why would anybody want to put up with wearing goggles daily for many hours instead of using a laptop or desktop?
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • iPhone 16 won't be compelling and Apple will get hurt because of it, says Kuo

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    royboy said:
    Most people don’t buy or not buy a cellphone based gloom & doom reports.  Most buy a cellphone when they need a new cellphone.  So gloom & doom reports be damned!
    Correct. Also, most people do not know who “Ming-Chi Kuo” is. 
    williamlondon

  • Jony Ive wanted to combine MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines

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    pulseimages said:
    Ive wanted everything to be as thin as possible and that’s why the iPod Touch battery was so limited. 
    Well, your mileage may vary.  I have a ipod nano, the last generation they made and  i’m pleased with the battery.  Great device too,  hard to believe this kind of device may be gone and not made sgain by Apple.
    watto_cobra

  • Jony Ive wanted to combine MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lines

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    mrstep said:
    charlesn said:
    mrstep said:
    True on sustained performance, but the odd thing is that there's been almost no weight difference ("Air"?) for years when it was 2.8lbs vs 3lbs. Apparently the solution was to make the Pro start at 14" and 3.5 lbs, I'd still love to see a true Air show up at the 2 lb mark again. ߤ禺wj;♂️ 
    Thank you for pointing out that the Air stopped being "airy" long ago, with almost no weight difference vs MBP until the latest MBPs put on weight.

    Sadly, the second iteration of a "true Air" has come and gone: it was the Macbook 12" Retina. 2 pounds of pure joy. Not only was it my primary work computer for five years, but it was the choice of pretty much every top level exec at the top ten cable channel where I was employed. Sure, our video editors weren't using it, but the idea that you couldn't get "real work done" on the MBA 12" was just ridiculous. My current MBA M2 feels unwieldy and like an anchor compared to the super compact and lightweight MB 12" Retina. I keep hoping they resurrect it with Apple Silicon, but I doubt that will happen. 
    Yes, the 11” Air was fantastic, and the MacBook 12” was the ultimate expression of that form factor - a laptop you could take along without having think about the size and weight and with a great screen and enough power to get real work done.  Bliss for portable function. 

    I used Xcode and did some 3D modeling on it (and had a Mac Pro at my desk for the heavy lifting) - and that 12” form factor with Apple Silicon would give more power than the older Mac Pro towers in a 2lb package - good enough for almost anyone on the road.

    I keep hoping too.

    (Edit to add: I think people who didn’t have one of the lightweight machines may think it’s not that much of a difference.  The 11” Air was the first machine that made me think “this is what a laptop was meant to be!” Transformative.)
    I remember a road warrior who had the 12 inch in gold.  I thought it was such a cool looking thing to use.  Unfortunately,  i doubt we’ll see sich a size again, especially if the bigger screen macbooks outsell the smaller 13.3 size.  Apple wants sales volume and would probably consider larger sizes way before they would do smaller if the larger sizes sell more units. We see the same trend in phones,  people rather use 2 hands now on these ever bigger phones.  It’s as though screen size, mostly for videos, as well as battery now override all other considerations.
    watto_cobra