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  • iPhone SE 4 -- All the rumors about Apple's next budget-friendly device

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    tobian said:
    I so love the convenience of TouchID on my SE3, superior to FaceID, I would say. Sad to see fingerprint sensor ditched on iPhones :(
    Yeah,  why can’t we get an iPhone with under screen Touch ID?  Android phones have had that for years it seems.  Not everyone is keen to keep having their face scanned and hopefully there is no long term harm to the eyes.
    williamlondonneoncat

  • 25 years of Apple's innovation with iPod

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    My iPod nano broke and I would buy another one if they were available.  Instead,  looks like I have to consider some non Apple product. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple will be on the hunt for two new board members soon

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    chasm said:
    red oak said:
    Apple Senior Execs and the Board of Directors have become like the US government - too old and too out of touch  

    75 for a Board seat in the world of Tech?   Good grief.   Lower that to 65 or 70 immediately.   What possibly could this Board be contributing?   How could they possibly assess if Apple’s AI plans are off track? 
    You really, really, really, really, REALLY don't have a clue what a corporate board does.

    Hint: they don't run the company. At all. That's for the CEO and SVPs and other executive roles.

    Corporate boards, at least when they're anything like Apple's, are concerned with ensuring the long-term stability and philosophy/mission of the company. They are there to offer advice and guidance to the executive, and to ensure that the company continues to operate ethically (or at least legally).

    As mentioned in the article, Levinson is himself a current CEO for an Alphabet company. Sugar is a board member on some of the largest US companies in a variety of industries. These guys make more money in a day than you (or I) will in our entire working life.

    They are not tech geniuses, nor is that what they are there for. They are there because they know how the system works, and can bring multi-generational experience to how to deal with the ups and downs of the market, and the ebb and flow of government regulation. They may be old people, but they wouldn't be there if they were ready for the old folks' home.

    And I'd take Art Levinson or Ron Sugar over the current occupant of the White House any day of the week, and I don't mean that as any sort of partisan statement. Board members are about stability, not chaos.
    From my experience at the company I work for - the “board” has been made up of people who have no experience in the industry my company is involved in.  It’s both laughable and sad.  Moreover,  it’s more likely these people know a lot of financial terms but have not done any real work for many years, if at all.
    Bart Y

  • Apple's 2025 iPhone 17 Slim may be the first big redesign in years

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    tht said:
    Well, the wait for metalens continues. That's the hope for getting rid of camera bumps. Love the slimness, but the back cams are basically warts that we have to tolerate.

    Was thinking they could employ 4 small 12MP back cams that sit flush, and computationally combine them into 1 image. Like, take the 12MP front cams that they already use from the iPad Pro.
    But, the camera “bumps” give the phone character instead of an equal slab on the back. 
    watto_cobraneoncat

  • Apple won't return TikTok to the App Store until it's sold to a U.S. buyer

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    This sounds like good news.  But,  I could not care
    less about using “tik tok”.
    williamlondon