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  • Apple will frame iPhone 15 USB-C switch as a consumer win

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    eightzero said:
    I delayed an upgrade to iphone 14 when it became clear some time ago usbc was coming to the 15. My ipad is usbc, my mba is usbc, my mac mini and hp monitor is usbc. Whats not to like?

    i did note that a car rental in europe inclded a model with a usbc port only. No usba, so keep those adapters. And any cable, any electronic hardware for that matter are all destined to be ewaste. I have many 110v cords cables plugs that have been in use for decades, but at some point they do become not only unusable, but dangerous. See eg tube and post wiring and worse in houses. What is needed is ecomically vable efficint recycling methods. I also have a drawer of adb cords and dongles.

    i rented a car this holiday weekend , and was exposed to wireless carplay. Rather than an iphone 15, maybe i should get that dongle, since carplay is really what i want a wired connection for. But...alas, my iphone Xr is having the usual and expected battery degrade. And replacing just that is $59 but yeesh...rhink of the ewaste it causes...
    Batteries are incredibly easy to recycle and it's a very efficient process for the most part. The biggest problem is actually getting the batteries to the recycling centres: EU Report AU CSIRO
    tht said:
    designr said:
    Out of (genuine) curiosity, does anyone have a source (link) that estimates how much, let's say in total cubic footage, waste there would be if, for example, every single Lightning cable in the world was thrown away?

    This is a serious question. There are many claims of waste. I'm curious if there are any estimates of how many cubic feet of waste it might be.
    No source, but you can do the math. A Lightning cable is a 1 meter long cord with about 0.003 meter diameter. That’s 7E-6 m3. Over a year, Apple sells about 200m iPhones for about 1413 m3, or a cube that is 11.2 m per side. Or a cube 40 ft per side. 

    The claims of reducing e-waste for standardization on USBC obviously didn’t make sense. There is much much bigger waste to deal with.

    The best reason to standardize on USBC is to make using rechargeable battery powered devices easy to charge. Over time, you can get a charge anywhere as everyone will use USBC. 

    Saving e-waste? Nope. All the standardization is doing replacing Lightning cable “e-waste” with USBC cable e-waste. Only way e-waste is saved is if OEMs stop putting cables in the box. When that happens, yes, e-waste will be saved. Not much, but it will be saved. Whether that happens is an interesting question. 

    The best way to save on e-waste is to force OEMs to take back their devices and have them recycled, be audited, otherwise they can’t sell the device. 

    Some more waste statistics for the EU. Interesting reading; the headline is that on average across the EU, Construction & Demolition causes the most waste at 37.5%, then Mining & Quarrying at 23.4%, followed by Waste/Water at 10.8%, Manufacturing at 10.6% and Households at 9.4%. Oh, and Finland generates ~21 tonnes of waste per year per capita and it mostly goes to landfill (how they achieve that I don't know, given the size of the country - maybe they fire it across the border into Russia).
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  • Apple arguing iMessage isn't big enough to be EU gatekeeper service

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    If nothing else, future historians will have a fascinating study of the effect these regulations have on the global economy and the EU's performance relative to other states. Perhaps a useful comparison will be to the personal happiness of the citizenry.
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  • Businesses increasing Apple hardware buys because of longevity & reliability

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    AppleInsider said:

    Apple's ecosystem viewed very positively by those who have to manage enterprise networks.

    Given that about a third of the respondents were C-level types who aren't involved in the hands-on work of maintaining these networks, I'm not sure you can draw that conclusion. Apple's fleet management tools have historically been weaker than those on the Windows side of the fence, especially when it comes to regulatory compliance, and over the years there have been many voices urging Apple to improve this aspect (John C Welch springs to mind).

    That said, it's heartening to see larger enterprises recognising (finally!) the benefits of Apple devices throughout the workplace rather than being limited to specific departments like marketing or graphic design. Maybe IBM's touting of their results started a few people thinking.
    williamlondonwatto_cobraAlex1Njony0

  • Vision Pro to ship with 1TB storage

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    tht said:
    Hopefully it is 24 GB of RAM.
    RAM is power-hungry (relative to other components) which is why the iPhone has always shipped with less RAM than most people expected. I'd be surprised if that approach changes for the AVP. I would guess the plan is for anything that requires relatively large amounts of RAM or processing power to be handed off to a Mac.
    watto_cobrawilliamlondon

  • Sky launches MacBook purchase plan for UK customers

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    Another acceptable abbreviation is GBP
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