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  • Apple enforces new COVID-19 safety protocols, offers testing as employees return to Apple ...

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    beowulfschmidt said:
    fred1 said:
    I hope they never test me for the virus. I know almost nothing about so I’d fail for sure!  When I had a blood test I only got an O- .    :D
    On the plus side, every other person on the planet can copy from your test. 🤣
    You're like me, B+ (be positive...) :smiley: 
    fred1

  • Analyst demands $250 Apple Watch -- but there already is one

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    I'm glad he's available to save Apple from Apple.
    watto_cobra

  • Tech investor urges Apple CEO Tim Cook to publicly voice company values amid protests

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    If Tim has to publicly state that not one Apple employee thinks that George Floyd’s murder was warranted, then this guy has bigger problems.  I do know one thing:  Protesters <> Rioters
    jony0

  • 'iPhone 12' predicted to ship without EarPods, will boost AirPods sales

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    wattouk said:
    I'd welcome this as long as they leave a lightening to aux adapter. I get a new iPhone every year and have countless pairs of untouched EarPods in my drawers. Most people have a pair of aux headphones lying around but this would help push people towards AirPods which will push up sales even more. 
    This gets us down a strange road with no lightning port, should they do that.  Would they put a charging puck in the box, so we can charge it, or does it come "some assembly (of a pieces to get to use this thing) required".
    Other bits of hope that they keep the lightning port are:
    • Some people like wired headphones
    • It's a bad "out of box" experience to tell people, "OK, now you have to buy this to make it work" when it didn't previously.  In this example, an Apple TV is immediately understood that you need a TV to be useful, however having a >$25 phone without a way to charge it goes to strange places.  I just spent $1699 on a phone, and they want another $99 for a way to use this after 5 hours, and I now have to buy a new car stereo, and I have to buy wireless headphones, so this phone purchase is now $2300 with AppleCare and tax.
    • 99% of the CarPlay stereos will need to be replaced to use
    • Charging inconvenience, especially in cars.  Plus, I can carry a charge cord and charge cube in my pants conveniently, but the charge pucks, not so much.
    • Charging efficiency and speed:.29W via wire >> 7W via wireless
    This is not to say that I don't like the pucks.  It's just that they're not the most convenient in all circumstances.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's $500M agreement to settle iPhone throttling controversy gets preliminary approval

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    viclauyyc said:
    Shocking, the lawyer get more money than the “victim”. How is that even possible in a moral world.
    Makes me want to go to law school, and only take 29%.
    watto_cobra