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  • iPhone 12 Pro Max among Consumer Reports' best smartphones of 2021

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    22july2013 said:
    The one time I called Consumer Reports for service, which was to cancel my subscription, an operator answered on the first ring, and was able to cancel my subscription instantly when I gave them my subscription number. I have never experienced faster or better service in my life. They didn't even pressure me to change my mind. I have more respect for that company than I do for Apple.
    Based on just one experience! I think your sample size is a little biased in you decision 
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  • Apple's $1000 AR headset expected in 2022, 'Apple Glass' in 2025, contact lenses in 2030

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    darkvader said:
    The “prediction” is for contact lenses to be released within 20 years, which is the same as saying “if the technology existed,” which it doesn’t. 

    And we have no idea if it's even possible.  It would require transparent circuits, normally transparent/sometimes opaque and lit display, and probably a transparent wireless power antenna.  That would all have to be less than a millimeter thick, and flexible. It would have to accommodate corrective lenses for users who wear contacts for vision correction, or it would have to handle vision correction itself.  Oh, and it would have to be completely non-toxic and oxygen permeable.

    Maybe in a hundred years. 
    The difficulties you express are valid but I wanted to point out that being positioned next to the eye reduces the problem of circuits being an obstacle to vision.  Just have a look at a diagram of the eye and see what the brain overcomes already. I believe the actual timeframe for this tech is closer than we think. Apple is the one to achieve this. 
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  • WhatsApp to require Face ID and Touch ID when syncing to Mac app

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    Tidbits had an article about Signal Being a good replacement https://signal.org/

    I think I’ll give it a try to replace WhatsApp and Messenger for my cross platform usage. My family tends to use messenger because you can sent photos without a carrier photo text fee. In NZ the Carrier’s  exclude photo texts from your free text allocation  while giving us free data in our plan. 
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  • Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from all at AppleInsider

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    Merry Christmas to All, and happy New Year
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  • VP Lisa Jackson hopes Apple's sustainability, environmental leadership will inspire others...

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    dysamoria said:

    Stop doing this! All of you, stop acting like “most of the features work, most of the time” is impressive or remarkable. Execution and reliability is what matters, not 
    Well it is remarkable. This is not general programming but machine learning. That any machine can guess which device you intend to access is nothing short of amazing. Even your better half standing next to you could not get that correct every time and she/he knows you fairly well 😊
    ronn