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  • Two new Apple Silicon MacBooks enter production in late 2021, report claims

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    dm3 said:
    pmc said:
    Oh give me a break. Vocal minority.

    I work in the field with users and I have asked nearly everyone with a touchbar laptop what they think of the touchbar. I’ve literally not once had a person say they use it. Not one time. 

    It’s a trash feature, nobody uses it. The lack of a physical escape key means tons of accidental escape uses. Yes I know there is one now. 

    It’s a worse than useless design and if it goes away I will purchase a football to spike. 
    Bull. Shit.  Also you realize that Apple has included both a physical escape key and a touch bar, right?  They aren't mutually exclusive.  So go back and ask "everyone" how often they use F1-F12.
    Touchbar is a remarkably bad design from a UX perspective. Mixed paradigms. The screen is where you're looking. The keyboard is where you don't have to look, can touch type, have feedback when you press a key. Having a row of keys on the keyboard as a touch screen breaks the basic paradigm forcing the user to stop looking at the display and look at the keyboard instead.

    There's nothing you can do with the Touch Bar that couldn't be done with some section of the display and use existing mechanisms to touch, ie mouse, trackpad.
    Having a changing touchscreen on the keyboard defeats the purpose of having a keyboard separate from the screen.
    It would make more sense to have a touchscreen display. Its been done... such as iPhone, iPad etc. But Apple won't do it because Microsoft has already done it and Apple doesn't want to be seen following Microsoft no matter how much it may make sense. 

    I, for one, will be very glad to see the touchbar go away. As you point out, they've already started making it go away by bringing back the Escape key. Thats only a recent change. On my work laptop I'm stuck with the full touchbar with troubles related to being able to hit the escape key, troubles accidentally brushing the touchbar and having some random action occur. I touch-type so I never look at what the touchbar may be displaying that is unique to an app. I adjust display brightness, volume. Things that I can do more easily with the specific function keys on the regular keyboard.

    Sixteen (16) months ago (when the 16” MacBook Pro was released) is not a “recent” change. The Esc key was a concession, for sure, but was no indicator that the Touch Bar was already going away.

    All the people “accidentally” brushing the Touch Bar has always seemed suspect to me as I have typed on the very same keyboard for over 3 years and have yet to encounter the problem. Perhaps people flail around while they’re typing? Not to mention all this talk of Fn keys being easier, as though no one ever needs to take their eyes off the screen to make sure they hit the correct key.

    The Touch Bar is incredibly versatile, but takes time to exploit to its full potential. Obviously, people would rather simply mash Fixed Function buttons because change is hard.
    randominternetpersonwatto_cobra

  • Bearish Apple analyst continues trend of bashing iPhone sales

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    Separately, CNBC reports:
    "People aren’t as interested in the iPhone 11 because they’re waiting for a 5G model, Piper Jaffray survey say"

    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/23/apple-customers-hold-out-for-5g-despite-lower-prices-on-iphone-survey.html

    That makes sense to me -- better to wait if you can because the arguments for not waiting are pretty weak - particularly now that iPhones tend to have 4-6 year life cycle:


    Given the boost in LTE speeds with the new iPhone 11/11 Pro series (https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/09/11/early-test-suggests-iphone-11-pro-has-13-faster-4g-lte-versus-iphone-xs) and the fact that at least one major carrier has expressed an interest in charging a premium for 5G service (https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/24/att-5g-pricing-tiers/), which leads me to believe that all carriers will use this as a wedge to increase monthly rates that customers will simply end up having to absorb as the move to 5G mobile devices becomes the norm as carriers introduce "upgrade" plans that are not optional.

    I have to wonder if the iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max might be a better value for customers where 4G/LTE speed and signal are already excellent?

    How many users with 8/8+/X/XR/XS/XS Max devices upgrade is certainly a neat point of speculation, but for those with the 6/6+/6s/6s+/7/7+ models wanting to switch, I believe the iPhone 11 Series represents their best bet right now, unless one is simply eager to part with more money for the privilege of that faster data plan next year. Given the carriers abysmal customer support, Byzantine billing and relative nonchalance considering places where signals aren't that good (wait for 5G, my carriers tells me) I have zero desire to fork over more money. Just my 2¢.
    badmonk