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  • Volvo to focus on value adds outside the infotainment system, will leave CarPlay alone

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    Graeme000 said:
    Hopefully they're adding physical buttons back too. I test drove an XC40 a couple years ago while car shopping and had to quickly nix it from the list after trying to adjust the fan speed. The salesperson suggested I try voice control. Not likely. All touchscreen and voice control has been proven to be more distracting than physical knobs. 
    Highly unlikely. See: Volvo EX30.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's iPhone parts pairing is making the company billions

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    avon b7 said:
    rob53 said:
    For all you EU commenters, why don’t you simply buy a mobile device made in a EU country? Or wait, there aren’t any that compare to iPhones and Google phones. We can’t help you fix your country or the cartel (EU) so I suggest you accept what Apple is doing to protect your investment.  
    Why would that be? 

    Be careful with what you wish for because just such a move might appear at some point. 

    Why do you think the EU processor initiative came into being? 

    And how's that initiative coming along?
    danoxwilliamlondon

  • Apple's iPhone parts pairing is making the company billions

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    This boils down to the fact that people are stupid, and will never blame the repair guy if their phone comes back different than they expected. They will blame Apple. Why wouldn't you want a genuine apple part (which comes from a number of different manufacturers, mind you) to ensure the customer experience? This just cuts out the middle man.

    Also, thanks for deleting my first post.
    danoxjony0

  • Apple insists 8GB unified memory equals 16GB regular RAM

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    Xed said:
    byronl said:
    basically calling their customers idiots
    How are you getting that? The average user only understands a quality for RAM and likely has had no need to understand how the OS and AS chip is designed for faster and more efficient use of RAM. They only know that more is better.
    This may come as a surprise, but many people use apps outside the Apple ecosystem. Just because the OS is optimized for unified memory doesn't mean every app is. Apple's been trotting out the "more efficient" per clock cycle tropes since PowerPC, right up until you start using a program Apple hasn't optimized to the hilt.
    OferwilliamlondonAlex1Ndave haynie

  • OLED iPad Pro could kill off mini LED models in 2024

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    I'll pass on the burn-in, thank you very much.
    watto_cobra