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Look, leaving the EU was really an insane move for the UK.  What is going to happen, is with standards like this, and probably many in other areas of life, the UK is going to adapt EU standards as their own.   It just makes sense. 

As far as Apple, with the exception of the mouse, keyboard, and trackpad, everything is already USB-C and those items will almost certainly switch over with the next MacBook/iMac product announcement as the EU deadline in the end of December. 

If these videos are true, that means someone in a production facility is stealing them and sending them out to Russia.  Considering the size of the box and the security in those places, that's hard pill to swallow.   The other possibility is that they are being shipped to various warehouses and being stolen in transit.  

Now, if these are supposed to be available in store on November 1, that means the demo units might be delivered around the 25th or 28th of this month.  The ones for retail sale, probably not until the 29th (at the earliest) or 30th.   All of that means, warehouses would need these units in stock around 24th or so.  Using that date, it puts my second notion down for the count.  I don't think these have shipped yet. 

Overall, I believe these videos are fake. That they come from Russia make me believe that even more as the entire government there is hell bent on creating s*it to disrupt the whole world at this point- from political upheaval to economic distrust, etc.  

I do hope that whenever Apple does have its event this month, that these videos are proven to be fake. 

Not unexpected considering Goldman is losing money on the card and the Fed just cut interest rates by ½ a point.  At some point, other high yield accounts are going to see their rates cut too- especially if the Fed cuts rates again as expected. 

ssfe11 said:

These chips would be shipped to China AND India for assembly? 

Yup.. that's exactly how it would work.  It might sounds nuts, but the costs of everything are figured out to the penny and if it was cheaper to do it elsewhere, they would. 

I received that survey yesterday.   I do wish a couple of questions had more that just a yes or no answer- like do I wear my watch when sleeping.   Overall, the answer was no, but not 100%.  I will wear it about once or so a month overnight to get more detailed sleep readings.

Anyway, it's good to see they want to know how we use the watch.