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  • Apple and Goldman Sachs to part ways on Apple Card, no successor named

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    sflagel said:
    Xed said:
    For those of us outside the USA who have been waiting for 4+ years for this service, with no hint of it arriving in our countries, we kinda hope the service will die in the USA. Apple needs to think worldwide, and not provide services to Americans only. How many other Apple services are available in the US only?
    Which worldwide issuing bank works with every single country in the world?
    Citi
    Not even close. They are big, but not the biggest. They don't even a ground presence in half the world's countries.

    https://www.citigroup.com/global/about-us/global-presence
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Apple considers bringing iPhone camera sensor designs in-house

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    chasm said:
    I don’t know who (if anyone) they are using to supply those lenses now, but many reviewers who have tried the headset have repeatedly mentioned the perfect vision of the lenses used for their test experiences.
    The inserts for vision correction are to be supplied by a partnership with Zeiss AG.

    https://www.zeiss.com/vision-care/en/highlights/home.html
    watto_cobraFileMakerFellerdanoxjony0

  • Apple considers bringing iPhone camera sensor designs in-house

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    MacPro said:
    I assume Sony currently supplies Apple at the moment. It will be some feat to best Sony IMHO.   Given Sony also provides sensors for Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel, not to mention Sony's sensors are also used in a wide range of non-phone cameras, from point-and-shoots to professional DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. Some major camera manufacturers that use Sony sensors include Nikon, Canon, and Fujifilm. To add to Sony's impressive lineup, Sony's new sensor used in the global shutter technology in the A9III is a phenomenal achievement which I would have thought Apple would have lept at.
    It will be, but Apple also doesn't have to beat Sony to benefit from trying to compete with Sony. If Sony perceives Apple's intentions as a threat to their bottom line they can lower prices for Apple to make it less advantageous for Apple to move to a difference vendor.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobraFileMakerFeller9secondkox2

  • iPhone 14 users will get another year of Emergency SOS via Satellite for free

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    riverko said:
    For us who live outside of the eligible area. Is it free just to use the ‘text service’, or also the act of rescue itself. So what is it exactly people should later pay for - to have the tool that enables me to call for help? Or the rescue process as such?
    That depends on what you mean by "live outside of eligible area." There are 16 countries and regions that support Emergency SOS via satellite.

    Apple says, "International travelers who visit a country or region where Emergency SOS via satellite is available can use the feature while visiting, except if they bought their iPhone in certain countries or regions."

    In other words, if you bought your iPhone 14 or newer from a country that supports the feature it may work in a country that doesn't currently offer the feature on the iPhone.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213426


    caladanianwatto_cobra

  • The new Qi2 wireless standard will launch before the holidays

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    This is the 14th year of the Qi standard.

    While I think version 1.3 should've been called 2.0 due to the many changes over 1.2.x, it is what it is and I'm glad that MagSafe's mounting and alignment feature is being incorporated.
    williamlondongregoriusmwatto_cobra