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How Apple could approach a folding iPhone
I completely disagree. I absolutely WANT a folding phone. I don't, however, want a bigger phone. I want my iPhone SE to fold in half so it fits better in my pocket, and doesn't feel like it will break in half if I sit on it wrong.9secondkox2 said:Nobody (outside of very few) wants a folding iPhone. It’s a niche concept. Nobody needs a folding iPhone.An iPhone, iPad combo is better solution, removes caveats, provides the user with rock solid reliable devices that are the best in class - and it costs the same as a folding phone.It really just doesn’t amount to much. I mean it’s cool to see once or twice. Outside of that, it just doesn’t accomplish anything.The galaxy fold is just kind of sad and is a downgrade from tablet plus phone, while costing the same.If you go the Microsoft route, it’s not really a foldable, more of a dual screen setup, minus bezels.Cool in concept, gimmicky in reality.Of all the phones I've ever used, the one that was the absolute most ideal size was the Motorola Razr V3. The new folding RAZR while slightly wider has very similar portability dimensions.Now, if Apple could create something on THAT line, It's something I'd definitely jump on board with. I don't really care much about the 23 cameras, or having a phone as big as my TV in my living room. I want something small that I can tuck in my pocket and forget about until I need it. If I can flip it open like I did back in the good old days of the razr, do what I need, then flip it shut and put it back in my pocket, I'd be a happy camper.And yeah, if I do need something bigger, then the iPad or MacBook is the next step. But in my pocket, I want something SMALL.
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Jony Ive is no longer consulting for Apple
Definitely true. Yes, the stuff is beautiful, but functionality suffered.lam92103 said:darkvader said:GOOD!His early stuff wasn't awful. Everything he's touched for the last 15+ years has been.
It's like he forgot that people buy products in order to use them, not just for looking at them. A good designer needs to blend both. Looking good while being fully functionalMacBooks so beautiful and thin that a rogue staple can cause $800 in damage.Removing color to differentiate different things. Removing obvious buttons with subtle text in obscure locations, making icons small and obscure without indication, removing scroll bars to indicate additional content, etc, etc. So many poor decisions that made things look prettier but harder to actually use. It sucks that there isn't an alternative option available.
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Apple Stores start accepting Tap to Pay across US
You just listed the EXACT reason why retail stores should not accept non functioning cards. A non functioning card opens up the potential for a fraudulent card. If you manually key in the transaction, then you're opening yourself up to fraud. Not worth the risk to accept a sale from someone that doesn't make sure their cards are functional.mpantone said:
It is in the retailers' best interest to still have a way to manually key in the credit card information (card number, CID, name, expiration) if all of the technology features on the card are kaput as a last resort. Remember that EMV liability rests on the merchant not the payment processor these days so the retailer really does need to try the EMV chip before trying magnetic stripe swipe or manual entry.
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Apple's Self Repair Program vs. Genius Bar: What it costs to fix an iPhone 13
If you do a mail in repair to Apple, your repair options are battery replacement, screen replacement, or whole unit repair. Mail in repairs do NOT give you any other options. It allows Apple to simplify the repair quote, but means the more simple repairs cost a bundle.darwiniandude said:
The camera pricing in the Article includes wording that the author is speculating it would normally cost the “other damage” fee. Nope. No Apple or service provider will charge that. That fee is for something like liquid damage where the whole phone gets swapped out.indieshack said:Even with Apples inflated parts cost, the camera replacement example illustrates just how outrageous Apples standard repair pricing is.Legit repair shops need to charge reasonable prices to cover their overhead. Things like battery replacements are not profitable to be done if you use Apple parts and charge the same price as Apple does. Other repairs can be somewhat profitable because now the shops can charge reasonable labor rates to work on the devices.
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Apple hardware subscription could shift focus away from iPhone shipments
Considering that the current buyback program is almost $50/month for the iPhone 13 pro for the yearly trade in program, it's highly unlikely that you'd ever see the program offered at $5/month. If you consider the depreciation on the iPhone X, that just came out about 42 months ago, paying $5 per month would mean paying only $210 in those 42 months.MacsWithPenguins said:I’m not going to rent an iPhone myself, but I do imagine there will be a subset of users out there who could imagine paying 5 USD/month for a rented iPhone 14 Pro. Knowing Apple, it would cost $10/month or more, minimum ($120/year, and >= $240 on a 24 month lease contract). However, it would be less than their current iPhone Upgrade Program.Original price on that device was $1000. Current market price is under $250. The depreciation alone is around $18/month. Since the monthly depreciation dollars decrease as the device gets older, there's absolutely no sane way to think that Apple would rent you a device for $5 or even $10 per month that would decrease in value faster than the income that they are making.The only way you could rent a $1000 iPhone for $5/month would be to sign a 20 year agreement on it. Pretty tough to do with a device that has typically about a 5 year lifespan.
