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Google's self-repair program for Pixel launches, Apple's program is nowhere to be seen
You can get genuine parts from ifixit or no one at all.
This is progress. Referring to ifixit as a "monopoly" when it comes to Google part supply is as slow-witted as claiming getting repairs only from the Apple Store is "pro-choice". When the alternatives to tossing your broken device are buying a new phone or getting a repair at the Apple store, someone else being provided the parts to perform a repair for you literally only increase your options. -
Apple praised and slammed for representation of women at March event
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Future MacBook Pro rumored to have a folding screen, 'iPhone Fold' coming in 2025
I don’t see why Apple would be interested in a foldable screen unless some new software demanded it. We already have the phone, the tablet, and the computer. The Fold series from Samsung satisfied a market that wanted an in-between or a gimmick, and I don’t see why Apple would want or need to capture those markets when sales are there for the phone, tablet and computer.
Apple dominates the tablet market. As a phone salesman I see that despite any aversion to the Apple phone, android users generally concede that the iPad is superior to anything on their platform and want to own one. So, I don’t see a market for a half-phone-half-tablet like the S Fold when I can’t find a sizable Android market that would go for Apple if and only if they had a folding option.
And as for the “foldable computer”, I can MAYBE see a multi-angled screen which could “flex”- for example, to accommodate a space where the device is set up in a corner, allowing you to “use” the whole corner without the screen wrapping around the wall. But that should absolutely not be a touch screen unless you want to run into the Fold and Flip’s groove problem. But in that case, you really should just avoid putting your huge display in a corner and move your setup to the center of a wall.