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Made-in-America iPhone not happening anytime soon & Trump seems okay with that
He has in fact moved the goal posts, since he encouraged movement out of China and then when Apple started importing from India rather than manufacturing in the US, he increased tariffs on Indian imports.Mike Wuerthele said:
They aren't yet, and Apple is paying already. Apple has already paid $800 million in tariffs enacted by the president, and is expecting another $1.1 billion in this quarter, not even the holiday one.wood1208 said:charlesn said:
But what's going on with the 50% India tariffs at the exact moment when Apple will be importing its America-bound iPhone 17 stock from India for the Sept launch? I expected to hear some kind of exemption or big reduction for Apple with today's announcement, but I don't believe anything was said.AppleInsider said:The dismissal of building iPhones in the US was shared shortly after President Trump revealed that companies already investing in the United States would be exempt from new 100% semiconductor tariffs. While it remains to be seen how Apple would have been affected by these new tariffs, they will now incur no cost.
iPhones from India or anywhere will be exempted. Mr Trump knows where to draw line so Americans at large do not get fed up with higher prices on imported iPhones, computers, etc while trying to make the America great!If he knows where to draw the line, and that's debatable, he hasn't drawn it yet.That however was really a response to India buying Russian oil. Unfortunately most Asian countries aren’t really on Ukraine’s side in this war, more concerned about getting cheap oil, and so Apple had few to choose from even if their crystal ball predicted increased tariffs due to non-compliance with international sanctions against Russia.
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Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team
It totally has, an announced feature of iOS 17 was on-device Siri “for some requests” and yet seemingly the only on-device actions are stopping and skipping music, almost everything else seems to need an internet connection. Therefore the replies are painfully slow even on 5G/gigabit WiFi. Same for HomePods, they need the associated phone to be on the WiFi for basic requests like adding to reminders, when the HPs have full access to iCloud.zeus423 said:I'd just be thrilled if Siri could do the things it used to be able to do, without telling me "mmm hmm" or "on it". Just do it. I'll realize you understood. Play the song I requested instead of telling me the first three times that there was a problem with Apple Music. Quit popping up a Mobile Device Error when I ask Siri to send a message or stop navigation via CarPlay. Siri has gotten less capable the past few years, IMO.I’m also sure it never used to be this bad, and it definitely used to defer to wolfram alpha for more intelligence, which it doesn’t seem to anymore. Cook probably decided the licensing cost wasn’t worth it. This mediocrity really isn’t okay, it reduces the value and user experience, and it’s not Apple to be mediocre. They need to improve, and I don’t think Cook is the one to drive that.
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Blood oxygen sensing shows no sign of returning to Apple Watch any time soon
Perhaps people in the US now realise how those in the rest of the world feel when Apple excludes the ROW from a feature!
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Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team
Hugely ramping spend on AI after the announcement is just more proof that Apple was caught off guard. Pre-iOS 18 AI barely existed anywhere in iOS apart from Photos and the occasional suggestion.Cook is a typical numbers guy, he plays it too safe to run Apple. Yes Apple is much bigger than in the Jobs era, so it will naturally be less agile. But what made Apple Apple was that agility, skating to where the puck will be; the non-corporate flat management style that Jobs encouraged, which Cook abandoned virtually on day one. He needs to allow engineers to work on skunkworks projects which then become great products (the iMac for one started as a skunkworks project that Jobs caught wind of). But ultimately imo his time is up, Apple needs someone new, someone more agile.
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Siri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple team
By AI’s own articles there is proof that Apple fabricated almost all of the iOS interaction in the WWDC25 demos. Again AI’s own articles say it’s pretty much impossible to get Genmoji to generate emoji like the ones Apple generated in the WWDC demo. Apple was clearly blindsided by ChatGPT’s capabilities, and was absolutely nowhere near getting a LLM ready for release. Otherwise it wouldn’t have been delayed by a year. If it was as close as Apple’s demo showed, it was good enough for users at least in beta form.Wesley_Hilliard said:
Distraction? Nope, they've been developing this for years. Disinformation? Nope, Apple launched everything it announced, but delayed one product that was operational, but hallucinating more than they like. Last year's enclosure? Nope, we're getting all-new enclosures with camera bars and a new ultra thin model.ApplePoor said:Hopefully this is not just a distraction from or an addition to the disinformation at the iPhone 16 presentation in 2024. Also could be the only "big" new thing next month as we see the usual claims of all new device using last years enclosure, etc. But there will be "new" colors.....
i recommend reading AppleInsider to keep up with all the news
To say otherwise Wesley is just disingenuous, you can actually criticise Apple - it is not heresy; criticism is constructive in the right context and balances articles. Don’t be DED.
