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mayfly said:

This is just fallout from the Apple Inc. culture of secrecy. As many have noted, had they just given advance notice, or even a contemporaneous technical bulletin, it would have saved them some pocket change. We have two phones affected, so I'm guessing we'll get $5-10 each.

charlesn said:

danox said:

soundsinmotion said:

Apple stopped innovating a while back, now they just slightly improve the phone with specs but no breakthrough technologies anymore

Apples, latest iPhone chip will simply stomp all over the competition, in every way, hardware industrial design and SOC chip/OS software under one roof, is where the innovation/disruption to the competition comes in. (This allows Apple to do more with less, less power wattage, less megahertz, less memory), and that’s what being a vertical computer company means.

But to what end from the consumer's perspective? I'm too invested in Apple's ecosystem to ever leave it, but I still look at competing phones and -- in terms of hardware -- the best from Samsung and Huawei are at least as compelling, and in some ways more so, than Apple's Pro models. You would think, at the very least, that Apple's "do more with less" would translate into significantly better battery life for consumers, but no. Battery life for Samsung's 23 Ultra is essentially even with the 14 Pro Max. And while the design for Huawei's P60 Pro is stunningly modern and beautiful, especially the way the camera module (with an f1.4 main lens!) is implemented. Meanwhile, Apple is still coasting on a 13-year-old design it introduced in 2010 with the iPhone 4. 

loopless said:

Most people have no idea what a severe shortage of skilled AND unskilled workers exists  in the USA and why immigration benefits everyone. The racist, anti-immigration sentiment that extends even to PhD level H1-B workers is frankly idiotic , and not born out by the facts, which  show bringing in  highly educated and motivated people to work here benefits everyone.  The higher education system here does not produce enough STEM graduates for industry, so "taking jobs from Americans" is a lie.

goofy1958 said:

hmurchison said:

Hiring Americans is part of the deal otherwise ...we don't need you here. 

How short-sighted of you. They are only bringing help from Taiwan on a temporary basis until they can get all of the positions filled by Americans.