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Pretty horrible for any group to use children to get what they want.  They know people will sympathize only because they say they are doing it to protect the innocents.  And while it is true their entire organization exists to protect kids, what they are trying to achieve with Apple will negatively impact most people, for reasons Apple so eloquently stated.  And this is why their use of kids in this fight is a below the belt punch. They couldn't care less if what Apple does opens the door to hell itself.  They only want what they want "to help kids."  Even negative consequences be darned!

With that said, Googling "Heat Initiative" and "Sarah Gardner" yields pretty much nothing.  It's like they don't even exist.  Looks very shady to me.  Not sure why Apple even gave such an invisible and seemingly non-existent organization the time of day.  We need Apple Insider to sleuth out more details about this mysterious group that's demanding to remove YOUR privacy protections currently in place.

Not sure how a leaker with a "shaky reputation for accuracy" yielded a "Likely" badge on this article!

It's clear from the expected tech that the "Pro" models are the only ones worth having, especially for those of us who upgrade iPhones only once every 6 years or so.  And until now, the rumors I've read suggested that only the base model phones would get slower USB transfer speeds, while the Pro models would get faster speeds, possibly Thunderbolt.  If indeed even the Pro models get deliberately dummied down to USB2 transfer speeds, that would be very bad.  People pay more for the Pro models to get more, and a mere connector change from Lightning to USB-C without any other change like connectivity speed would be absolutely ridiculous.

FileMakerFeller said:

tht said:

Hopefully it is 24 GB of RAM.

RAM is power-hungry (relative to other components) which is why the iPhone has always shipped with less RAM than most people expected. I'd be surprised if that approach changes for the AVP. I would guess the plan is for anything that requires relatively large amounts of RAM or processing power to be handed off to a Mac.

I couldn't care less if it cut battery life is reduced.  The single biggest gripe I have with iPhones is the lack of RAM.  I absolutely hate it when I am reading something in an app, only to put my phone down for all of 3 minutes, allowing it to sleep, then when I pick it up again, the app reloads and the place in the article I was reading was lost.  Or, stupid FaceBook reloads and what I was reading was lost. I could go on and on about this, but I spare you.  I want more RAM regardless of the consequences. And that doesn't mean 24GB of RAM either.  They should be able to fit a few more GB of RAM in there without any serious battery life penalty.  

But all of this is moot until the actual phones come out.  

Speaking of which, I'm sick of rumor after rumor.  I just want to phones to be released and then the tech media to stop reporting on rumors for a few months, at least, so we all can take a breather.

What really ticks me off is reading through Flipboard stories in the morning of late, which all give "5 reasons to skip the iPhone 15."  Complete morons in journalism.  They are making the iPhone 16 out to be something so great that the unreleased 15 is worthless in comparison!  Then you see that all their cited reasons are ridiculous, especially since they are nothing but rumors anyway.  

Rumors and speculation has gotten out of hand.  I want to be pleasantly surprised again, like I was in the past at Apple events.  This isn't the fault of Apple.  It's the fault of both the tech media who publish the rumors, and the readers who demand the rumors.  Both are at fault.  Everyone should just ignore the rumors so we can all be surprised and wowed once a year with all the great tech, which of course includes more RAM too!

I disagree profoundly with previous commenters who blindly defend the airlines on this.  Anyone with an intelligent mind should be defending AI and William Gallagher for APPROPRIATE wording when it comes to "lies" in the headline and "caught lying" in the article.  Anything that is not a truth is a lie -- intentional or not.  

If an airline worker merely checks a computer and reads inaccurate info to a customer who has accurate info in the form of an AirTag, that inaccurate info is in fact a lie, especially when the airline worker reading the inaccurate info doesn't lift a finger to re-confirm it!  

Not a single person at the airline lifted even a pinky finger to confirm the accuracy of the information reported to the luggage owner until the luggage owner visited the airport in person.  Only when the baggage owner visited the airport did airline people start to do what they ought to have done from the get-go -- take a short walk and look with their own eyes. "It's not my job" and sheer laziness resulted in this story becoming headline news.  

"Easier said than done"??? Poppycock!

The top brass at these airlines should resign their positions for not managing their businesses better than this.  Keeping planes in the air is on the same level of importance as keeping the property of passengers safe and in the possession of the passenger when not flying.  The fact that more isn't being done to remedy a problem that has existed for DECADES is an absolute outrage, and the fact commenters are merely squabbling here about whether the use of the word "lies" is appropriate is also an outrage.  The fact more people aren't outraged is precision why NOTHING EVER CHANGES.  That too is an outrage.

It's because for-profit corporations refuse to self-manage that silly government often steps in with over-reaching regulation, and the end result tends to be bad for everyone.  Corporations should just note the problems and take action so the government can keep its regulatory nose out of it.

We have all the technology required today to prevent this.  Bags should be photographed automatically by the airline as they are checked in.  Bags shouldn't just be paper-tagged by the airline, but also electronically tagged with tech similar to an Airbag so the airline can manage bags, not the customer.  If paper and electronic tagging fail, you have a photo to fall back on, in addition to whatever extra info the baggage owner supplies.  Stop making excuses why this is "easier said than done" and just do it!

Just as the most exciting and useful thing about the iPhone is its excellent camera, the same will likely be true of the Vision Pro.  Many pay the same for an excellent DSLR camera kit today, so it's not like a $3k+ price point will be a deal-breaker for everyone.  

I really want to test out that "immersive experience" people are talking about, which makes you feel as if you are actually there.  To me, that's as ground-breaking as the move from B&W film to Color, or B&W TVs to Color, or from SD to HD.  Still images and 2D video we have today are great in that they bring make memories.  But an immersive experience helps you relive that memory in ways you never thought possible.  The only thing better would be to add smell and touch too.  Heck, thrown on taste, and you've basically got the Star Trek holodeck.  The only major limits to technological advancements are our own imagination and commitment to achieving the impossible.