anantksundaram

Rayz2016 said:

Favourite trillion dollar meme making the rounds so far:

”Of course they’re a trillion company. They’re making money off the backs of slaves working in Foxconn factories!!”

Typical reply: 

“Then why aren’t the likes of Microsoft, Dell and HP also trillion dollar companies, since all their kit is made in the same factories, and without the added expense of contractor oversight.

nunzy said:

anantksundaram said:

tallest skil said:

Then we can destroy Netflix, too.

Why should Netflix be "destroyed"? And what's the copyright issue with them -- I don't follow.

Netflix competes with Apple's streaming services. They are a danger to Apple.

avon b7 said:

anantksundaram said:

avon b7 said:

anantksundaram said:

avon b7 said:

Apple product presentations are full of specifications.

Of course they are. Assuming you've watched an actual Apple presentation, they are the least of the point.

Without the specs the rest has no foundation.  They didn't just tell us the retina displays looked great. That isn't enough. They went into exactly why they were great with the numbers on what the human eye could perceive. They didn't tell us FaceID was the best out there for facial biometrics. They told us exactly how things were done, dot projectors and all.

They have to 'sell' the products. Specs very much help to do that, always will and are far from 'the least of the point'.

But specs also include the presence or absence of features. Something that is essential for many buyers. That could be something as basic as the size of the screen.

You just proved the point of my post. And you betray your utter cluelessness about what matters to Apple (and its serious consumers).

Just go back -- if you care to actually learn something -- and look at the first time the retina display was brought up in an Apple presentation, by Steve Jobs. The "specs" that Jobs focuses on, other than for a brief reference to 326 ppi, is the "300 limit" of the human eye (and that's the only reason for mentioning 326).

Most of it focuses on the aesthetics of it all, using the simple, but brilliant example of what fonts look like wth retina v. non-retina.

But there you have it: 326ppi. The limit of the human eye etc. The clarity of the text plays directly off that spec as do comparisons. As did all the rest. That presentation could not exist without the specs. It is the foundation of the 'sale'. The key piece of information that has to reach the viewer.

You will rarely see Apple present a spec based feature without actually mentioning the spec itself.

It's very much part of the deal. It's what users need (even if they don't understand what they really mean). 

It is hardly necessary to say exactly how much thinner or lighter a machine is when compared to a previous model but they give that information down to the gram and millimeter.

avon b7 said:

anantksundaram said:

avon b7 said:

Apple product presentations are full of specifications.

Of course they are. Assuming you've watched an actual Apple presentation, they are the least of the point.

Without the specs the rest has no foundation.  They didn't just tell us the retina displays looked great. That isn't enough. They went into exactly why they were great with the numbers on what the human eye could perceive. They didn't tell us FaceID was the best out there for facial biometrics. They told us exactly how things were done, dot projectors and all.

They have to 'sell' the products. Specs very much help to do that, always will and are far from 'the least of the point'.

But specs also include the presence or absence of features. Something that is essential for many buyers. That could be something as basic as the size of the screen.