TurboPGT said:

thewhitefalcon said:

It's really not. You lose 4GB off the top to formatting and the OS's needs. Factor in 4k video and high resolution photos, increasing app sizes...it gets tight quickly.

Ok, but the fact is iOS has features today that actively optimize the local storage in favor of iCloud storage, so that a 16 GB phone can live the life of a phone with much more storage. One could accurately argue that 16 GB is MORE usable today than it was years ago.

Recently, the margins on 32 GB NAND flash came down enough so that Apple won't be giving up too much revenue by moving over to it...so now is the time.

Cloud storage is not a substitute for onboard storage.  You really are reaching to suggest that it is and that it therefore makes 16GB OK.  If I want to use data my carrier will charge me €1 for 100MB in a day and then €1 for each MB I use over that amount.   The costs associated with cloud storage can be significant.   I am often in places where phone reception is marginal and data transfer rates only possible in the Kbps range, making any notion of Cloud storage laughable.

iPhone - made from the cheapest parts available.  How comforting.  Good thing that you you don't get what you pay for.

foregoneconclusion said:

melgross said:

For example, he talks about iPhone sales this year as though everything is fine. It's not. Last quarters' iPhones sales fell by 16%. No matter how it's spun, that's just not ok. Sales were expected to be flat, not significantly down. He talks as thought they were, in fact, flat. Whether we like it or not, the new features of the 6S and 6S+ weren't considered to be all that interesting by the general buying public, and that includes many iPhone owners.

The mistake that you're making here, and in some other points, is drawing the conclusion that a sales drop is primarily due to the features/innovation. You don't actually know that. Nobody knows that. In fact, if you look at the flagship smartphone market as a whole, it's unlikely that's the case. Samsung has basically resorted to 2 for 1 deals to increase S7 sales volume. That doesn't exactly show confidence from Samsung in regards to any new hardware/software features they might include vs. the iPhone. 

It isn't Samsung who have resorted to 2:1 deals, that is being done the carriers in order to try and wrest customers from competitors.  There have been iPhone 2:1 deals as well - are those the work of Apple?  While DED and other one-eyes love to point out Samsung is past peak Galaxy S sales, their flagship sales and income are on an upward trajectory while Apple's are declining.  It's like saying gold is past it's $1800 peak, forget gold, it won't go anywhere, no money to made there, invest in something else.

capasicum said:

cnocbui said:

So has Apple fixed the Keychain vulnerability in OSX yet?  Last I heard they basically said it was too hard.
It is turned on by default on Samsung flagship phones.

This constant 'holier than thou' shit from DED is both tiresome and stupid.

Actually, your links just prove the point of the article. Macs don't have a secure enclave since they use Intel CPUs. Thus, they are in the same position as Android and all other OS are. Software implementation that is prone to being exploited.

Yet, macOS, Linux, even Windows get regular software updates to close vulnerabilities. Not so with for most Android devices.

There are plenty of older Macs that can't be updated to Yosemite, so they will retain the existing security flaws.  The article is crowing about there being Android devices that won't have vulnerabilities patched.  I have an iPod Touch that can't be updated beyond iOS 6 - and so on.

No Mac with an Intel CPU is 'secure'  as they all contain the Intel Management Engine - potentially the mother of all backdoors.   Have you heard of DROPOUTJEEP?

This would be the third or fourth time DED has pushed this boat out.  I would not be surprised if there were people in the NSA, at GCHQ, Mossad, etc, who just laugh.

The main problem with Android is allowing Network providers a say in it's content and distribution.  They should curtail that practice ASAP.  Android users who buy non-Chinese manufacturer made flagships are probably pretty secure.  Those devices do get fairly regular security updates.  The Android customers who are using anything else probably don't need much security anyway or don't care.

Security is more of an ideal, than a reality.

So has Apple fixed the Keychain vulnerability in OSX yet?  Last I heard they basically said it was too hard.

alxsbr said:

I don't know what's the point of this article… everybody knows there is not even a single android user with FDE turned on.

It is turned on by default on Samsung flagship phones.

Serious OS X and iOS flaws let hackers steal keychain, 1Password contents

Researchers sneak password-stealing app into Apple Store to demonstrate threat.

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Dan Goodin - Jun 17, 2015

Attacks accessing Mac keychain without permission date back to 2011

Technique lets rogue apps ask for keychain access, then click OK.

by Dan Goodin - Sep 2, 2015 10:41pm BST

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On Tuesday, Ars chronicled an OS X technique that's being actively used by an underhanded piece of adware to access people's Mac keychain without permission. Now there's evidence the underlying weakness has been exploited for four years.

This constant 'holier than thou' shit from DED is both tiresome and stupid.