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  • FBI director says iPhone unlock demands are limited, won't 'set a master key loose'

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    JeffA2 said:
    The assinine presumption is that there is anything of significance on the phone in the first place. I am guessing the odds are there is really nothing of import on the phone, and yet if the FBI prevails, all that will be accomplished is the precedent of forcing law-abiding citizens to go above and beyond to aid authorities.  Methinks that is the real intent, and the contents of said phone is irrelevant to Comey.  Any words about "Justice" and the "victims' families" are just grandstanding BS.

     
    You don't get to make that judgment. Whether you agree with the FBI's request or find it an attack on privacy, these investigators have a legal warrant to search that phone. Your opinion of the odds don't come into it at all.

    Actually public opinion is almost all that this is about. Comey has made a very cynical and calculated attempt to bully his way by shouting “terrorist” in a crowded theater (to mix metaphors). This bit of security theater may fail to provide an immediate victory in the form of a precedent, but even more sinister would be if the cynically manipulated public and Congress proceeded to pass disastrous encryption crippling legislation. That is why it is so important to educate the public at large about the dishonest and cynical nature of this demand.

    icoco3pscooter63ewtheckman

  • Apple slapped with class action suit over Touch ID-related 'Error 53' code

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    I can easily understand why Apple can and should disable touch ID if it has been compromised by the user's decision to bypass authorized repair service. What is less understandable is having the iPhone rendered utterly unusable.

    A stolen iPhone could conceivably be tampered with to allow the thief to use ApplePay to make purchases which should be Apple's responsibility if it did nothing to defend against this. But I don't understand why a user who doesn't care about TouchID shouldn't be able to continue to use the iPhone sans TouchID due to third party repair.

    I had an iPod touch with a failed lightning port so it could not be recharged. Apple's only solution was to swap it for a pricey rebuilt unit without the contents of my internal drive (I was traveling and did not have a good backup). I found a third party that would replace the lightning port and almost all was well. I was able to back up my data at home.
    dreyfus2mr. hargonaut

  • Apple's rumored 4" iPhone to launch with hot pink color option, report says

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    vision33r said:
    There's very little market left for a 4" phone, there's more market for a 5.7" or larger phone than the 4" one.  Even kids these days favor the bigger phones than small ones.

    They could do a 4.7" but 4" won't be a hot seller.
    Since it seems Apple is going to sell a 4" iPhone, that implies their market research must indicate there is demand for it. Of course we will only really know when it becomes available. I know I will buy one since it is the same form factor as the iPod touch I so enjoy using. If they manage to shrink the non-screen areas it will be that much better.
    cali[Deleted User]

  • Munster: 4" iPhone doesn't make sense for rumored Apple event in March

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    512ke said:
    ...you can't hold a big event and announce a smaller phone and new bands. There must be more if there's an event coming. 

    A smaller phone is NOT a smaller announcement. If you watch some movies from the 80's you can see what a ridiculous joke those brick size cellphones of that era were. It was considered a great advance every time some company was able to announce a smaller and usually better phone. Eventually they got too small for most people's hands as was possibly the case for the original iPhone. Since the iPhone is really a handheld computer that happens to have a cellphone app it made sense to make it larger so the computer functions were less constrained. Also in some markets there was obviously pent-up demand for even larger iPhones. Apple wisely responded with even larger phones but for many of us they harked back to the early oversized phones that required two hands to operate.

    Now there is pent-up demand for a 4 inch iPhone with current technology. For many of us larger definitely does not mean better for a handheld computer. If Apple really does announce a 4 inch iPhone in March we will see in the market just how big a deal that will be. I know I will jump on it.
    mac fan

  • Apple's 4-inch 'iPhone 6c' set for April 2016 launch, China Mobile claims

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    ronn said:
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    Except Apple doesn't give a shit about making an inexpensive model -- too many compromises and too close to Android/junk (I know, same difference!). They want those high margins and will cater to those that can afford iPhones at premium prices, but don't want larger phones. I believe there is a large segment of holdouts that would gladly jump at the chance to get an updated 4" iPhone.
    Thanks, that is pretty much what I was thinking. I would even prefer an iPod touch with data like the iPad rather than the legacy technology of cellular voice and text. (I am also not a fan of fax and analog TV). But if it is to be an iPhone, I have little interest in a device larger and clumsier than my iPod touch. I have larger screen Apple devices: iPad, iMac, and Apple TV. Price is not the issue, but size is. I have no issue with others who prefer a larger size but I have waited for current technology in the 'right' size. I suspect that many others have also been waiting.
    highacidityronn