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I wonder if there is some intensive R&D to use this type of technology to make variable focus lens. Closer and closer to focusing functions of our eyes we go here. 

If you look at all the Vision Pro ad copy, where you see virtual displays floating in front of people, those displays are about 3 to 6 ft away. That would a change in how a typical personal computer display is situated, which is about 2 to 2.5 ft for me. It's just going to feel weird having displays appear 4 ft away, with text being larger to be comfortably read.

The reason for this is that the Vision Pro lens, the composite piece of glass/acrylic between the microOLEDs and your eyeballs, have a fixed focus of about 3 to 6 ft. You eyeballs have to work for thins that put in focus closer than that. So, a lens that is variable that can change based on iris+pupil sizes, or maybe eyeball strain, sounds like a big win for being able to use it for long periods of time.

So, a patent for people needing glasses, but there are some important uses in other ways.

Xed said:

We all make mistakes when we're young.

Give them a little more credit: "The reason why Android phones account for a very high proportion of first-time smartphone purchases in South Korea," write Counterpoint analysts in a statement, "is that most users in that age group, particularly adolescence, give priority to the preference of those with real purchasing power, such as parents, when buying their first smartphone."

Parents are cheapskates. Basically normal parent behavior. Probably the right behavior depending on how young they are. 12yo? Yeah, you are getting at best a 5yo iPhone or a really cheap new phone. 16yo? Go get a job and buy that $800 phone yourself.

I'm frankly in disbelief that Apple can achieve this level of penetration in any market any where. An average iPhone is about 2 to 3 times more expensive than an average Android or other competitor device. It really speaks to the zero interest 30mo payment plans, at least in the USA, that carriers use as incentives to lock in customers.

The Smart Connector is a form of MagSafe!

Anyone can make a stand or pad that magnetically latches and it would start charging the iPad through the Smart Connector.

No way?

MS Windows PCs may not be the majority of PC computers in Enterprise/Corporations 10 years from now, but it's going to be an MS ecosystem of Azure, Outlook, Office, Teams, etc. There are uncountable bytes of documents in Office formats. As long as those are around, everyone in business is using Office. From there it branches to Azure backends for Teams and Outlook. Teams and Outlook should merge into one app. Tired of have multiple ways to communicate to people.