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Xed said:

sloth77 said:

Xed said:

proline said:

You're probably right. It's sad, because with MagSafe half the electricity gets used to increase the entropy of the universe which raises carbon emissions for no reason. It is slow, it makes the phones bigger and heavier, and hardly anyone uses it. And yet, for so many years the only thing reviewers would say every September was "and it still doesn't have teh wireless chargez!". Apple doesn't want the big story in September to be that, so they will include the wasteful and useless thing.

There's a ridiculous number of false statements in your post. Is that suppose to be parody that is falling flat?

Actually most of the statements are true.  It is less efficient than wired charging, it is slower than wired charging and it does make the phone fractionally heavier (if not bigger).

But I don't agree that hardly anyone uses it - I suspect most people wirelessly charge.

You believe that...

• MagSafe half the electricity gets used to increase the entropy of the universe which raises carbon emissions for no reason
• It is slow
• hardly anyone uses it
• wasteful and useless thing

None of those things are true as stated and most of the others have some truth to them but are lame duck statements, like "makes the phones bigger and heavier."

He told you what he believed:

sloth77 said:
It is less efficient than wired charging, it is slower than wired charging and it does make the phone fractionally heavier (if not bigger).

But I don't agree that hardly anyone uses it - I suspect most people wirelessly charge.

 and you deliberately choose to ignore and misrepresent that. WTF.

The main reason I'd want a folding phone is for slightly more real estate but larger icons and text via selectable resolution or scaling, but not just via an Accessibility menu. I realize that's not what most people want with a folder.

I have an iPP and an iPm, and use them regularly. But I really don't like that Apple changes some apps to iPadOS making them less usable to me. I hate the sidebars that so many Apple apps to have. I want iPhone configurations on an iPad. More space - make stuff bigger so I can see it better. Settings adjustments after the fact rarely do the apps do justice to what I want to see. Some apps need them, yes.

Apple is spending time and money making MacOS look more like iOS and I really hate that. They should be spending that time and money on a) making MacOS less buggy and b) making iPadOS more like iOS.

Most people probably think I've got that last bit backwards. There are far more iPhones in use than iPads. I hate that simple things in the UIs are located differently. So I'll hope that Apple doesn't screw up the UI for a folder. But they'll want to empathize the uniqueness of it with "Isn't that special" tweaks.

That said I won't be paying $1000 for a phone let alone $200. If the folder is no thicker than a 2GS, I could live with it providing it met my UI prefs to some degree. It would have to have a screen that would be viewed when closed. I wouldn't open a phone to see who's calling, check messages, or see the time, when I have an Watch.

It looks like it should ship with a ball gag. So I've heard. If it works for someone that's all that matters. I've yet to buy an AVP but I really want one. I'll probably try the dual headband first. This thing just seems too involved. Maybe just attach some He balloons to the AVP.

ihatescreennames said:

gustav said:

ihatescreennames said:

tokyojimu said:

In the US you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Until then you are a suspect.

You are right, of course, when we are talking about courts. This isn’t a court case and words have meaning. 

noun | a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense: the police have arrested a suspect.

per-pe tra•tor l noun a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act: the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.

In this case, the perpetrator of the crime made a FaceTime call and proved they did it. There is no suspicion here. 

We only know what the media tells us. The evidence could end up being fake, or it could end up being a case of mistaken identity, etc. It's dangerous to label someone a criminal or perpetrator when we only have a third hand account of evidence. Just ask Richard Jewell (google him)

Read the rest of the paragraph:

”Ultimately, the victim was able to ping the iPad and notify officers of the suspect's location, leading to his arrest, although he did resist it. He was charged with vehicle theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, burglary and resisting arrest with violence.”

The perpetrator was charged with crimes. He isn’t a suspect. Richard Jewell (who I don’t need to google) WAS a suspect. He ended up not being charged because there was no evidence that he did it. That’s where the word “suspect” makes sense. This is not one of those cases. 

Until convicted in court he's an alleged perpetrator and a suspect. Media is aware of this and the liability of printing something that isn't proven in a court of law. The idea is to prevent "trying the case it the media" because of the tenet that everyone is innocent until proven guilty when charged with a crime. Words matter. What you maintain is about an arrestee's status is factually incorrect. Police charge innocent people all the time. Charging someone doesn't mean any more than an authority believing someone has committed a crime. They have to prove it even if they caught someone in the commission of a crime.

Police arresting and charging someone with a crime doesn't make them guilty unless and until it's proven in court. However that doesn't stop any individual from believing what ever they want. Those beliefs may or may not  be correct. Some people believe that whatever they believe is fact. The court systems aren't perfect but they're better than acting solely on someone's arbitrary belief systems.

 the lack of progress on Siri has not been a good look for Apple over the last year.

The last year? How about the last decade. About the only thing Siri has consistently been good at is setting a timer. Most of the time I use Alexa for that, but it frequently forgets before time is up.

Is AI supposed to save Siri? I've no interest in AI and probably won't for the next 1-2 years, until it can do something I'm interested in, and do it accurately and reliably.