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radarthekat said:

Had the technology for a digital watch existed right from the start, it would have been absurd to create a round watch body/face, as there simply would have been no imperative to create a form so inefficient to the function of the timepiece. 

I disagree. Apple has long sacrificed substance over style on many occasions. The Watch was an exception to their common though not absolute practice.

The rectangular shape is more efficient than a round shape at displaying maximum information. But like any aspect of our lives not everybody needs every possible feature of any given device. Most everyone I know has an Apple Watch. If not it's some feature watch not a smart watch. 

Style is an imperative. A round watch comes with some sacrifices that may or may not be important to the wearer. Style and function play different roles to different people based on their preferences. While Apple sticks to the rectangular case a great many of their watch faces are round, and still offer a lot of utility.

Sports cars vs saloons vs trucks, long pants vs shorts, hard top vs convertible, etc. One size doesn't fit all even if Apple says so. The Samsung watches offer a lot of utility in a round shape. A few I've seen are good looking to boot. They just don't offer watchOS so they're a non-starter for me.

A round Watch doesn't have to replace rectangles in a line up. I don't understand why people try to make it an either or situation. If Apple were to design a round Watch the vast majority of Watch fans would very like be surprised at how little would be lost in translation.

Apple should make their lineup thinner than it is now. If they made a round Watch it would sell. They probably won't do it. I have a vague memory of Jobs making negative comments regarding phablets. It's possible he never did. Yet iPhones keep getting bigger and bigger. So change is possible.

phred said:

I don’t understand.It says press = to get result,but that is how every calculator works.There may be something else that is not explained,but should be.

You need to reread the article, more carefully. It doesn't say what you think it said:

AI said:

Once an equals sign is written, the application will auto-complete the expression for the user, and the results change whenever the expression is modified in any way.

Most calculators give you results as you enter each process, a running total. The iPad calculator apparently lets you write (with the Pencil) an entire expression and doesn't solve until the equals sign is drawn. You seem to have missed everything before that. Watch the keynote if you're interested.

Go back to smaller iPhones, yes, but it will never happen. The mini is dead.

Apple should also go back to the Snow Leopard OS strategy. Instead of bringing out New, Bright, Shiny, and WitSec features, squash and fix all that is wrong with Sonoma. Save New, Bright, Shiny, and WitSec for every other year.

mikethemartian said:

I can somewhat understand smaller companies getting suckered but I would expect Samsung and Sony to be smarter than that.

The article says Sony refused to expand production, so I guess they were smarter than that.

Clearly many people and corporations believe ethics have no place in business. It's true the devil is in the business details. Any company can read a contract. That's why they have lawyers. Making your business succeed or fail because of one customer is asking for trouble.

Apple, like many other corporations didn't get rich by being nice guys, models of ethical behavior. They made it with the help of many business practices being legal, in most cases, and by legal practices some of us would call unethical.

Apple is an 1000 pound gorilla in a corporate world of 800 pound and smaller gorillas. If a person or corporate entity has a reputation for not treating their partners fairly under ethics or laws, as with a notable political figure notorious for not paying bills, then anybody doing business with that person or entity invites a certain level of risk.

I don't give Apple a pass for their shark-tank behavior. But I also blame the victim to some degree when "you knew I was a scorpion when you gave me a ride".

Apple is not a warm and fuzzy company. Business is not warm and fuzzy. You're a company that could catch a huge break getting Apple as a customer. You should know the risks. If you can't negotiate a contract that protects you as much as Apple, then don't sign, or halt and catch fire.

The display doesn't interest me as mine Gen 1 HPs are on a shelf out of normal foot traffic. Will the new HPs have something that interests me? Not likely. I'm sure there will be cool features, but nothing that will make me pop for new ones.

I'm waiting to throw the switch on an AVPro, so most any other Apple gear will distract me from that goal.