sdw2001

techconc said:

DAalseth said:

Maybe Apple has decided that €50 million is just the cost of doing business. 

Yeah, just to do a little perspective on this.  Using the back of the napkin math...   Apple made $34.6 Billion USD profit last quarter.  Convert to Euros, that's 30.6+ Billion Euros.  Divide by 90 (days in the quarter) and that's 340+ million Euros profit per day or roughly 14+ million Euros per hour they make in profit.  So, the maximum fine represents the profit Apple makes in about 3 hours.  I suspect they can't be bothered by such nonsense.  

muthuk_vanalingam said:

Beats said:

KnockoffInsider

Broken tape recorder

sdw2001 said:

OK, I'm going to go full, old-school, trashing mode here:  [rant] 

These things are HIDEOUS in every respect.  They are so ugly I almost can't believe they are real.  The puke mauve color, the spider eyes-looking cameras.  The camera bump on the Plus.  The fact that the Ultra has FIVE cameras and an LED.  I feel like I'm reading this Onion article (NSFW) on how many blades they can fit into a razor.   .  Right now, there is probably a Samsung executive pounding on the table, yelling "For the S23 next year, I want more cameras!!! I want to see at least six...no....7.....aww hell, 10 cameras!  And four LEDS! And I want more innovative colors like this puke mauve we're showing.  I'm thinking pea soup green, loose crap brown, and uncomfortable shades of off-white.  You want innovation? Here's something new.....a beige S23 Ultra.  I know, I know! You're speechless. Now get back in your cubicles and make it happen, nerds! I don't pay you 6 cents an hour to sit around.  I demand these products are spec-whored to death!  I want 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage! And 16K resolution screens with 10,000mAh batteries!  Get on it!  

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Guess what - Four rear cameras is the next logical step for Apple's iPhones as well. Then your rant would be - Wow, what an innovation!!! May be not, but who knows. The reality is that 4 rear cameras provide the phones a certain versatility that the current setup cannot provide. And this is NOT a first proper quad rear camera setup either. I guess that credit goes to Huawei (I am sure Avon B7 will be more than happy to provide details on that). Samsung & other OEMs who are putting up a proper quad rear camera (Wide main camera, ultra wide, 3 or 5x telephoto 1, 10x telephoto 2) are right on this one.

kiltedgreen said:

hammeroftruth said:

Needs more cameras. The whole backside should be covered with cameras. 

My thoughts exactly! This will not end well.

Fairly shortsighted comment, imho. These comments are being made by people who have no clue or whatsoever about the versatility that these cameras bring to the table. Once Apple brings the same quad camera setup to iPhones, it would be royal fun to read - "Wow, what an innovation", "Competitors might have done this earlier, but Apple has implemented it right" etc from the exact same people.