mario said:

Headphone jack is located on the side on the desktop computer???? Who wants speaker cable dangling from the side all the time going to external powered speakers, instead of neatly tucked behind the screen and out of sight?

Uh, because a standard headphone jack is actually thicker than the M1 iMac.

ArcaSwiss said:

I don't get why Apple has their own maps. Google Maps is what I use and don't think Apples are as good

Uh, because Google Maps started withholding key features such as turn by turn directions from the iPhone and Apple thought that Google was collecting too much data form its users. If you're using Google Maps on your iPhone and you honestly think that it's better than Apple Maps, you really have Apple Maps to thank for that because if memory serves me right Google only started improving Google Maps on the iPhone once Apple Maps was released.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/11/apple-maps-google-iphone-users

Personally, Apple Maps works just fine with me, and I almost never have a problem with it to the point where I can't remember the last time I used Google Maps (I may have even deleted it off my phone, I honestly can't remember.) I am also happy to have one less Google thing in my life tracking me.

StrangeDays said:

lkrupp said:

Here’s the bottom line. Read it and weep... or throw up in your mouth.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/tech/samsung-galaxy-fold-breaking-debacle/index.html

Headline reads:

Samsung Galaxy Fold phones are breaking. Here's why it doesn't matter

Double standard? Naw.

"Samsung, unlike Apple, doesn't need to get it right the first time,"

...quoted source says this, but never explains this. Why does Apple need to get it right the first time, whereas Samsung doesn’t?

Apple needs to get it right the first time in large part because Apple is so dependent on a handful of products, and so if they have a massive problem like this or the Note 7's problems Apple would be in serious trouble. Google can release a deeply defective Pixel or Samsung can have problems like the one with the Fold, and they have enough other products to fall back on that this isn't an issue.

Remember this the next time someone is complaining about how Apple isn't "innovative" enough. Apple can't afford to release what are essentially beta versions of their products.

I just ran Geekbench 4 on my iPhone X, and these were my results:

ireland said:

At €879 for a 64 GB LCD iPhone, I'm going to say it does not bring value. What it does however it bring the price of iPhones higher than last year. Higher and higher. What Apple has actually done in the past two years is of benefit mostly to shareholders. And the spoiled kids of rich people.

No, it really doesn't bring the price of iPhones higher at least in this country. And no, most people who own Apple products aren't the spoiled kids of rich people.

I don't know why some people bother posting comments.