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  • Rumor claims Apple cutting iPhone 8 production orders in half

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    spliff monkey said:
    For myself, advising a friend, part of the trouble is the "Memory gap":  Where it jumps from 64Gb @ $700 to 256Gb @ $850.

    The 64Gb is too small for her.
    The 256Gb is too expensive for her.

    So, she keeps using the iPhone 5 I gave her when her iPhone 6 was stolen.
    That’s just silly. The 8 is so far beyond the 5. If she doesn’t want an 8 why not an SE. same dimensions as the 5 too. 

    Everyone waiting for an X will be sadly disappointed. Both in the wait time (they’ll never get one for xmas) and version 1 of a new device. I’m grabbing an 8 in a few days. 
    Ridiculous comment about the X and how people will be “sadly disappointed” because it’s V1 of a new device, so you are going with the 8. HELLO! The 8 is also a new device! Where did you people get your education?
    Soliradarthekat

  • Supreme Court asks Trump administration for thoughts on App Store pricing lawsuit

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    As is typical of these BS lawsuits, let’s look at the plaintiffs - yes, these are people so oppressed and appalled that they have to pay a buck or two for apps. It’s draining their bank accounts. But no, these are nothing more than a-holes recruited by law firms to try to obtain a big pay day for the attorneys, and pennies for the actual consumer. My wife just received a settlement check as part of a class action lawsuit against the company where she worked - the check was for $8.46 and they withheld 2.12 in federal taxes! Barely worth the paper it was printed on, or the hassle of taking it to the bank.

    What is equally absurd is that this lawsuit complains that Apple is making 30%, when they are providing the warehouse, the transportation system, the store front, the advertising venue, the banking services, the security, and most importantly, their hundreds of millions of customers for that small fee when other traditional retailers typically mark prices up 100%. Fk these ambulance chasers!
    stompy

  • Editorial: Who will buy iPhone 8?

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    rotateleftbyte said:
    brucemc said:
    Apple is so far ahead in silicon performance, the iPhone 8 will still crush the top end Android phones next year. 

    ROFL. Really?
    What about the droves of Fandroid's who won't touch anything made by Apple with a 40ft Barge Pole?
    What about the retailers who only display Samsung devices but still carry iPhones (unmarked boxes in a locked room with a sign saying 'Rabid dogs inside' on the door)
    What about the retailers who promote the S7 Edge as the latest phone (not kidding here)
    etc
    etc
    etc

    There are dozens of reasons why the iPhone 8/X won't crush the top end Android phones and not should they. Competition is what keeps the market moving forward.

    Oh, and most buyers don't care one little bit about CPU specs. Shiny, shiny is what sells to around 50% of the market.

    Quote:
    iPhone 8 and 8 Plus shouldn't have any trouble finding buyers.
    Yep, all those who won't go near the 'X' for a variety of reasons including cost, TouchID and the 'notch'.


    Wow! You do no how to read don't you? iPhones outselll ALL of the other competitors' premium models COMBINED, and the 8 will be no exception. And with the incredible increase in CPU and GPU speeds, along with tight hardware and software integration, there is absolutely no doubt the the 8 will still be crushing the competition in performance next year. So try slowly removing your head from your posterior and wake up.
    watto_cobra

  • Editorial: Who will buy iPhone 8?

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    sog35 said:
    iPhone 8 is a wonderful product.

    But come on Bro.  The design is so FRICKEN OLD BRAH.

    4 years in a row the front of the phone looks EXACTLY THE SAME.

    Apple should have shrunk the bezels a bit and make the phone look more fresh


    Seriously? The iPhone 9????? Nice way to establish cred...
    watto_cobra

  • Google buys HTC smartphone team for $1.1B [u]

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    bigmushroom said:
    I am not sure Motorola was such a bad deal for Google:

    - They sold Motorola to Lenovo for 2.9 billion (as the article correctly reports).
    - They also sold the cable modem and set-top box business to Arris for 2.35 billion in 2012.
    - Motorola had 3 billion in cash.

    So once you factor everything out (plus some tax assets apparently), it appears they lost not more than 3.5 billion on the deal. A nice article is here:

    http://bgr.com/2014/02/13/google-motorola-sale-interview-lenovo/

    So one view is that they paid about 3.5 billion for Motorola patents - which is less than Apple and Microsoft paid when they teamed up to buy Nortel patents for 4.5 billion.

    But more importantly, Motorola was about to sue other Android manufacturers (Samsung, HTC). Google appeared to buy Motorola to end that threat because Android was not yet the dominant alternative to iOS. If Motorola would have sued everyone else, it could have disrupted the whole eco-system.

    So I don't think Google regrets buying Motorola - it might have been a defensive move (getting more patents, prevent a patent war with other Android OEMs) but it wasn't hugely expensive in the end.


    I think you’re missing the point. The Motorola business was a failure under Google. Period.
    croprronnpatchythepiratewatto_cobra