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  • Drop test shows iPhone 15 Pro Max glass no more fragile than other premium phones

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    9secondkox2 said:
    The larger the surface area at the same thickness, the weaker it will be compared to the same thickness with a smaller surface area. That’s just physics. No one will ever overcome that. 

    A pro max, as tough as it is, will not resist bending or breaking as well as a regular sized pro. 

    Even with titanium and Corning glass, It’s an expensive computer. Treat it like one. 
    This exactly. It’s not like those youtubers subject their laptops to a drop test
    watto_cobra

  • Europe asks if Digital Markets Act should apply to iMessage

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    I’d argue that WhatsApp’s popularity is because iMessage doesn’t have android compatibility. That’s the only reason i have it. Too many people in my circle on android. 
    sphericwatto_cobra

  • Drop test shows iPhone 15 Pro Max glass no more fragile than other premium phones

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    kmarei said:
    Every iPhone  generation, we are told the glass is stronger than the one before it
    But every generation breaks just the same when you drop it 
    so what's the benefit of gorilla glass super duper +?
    You would prefer weaker glass in each successive generation?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple confirms iOS 17 fix for overheating iPhones is on the way

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    Toortog said:
    They will probably take a page from the IBM OS2 game book.  Apple will dial back performance of their chip to reduce heat on the chip that was suppose to run cooler.  Then like OS2 they will crank up the screen IO to make things appear to the user as still speedy.  I'd say Apple and TSMC has pushed out the 3nm chips before they are ready for prime time. 
    Did you even bother reading the article or did you jump straight to shitposting. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple has most of the elements it needs to create its own search engine

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    avon b7 said:
    lmasanti said:
    First thing first… we need to acknoledge that it is a… ‘no news week’… so Gruman… and also Kuo… need to ‘fill’ their sites with… anything,

    This quote is funny: “However, Apple could earn more revenue than the Google deal by bringing search in-”

    You know… Apple knows nothing about ‘doing business’… so Gruman cleverly notes that they are wrong if they do not make their own search engine.

    I just remember two quotes… I think both from Steve Jobs…:
    “We are proud as much of what we have done as of what we have not done!”
    “We like to enter a market when we can change it!“

    So… why should Apple enter the search market for… selling ads?
    Do we remember the iAds idea?

    Do we remember the “TV as a hobby” until they develop Apple TV+?
    But people keep ‘telling’ Apple to buy Disney, Netflix, ESPN, ABC…

    Maybe… Apple is a trillion valued company… by not following bloggers and journalists' ideas.
    It's important to not forget how Google got going at the outset. 

    For every search you made through Google, Google was earning revenues by just presenting the results page to you with two or three clearly marked promoted links. You didn't have to click on any of them for Google to get the revenue. That remains of course but a lot more has been added and interwoven into it since. 

    At the very least, Apple now has enough users to make regular search a viable and very profitable option. That would earn them revenue, increase competition and potentially take customers away from Google. 

    Of course, it's no wonder Google got where it got today because it's search infrastructure, algorithms included, is class leading.

    However, you don't have to beat Google at its own game. You just have to be good enough and know how to market the functionality. 

    IMO, the current Apple - Google 'agreement' is basically a scheme to stifle competition and share the rewards. 



    Or it could be a preemptive measure to ward accusations of steering customers to their own search engine.  

    watto_cobra