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  • Apple plans slimmest iPhone 17 & MacBook Pro designs following iPad Pro success

    tmay said:
    chasm said:
    I only carry my phone when I’m traveling, and it’s been a harrowing experience. The battery seems to drain so quickly (see: range anxiety) and I’m constantly having to manage it. What I’d love more than anything: keep the damn phones the same thickness—or make them slightly thicker—and give me solid 18-hours of life.
    They'd need to be LOT thicker and a LOT heavier to give you 18 hours of non-stop usage.
    GOOD!

    I want that!

    More battery life, sturdier phone, not seeing the downside here.

    Hundreds of consumers will line up overnight for that...
    Millions more will buy the thinner one. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Apple plans slimmest iPhone 17 & MacBook Pro designs following iPad Pro success

    Make the iPhone 1/8” thicker, increase the battery size!
    Erm, no thanks.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Sherlocked by Sequoia: What apps Apple may have killed in macOS and iOS 18

    nubus said:
    40domi said:
    Are these the same poor developers that have been anty App Store policies?
    ...
    Those that make good useful apps, have nothing to fear!
    The entire concept of Sherlocking is that those creating great productivity apps will see Apple mimic their work without getting paid.
    It wasn't always like that. The Mac didn't have a clock in the menu and so most of us installed SuperClock! Apple then bought the rights to it. Same with other tools.

    Those days are gone. Not compensating small developers is a bit too brutal for my taste. It wouldn't hurt Apple to play nice. Not sure if the problem is penny-pinching or not-invented-here.
    Compensate them for what exactly? It’s not like Apple reached into their development environment and copied their source code. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • First alternative to Apple Wallet is ready to launch in EU

    "The newly competitive market for digital wallets is about to experience genuine customer-first innovation," Curve founder Shachar Bialick said. A Curve spokesperson also claimed that switching to its service will save banks "millions of euros" that currently go to Apple.

    Just me or were these two statements completely contradictory to one another? What do I care how much money the banks save? 
    Those millions will instead go to Curve. Is probably what he didn’t mention. 
    watto_cobraAlex1N
  • Your next iPhone could be the iPad mini - iPhone 15 vs iPad mini showdown

    There’s also the whatsapp doesn’t run on iPadOS thing. 
    fred1