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  • Warren Buffett praises iPhone as an 'extraordinary product'

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    JP234 said:
    So sayeth the Oracle of Omaha. And he's right. You pay $30-40K for a car that does one thing. You pay $1K for a device that does more things than you can count or even remember, many of them essential of important to your daily life.

    It's the bargain of the millennium. And enough people know that, consciously or not, that Apple Inc. is a cash machine, and will remain so for the foreseeable future, regardless of global events, market fluctuations or technology advances (the iPhone will be at the forefront there).
    I agree ☝🏾. I hadn’t considered it like this, but Apple’s secret weapon is solving problems people don’t know they have in stealth mode and having the iphone in their pocket facilitate it effortlessly. Once they own two current devices and experience the seamless integration, they can’t go back. If they do for some reason their absence will be short lived v
    spock1234JP234Madbumwatto_cobrajony0

  • Sherlocking continues: Apple's interest is a 'kiss of death' to small technology firms

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    Apple plays a really long game and never just jumps into anything. The reason these cases rarely hold up is Apple has usually been working on a solution long before the other companies have. In some cases they have submitted for patents before some of the companies even existed. 
    lolliverMacProwatto_cobra

  • Mixed-reality headset will be main focus of WWDC 2023

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    tht said:
    Not sure what's up with the media reporting of both Gurman and Kuo here. It seems obvious that Apple is going to announce this goggles product with it shipping at least 6 months later. Hard to believe that this wasn't going to happen this way. Apple does this with new types of hardware products with no threat of an Osborne effect, or, they will announce products that don't matter to their bottom line 6 like the $5000 Mac desktops, $5000 displays, or a niche accessory.

    They both probably know of specific parts going into the goggles, like 2" OLED displays, goggle shaped ribbon cables, lens parts, who knows what else. They are just waiting on one their suppliers get the "go" order for mass production. When that happens, 3 to 4 months later, the product can be assembled, with 1 to 2 months after that for shipping to customers. There's surely trial production and assembly for all the risky parts. So, the trick is figuring out what is trial production for this or that part, or it's the real deal. So lots of guessing from Kuo and Gurman on "go" time.

    Why would Apple wait for WWDC in June instead of doing it in March? Or July? Or September? There probably is a sense (a set of metrics) within Apple for when the product can ship to end customers. They are just waiting on when the critical milestones for shipping within 6 months is reached. Haven't gotten there yet.
    I believe the WWDC timing is because they need as many developers on board as possible. They see this OS as the next generation computer interface and want to lay a proper foundation. The original watch OS was just extending apps already on the iPhone and the original iPhone only offered Web Apps at release. These devices didn’t require the same level of developer support initially so they could be announced before the conference. 
    dewme

  • iPhone 15 Pro may not get solid-state buttons due to technical issues

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    I find it amazing that Apple can be painted in a poor light for technical issues with a design they haven’t even revealed. Sometimes these phantom products and issues can even negatively effect their stock price. 

    What is never postulated is that the analysts are likely wrong, a lot 
    tht

  • Users won't give up their iPhones for $10K, and that makes Apple 'wonderful' says Warren B...

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    DAalseth said:
    If you're an Apple user and somebody offers you $10,000, with the the only proviso [that] they'll take away your iPhone and you'll never be able to buy another," he said, "you're not going to take it.

    That’s a very silly statement. Most people I know would take it in a heartbeat. Lose the iPhone, that would be unfortunate, but $10k would get me a nice Mac, and other things that would make up the difference. 
    If it were that simple they would already own a cheap phone instead. I was offered a position at a company a was returning to and offered a new position for IT they were creating. I had moved on from Windows and happily declined the offer to deal with them everyday. 

    The money wasn’t worth my piece of mind. 
    lolliverradarthekatwatto_cobra