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  • Apple struggles to break free from Samsung display reliance

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    badmonk said:
    Samsung is notorious for stealing IT from smaller companies and so to portray Samsung as a victim in its relationship with Apple seems to be a stretch.

    They are largely responsible for the decline of the Japanese electronics industry (albeit some of this was the Japanese resistance to change).  But their strategy was using other companies IP and under cutting them in price and then riding out litigation.
    Agreed.  Even after all those years of Samsung doing everything it could to evade getting busted for IP theft in court for everyone to see, people here and elsewhere still apply their own revisionist history to paint Samsung as a good guy.

    I don't remember if it was the judge, or Samsung's own lawyer that could not tell the difference between Samsung's own phone and an iPhone during the court proceedings.  That's how blatantly obvious Samsung was when stealing the look & feel of the iPhone.
    watto_cobrajony0

  • New Sony Bravia TVs have Apple TV, AirPlay 2, HomeKit & more

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    omasou said:
    Sony TVs have supported Apple TV, Apple Play (not sure about AirPlay 2) and Homekit (only on and off) in the higher end H, J and K series.

    FYI, the Apple TV app does not support things like Apple TV/Music purchases (but you can see and play what is in your library), Apple Fitness, etc. still need an Apple TV for that.
    Also, the physical AppleTV device is also (for many) the HomeKit "hub" needed to establish a HomeKit-enabled network. 
    gregoriusmwatto_cobra

  • Qualcomm's M2-beating chip probably won't arrive until after M3 drops

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    DuhSesame said:
    sflocal said:
    I received my new M2-Max MBP (64GB RAM & 2TB SSD) and was simply blown-away at the performance.  It put my 2020 10-core i9 (128GB RAM & 8TB SSD) iMac to shame in every metric I use it for.  Simply amazing the amount of performance this laptop has.

    Qualcomm has some serious uphill challenges and I suspect it will get a lot of pie on its face when they come out with their Apple-CPU killer.  *rolls eyes*
    For an obsolete 10-core, yes.  But do realize Intel’s 12th-gen is making at least 2x increase.  Now they have 8 more e-cores to their disposal.

    Apple, while having significant advantages in their architecture, moved ridiculously slow.  I’d say 16+8 is not gonna cut it against Raptor Lake & Zen 4z
    Put those chips in a laptop and running on battery, Apple's M(x) chips have always outperformed the Intel/AMD varieties.  As a laptop, that matters.
    sphericwatto_cobra

  • Qualcomm's M2-beating chip probably won't arrive until after M3 drops

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    I received my new M2-Max MBP (64GB RAM & 2TB SSD) and was simply blown-away at the performance.  It put my 2020 10-core i9 (128GB RAM & 8TB SSD) iMac to shame in every metric I use it for.  Simply amazing the amount of performance this laptop has.

    Qualcomm has some serious uphill challenges and I suspect it will get a lot of pie on its face when they come out with their Apple-CPU killer.  *rolls eyes*
    williamlondonred oakradarthekatwatto_cobra

  • Blaze cripples Apple India's Lightning cable production factory

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    JP234 said:
    Plenty of other places to get lightning cables. Cheaper, too.
    Probably an insurance fire, to get the money to retool for USB-C.
    Seriously... do people like you just sit around and fabricate conspiracy theories because you have nothing better to do in your life? 
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