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  • Factory-sealed original iPhone sells for $39,340 at auction

    retrogustoretrogusto
    Cue the classic video of Steve Ballmer saying that $600 is way too much for a (1st gen) iPhone. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple is going to see another record-breaking fourth fiscal quarter

    retrogustoretrogusto
    AppleInsider said:

    JP Morgan rates AAPL stock as overweight, meaning they believe it's worth buying since it has outperformed broader technology stocks and the S&P 500 index for the year to date.
    The report doesn’t actually say that, right? Good price performance in the recent past is not usually considered to be a good reason to buy shares, and it’s down 23.5% in 2022, vs. 25% for the S&P, hardly an impressive difference.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Watch battery blowout sends man to emergency room

    retrogustoretrogusto
    I had a lot of trouble with batteries expanding and leaking, 6 batteries across two MBPs and two iPhones. The first time it happened, my trackpad stopped working and it took me a long time to realize that the battery was pressing it from below. When I finally bought that first replacement battery (older model with user-replaceable battery), the guy at the Apple Store told me that MacBook Pros should not be left plugged in when they’re not actively charging. Which of course I didn’t believe given that all of the laptops in the store were plugged in. 

    After years of frustration, I eventually realized that the devices I charged in my bedroom were having battery problems, but my iPads, which I always charged in the living room, never did. I put a $225 Furman PST-8D surge protector/power conditioner on the bedroom outlet, but not only did that not solve the problem, after several months the Furman completely died!

    So now I just charge everything in the living room.
    muthuk_vanalingamcornchipwatto_cobra

  • Google Pixel 7 smartphone & Pixel Watch debut

    retrogustoretrogusto
    CheeseFreeze said:
    The watch aesthetics are clearly stolen from Apple (but circular). I kinda like it. But I doubt whether it can compete with the Apple Watch.
    Haha, yes, my first thought was that they did a great job of making it look like a round watch.
    CheeseFreezewatto_cobraStrangeDays

  • Get ready to pay to see 4K video on YouTube

    retrogustoretrogusto
    It’s hard to imagine that there would be much of a market for paid 4K on YouTube, given the amount of content shot with low production value, and/or not of a deeply aesthetic nature, plus the limited number of viewers who have the necessary hardware and/or who care about the nominal difference.
    FileMakerFellerchasmwatto_cobra