timmillea

Yet another patronising, relatively content-free article with no figures or evidence to back up any of the assertions made. 

It is depressing that people get paid to write such pointless crap. 

"If you don't have a Qi2 device, you're better off with a MagSafe charger. You'll get faster speeds in the end."

The idea that fast = good has to be corrected. Fast charging is convenient in the short-run but very inconvenient and expensive in the long run - when you have to pay for a replacement battery in a device where it is not user-swappable. Correspondingly the cost of a new battery and fitting will be deducted from any resale value when the necessary battery health stat is determined. The faster charging is done, the faster the lifetime of the battery is diminished, both in terms of maximum storage capacity and overall longevity. For a long-lived, healthy battery, the slower the charging, the better. 

Apple, like most others, uses a compromise charging algorithm to charge quickly then slow down to deliver 'fast charging' until the damage to the battery caused would become excessive, so then slows down in the most critical, life-shortening phase. However, slower charging also in the initial stage would cause less damage and increase longevity. 

For a long-lived battery, device lower total cost of ownership, less device price depreciation: slow = good. 

Apple absolutely should and can do this. Base it on a bog-standard iPad spec but with a keyboard. Savings can be made with the display quality, battery life, processor speed and ports. Remember the iBook? This would be the iBook revisioned. But bring in Jony Ive to design it. We have had a succession of design faux pas from Apple of late. 

Do people really care that much what colour their phone is? Most people will only ever see their phone colour when it is first bought and when they sell it. The rest of its life it will be hidden by a case. 

It reminds me of the scene from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when, in Earth's pre-history, a committee of hairdressers, telephone sanitisers, salespeople and the like had been formed to develop the wheel. Arthur Dent, the protagonist, loses his patience with them, "Look you have even invented the wheel yet!". One of the committee stands up and protests, "You tell us what colour it is meant to be!". 

"The Apple Vision Pro defines the genre for sure — at the very-high end. This time, intentionally, they aimed too high on cost for the consumer."

There is a clue in the name. The stripped-back 'Apple Vision' will surely follow once the 'more money than sense' market has been milked.