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  • How WeChat's ascent suggests the iPhone may never again dominate in China

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    Beats said:
    GG1 said:
    substance said:
    How is this app that much different any app that has 'everything-and-the-kitchen-sink' built into them (like Facebook had they not broken Messenger out into a separate app)? 

    And why is WeChat so popular in China?  What's to prevent the latest and greatest chap app to come around in a year or two to knock it off its pertch?

    Facebook isn't even close to being like WeChat.  Bet your bottom dollar, they are trying though.  So are all the major players. The article touches on it, but doesn't go far enough.  WeChat is a fully fleshed out ecosystem in a single app.  It's built so that a user never has to leave their environment to do anything that's done electronically.  A Chinese user could have no other apps on their phone besides WeChat and they wouldn't miss a beat.  ← That's not hyperbole.  Whether using an iOS or Android device, every aspect of a users digital life can be handled through WeChat.  The user never has to leave the app.  The next largest social app in China is QQ.  Both are owned by Tencent.  That is one thing that is similar.  Facebook (WhatsApp & FB Messenger) and Tencent (WeChat & QQ) own the top two messaging apps in their respective spheres of influence.  No one else is even close.
    I observed this in China. It really offers so much beyond chat it really could be an OS with multiple services. Where Amazon failed with Fire Phone (only shopping), I think Tencent could succeed with a WeChat Phone (payment, banking, shopping, social media, mass transit ticketing, etc.). Built by Huawei.

    Edited for clarity.

    So basically rip off Apple's hard work with ZERO originality and push them out of the market.
    Users are not looking for “originality”. They are looking for a platform to use WeChat. 
    GeorgeBMacFileMakerFeller

  • Apple plans to reopen some Apple Store locations in the first half of April

    bulk001bulk001
    It takes Apple to stand up to the insanity! Thank you Tim Cook. Obviously if you are in a high risk group or area then you need to isolate yourself but the rest can get back to a slightly less restrictive life. 
    lkruppsdw2001watto_cobra

  • New video shows what the iPad Pro's LIDAR scanner is capable of

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    I will admit that my initial comments on AR in iOS devices was short sighted. The addition of lidar and the ability to tie it to things like arm movement or room layout is very powerful. Putting a couch into the   Champs-Élysées didn’t seem that useful. To the developers who saw the potential and Apple for adding it, good on you! Thanks for the video link BTW very interesting. 
    coolfactorjony0

  • Apple sets global purchase limits on iPhones, new iPads, and Macs

    bulk001bulk001
    They should have put Apple in control of toilet paper, hand sanitizer and potato sales too!
    razorpitwallymStrangeDaysharry wildviclauyycjony0watto_cobra

  • Apple launches $350 iPad keyboard amid pandemic-fueled recession

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    A recession is 2 quarters of negative growth. Let’s not make up stuff “just because”. Leave the hype to FoxNews and CNN! https://www.learningmarkets.com/who-decides-when-we-are-in-a-recession/
    watto_cobraSpamSandwich