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  • Law firm that extracted $450M settlement in Apple e-books case is going after company for ...

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    ivanh said:
    3. Not mentioned by any battery-gate article editors that all lithium-ion batteries have their own circuit processors managing the batteries.
    Correct.
    ivanh said:
    It should not be the iOS business to throttle it.
    Not correct. There is nothing that the on-battery circuitry can do with regards the internal resistance of the cells. It is inevitable that if the iPhone circuitry draws too large a peak current on an old battery with high internal impedance, its output voltage will drop excessively and cause a shutdown. The throttling is used to prevent such peak current draw.

    chia said:
    ivanh said:
    1. Capacity depleted up to 20% of design should not fail to deliver peak power required by the iPhone;

    2. Running down to 30% energy left after a full charge will still provide peak power required by any iPhone;

    These are quite specific determinations and expectations.  Any citations?

    Are they based on science, observation, experience or expert opinion; that of an electronic/electrical engineer or a cut and paster?
    +1

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  • 6.5-inch iPhone X, 6.1-inch LCD iPhone in the works for late 2018 launch

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    melgross said:
    Even if there will be three, something of which I’m not so sure of, the mock-ups shown at the top of the article are off. What was done was mostly to enlarge the current X. That’s a big mistake, because the “notch” at the top is bigger as well. That’s highly unlikely. The notch should be the same size no matter what the size of the phone, giving more screen at the sides and more screen below, because the depth of the notch will also be the same depth.

    right now, the notch takes 2% of the screen area, in a larger phone, that will be even less, making it less noticeable. So I would ignore those mock-ups.
    Good point.

    I also think the LCD mockup is wishful thinking. The ultra-fine resolution curves in the display corners and around the notch in the iPhone X are only possible due to the flexible OLED screen. They can't do that with LCD. So the FaceID + LCD phone will have a thin full-width bezel at the top (to house earpiece speaker, camera, and FaceID components), and 90 degree corners to the display.

    I also really hope the predicted size of the LCD phone is wrong, and that it will be smaller. Or that there will be two, with the second one smaller.
    baconstangdoozydozen

  • First look: Apple's bionic iPhone X with Face ID

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    larryjw said:
    I attach zero importance to the 5W charger. That might be an issue for first time Apple buyers, but everyone else has a drawer filled with Apple chargers. Apple put a minimal charger in because they know anything more is unnecessary. 
    This makes no sense. Having a drawer full of Apple chargers doesn't make your new 5 W charger charge the iPhone X any faster.

    The point is, the iPhone X can be charged at a much faster rate than the included 5 W adaptor is capable of. For very little incremental cost (to Apple), Apple could include a more powerful charger. Given the high retail price of the iPhone X, I agree that it just seems mean-spirited of Apple to not include a more powerful adaptor.
    adonissmu

  • First look: Apple's bionic iPhone X with Face ID

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    Mr. H said:
    Could you check if Apple have replaced the triple-click home button shortcut with anything? How do you launch the magnifier (that uses the camera as a magnifying glass)? 
    This was, in a sideways kind of a way, answered in the live video - the triple-click of the home button has been replaced by triple-click of the side button.
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  • First look: Apple's bionic iPhone X with Face ID

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    boeyc15 said:

    Speaking of...best laptops ever made...

    https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/5/16428720/lenovo-retro-thinkpad-25th-anniversary

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/10/lenovos-25th-anniversary-thinkpad-brings-back-the-keyboard-we-love/

    Aint that pretty!?

    You're joking right? That is fucking hideous.
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