mr lizard

hammeroftruth said:

All we hear in the US is that some countries have had flattened curves, but nothing specific on how they are doing a better job barring keeping people at home. 

I'm sorry that your media and government are doing you a disservice. 

hammeroftruth said:

So if your country is so much better in terms of handling and long term plans, please share them here. 

Virtually every other country in the world, bar third world countries, is doing a better job than the US. 

Your country is a plague pit, you have people dropping like flies, and unlike other nations you have no coherent plan to exit the crisis yet retailers are opening their stores again. 

elijahg said:

canukstorm said:

GeorgeBMac said:

No ports is a great idea, but:

Don't all but the most recent CarPlay setups require a wired connection?

If so, how would that work?   Would Apple require everybody to upgrade their CarPlay systems?  Since most are proprietory to the OEM, that could get expensive.

Portless doesn't mean wireless. There are rumors that iPhone 13 will incorporate a MagSafe Connector.

That would be terrible for a phone that’s not sat on a desk whilst charging. Battery banks would either need to be wireless and then twice the size to counter the wireless inefficiency, or have some kind of case that holds the smart charger in place whilst the phone is charging. 

If you were charging handheld in a car the connector would constantly fall off, and even if you were charging whilst holding it the magnet would never be strong enough to stop it getting dislodged regularly. 

Apple are the experts when it comes to incorporating magnets into their products. The iPad 'magic' keyboard is a real-world example of how they can deploy extremely thin magnets to clamp a heavy slab of glass and metal in place that even holds up to being shaken. 

Applying that magnetic strength to the end of a cable that withstands even firm tugging is a challenge well within Apple's competence and experience. 

GeorgeBMac said:

No ports is a great idea, but:

Don't all but the most recent CarPlay setups require a wired connection?

If so, how would that work?   Would Apple require everybody to upgrade their CarPlay systems?  Since most are proprietory to the OEM, that could get expensive.

I think by 'no ports' it's meant 'no socket style ports'. If the Smart Connector comes to the iPhone and they can solve how to shift data over it then all it'll need is a smart connector cable at one end and a regular USB at the other.