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auxio said:

…there's an endgame where him and his insiders get rich…

Yes, him will get rich. Them all will. Me know it. 

"...a hefty price tag of $5 whole American dollars..."

Ah, AppleInsider. Where the writing is always worth five dollars whole American dollars.

leighr said:

The end of so called “fact checkers” is a welcome relief for true free speech. When one person, or group, has the power to decide what is ‘true’ or not, we are all in trouble. See exhibit one: China, or even worse, North Korea.

The most laughably clueless understanding of "fact checker" I could ever imagine. Because to check facts is, precisely, to not decide what is or isn't true. It's to let reality provide the answer. A task performed by checking facts. Fact checking, if you will.

Then this guy tells us to check the examples of China and North Korea, which... Wait a second! He's checking the facts surrounding China and North Korea? In his world, that means HE'S DECIDING WHAT IS TRUE! Oh nos! WE ARE ALL IN TROUBLE!
 
This is what happens when you pack up your mind and relocate it to lollipop la-la land.

This article is goofy (or as they say it in the industry, "in accordance with AppleInsider standards").

Please rewrite it. This time, don't go on about the battery life implications of "slimness". Write about the trade-off between battery life and lightness. That's the point of a slimmer device: it's more light. Lighter weight is a thing that people do want. That, not the straw man "slimness", is the quality involved in a trade-off with battery life. The whole shebang hinges on "light" and "weight" – words that don't appear once in the article.

What sort of tradeoff between battery life and device weight might people want? Or do iPhones need to be any lighter at all? Are they light enough as is? Take those key words (I italicized them) and rewrite the article so it actually says something. Go get busy!

(Edited to tone down some pre-coffee ranting. Sorry! Really, the diatribe isn't against this author; it's a snap at the many pundits who go on about "the pursuit of slimness" without even mentioning the prime objective of slimming: lighter weight. To all those pundits, I say: It's fine to dislike slimmer, lighter devices that come at the expense of battery life. But please stop imagining that "slimness" is the entirety of the goal. Give us your thoughts on the trade-off between battery life and weight!)

rezwits said:

...but the power button was in an awkward place when switching the cables.  So actually I am gonna luv this now.

Exactly. With the new design, you can pick the thing up in fat grabby fingers, pull cables out, turn the unit around, push cables in, manhandle the thing like your nonna squeezing the melanzanas at Guido's Grocery, and you won't accidentally press the power button. The new mini's power button is right where it should be.