sagan_student

Can anyone shed some light on what happens if you sign in through Apple on a site that you’ve had a long time? Will you essentially be creating a new account or will it connect you with your previous one? Thx. 

jbdragon said:

Apple could just fatter then phones up a bit, the bump would be gone and now you have more space for a larger battery. Why over think this or make it complicated.

Not sure if I would like the extra weight. My iPhone X with no case is 174g and I already feel the weight on my pinky when holding it with one hand. I had the 6s Plus before that and it was 192g. My biggest complaint with that phone was the weight when using it with one hand. After 3 years with that phone, the weight still bothered me. So much so that I opted for the non max version. The iPhone 11 is 188g, if it was to get a battery larger to fill the void of pushing out the back to match the camera bump, I feel like the weight would be nearing 220-230g. For me that would be a brick of a phone and just too much for comfortable one hand usage.

cornchip said:

these quarterly unit sales figures are fun & all, but the real feat is the number of products in active daily use. What's the point of 5 million sales (at razor thin margins) if they're all lost in a book shelf a month later?

Completely agree with this. We got an Acer tablet last year given to us for renewing a cell contract. We didn’t want it, but they still have it to us. It is still in the box. Does that count as a sale?

pslice said:

It took me a while to realize what was being offered thru Apple News+ but now I love it. I’m dropping a lot of my paper subscriptions. The variety offered is great. “Rejiggering” had better not mess News+ up, because I believe it is great. 

Agreed. I would also add that it’s only been 2 months and this is a long term effort. My partner and I are both educators and have been holding out for summer to start the free trial and really see what it’s all about. I have been using it and she hasn’t been, and I am confident that we’ll be subscribing. But it will ultimately be how she responds to it that will determine if that’s a cost worth subscribing to (as it takes a unanimous decision for subscriptions). 

However I am confident, from my experiences, once she gets a feel for what this service is and how it makes consuming web media so much more pleasant that we will be subscribing long after our free trial. 

windlasher said:

Yeah, but it's the same problem for all industries. Have you ever noticed that every time someone farts in the middle east, gas stations are out there changing the sign ten minutes later? Didn't they already buy that gas in the ground? Maybe I don't understand the oil to the gas pump expense, but it happens. Every year it's the same story, faster processor, better camera, and we lemmings go out and get one. This made sense when they first came out cause every phone was miles above the previous one. No so much anymore. I managed to wait from the 6 to the xs, four years. I'll probably do the same this time. that's two phones in 8 years instead of 6 phones in 6 years. Vote with your wallet.

Can you specify how the early generations of iPhone were vastly different between each release? From my perspective the changes between every generation has been nearly the same.

What has changed is our experiences and expectations. We never had any expectations of what personal and truly portable technology could be, the iPhone changed that and made us aware. Now, 10 years later, we realize that we had hit the seven year itch and things have not been the same since then. I mean I still love my iPhone and I cannot see my life with out it but it’s just not doing what it once did for me. So what to do? I could leave and get a new phone. I mean they look different and sexy, but I suspect that it will not fill that preceived void. After a few months the excitement I longed for fades, leaving me regretting my decision to leave in the first place.