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StrangeDays said:

fatalhorizon said:

Since it's the decision Apple made, it must be the right one. If you held the poll the day before the keynote, the results would have vastly favored hiding the notch. It's truly awful.

“truly awful” oh lawd...you live a sheltered life. 

rogifan_new said:

I’m seeing techies on Twitter saying they’re not blown away by iPhone X.  So what exactly would blow them away? 

Soli said:

SpamSandwich said:

randominternetperson said:

SpamSandwich said:

The_Martini_Cat said:

To me this does not make sense.  To avoid a $75K claim, they sue Apple?  This is gonna be a money loser for sure.  I would have my questions about the "new" ness of the 4S, too, in 2014, but trust me on this, we are never going to get to the facts of this one.  Waaay too minor.  Next?

They're probably testing the legal waters before launching a salvo of lawsuits against Apple.

I doubt that.  If, in fact, they had evidence of a pattern of iPhones causing files (and therefore costing State Farm millions), they would bundle those together now and take that to court.  The biggest problem with this current case (from their perspective) is that it seems like a one-off event which makes it impossible to argue that Apple has released a dangerous device.

Then why even bother with the lawsuit? The amount sought is insignificant to both companies. I believe they are looking for a hole and if that hole is breached, they'll file additional suits.

I think that makes the most sense. Although, an alternative could be that they're finding ways to have their law firm(s) bill hours to square up a nonrefundable retainer. I.e.: throw shit at a wall because it doesn't cost State Farm any money to do so, even if their chance of success is less than the chance of the Apple's negligence in this case.

Herbivore2 said:

This is another nice analysis by DED. 

Google is in a bad spot. Their total incompetence with respect to hardware will be their undoing. It is actually kind of fun watching Samsung put the screws to Google. In a few short years, Samsung will have displaced Google on the only non iOS premium mobile platform that matters. 

If Samsung gets Bixby done right, then Google is in real trouble over the long term. Samsung will eventually acquire a maps developer and Google will find it myself off of the two hardware platforms of any importance. NO ONE ELSE will stay competitive with Samsung and Apple in hardware over the next several years. Anyone else who says otherwise is in major denial. 

I could care less if Google has the smartest assistant. Having the assistant recognize my voice and play a certain music library is somewhat convenient. But I do not feel like paying for such a trivial and the key word is trivial convenience by giving up the type of privacy that the assistant demands.

Hardware matters. Even MSFT figured that one out. Google has its TPU but it matters little with Samsung moving its customer over to Tizen and Apple removes the last vestiges of Google from iOS. 

Google should give up on Android and focus on YouTube before it's too late. YouTube is the ONLY service they have that isn't easily duplicated. But Facebook is headed there. And when Facebook produces a video app that is included on iOS by default, even YouTube will be seriously vulnerable.