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  • Hands on: Apple's new FineWoven iPhone 15 cases

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    Zero_Cool said:
    First, USB-C, then a multi function button that no one needs. Now we are creating petri dishes for bacteria and inferior designs? Have they been drinking the google kool aid? 

    USB C is long overdue and the main reason I didn't buy the last one but stayed with my iPhone 12 Pro. Better charging, faster transfer, less cables to bring along - a great change. Apple stagnated in the connector department and hasn't innovated here for a decade, probably because it got addicted to royalties on the obsolete lightning cable.

    The multi-function button just replaces another button - mute. You can now use it for other things if you want.

    As for the subject of this article... not sure what I'll get when I order the Pro Max(*). I might just get something from another manufacturer, as I prefer real leather to plastic fabrics no matter how they try to brand it. Also, microplastic pollution is a big threat and this results in more of that.


    (*) unfortunately, the best camera isn't also available on the Pro - the size of the Pro Max is a negative.
    Alex1Npscooter63

  • iPhone 15 Pro models could cost at least $100 more

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    They're already increasing a lot outside the US due to the strong dollar, this might make it even worse.
    Ofer

  • Mac Pro in danger after fumbled Apple Silicon launch

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    Overall, the Mac Pro just doesn't make a lot of sense these days.

    A hefty workstation like this would normally support multiple CPUs, ridiculous amounts of memory, and multiple powerful GPUs. The new Mac Pro doesn't support any of this, so the only thing you can use all that space for are very specialized IO cards - fibre channel, infiniband, and the like.

    That's a pretty subniche bit of an already niche market, so I wouldn't be surprise to see it go and Apple just quietly abandoning it.
    williamlondonAlex1Nwatto_cobra

  • Apple still doesn't need RCS, but the latest update brings it closer to being suitable for...

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    This article is fundamentally flawed.

    RCS is not "a new internet messaging standard". It started as a telcom industry initiative in 2007, and was developed at the GSM Association from 2008 onwards. The goal was to replace SMS, which was a hack that had become incredibly popular.
    gatorguywilliamlondonravnorodom

  • Apple Silicon is why 15-inch MacBook Air was possible at all

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    This is just marketing hyperbole.

    Apple made the 13 inch Macbook Air for many years, and the new 15 inch MBA has the same chip/performance as the 13 inch. There's more room for battery, and more surface area for cooling than on the 13 inch.

    Sure, the Apple Silicon makes it better in some aspects than an x86-laptop, but that applied equally to the 13 inch. The real reason there was no 15 inch Macbook Air is because Apple didn't want to make one. This, in turn, would be based on sales estimates vs lower sales of the MBP as some customers would prefer the MBA.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondondocno42