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  • What to expect from Apple 'AirTags' tracking accessory in fall 2020

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    fred1 said:
    Apple's method is far, FAR more superior.  So long as there's an iPhone around, any iPhone from any user, can ping the tag and in turn, send the info back to me.  No 3rd-party app necessary.  That's a game changer.  Apple will have little to do to earn my business.  I'm thinking things like stolen luggage at an airport, or home burglary.  
    My understanding is that it use the Find My app on the iPhone which would mean that you’d have to give permission before someone can track it. This means that not just anyone with an iPhone could find your Air Tag. 

    On a different note, having worked in a design service profession all my life, it must be nice to be able to work on a product design and manufacturing with no deadlines, just various rumors to stimulate interest. 
    What I find incredible is the number of people who comment on a topic without reading the article.  It's fine to read the comments without reading the article; but don't then comment yourself!  If that's not the case, why is it so hard to understand the concept of Air Tags?  I'm not going to explain it to you, read it again and again until understand how it will work.  The point in fact is that just anyone with an iPhone WILL find your Air Tag!  Nowhere near "the same as Tile."

    watto_cobra

  • Apple TV+ chiefs speak about the service's creation and future path

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    Have we not learned a long time ago that there are "reviewers" out there who will always pan and bad mouth all things Apple?  Why should it be any different for Apple TV+ content.  I know, some of the reviews even came from AI.  But that's one person (entitled to his or her opinion.)  But I'm entitled to my opinion, and I trust my opinion more than I do the opinion of a stranger.  It just seems to me that proclaiming Apple TV+ dead on October 30, two days before it is even possible for you to watch the content, says something about you; and it's not flattering.
    hmurchisonPickUrPoison

  • Apple TV vs. Roku -- comparing the two best 4K set-top streamers

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    hmurchison said:
    azentropy said:
    The AppleTV remote is just horrible.  I “upgraded” my parents to an AppleTV since their Visio stopped supporting a couple apps.  They hated the remote even more than I did.  Ended up taking the AppleTV for myself (I already had one) and they have been MUCH happier with the Roku.

    I’m convinced that Apple keeps the touch surface just so that it annoys you enough to actually use the Siri which actually isn’t half bad.  Also it’s not comfortable so I recommend this case which is awesome. 

    Elago - https://www.elago.com/apple-tv/r2-slim-case-black-in-stock-on-september-1-2018-5g9rz
    Ha!  Didn't know they made a case for the remote - previous poster mentioned one so I went to Amazon and ordered the Elago you mentioned but in black for $5.99.  Thanks for confirming I did buy a good one.  Looks like it prevents trying to scroll the wrong side of the remote too.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple increases orders for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro

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    myopiarocks said:
    A lot of people have a 5s or 6 and can't upgrade to iOS13 - there are still a ton of these people walking around. The tech-savvy of them who can't afford a phone every two years will wait for next year's 5G phone. The less-tech-savvy (grandparents, etc) will be in the market as their 5y/o phones break, batteries wear out, etc. My guess is that Apple will make a an especially-big Christmas-season push for these less-tech-savvy folks: we'll see it in marketing toward older people, grandparents sending video-messages to kids, etc. Apple will bank these sales this year, knowing that next year's 5G iPhone sales for early adopters and tech-savvy folks will be huge.

    And, in any event, even after the Sept2020 launch next year the iPhone 11 isn't going anywhere.
    THIS "less tech savvy grandparent" bought one of the first Mac's produced.  I proudly have one of the original signed Mac's sitting on a bookshelf in my office.  I've owned almost all Apple products offered to the public since 1984, including the Newton.  I'm an original Apple fanboy!  I'm so "less tech savvy" that I know 5G won't be viable for another three or four years.  I live in one of the five largest U.S. cities and 5G won't be worth much here until at least 2021.  I'll match my tech experience against yours any day of the year idiot!
    ArloTimetravelernetmagefastasleepAppleExposedwatto_cobra

  • Don't update to iOS 13 just yet -- wait for iOS 13.1

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    Everybody, including Gruber, has jumped on the "iOS 13 is buggy" bandwagon and the advice is to wait until Tuesday!  So, I had to find out for myself.  Installed it (XS Max).  Tech aware granddaughter installed it; I put it on my wife's 7.  Granddaughter and I had a contest to see who could find a bug first.  Nothing, nada.  I realize that some folks do different things than I do, or my granddaughter or wife does; but my suspicion is that a vast majority of users will have very little to worry about.  I rarely comment, but I jumped in here because I wanted to represent the minority opinion.
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