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canukstorm said:

I'm not convinced that there's a place for an iPod Touch in today's world.

sammysamsam said:

lenn said:

Cook is a numbers guy. He's all about profit margins that's why he keeps raising the price on Apple products. Since he's taken over Apple has gotten more and more out of touch with their average customers and are catering to the more affluent segment of the population. They are turning into the BMW of tech companies.

Apple is a premium brand and that's reflected by premium prices.  Apple products are for affluent consumers, not the peasants that buy cheap android rubbish.  If somebody cannot afford an iPhone then they should look to improve themselves and not expect Apple to lower themselves to appeal to the lowest common denominator.  Average customers buy average products.  Apple products are above average and are perched at the very top.

lenn said:

Cook is a numbers guy. He's all about profit margins that's why he keeps raising the price on Apple products. Since he's taken over Apple has gotten more and more out of touch with their average customers and are catering to the more affluent segment of the population. They are turning into the BMW of tech companies. Over engineering everything(MacPro), charge a ton of money for it and tell people they are having the best experience in the industry. Cook doesn't understand that we don't need the absolute thinnest, best looking, ect PC or phone. The OS is what made Apple great. Not the hardware that runs it. And look at that colossal waste of money that new "spaceship" campus is.  And let's not forget the huge tax gift Trump  gave Apple only to have Apple use most of it to buy back their shares when the stock price was at or near it's highest point loosing close to 10 billion dollars. That alone would have been cause for most CEOs to be fired.

MplsP said:

Cue the people bashing the 'crappy' glass that can't withstand dropping 6 feet on to concrete! That's exactly why I get a case with corner protection. 

I was in Target yesterday and they had the Xr on display right next to the Xs. Side by side, I could see virtually no difference in the display quality and actually thought the Xr looked a little better, so I find it hard to argue that the screen on the Xr is a compromise. 

Also, what memory does the display use? Is the benefit of the extra RAM in the Xs simply negated by the higher screen resolution? Subjectively, I noticed no difference between the phones when I played with them at Target, but that is far from a thorough evaluation. 

I think the only real compromise in the Xr for most people will end up being the single lens camera and the lack of a telephoto lens.

SpamSandwich said:

I wonder if Tim realizes he’s giving Apple money to an Islamic-majority country where racism is a common problem and sharia law is applied in at least part of the country? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia#Issues