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  • Apple pushes iPhone 6s pop-up ads to App Store users on older iPhones, angering users

    damonfdamonf

    Seems like this should have only been targeted at iPhone 5 or older, given that customers can currently purchase the 5s as the entry-level iPhone model.  That's kinda like buying a low-end/entry level model from a car manufacturer, open up the on-screen owner's manual, and it has a pop-up recommending you by the high-end/premium model. lol   Though maybe they are looking up the user's associated device profile and determining the age of the phone and only showing it for phones of a certain age.

    retrogustocalidws-2

  • Walmart launches QR code mobile payment system to rival Apple Pay

    damonfdamonf
    Cash only for me at Walmart and Target.


    Target is going "chip and PIN" with its Red Card, presumably even their "department store-like" one that isn't a Visa/MasterCard card.  Yes, even PIN! 

    I predict Target will take Apple Pay in-store by the end of 2016.  They already do in their iOS app.

    SpamSandwich

  • iPad Pro has M9 motion coprocessor, but lacks always-on 'Hey Siri' support

    damonfdamonf

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    Originally Posted by NolaMacGuy View Post





    how many documented instances are there of that happening? what are they?

     

    I have a few:

     

    1. Apple said way back when that they purposefully left out the Weather, Stocks, etc. apps on iPad so that app developers could be creative and write their own.  Sounds like marketing to me. 

     

    2. Look at the iPad Mini 3, which got not much more than Touch ID last year.  Apple purposefully decided to not add many features to the Mini 3 that the Air 2 got.  Why not?  Marketing told them that iPad sales were slowing down, and to make the Air 2 more attractive than the cheaper Mini, they didn't add everything that the Air 2 got (CPU, better anti-reflective screen, etc.)  This ran counter to the prior year (2013) release of the Mini 2 and Air 1, in which case Apple executives were on stage touting the feature parity of the Mini 2 and Air.  Thanks to that feature parity, many went with the Mini 2 because it had identical specs but was $100 cheaper.

     

    3. Likewise this year, no Air 3, due to the release of the iPad Pro.  If Apple had released an Air 3 with the same CPU as the Pro, a lot of people might go with a "good enough for me" Air 3 than the Pro.  So, they only update the smaller Mini 4 and introduce the newer Pro this year, which will help keep the Pro sales propped up by not having competition from an Air 3.

     

    I'm not saying that #2 and #3 were bad moves.  But they were happening due to marketing forecasts, not due to lack of innovation or production bottlenecks in developing the Mini 3 or Air 3.  When something is left out, it's more often than not a result of a business decision about cost or  cannibalization-avoidance.

     

    Also, as others have already stated, if the M9 chip in the Pro is capable, there is no reason Apple couldn't have added "Hey Siri" as an option in iOS on iPad Pro with it simply defaulted to "Off". 

    Fraserpatty