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stantheman said:

This article is yet another reminder that our society is being overtaken by fakery. Those who under-promise and over-deliver are going out of style, because pretend-reality gets more views and higher ratings.

patchythepirate said:

How do so many ppl still not get it.

He says it feels magical because it does. Obviously if you think about it for half a second it's not "magical," but if every time you drop the apple pencil in place you're contemplating the 'unmagical' magnets then you're a way way way out there fringe outlier. For everyone else, we get a subconscious sense of 'magical.'

Apple has been doing this for years, even bragging about it, and *still* no one gets it, particularly their competitors.

DAalseth said:

This might be a smart move on Apple's part. I agree with Dead_Pool above. TV and movies have gone about as far with sex and violence, and CGI absurdity. I think more and more people are looking for good scripts, with uplifting stories told realistically. Add to this the aging demographic and people wanting to be able to watch shows with their kids and you have a market for tamer, but well written and acted fare. . I think Apple might be ahead of the curve.

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davgreg said:

Too bad end users will have no way of knowing which supplier made the display since more than a few consider Samsung a thief of IP. As to the price, OLED is not worth the extra $

I’m holding on to my iPhone 7 until Apple has a 5G ready phone, which the iPhone Excess (X S) has not been reported to be.

I'm guessing the LG screens will be used on certain models so there may be a way to take an educated guess.

I'm doubting this entire post. Is there any secondary confirmation of this? This could just be a fake LG leak so they don't look like they are missing out on all the business again.

Historically, Apple has not been the first to put the latest cellular modems in their phones, instead waiting for more robust and energy efficient revisions. As a practical matter, half the time I don't have a great LTE signal, and when I have 4 bars of LTE it's more than fast enough for me, so 5G far down the list of concerns for me.

I think I can live without 5G for a while longer. I'm more interested in who is supplying the modems? I thought there was a story that it wasn't INTEL and the Qualcomm CEO said not them.  I'm not happy with the Intel modem in my ATT iphone 8Plus.  Did Apple develop their own hardware since they knew they were doing the dual SIM?   I have a iPhone 7plus  and iphone 8 plus.   I'm definitely interested in the Apple Xs but want to know more about the modem.

As far as Samsung goes, I don't disagree with your assessment, but the bottom line is that they are one of the best manufacturers in the world for screens. With all the acrimony between them, dont' you think Apple would rather go some place else? The fact that they use Samsung as a supplier despite a bitter, decade-long lawsuit is telling.

There were many Android apologists last year who said the LG screens on the Pixel2XL were fine in their reviews but still complain about them a year later. They say its for the Camera that does machine learning on the pictures (often great but sometime bad). Seems like Samsung can do good hardware but bad software and Google can do good software but bad hardware. Apple gets both working together better but I'm happy they use the Samsung screens because Samsung spent years developing their OLED screen to be the best. Apple should always use the best hardware.  

Apple invested billions into the project of making LG a viable second source, including state of the art manufacturing equipment. Apple has long been convinced that LG would be able to produce displays that meet/exceed Apple’s requirements. I’m thinking they know exactly what they can expect coming off the end of the production line.