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matrix077 said:

douglas bailey said:

matrix077 said:

oodlum said:

matrix077 said:

...and 2nd gen AirPods. 

Must be something very recent. That would mean product was ready to ship at one point..

Has there been any official announcement other than the wireless charging case?

“Hey Siri” in intro video. Didn’t you watch?

There is an intro video with 2nd gen AirPods?   (I think you're talking about something different Matrix.)

Yes, when she clearly said Hey Siri to AirPods which the current version can’t do. 

That could just be a software update 

wonkothesane said:

I don’t understand how the LCD should account for the longer battery life in the XR as opposed to the OLED. I thought the whole point of OLES (or at least one of the major ones) is the absence of the backlight Illini sting only the “non black pixels” and thus saving significant power?

Oled itself is power hungry, the reason it can be a battery saver is if the user consistently opts to keep as mug of the screen as black as possible.  

Wittlewooster said:

So, a Trillion dollar company won't include the dongle with their newest, most expensive 2018 phones.   I wonder if we will be able to buy it at the Apple store for $39.99?    I see how they have become a trillion dollar company.    Ugh.....it may be time to reevaluate my loyalty to Apple....  

If the rumor is true, they probably did the statistical calculations and determined that people who will but the phone, either already have the dongle, will buy the dongle based off sales records or  Won’t use the dongle based off research.

I don’t think Apple would design its own chipset for a 5g modem until after its gas market traction. It’s not a mature technology. Apple design technology around mature technology.  For the A chip they took arm designs and made there own. For graphics they probably worked off the chipset that was already in the iPhone/iPad and just made there own variation.  

I read there goal was to fix as much into the housing of the CPU as possible to create a more battery efficient device.  

How many people actually use usb to obtain data from there phone?  I only use usb to charge my phone. Everything else is wireless.  What this is designed to do, is impede people from hacking into your already locked phone via cable.