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saltyzip said:

I had to laugh at this statement "iPhone X packs in a massive 2,715mAh battery." 

Compared to android phones this is still quite small, expect between 3000 up to 5000 for the green robot brigade.

Comparing battery size as it relates to the operating time of a device is akin to comparing megapixels to the quality of a digital photograph.  Sure, there's no comparison to a 100mAh battery to a 3000mAh battery, but neither is comparing a 2 megapixel picture to a 12 megapixel picture.  But the sizes of these batteries are becoming a mute point and it's all about the quality of the operating system, hardware, software, etc that needs this power to run.  Apple's OS and hardware is optimized to get the most out of smaller batteries.  Andriod sucks power like crazy and therefore requires a much larger battery to give a decent amount of run time.  Just like a few years ago it was all about getting the most megapixels out of a phone's camera, now that technology is improving it's all about sensor size, lens quality and what the post production software can do for the photo.  

Ed789 said:

Only one hour talk time! Also one cannot use the watch outside the country.

So what's the point?  If it doesn't do what you want then don't buy one.  But it's an amazing piece of technology packed into a super small package.  I'm sure the batteries will get better every year, but 1 hour of talk time is all battery technology can offer at this point.  

Am I the only one that's disappointed with the memory configurations on both the iPhone 8 and X?  64GB and 256GB?  What happened to 128GB?  Last year was the first year I opted for a 128GB iPhone.  Seemed like a perfect price point between plenty of storage without being too expensive.  Dropping 128 this year is quite disappointing.  No way I can go backwards to 64, so if I want to upgrade I have to opt for the most expensive model.  I really think the phones should have been 128 (for the price of 64) and 256. I guess this is the way they get all those millions of phones they sold in the last couple of years at 128 to opt for the most expensive models.  bummer.

I got a Luma system about 6 months ago with 2 additional nodes.  My WiFi strength in my basement has always been pretty weak.  I set up the nodes as instructed but never saw any benefits of the mesh network.  In fact I would get slower and/or lose my internet more with the Luma system than my Asus single router.  So I'm back to the Asus, but am still interested in finding a mesh network that would provide better performance.  This sounds promising.

appex said:

"Microsoft Executive Says iPad Pro Was Apple's Response to Surface".
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/16/microsoft-exec-says-ipad-pro-followed-surface

Of course. But the real response would be a true Mac tablet.

I've been using a surface pro for about 1 1/2 years at work now.  As far as a desktop replacement, it's a decent computer.  It's nice to be able to dock it at my workstation, but then grab it to take it to a meeting without having to rely on another computer.  To me it's 90% a portable desktop computer and 10% a tablet.  I almost never use it in tablet mode.  My stylus stays in my desk drawer all the time, and the resolution on the screen is so small using the touch screen as a tablet is too tedious.  

The surface is also buggy as hell.  A microsoft OS running on microsoft hardware should run just like an iPad, perfect.  The surface does not.  Excel (the program I'm in most of my day) crashes at least once a day.  Luckily I've gotten in the habit of saving my work often.  I don't mind it as a work computer, but I would never spend my hard earned $ on this for personal use.  

The iPad is a complete joy to use.  Solid, reliable and a UI that is made for a tablet.  Instant on, instant wake up.  No delay in waiting for anything.  Not with the Surface.  It's still trying to chug through Windows 10 which was not made for an ideal tablet experience.  I'm not saying the iPad could replace my surface because it can't.  I can't run my ERP system on it so I could never use it as a workstation.  So to me, like I said, it's really just a portable desktop replacement, not really a tablet that can compete with the iPad.