williamh

mike1 said:

williamh said:

mike1 said:

I hardly think $299 for the original HomePod was overpriced. It was actually pretty good value. Sound quality was awesome and it was a very well-engineered little speaker and even used a one generation-old 'A" processor when launched.

I picked up my second HomePod from Best Buy when they ran one of their oft-repeated sales for $199. That made it an incredible value.

The sound quality was great, but for those of us who would want need a pair of speakers, it was a $598 purchase and not $299.  That was a bit too much for me, and now I'm pretty happy with my pair of Minis.

Absolutely. But in part of the audio world, $598 for a pair of speakers is entry to mid level. Everyone has their own personal budget and makes their own value decisions.

I may think an S Class Mercedes is out of my budget or more car than I want, but I would never say that it is overpriced.

I totally agree. Too much for me but not overpriced.  

crowley said:

rob53 said:

EU is a dictatorship, plain and simple. At this point Apple needs to seriously tell the EU to GTH. The US needs to triple import duties on EU goods effectively shutting the EU down. The US should also reduce exports to the EU and cut off any financial support. 

Weird how the EU dictatorship has so many elections.  

Calling the EU a dictatorship seems way overblown, but still, when did the European public get to vote for the EU Council president?  European Commission president?  How about the European parliament president?  That's right, there aren't public elections for those positions.  

 https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/leadership/presidents_en

This $3k model is for developers and early adopter enthusiasts to drive development of content that the rest of us will enjoy on a subsequent cheaper and simpler model.

22july2013 said:

Since there were about 50 million "iPhone 4" sold, and since there must be at least 1 million of those still around, then $15 times 1 million is still $15,000,000 in damages. This is still the high end of their original request. Please correct me if I'm wrong, because this "compromise" makes no sense to me.

And the lawyers are no doubt being paid a 30% contingency fee, which means they will get $5,000,000. Right?

The lawyers are just fine.  They earned their money by ensuring that Apple's victims could each afford two fancy drinks at Starbucks.

There is a problem with your math because you left out a factor.  According to other reporting, "Under the settlement, Apple allocated $20 million to compensate ‌iPhone‌ 4S owners in New York and New Jersey who experienced poor performance after updating to iOS 9."  So instead of 1 million iPhone 4s owners collecting the loot, it will be a much, much smaller number.

I suppose that issue of the magazine will be a bit too thin.