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Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales

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Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales

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Post by jpalomaki »

jonknee wrote: post #100

This is an annual story, not super interesting. Nikkei itself actually posted something similar at this time last year: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Parts-makers-brace-fo... > Apple is expected to reduce output of its latest iPhone models by around 30% in the January-March quarter compared with its original plans, according to several parts suppliers. The measure will deal a blow to Japanese and South Korea…

It might make sense for Apple to always overestimate the demand for their devices in the contracts made with suppliers. This would guarantee that they can manage unexpected increase in demand.

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Post by swiley »

pdimitar wrote: post #127
brightball wrote: post #110

Apple's losing its mojo in a slow steady drip and there's going to be more of this if they don't get it together soon. Apple used to be synonymous with premium equipment an a "It Just Works" experience. It made it really, really easy to just get the Apple version of anything knowing it was going to be good. My parents need equipment, I get them an iMac, an Airport Extreme, iPhone, iPad, etc...knowing it's all just go…

I tried quite a few routers and if you are on a budget (or simply aren't fussed on giving $200+ for a router which is entirely fair) I found that the Asus RT-N18U is a fantastic device for the money. I attached my printer and external HDD to it and had almost no problems. The UI is better than most other vendors (Eero and Ubiquiti are still kings though) and on top of that they have a very decent mobile app as well.…

If you're going to spend that much on a router why not just build a Linux box and use iptables?

Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales

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Post by swiley »

fuayenaha wrote: post #309
izacus wrote: post #297

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Why? It works the exact same way as Apple and Google push notification implementations do.

It requires you to have an active connection to the server all the time.

That's just an entry in a table maintained by the kernel. "Active connection" doesn't nescisarily mean data is sent over it. Also, the other poster is right, this is exactly how the other push notifications work.

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Post by Infinitesimus »

nicky0 wrote: post #157
PunchTornado wrote: post #148

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Isn't Apple just as bad as google with user data? I feel that all of them, apple, google, facebook, amazon, they all disregard our privacy.

Actually no, privacy is a point of difference between Apple and the other companies. Apple has very different philosophy regarding user data. Generally they try to keep it on your phone and they don't suck everything up into their datacenter, as they aren't in the business of selling ads. That's why their "intelligent assistant" stuff isn't as good as Google's.

Didn't Apple recently start selling targeted ads for the app store?

Not the same as Google/FB of course but the fact that they can target an ad based on some profile means they have the data.

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Post by tdkl »

swiley wrote: post #316
tdkl wrote: post #268

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I'm a Windows user and love iTunes. There's just isn't any piece of software that lets me sync all my selected playlists with a single click via Wifi to Android (iSyncr app) reliably. I can also use a remote to navigate (Retune app) and access whole library. Too bad there's no other contenders on Linux as well, there's a million players, but no syncing because apparently it makes more sense in 2016 to sync a song wit…

Rsync works well for me but I don't use much of the android specific apps. I think now that they fucked around with the storage permissions it might not actually be possible without root. Phone OSes aren't rocket science, at this point I just want a phone that has buildroot support, even if that means it lacks a GUI.

With sync I mean full oneway sync with playlists created in the music player. I create a playlist which I'll then listen too in iTunes and with 2 clicks it's fully existing on the phone, with the .m3u playlist file, recognized by the media player. If I add/remove songs, change sorting in that playlist, the result is completely synced on the phone. I didn't find anything simple as this without extra fuckery and praying I can rely on it. It just works.

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Post by tdkl »

jacobush wrote: post #313
tdkl wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a Windows user and love iTunes. There's just isn't any piece of software that lets me sync all my selected playlists with a single click via Wifi to Android (iSyncr app) reliably. I can also use a remote to navigate (Retune app) and access whole library. Too bad there's no other contenders on Linux as well, there's a million players, but no syncing because apparently it makes more sense in 2016 to sync a song wit…

Plex (premium) works surprisingly well for me with music. Can sync or play from server. Should work in Linux too. https://launchpad.net/~plexapp/+archive/ubuntu/plexht

> Tip!: The Mobile Sync feature requires an active Plex Pass subscription for the main Plex Media Server account.

Paying for being able to transfer files within 1m ? Yeah no. Thanks for the tip though.

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Post by redsummer »

There's some real accountant-level decision making at Apple at the moment.

For instance, the MacBook Pro is exactly 3 lbs and the MacBook is 2 lbs. They were designed with weight contraints in mind rather than the user. You have to buy a DongleBook because of that.

Rather than a delightful experience, there is the feeling of having being conned and someone making your wallet lighter.

Not surprising considering who is in charge.

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Post by erikb »

krrrh wrote: post #184
erikb wrote: post #59

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My biggest examples are: Notifications. You can react immediately to notifications on Android (e.g. respond to a chat message without opening the app). You have them at the front and they are not gone after seeing them once hidden somewhere in a back menu (whcih is kind of important for reminders). Keyboard. I have this phone for a year now? It still doesn't know sh*t about guessing my words. And you can't just slide…

I feel like your comment is from 3 or 4 years ago. It's been at least a few versions of iOS since you can respond directly to notifications, replace the keyboard, add widgets to the 'today' screen. Background processing works fine, and was implemented in a way that doesn't completely drain the battery. The hotspot is designed to turn off if the clients have not been transmitting or receiving data for a period of time…

May be true, but I don't see how. I could agree to just having less knowledge about what you can do with your iPhone in comparison to what you can do with your Android phone.

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Post by tdkl »

kalleboo wrote: post #266
legodt wrote: post #264

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Bad comparison, memory cards are a clear need (gotta have more storage space) and are not responses to poor design decisions (gotta counteract a port I use every day being taken away).

A clear need for you isn't a clear need for everyone. Maybe I have all my stuff in the cloud, so I don't "gotta have more storage space". Meanwhile I've been using Bluetooth headphones for a decade now, I have no need for the headphone port. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Apple fanboy. But the real injustice here is that they're clinging to their proprietary Lightning port instead of going with the standard USB-C. That i…

> A clear need for you isn't a clear need for everyone.

This goes both ways.

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Post by johnny22 »

spronkey wrote: post #239
enraged_camel wrote: post #143

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It annoys the hell out of me when apps do this, but I'm very forgiving when it comes to operating system upgrade prompts. The reason is simple: unpatched/out-of-date operating systems tend to have a lot of security exploits. This is also why I've learned to live with Windows 10's mandatory updates.

It would annoy me a lot less if Apple (and the rest of them, to be honest) didn't just change stuff for the sake of change. Like oh hey, let's change four finger swipe up gesture to not be a toggle. Just because. Or, oh hey, let's just remove your battery life indicator. Ugh. Makes me scared to update anything.

Is it really just because? I've seen this mentioned before, but there must be some reason right?

I've never owned an iPhone (or any i* devices), so I have no experience here, but aren't the folks at Apple likely to do stuff for a reason? Or are things really that bad?

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