Isn't this just a way of trying to boost iPhone 7s/8 sales by cutting supply of previous gen?
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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I was telling my dad over the phone to drag a file, and it wouldn't work. Apparently if he pressed too hard it engaged force touch or whatever and would just drop the file randomly. It dropped it in a random folder and he couldn't find it again. They really started screwing up the core UI with just adding things for the sake of adding things.
Yes, drag and drop is very difficult on the new trackpads when "tap-to-click" is enabled also. I somehow end up "force-tapping"...
Three-finger drag has been saving my life (it's hidden somewhere in Accessibility - Keyboard - Trackpad - Drag)
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
#383I switched back from Android to iOS because the only decent Android phone (Pixel) is in the same price range as an iPhone. I got a jet black iPhone 7 and I love it, it just feels great in my hand. The only thing I am a little disappointed about is the notifications system, which is still sub par compared to Android (like, 2 touches instead of 1 to clear a notification, and I cannot properly configure Gmail to show on…
> why Apple Mail can pull Gmail only every 15 minutes is beyond me ... It used to work, but Google removed Activesync support for free users a while back. you need to use the Gmail app or upgrade to a paid Google Apps plan if you want push support.
To be fair, Microsoft asked for licencing fees for ActiveSync used with Gmail. Of course, Google is not going to pay that for the free users, while Gapps users have that included in price (the legacy free Gapps users aren't getting ActiveSync either).
There could be another way for Apple to support push email - they could support third party plug-ins providing protocol support for Mail.app, so Google could implement Gmail support, fastmail jmap support, etc. It is exactly this way, how Gmail app for Android supports ActiveSync.
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
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It's one of the critical flaws of Apple's modern design philosophy: Having a right mouse button would be too complicated, but hiding layers of complicated functionality through opaque multi-finger gestures, taps, and keyboard modifiers is A-OK. And it's absolutely true that when Apple adds a new feature, it must have an accompanying slow animation tween to sell it. Frustrating.
Since Apple has completely supported right mouse for 20 or so years now, I just think you're confused
Large chunks of the UI do not support a two button mouse.
Wifi status in menu bar: left and right click on the icon do the same thing. To get the advanced menu you need to option click the icon.
Audio status in menu bar: left and right click do the same thing. To get the advanced menu you need to option click the icon. Additionally, 'scrolling' on the audio icon does not change the volume.
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
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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…
Given the thread, I think the fact that your solution is based around an android phone is telling.
Well iTunes already syncs to iPhones natively in the same manner, also via a wireless connection. The only difference is that you control which playlists are synced in iTunes itself (not whole library, checkmark beside playlist), not on device.
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If you're going to spend that much on a router why not just build a Linux box and use iptables?
It's on my radar. I've been considering a fanless metal-box PC to use as a router, home entertainment system, and file hosting -- for a while now. Even if I manage to squeeze $700+ for such a machine (and I don't want to buy something weak; I will invest in future proofing), the bigger issue for me is investing the time and effort. I know it'll make me a better programmer and sysadmin (I am an amateur sysadmin, won't…
The machine doesn't have to be powerful at all, most of the consumer routers have ~1GB of ram and a few megabytes of flash. The machines I use don't cost much more than $100, I've never tried using something like the raspberry pi but that's only because I can never find a USB hub good enough to run WiFi with and my only pi3 is already dedicated as my desktop.
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
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> Getting rid of the headphone jack is by far the dumbest move I have seen on the iPhone in a long time. Then why did you get the iPhone 7? Should have voted with your wallet
Unfortunately I have a life saving medical device that only is compatible with the iPhone. I switched from Android to the iPhone 7 because of this.
Somehow I can't understand how a life saving medical device would require a smartphone of a certain brand, but even if this is the case you could have gotten the iPhone 6 for example
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
#388I switched back from Android to iOS because the only decent Android phone (Pixel) is in the same price range as an iPhone. I got a jet black iPhone 7 and I love it, it just feels great in my hand. The only thing I am a little disappointed about is the notifications system, which is still sub par compared to Android (like, 2 touches instead of 1 to clear a notification, and I cannot properly configure Gmail to show on…
> why Apple Mail can pull Gmail only every 15 minutes is beyond me ... It used to work, but Google removed Activesync support for free users a while back. you need to use the Gmail app or upgrade to a paid Google Apps plan if you want push support.
yep, and my (lame) workaround is to activate notifications for the Gmail app, which I never use. When I get a notification, I then open up the Mail app, which downloads the message. Clunky, but it works (as long as I remember to open the the Gmail app after restarting the phone, which is apparently required for the notifications to work).
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
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Removing the headphone jack is just to get more money and control. First by selling dongles. Second after many people moved to new headphones they will introduce a license program for headphone vendors "Built for Apple" which costs say 10% of the headphone. Other headphones will no longer work (see what Sony did with PS4 bluetooth headphones).
Apple made $230 BILLION in revenue last year, of which less than one fifth of one percent came from MFI licensing fees. Removing the headphone jack had absolutely nothing to do with selling dongles and everything to do with Apple doing what it always does: seeing which way the wind is blowing and dragging everyone kicking and screaming into their vision of the future. They did the exact same thing with the floppy dri…
That's terrible to read. I'd hoped that Apple had just happened upon a streak of decisions that were inconvenient to users, and might reverse the trajectory. At less than 1/5 of $230B (more than 1/6?), and obviously at an extremely high profit margin, there's essentially no way.
I had been really optimistic about the adoption of USB-C, since it is as an open standard, but the discovery of such enormous licensing revenues that are essentially without expense to Apple, makes it almost inevitable that they will begin insisting peripherals get permission from Apple, too.
Re: Apple to slice iPhone production 10% due to sluggish sales
#390Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's on my radar. I've been considering a fanless metal-box PC to use as a router, home entertainment system, and file hosting -- for a while now. Even if I manage to squeeze $700+ for such a machine (and I don't want to buy something weak; I will invest in future proofing), the bigger issue for me is investing the time and effort. I know it'll make me a better programmer and sysadmin (I am an amateur sysadmin, won't…
The machine doesn't have to be powerful at all, most of the consumer routers have ~1GB of ram and a few megabytes of flash. The machines I use don't cost much more than $100, I've never tried using something like the raspberry pi but that's only because I can never find a USB hub good enough to run WiFi with and my only pi3 is already dedicated as my desktop.
I know it doesn't have to be powerful but throughout my technical life I became sick and tired of having to restart routers every time they clearly show signs of temporary overload. If this is coming from potential hackers looking for holes, or my torrent client goes crazy once in a while, or the 2 live video streams + 2 low-ping games that me and my girlfriend are playing, or its logging subsystem is killing it because of slow memory -- I can't say. But I've grown weary of routers crapping out, even if it's once a month. So I'm gonna go all-in.
Plus I want to try and host a mail server and a website in the future as well, so I am looking for a powerful fanless machine that can do several things at once.