I can't believe they named a phone X[s]. How can they not see everyone calling it "iPhone excess?"
I can’t believe they didn’t call the Xs Max - XL instead. I mean they have an XS and an XL size...
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#32I can't believe they named a phone X[s]. How can they not see everyone calling it "iPhone excess?"
they can probably see it just fine, and they know it won't hurt them. "iPad" was a name lampooned for years before iPads were ever a thing, and that seems to be doing just fine too.
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#33Apple just announced the iPhone Xs. Surgical grade stainless steel. 3 finishes: Gold, Silver, Space Gray. New glass. Waterproof, saltwater proof, even beer proof. 5.8" screen. Still has a notch like the iPhone X. Improved FaceID.
> ... even beer proof. Is beer proofing that different from regular waterproofing? I can imagine juice leaving sugar residue and being sticky. Does beer have similar issues?
Ever spilled a full to the brim beer on your hands before? It can definitely be sticky.
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#34Apple just announced the iPhone Xs. Surgical grade stainless steel. 3 finishes: Gold, Silver, Space Gray. New glass. Waterproof, saltwater proof, even beer proof. 5.8" screen. Still has a notch like the iPhone X. Improved FaceID.
Pretty underwhelming. Is it a sign for the years to come? I am thinking about shorting AAPL.
It's a tock year.
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#37I can't believe they named a phone X[s]. How can they not see everyone calling it "iPhone excess?"
How can they not see everyone calling it "iPhone excess?"
Is that necessarily bad? Up to a point, the more meme-ing and acrimony around your brand, the better. "There's no such thing as bad publicity."
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#38If the new Apple processor is actually 7nm fab, that means that Apple is performing at a higher level of execution than basically everyone else in silicon land. Intel just failed spectacularly at shipping 10nm and TSMC is just beginning to do 7nm production hypothetically (I don't think any major production runs have been announced yet, but please correct me if I'm wrong).
If Apple is shipping 7nm in iPhones, that's actually incredible.
Edit: After doing a bit of research, it seems like Intel is actually the odd duck out and TSMC is doing the fab on these chip runs as well as the fab on Huawei's new chip with dual Neural Processing Units. It's actually just Intel that's failing to produce smaller and smaller chips (again, TSMC is producing 7nm for this Apple run as well as Huawei's new chip).
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#39It might be a dummy question, but what does FDA clearance mean exactly? Does it make the watch a medical-grade device and I can do ECG using the watch instead of going to the hospital?
> Does it make the watch a medical-grade device and I can do ECG using the watch instead of going to the hospital?
I think it's more the other way around. To the extent that it is marketed and used as a medical device, it has to be FDA approved.
That said, I don't think I'd recommend using it for an ECG instead of going to the hospital. "Approved" medical devices are not, of course, all of the same quality.
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#40It might be a dummy question, but what does FDA clearance mean exactly? Does it make the watch a medical-grade device and I can do ECG using the watch instead of going to the hospital?
I missed the part in the stream about FDA clearance, but my guess is yes, it would be some sort of medical device. However comparing the ECG functionality available for an apple to watch to even a standard portable 12-lead ECG is like comparing a slide rule to a modern GPU. It is definitely _not_ a replacement for going to the hospital, but it is a novelty and might be a good way to tell someone when they should go t…
> it is a novelty
I'm sure those millions of people who have hospital-grade ECG machines at home have no need for this toy, but for those few who don't, it sounds like an absolute game-changer that could really save lives. The best medical device, like the best camera, is the one you actually have with you when you need it - and as someone who has occasionally worried about what feels like a weird heartbeat, I'll be buying this "novelty" instantly.