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Post by pjmlp »

dwaite wrote: post #132
wyclif wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And India. And the Philippines. And loads of other developing countries. Meanwhile, Apple killed the best price/value iPhone they offered, the SE. I just don't understand Apple's current product direction.

People are buying phones less often, so Apple is trying to increase the value (and subsequent price) of new phone models to encourage upgrades and to capture more money when people do upgrade (either because third party apps now run slow on the older hardware, or their old phone broke). People don't stop buying gas when the price of gas goes up. They just conserve and figure out how to make it fit into their budget.…

That did not went well in the mid-90's if it weren't for the inverse acquision of NeXT.

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Post by dep_b »

wayne_skylar wrote: post #235
docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

I'm mainly frustrated by the lack of advancement in the Macbook Pro line. I have a 2014-ish MacBook Pro and accidentally got water on the keyboard. It works fine with an external keyboard. Instead of paying 400 dollars to get the keyboard working again I chose to buy a refurbished Macbook Pro from 2017. What was super frustrating was that the specs are almost the same after a three year gap. I still have 8GB or RAM a…

> I still have 8GB or RAM and still have a 128GB SDD

Well that could have been 32GB and 2TB in the 2018 if you wanted?

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Post by konkit »

ngngngng wrote: post #4

I had a different glitch but this reminded me. I have a 2017 Macbook Pro. About a week ago, the left speaker randomly started blasting odd rhythmic white noise. It stopped after a few seconds, but it appears to have blown the left speaker. I've no idea if this is common, or how to prove it and get a new one, or if I even care to go through the hassle.

Same thing happened to me on MBP 2018 while watching some youtube video...

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Post by whalesalad »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

It's easy to make those claims when you live on websites like HN.

> Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs.

I went into the apple store the other day with my wife to finally get her off of Android and onto an iPhone XS. We planned to pay cash and walk out with it, doing activation and migration ourselves. I had to get put onto a special iPhone waiting list until a specialist was ready to sell me the phone. I was surprised. There is a decline in the buzz around the phone but the demand is certainly still there.

> To put it bluntly, Apple is extremely, extremely arrogant..

Hmm. That's quite an attack.

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Post by e40 »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

I'm not an iPhone user, but I use the MBP and MP. macOS itself is far, far better than Windows, but lately I've had weird issues with the security updates. Late last year a machine was bricked (yes, actually bricked). The 2018-002 and 2019-001 has taken me 2-3 times to get installed on > 5 machines.

The MBP keyboard, I hate it. I saw here on HN about the cable to the display is fixed to the display, so a previous $6 repair part is now many $100's, AND they fail after a year with lots of use. And this is all because of the touchbar--the cable has to go under it and it's thinner than before, so it fails quicker.

I've been waiting to get my CEO on a 32GB MBP for years. He's on Windows with VMware running large Linux VMs. 16GB can't get it done. I haven't upgraded him because of all the problems with the latest line.

No update to the Pro line... this has been flogged to death.

It's heartbreaking to watch Apple drop the ball, because every single time I have to use Windows it is a complete shitshow.

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Post by snowwrestler »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

I don't understand why folks get so upset about the Touch Bar. It just sits there; if you don't want to use it, don't use it.

It's not like Macbook Pros are getting more expensive. A 15" Macbook Pro with Touch Bar starts at $2,399. When I bought my first 15" Macbook Pro in 2008, the base model was about $2,500. That's the price range of a Macbook Pro.

When it comes to iPhones, considering the sales trajectory without the broader industry context doesn't reveal much. It's not like Samsung and LG phones are selling as fast as they used to either. BTW, their flagship phones cost about as much as an iPhone these days. Phone sales in general are slowing down. Apple continues to compete very well in that space.

People have been complaining about Apple's arrogance for as long as I can remember. I'm not trying to discount the way you feel, I'm just saying that your feelings are not necessarily representative of Apple's future prospects. Apple threads on HN have attracted similar comments for as long as I've been reading here. I mean, people were complaining about iTunes 10 years ago, and look at Apple sales over that time.

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Post by wl »

snowwrestler wrote: post #266
docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

I don't understand why folks get so upset about the Touch Bar. It just sits there; if you don't want to use it, don't use it. It's not like Macbook Pros are getting more expensive. A 15" Macbook Pro with Touch Bar starts at $2,399. When I bought my first 15" Macbook Pro in 2008, the base model was about $2,500. That's the price range of a Macbook Pro. When it comes to iPhones, considering the sales trajectory without…

> I don't understand why folks get so upset about the Touch Bar. It just sits there; if you don't want to use it, don't use it.

1. It replaces the F keys, which I actually want to use.

2. Unlike real keys, if you even brush the touch bar, it detects a touch and performs whatever action is assigned to the region you accidentally came into contact with.

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Post by DamnInteresting »

013a wrote: post #254
MattBearman wrote: post #104

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Depending on your Macbook's age and your location, you may be able to get the keyboard replaced due to sticking keys. I ended up getting a brand new MBP when they repeatedly fucked up repairing my sticking keyboard. Obviously it would be better if the keyboards didn't break so easily to begin with, but at least you may not have to put up with it :)

The problem is, many of us with this problem cant afford to give up the device for the amount of time it takes Apple to fix it. I've owned a 2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018 MBP (most of them through work). I'm typing this message on a 2018 MBP, which wasp urchased 3 months ago, and I've decided that I'm not . going to go back and fix all of the sticky spaces that it errantly injects. I could take it in, but then I'd h ave…

> many of us with this problem cant afford to give up the device for the amount of time it takes Apple to fix it.

This is my current situation. I am eligible for a free keyboard repair (2017 MBP), and I need one owing to sticky keys, but last I checked the estimated repair time was over a week. I would be hard pressed to go one day without this device. I cannot suspend my livelihood for 7+ days.

The more this problem festers the more I am tempted to buy a solid laptop and dip my toe back into development on Windows, or try my hand at Linux. That transition would be at least as disruptive as the keyboard repair, but it would enable me to untether myself from this decreasingly reliable maker of tools.

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Post by jmanderley »

dep_b wrote: post #262
wayne_skylar wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm mainly frustrated by the lack of advancement in the Macbook Pro line. I have a 2014-ish MacBook Pro and accidentally got water on the keyboard. It works fine with an external keyboard. Instead of paying 400 dollars to get the keyboard working again I chose to buy a refurbished Macbook Pro from 2017. What was super frustrating was that the specs are almost the same after a three year gap. I still have 8GB or RAM a…

> I still have 8GB or RAM and still have a 128GB SDD Well that could have been 32GB and 2TB in the 2018 if you wanted?

Apple charges ridiculous prices for SSDs and RAM.

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Post by bunnycorn »

rusk wrote: post #250
c16 wrote: post #155

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You dont need iTunes to manage your iphone - it's essentially it's own device. I've never synced my phone with my laptop.

So the answer is “no” then ...

As bad as iTunes is, its still better than adb
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