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  • Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gi

    From Marion@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 21 04:44:23 2025
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    I've been explaining for years that Apple's permanently flawed CPUs for
    iPhones had no value other than the tremendous value as a marketing gimmick
    for "differentiation" and now, we hear it exactly stated that way for the
    new modem!

    https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/20/apple-says-c1-modem-is-just-the-start/

    "We're going to keep improving that technology each generation,
    so that it becomes a platform for us that will be used to truly
    differentiate this technology for our products."

    Notice very clearly that the only reason for Apple to design the CPUs and
    modem is for their (admittedly brilliant) never-ending marketing gimmickry.

    Srouji didn't say it was better, faster, cheaper, more functional, etc.
    He said nothing about how it would benefit the consumer of the iPhone.

    All he said was the truth.

    The only reason Apple makes the CPUs and this modem is so they can use it
    as marketing gimmicks for herd animals who are receptive to such tricks.

    Your erudite thoughts?

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Marion on Thu Feb 20 20:49:00 2025
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2025-02-20 20:44, Marion wrote:
    I've been explaining for years that Apple's permanently flawed CPUs for iPhones had no value other than the tremendous value as a marketing gimmick for "differentiation" and now, we hear it exactly stated that way for the
    new modem!

    https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/20/apple-says-c1-modem-is-just-the-start/

     "We're going to keep improving that technology each generation,   so
    that it becomes a platform for us that will be used to truly
      differentiate this technology for our products."

    Notice very clearly that the only reason for Apple to design the CPUs and modem is for their (admittedly brilliant) never-ending marketing gimmickry.

    Srouji didn't say it was better, faster, cheaper, more functional, etc.
    He said nothing about how it would benefit the consumer of the iPhone.

    All he said was the truth.

    The only reason Apple makes the CPUs and this modem is so they can use it
    as marketing gimmicks for herd animals who are receptive to such tricks.

    Your erudite thoughts?

    How is that a "tacit admi[ssion]" of anything, nitwit?

    Do you think there is any developer of technology who wouldn't say the same?

    Quisling: will you stand up and admit how idiotic that claim was?

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Sun Mar 16 22:29:38 2025
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 3/6/25 16:00, badgolferman wrote:
    sms <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/22/2025 3:38 AM, -hh wrote:

    <snip>

    In any event, there's more things than just geekery to criticize the new >>> iPhone 16E about.  Since the Apple modem is to not pay Qualcomm's high
    chip licensing costs, then why did the price jump up by so much?  For
    the $170 increase from $429 to $599 is a whopping +40%.  Tariffs?

    It's a certainty that the pricing reflected careful research of what the
    believed would generate optimal profit. If they are wrong, they can
    lower the price to $499 or $459, or whatever.

    They could, but it will probably take an economic contraction and for
    DJT to retreat on his tariff wars before they'd really be comfortable
    going back down in price. They need to support their stock price too.

    The 16e is going to be purchased by a lot of corporations that provide
    iPhones to their employees, and that see the $599 price as a good deal
    because previously they were not forcing employees to take the SE, with
    the smaller screen, and were paying more than $599 (or whatever
    corporate price they negotiated). At my wife's company, a lot of her
    colleagues took the SE despite being allowed to take a larger screen model.

    Indeed, that's another factor. I actually had a SE 2022 on order just
    before the 16E launched to retain the smaller form factor; was probably
    a week or two too late; Apple offered a 14 but I chose refund instead.


    I got a new corporate phone about four months ago and had the choice
    between SE, 14, 15 models and all their variants. I chose the regular 14 to match my personal phone because I didn’t want two different chargers (lightning, usb-c) at home, work, car.

    I've not been tracking how the USB-C port is working out on smartphones
    in real life hardware reliability, but I am concerned that eventuality.

    Thought I read somewhere that some Apple Techs are doing an unauthorized
    mod during port repairs to add some glue to strengthen the connection.
    Sounds like YA typical Apple design failure like they had with the
    original Lightning cables which fatigued away far too quickly because
    they felt it was more important to save a half penny in manufacturing.


    -hh

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