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by gehsty 8y ago
More ways to interact with the phone does not make for an improved user experience. One success of the iPhone is that regardless of what is happening a user can alway simply press the home button and be back at the home screen. I think one
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by gehsty 8y ago
Apple did not slowly degrade the user experiebnce over time, they throttled the cpu in order to prevent the phone crashing due to a old battery, do you think that a phone that crashes sporadically is a better user experience? As you state i
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by gehsty 8y ago
Wow never seen that before any idea what it / is how it works? Just a fancy lens mount? I would have thought the tiny focal length of the iPhone camera would make any lens a bit of a disaster...but I guess apple could have one made wit
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by gehsty 8y ago
Hi, thanks for the information, I did not mean to be condescending, definitely completely clueless! The interesting thing is building the tools that lets you run a platform the size of Facebook. Cool.
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by gehsty 8y ago
Downvotes but no responses... But seriously, its already built to a huge scale, its core product that people actually use (newsfeed / apps) havn’t changed in years(functionally - I’m sure the code base has..). is it the appeal of worki
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by gehsty 8y ago
Hey what are the top challenges that Facebook offer? I dont work in tech and follow HN as I find the less technical posts interesting, and I can’t grasp why people want to work in many of these companies, like where is the buzz from working
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by gehsty 8y ago
Flipping stock is not short selling. There is literally nothing wrong with selling a stock you own for more than you bought it. Maybe a good time to cash in a percentage of you’ve made a lot of money.
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by gehsty 8y ago
I don’t think this is the same as the phone market. Tesla’s success does not stop BMW from thriving in the EV market in the future, another way to put it is that cars are not a platform.
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by gehsty 8y ago
Steve Jobs was not perfect and what he set out is not doctrine. Apple can be successful without following what he has done in the past. Simply computing has moved on, people own computers for different reasons and the pro / consumer sp
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by gehsty 8y ago
I guess I mean the principle that a percentage is taken - why should apple take more of a higher price transaction when there are no material differences in cost to them?
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by gehsty 8y ago
Negative connotation, try telling your partner their attractiveness has stagnated if it has stayed the same. A fairer way would be to state the iPhone sales have simply not grown. Do you think Apple should be concerned about the lack of gro
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by gehsty 8y ago
Its also ironic apple are suing Qualcom regarding licensing fees which are paid as a percentage of the hardware cost, as they believe that this means Qualcom profit from apples innovation unfairly, you could argue that Apples policy is the
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by gehsty 8y ago
Stagnant is not a fair way to describe selling 46.8 million iPhones.
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by gehsty 8y ago
Contract management! Reading / searching / bookmarking sections works excellently on this, it just seems more natural than when using a normal laptop. More like reading a (significantly larger) paper copy of a contract.
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by gehsty 8y ago
I bought one when it first came out I 2015 and it is still running fine.. Maybe reinstall or check the battery? Does it discharge quicker than it should?
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by gehsty 8y ago
*Thunderbolt only But I guess this is part of the issue. No one understands the differecnce and strange compatibility rules (cable length is even a factor..).
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by gehsty 8y ago
FaceID is rock solid...Both it and TouchID have there ups and downs but FaceID has been great since day 1 with the X. 100% agree with the bluetooth headphones. I have lost multiple pairs. AirPods are now something I have to track in my day
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by gehsty 8y ago
Thats probably just inflation since the last update :)
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by gehsty 8y ago
I think Apple are clearly capable of making a phone with TouchID, they only want to make phones with FaceID. I don't really understand why you'd want TouchID over FaceID, have you used an iPhone with FaceID longterm? I have had a
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by gehsty 8y ago
I think it is linked to devices sold - and it is priced as percentage of the retail price. My understanding is that Apple do not agree with the price paid to Qualcomm being linked to the purchase price of the phone, which you can understand
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by gehsty 8y ago
If they think they are correct stopping Apple selling products would have a huge negative effect on their royalty collection, they need to walk a line that does not impact revenue but does not undermine their belief that Apple are wrong.
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by gehsty 8y ago
You think they put as much work into this as Apple has? Do you think the phone will be more secure than an iPhone?
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by gehsty 8y ago
But not to the size and scale of a phone operating system. Most major open source projects face corporate sponsorship. Or provided by universities.
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by gehsty 8y ago
Real hackers :) Markets do matter because they dictate if the company exists to support the people who have purchased their product. Will a Real Hacker spend unpaid time to fix security bugs in this phone, then also host this for free and d
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by gehsty 8y ago
I really worry about the sustainability of this company? Is it a sustainable business model? How secure will your phone be if they can't afford to pay developers or go under? Who do I contact if there is a hardware issue? So many quest
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by gehsty 8y ago
Do you apply this logic to any other media? Do you buy all your films directly from directors in open source stores in oggs vorbis format? I mean watching YouTube videos would clearly not meet your requirements, neither would watching Netfl
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by gehsty 8y ago
I think it serves the artist if you buy the music, however you buy it, and it doesn’t serve the artist if you pirate it. Apply your logic to any other purchase and it falls on it feet. Do you only buy food direct from farmers? Clothes from
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by gehsty 8y ago
Good job supporting artists! I bet they really care about about the software license for the source code for the store you buy their music from... Maybe try just enjoying music for musics sake and not thinking about where it comes from to m
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by gehsty 8y ago
I’d say more like 2 out of 5
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by gehsty 8y ago
I think these are fairly minor improvements, most of what makes the airpods great is already there. I’d rule out anything that makes them more complicated (that is their best feature imo) just putting in them and work is amazing, and it’s e

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