Re: Apple Introduces Cheapest iPad Yet, Special Edition Red iPhone - Bloomberg

rajmund Thu, 23 Mar 2017 04:26:22 -0700

and here we go.isn't the high end android the same price as an apple,anyway?


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On 23/03/17 1:51 AM, Pablo Cesar Morales wrote:

Most don’t make profit?

How a company is going to be in business if they don’t male profit?

It doesn’t make sence. Yes, a lot of people is leaving IOs and are
moving to android. You should try it, is much better. However I should
recommend that don’t buy a cheap android phone. Try to buy a nexus 6p,
or a pixel phone. They are great.

*From:*viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On
Behalf Of *Mary Otten
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Well, apparently not too many people are moving away. Apple is making
most of the money in this industry. There are many people who make
android devices. Most of them make no profit. Companies don't stay in
business forever if they don't make a profit.
Mary

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On Mar 22, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Victor Gouveia <victor.gouv...@rogers.com
<mailto:victor.gouv...@rogers.com>> wrote:

Hi Sieghard, while I can appreciate your issue regarding OS
reliability and phone integrity, the fact is people are moving away
from Apple devices for just that reason. With the added advances in
the camera, both front and rear, pictures will get larger, and I
don’t even think there are phones available higher than the five
that have 16 gig memory, and even those devices are pushing it.
When they introduced the enhanced camera in the iPhone six, they
realized that sixteen gigs just wouldn’t do if people wanted to take
pictures, I mean, I’m still amazed that they’re still offering the
32 gig devices, especially in the iPad, but again, this is just the
smaller issue. How many phones out there are getting more and more
waterproof and dust proof, and they don’t seem to have a problem
with an SD card slot, in addition, the OS security could be plugged
to avoid that sort of thing. Fact is, I think that Apple is
guarding it’s closed platform so people are forced to get their
content from iTunes and App store. Open up the file system and
you’re looking at an easier way to jailbreak, and Apple couldn’t
have that. Regardless, I do think that Apple should open their eyes
when it comes to expansion, if only to make it easier to connect to
a portable solution, lest they get left out in the cold when the
Android devices that allow for expansion come rumbling in. Just a
thought.

Victor

*From:*Sieghard Weitzel

*Sent:*Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:47 PM

*To:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>

*Subject:*RE: Apple Introduces Cheapest iPad Yet, Special Edition
Red iPhone - Bloomberg

Hi Victor,

I am not sure if Apple could keep their walled garden concept and
offer SD card expansion slots. If you allow people to introduce
media on an SD card then the OS must have access to the folders or
maybe it would be more accurate to say that Apple would have to give
users access to what is on the SD card and that would possibly
defeat the purpose of the closed nature of the platform. Any SD
card, even the newest and fastest, would also introduce a lot of
latency in how fast things get loaded and I think this all goes
against what Apple wants to achieve. I think actually that even some
high-end Android phones are moving away from that, but I might be
wrong, just something I heard. Does the Google Pixel for example
have an SD card slot? Lastly, having such an expansion slot on an
iPad is one thing because there is probably plenty of space, but
having it on an iPhone is most likely not very practical as there
hardly is any space left as is and of course making a highly
waterproof or water resistant device would probably be much more
difficult if the device had an SD card slot Personally I have no
problem with Apple offering internal memory, I totally agree that
nowadays 16 Gb doesn’t get you far, but I wonder how many people
still buy 16 Gb devices if they can get a 64 Gb device (4 times the
space) for $100 more.

Regards,

Sieghard

*From:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Victor Gouveia
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I don’t agree. Granted, the 300 dollar price tag is nice, but not
with the memory it’s offering.

I think the 32 and 16 models of any device is outdated, unless it’s
got an expansion slot for an SD card.

Frankly, I’m completely surprised that Apple hasn’t embraced this
concept, since it would enable them to lower the amount of ROM
memory on the device, and allow people to expand according to their
budget. Alas, it would seem that Apple is destined not to ever get
the message.

Victor

*From:*Mr. Ed

*Sent:*Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:40 PM

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Hi Mary,

I would think if you could get a new iPad for $329 that would be a
big deal.

Mr. Ed

*From:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mary Otten
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 21, 2017 9:24 PM
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These are not big deal upgrades. If they actually introduce a
substantial a new iPad Pro, I would suppose they would do so with a
bit more fanfare. But these upgrades are no big deal.
Mary

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On Mar 21, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca
<mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

And it’s not even April 1 yet. Is this actually for real? I just
heard on the Apple Byte Podcast that Digitimes said there would
be an event in April where a new 10.5 inch iPad Pro would be
introduced, hard to believe they would just do this without much
fanfare, if I remember correctly they did a bit more last yer
around the iPhone SE..

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[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Marissa Solaun
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:37 PM
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May be of interest to those seeking a red iPhone 7/7+

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-21/apple-introduces-cheapest-ipad-yet-special-edition-red-iphone

Apple Introduces Cheapest iPad Yet, Special Edition Red iPhone

More stories by Alex Webb
<https://wwwbloomberg.com/authors/AQjTH3FjSCY/alex-webb>

Apple Inc. <https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/AAPL:US> introduced
a revamped version of its most popular-sized iPad at the
cheapest price yet, and a shiny red iPhone 7, whose sales will
help to combat AIDS.

Apple unveiled a new 9.7-inch iPad with a brighter Retina
display starting at $329, and a special edition red-aluminum
finish iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, part of the company’s
decade-long partnership with (RED), which contributes to the
Global Fund to fight HIV and AIDS.

“Since we began working with (RED) 10 years ago, our customers
have made a significant impact in fighting the spread of AIDS
through the purchase of our products, from the original iPod
nano (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition all the way to today’s lineup
of Beats products and accessories for iPhone, iPad and Apple
Watch,” Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in a
statement <wlmailhtml://news/terminal/ON6020MEQTXJ> Tuesday.

Apple is the world’s largest corporate donor to the Global Fund,
contributing more than $130 million, the company said.

Apple is expected to reveal a significant upgrade to the iPhone
later this year.
Cupertino, California-based Apple last year unveiled a new
iPhone which reignited sales growth in the Christmas quarter
after a year of declines. Those falling sales came even as Apple
introduced a cheaper handset in March in an effort to spur
growth in emerging markets. The only sales growth in the 2016
fiscal year came from the services business, which includes
Apple Music and the App Store, and the other products category.

Apple shares rose less than one percent to $142.55 at 10:24 a.m.
in New York. Earlier they hit a new intraday high of $142.80.

The new iPad starts at $329 for 32GB with Wi-Fi and $459 for
32GB Wi-Fi plus cellular. It will be available to order starting
March 24 in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries and
regions. The iPhone (RED) models will be available in 128GB and
256GB models starting at $749 from March 24. Apple also
announced new storage capacity for the iPhone SE. That 4-inch
display model will now be available in 32GB and 128GB models,
doubling the current capacity and replacing the previous models.

Other product launches Tuesday include a new app called Clips

<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2017/03/21Apple-Introduces-Clips-The-Fun-New-Way-to-Create-Expressive-Videos-on-iOS.html>,
that helps people combine video clips, photos and music that can
be shared through social media and messages. Apple also said its
Swift Playgrounds iPad app, which helps students learn to code,
is available in five additional languages: Japanese, French,
German, Spanish and simplified Chinese.

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