Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.samoylyk.net!.POSTED.public-nat-06.vpngate.v4.open.ad.jp!not-for-mail From: Wolf Greenblatt Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: iPhone 16 Pro may have polished titanium frame instead of brushed titanium Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:05:58 -0400 Organization: Private News Server Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 04:05:59 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.samoylyk.net; posting-host="public-nat-06.vpngate.v4.open.ad.jp:219.100.37.238"; logging-data="2428318"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@samoylyk.net" Bytes: 2446 Lines: 25 On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 15:35:28 +1300, Your Name wrote: >>>>> At some point Apple may actually release a foldable iPhone, and like >>>>> most of what they do it will be made properly, work, and show all their >>>>> "competitors" how it should have been done >>>> >>>> You have a lot of faith in a company that can't even make a simple modem. >>> >>> Apple has done it numerous times in the past with a wide variety of >>> products ... which every other company then rushes to imitate, usually >>> very badly. >> >> Poor apple. Other companies steal all their best shit. > > They try to, but usually they do it so badly that the rip-off versions > disappear again relatively quickly. Those that do continue to be sold > are usually inferior or at least not as popular as Apple's products. Good thing Qualcomm didn't try to "rip off" Apple's failed attempt at GPUs. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-15-missing-chip-the-company-spent-billions-on-2023-9 As with Apple's failed modem design attempts, Apple failed miserably at 5G. Apple only advertises that they can design chips, but industry insiders call Apple's spectacular boasts "craptacular" - because Apple always fails. https://daringfireball.net/2023/09/craptacular_is_more_like_it