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From: Wolf Greenblatt <wolf@greenblatt.net>
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Subject: Re: iPhone 16 Pro may have polished titanium frame instead of brushed titanium
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:05:58 -0400
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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