Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "badgolferman" Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: iPhone revenue fell for a second consecutive quarter (perhaps due to Apple's failed R&D efforts) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 16:16:27 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:16:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ac46be96452c7782236cf1d574edf796"; logging-data="1791453"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18d7G0pCQDUiHsXx6TDqXj6tJNPNSPn6Nw=" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.372 (x86; Portable ISpell) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ixIF460Q6NUF/WQhMMuLtafKBxg= X-Face: 09>j%-W3HnyolA\I${DXfUw}~nKyLDiU8IwUVM'` X-Ref: reader443.eternal-september.org ~XNS:00002C38 Bytes: 3519 Alan wrote: >On 2024-08-06 08:42, badgolferman wrote: >>Alan wrote: >> >>>On 2024-08-05 14:13, badgolferman wrote: >>>>Alan wrote: >>>> >>>>>On 2024-08-05 03:10, badgolferman wrote: >>>>>>badgolferman wrote: >>>>>>>Alan wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>But your argument was that Apple wasn't doing much >>>>>>>>lately. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Implying that others were. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>You inferred incorrectly. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Yes, you did. >>>>>> >>>>>>The topic was about Apple. Other smartphone companies were >>>>>>not mentioned by me. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>But implicit any discussion of whether someone (person or >>>>>company) is doing enough of something is that it must be in >>>>>relation to some standard. >>>>> >>>>>I can drive very fast in my Formula F Honda open wheel race >>>>>car... >>>>> >>>>>...but it's only very fast if I compare it against other >>>>>Formula F cars at the same track. >>>> >>>> >>>>No. It's not anything innovative if it's not better than >>>>previous versions of itself. >>> >>>But your argument was about the PACE of innovation. >>> >>>Is Apple's pace of innovation noticeably worse than any other >>>smartphone manufacturer's? >>> >> >>No, you are the one constantly comparing to other manufacturers. >>This is an Apple newsgroup and that's what I am concentrating on. > >Pace of anything requires a comparison; it is implicit. I already gave you a comparison. It's not my fault your reading comprehension is suspect. You just want to argue and I'm going to let you do that with yourself now.