Path: ...!news.nobody.at!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: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 21:13:23 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 23:13:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="53c8b7b2f2bebe7131342135d4ae97f9"; logging-data="1160079"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19uZhBxI3W2QIp7Adi/cLm4AtljpxJfXRE=" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.372 (x86; Portable ISpell) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZJmurVVCFLXk6LJKf2MtUxk6RkM= X-Ref: reader443.eternal-september.org ~XNS:00002C34 X-Face: 09>j%-W3HnyolA\I${DXfUw}~nKyLDiU8IwUVM'` Bytes: 2506 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.