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| eti:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on November 13, 2022, 01:50:39 am --- --- Quote from: wraper on November 05, 2022, 04:35:05 pm --- --- End quote --- I know this sounds petty, but I lost interest after he mixed up Gigabytes and Gigabits. --- End quote --- Similarly, were it not for the fact that they were "reviewing" a smartphone (a not particularly technically or academically challenging assignment, based on HOW many "reviewers" do so), it amuses me to no end that people say "Milliamps" when it's "mAh" they actually mean. Were they reviewing boats or planes - an area where the average viewer, I would think, had slightly higher intelligence and were more informed, I'd say they'd get away with it for not very long at all. Smartphone users (the public) just swallow this stuff down and are none the wiser - nor do I expect em to be - but if put yourself in a position of "reviewer", PLEASE, its ONE tiny piece of BASIC terminology - not that hard to learn... |
| Karel:
Here's the final EU directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022L2380&from=EN |
| Sherlock Holmes:
What's Apple's problem anyway, why are they playing victim? USB-C (USB 3) handles up to 640 Mbps, Apple's (effectively USB 2) is 480 Mbps. iPad pro already uses USB-C, USB offers greater power delivery. The "lightning" cables (like most things Apple) are stupid prices. Apple are and always have been about presentation rather than functionality, external design rather than internal. |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 11, 2022, 03:11:04 pm ---What's Apple's problem anyway, why are they playing victim? USB-C (USB 3) handles up to 640 Mbps, Apple's (effectively USB 2) is 480 Mbps. iPad pro already uses USB-C, USB offers greater power delivery. The "lightning" cables (like most things Apple) are stupid prices. Apple are and always have been about presentation rather than functionality, external design rather than internal. --- End quote --- "The "lightning" cables (like most things Apple) are stupid prices." - that's your explanation right there, it's all about the money... |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 11, 2022, 03:11:04 pm ---What's Apple's problem anyway, why are they playing victim? --- End quote --- Aaaand I can already see we’ll be dealing with a reality-avoiding Apple hater. --- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 11, 2022, 03:11:04 pm ---USB-C (USB 3) handles up to 640 Mbps, Apple's (effectively USB 2) is 480 Mbps. --- End quote --- You need to read up on USB-C anew. USB-C can, but does not have to be, USB 3, and USB 3 can be up to 20Gbps. USB-C can also be USB 4 (40Gbps), Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (also 40Gbps), or just USB 2 (480Mbps). --- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 11, 2022, 03:11:04 pm ---iPad pro already uses USB-C, USB offers greater power delivery. --- End quote --- Correct. As an iPad Pro owner, I’d love to see iPhone move to USB-C so I can once again use the same cables for my phone, tablet, and earbuds. --- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 11, 2022, 03:11:04 pm ---The "lightning" cables (like most things Apple) are stupid prices. --- End quote --- Utter nonsense. Lightning cables don’t cost any more than the old Dock connector cables it replaced, nor any more than the USB-C cables that are replacing Lightning. --- Quote from: Sherlock Holmes on December 11, 2022, 03:11:04 pm ---Apple are and always have been about presentation rather than functionality, external design rather than internal. --- End quote --- And there we have it, more reality-avoiding Apple hatred. The reason Apple has been so spectacularly successful is that beneath the style, there is real substance. Their products work well — really well — and that’s why people buy them. And that’s always been the reason people buy them. |
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