If you look at where it bends, it's pretty clear they don't even need to do that - they could probably get away with simply milling the aluminum thicker around the areas where there are cut outs for the buttons, which are acting as stress concentrators. Plug the whole thing into a simulator and tweak until those areas don't exceed the tensile strength of the region.
Are they milled, too, like the Unibody MacBooks; or are they simple stamped Al?
IANAME (I am not a Mechanical Engineer), but, it looks to me like someone either skipped a crucial FEA (Finite Element Analysis), or just decided it was "strong enough", without putting enough eval units out in the field to see what happened "in real life".
The body really doesn't bend any worse than a lot of other metal-bodied phones; but there is definitely a weak-point where the intrusions for the buttons make the side-walls too thin.
My suggestion for Apple would be to either make the buttons be capacitive, thus not requiring an intrusion (but unfortunately requiring a case and circuit redesign (which would mean another round of FCC testing)), or perhaps making the button actuators (the part you press-on) vewy, vewy thin (like 30 - 40 thousandths of an inch), and shorter in length, so that the holes in the side of the case would be correspondingly thinner, and thus the case-walls that much more robust. They might also be able to weld/glue a reinforcing plate (or a C-shaped internal "wraparound"), to spread the force over a larger area.
Both of the latter ideas would require a case redesign and production re-tooling; but would likely not require resubmitting to the FCC.
Yes, it did come with the adapter mate, but I thought I would condense what was in my computer bag and got rid of it. So that's on me, but it still is like giving people the rope to hang themselves with.
Well, if you actually threw it away instead of just sticking it in a drawer, then yeah, I'd say that was kinda dumb. However; you could still just use a $1.49 extension cord to accomplish the same thing (albeit a little less elegantly). So, you might try that if you are (kind of understandably) skittish about bending the adapter's prongs.
Actually, now that you mention it, I did bitch enough to get a 10$ or 20$ credit to bestbuy for the headphones, but I couldn't find any with inline controls that head ear loops. It seems like with all the design focus, they would realize how useless the earbuds are for some people.
Well, maybe now that Apple owns Beats...;-)
Same with 'Apple certified memory' or whatever it's called that costs like 200$ for a couple 2gig sticks (a few years ago, but still at least twice what an equivalent product would have been elsewhere), another price gouge for people that don't know any better.
Name me a "brand" that doesn't do that shit. "Use only (brand name) Power Adapter". How many times have you seen that? Now you want to hold Apple to a higher standard? While I agree it is a tax on the uninformed, it's not like it is downright dishonesty. At this point, if you're both too uninformed to know better, and too arrogant or lazy to ask/research, then I'm afraid that that is what stuff like (for example) "Genuine GM Parts" are for...
But sometimes, there is a difference (like when I replaced the Tire Pressure Sensors on my GM vehicle with OEM parts); but the trick is knowing when it matters, and when it doesn't.
"But then, they aren't you; so they are just stupid, right?" - unfortunately there seem to be a load of self-important old school admins who know it all who hate change and disparage other peoples efforts by making dubious "complaints"
Exactly.
OS X switched over to "launchd" (which is essentially "systemd") way back in 10.4 (Tiger) Days. I'm sure there was a bunch of whining within the Apple Developer Community from people who were crossover Linux and OS X Devs; but now, about 5 years on, it doesn't seem to have brought death and destruction to OS X. In fact, I recently played around with an SSD-equipped MacBook Air running OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), and it booted from a Cold Start in less than 10 seconds (and actually faster than a Restart!). Yes, the SSD is a part of that; but I gotta believe that launchd helps, too.
It's amazing to me how tech-savvy people can be such luddites; but there it is...
Desktops these days spend more time in POST than they do starting things, with or without the parallel and conditional shenanigans of systemd.
That's because every single person who only runs MS Office all day thinks they need more RAm in their machines than existed in the entire Northern Hemisphere about 20 years ago...
Features don't come for free. But really Apple could avoid this whole problem if they didn't block downgrading. Let people try if they think it'll run fast enough on the oldest supported device, then let them change their minds If it doesn't.
But the problem is they want to prevent jail breaking and as a consequence downgrading is rare.
While I agree that it would be nice if Apple would make a provision to downgrade on older h/w to the Revision - 1 (only); the truth is, it is enough of a pain to modify existing data-structures that I would bet that you would be hard-pressed to name any Mobile OS that allows a clean and simple "downgrade" without completely wiping the device.
And you are right; it does leave the door open to Jailbreaking>
But for most Android owners this isn't an issue; because they almost never get an Upgrade anyway...
It would still be a problem because Apple shouldn't allow the upgrade to be installed on a device which can't run it properly.
...Then the meme would be "Apple prematurely Orphans Older Models."
IOW, Apple can't win with the Fandroids.
Actually, since Apple is supposed to deliver such a superior user experience, this is a valid criticism, or don't you want people to hold Apple to that higher standard? It really is a myth. I think Apple abuses its most loyal customers worse than Microsoft. And they keep lining up (literally) for more.
What is a "valid criticism"? That Apple should somehow be able to eke out more performance from an older Microcontroller than it can actually deliver? Or that they don't just adopt the Android-Manufacturers' Policy of simply abandoning their users?
Which is the real abuse-of-trust? Trying to support hardware as long as possible, and letting the Users decide if they should Upgrade? Or simply abandoning Users, even to the extent that most of the time, even OS errors are never fixed; let alone "new features" realized?
I don't think you have a rational argument here; but that never stopped an Apple-Hater yet.
You keep saying that, yet there are plenty of AC comments saying they had no problems or that it seems faster on the new OS. And there are logged in accounts saying it is slower. The upgrade went fine on my wife's 4s which doesn't seem any slower, where as my newer phone does seem slower. Maybe the issue varies from phone to phone, and involves something more than just how they post on Slashdot.
* With an Apple device, you get regular updates to iOS, but your phone will continually become slower (planned obsolescence)
I don't think that "planned obsolescence" means what you think it does.
What you have with iOS on older devices is the race between Moore's Law and "Feature Creep". That is not "Planned". It just is.
It would only be "Planned Obsolescence" if the user was forced to install an iOS Upgrade. But they aren't; so it isn't.
So, it is not a matter of "picking your poison". Apple attempts to offer its OS Upgrades as far back as they can, even if some of the oldest devices may, in some cases, and then, only for some users, suffer a bit.
That is why the prudent iOS User with hardware > 1 Generation "back", waits a few days/weeks to see if they should Upgrade. After all, all it takes to not Upgrade, is to, well, not Upgrade. You iOS Device will continue to work exactly as always.
When will supposedly tech-savvy Slashdotters actually get that? Seems like "Willful Ignorance" to me...
Not to Reply to myself; but didn't your MBP AC Adaptor also come with that "AC extender" Cable? You know, the one with the AC Plug on one end, and the weird end that plugs in where the flip-out "AC Plug" mates with the Charger? WIth that, you can leave the (heavy) Charger on the floor, and simply plug the (MUCH lighter) Extender Cable into the Wall Socket.
They are well made devices, for the most part. It is usually an obvious wear point or flaw in design that will force the heavy-handed to purchase more. The macbook charger (2008, mine) tends to fall out of outlets. It is heavy and brittle plastic and would easily have been destroyed if I didn't tether it to the table. The charge ports are not usb or mini-usb or micro-usb, like all sane phones have been for years.
1. Every single device with a cable has problems at the point where the strain-relief stops. Ever had a pair of headphones/earbuds with an annoyingly intermittent cable? That's the physics of abuse; not a design flaw. As you said: "Heavy-Handed". As I said, I haven't had any problems, even with an iPod/iPhone charger cable that looked like it was going to fail at any second (exposed shield braid, etc.). Meh. Next...
2. My 2013 MBP charger doesn't hang onto the AC socket with as much retention force as I'd like. That is because the AC plugin "Blades" aren't like what we grew up with, i.e., the "Spring-Leaf" contact-type. It's a common issue with new "Flat-bladed" AC cables of all sorts. However, you can get some more "grip" force by either taking the AC plug "blades" and pinching them together with your thumb and forefinger, or (gently) taking a pair of needle-nose pliers and prying the blades apart just a little. Nothing beats the old "leaf-type" contacts, because you could stick a small screwdriver in between the "leaves" and pry them apart; but what I suggested actually helps.
Also, it might be your wall-socket. First off, not all sockets are created equal; some have significantly higher "Retention Force" than others (in fact, I have a Power Strip at work that you damned-near have to PRY the plugs out with a screwdriver! I hate it...). But also, wall sockets, actually do not last forever; I had to replace some old wall sockets in my house a couple of years ago, because NOTHING would stay plugged in. They were simply worn-out.
3. As for your experience with Best Buy, I'm pretty sure you could have bitched up the chain and gotten your old Nano back. Apple did change the way they implemented their On-Lavalier controls, though (the original design used an I2C interface, and the latter used some resistor-value trickery, IIRC), and obviously, the two control-interfaces were not compatible; but I agree that they should have included a set of the new earbuds if your old ones were going to be (somewhat) incompatible. Again, how much bitching did you actually do?
i don't give a crap whether the system boots twice as fast - reboots are years between, and in scheduled windows.
...and this is one of the (many) reasons why it will never be "The Year of the Linux Desktop".
In case you haven't noticed, Users (remember them? Lots more Users than Admins, right?) who grew up primarily in a Windows Desktop environment, are pretty much ingrained with the philosophy of "Bootup each morning; Shutdown (not Sleep) each night." For them, Boot times do count.
But then, they aren't you; so they are just stupid, right?
On ipad2 and iphone 4s. Battery drains faster on iPhone so I will have to turn off all location tracking, fancy graphics and background schizzle services... basically turning it into pure "caca" mode. iOS8 epic fail.
What did you load it on? An iPhone 1? A 4? An Osborne Executive?
Interestingly, I haven't seen any significant gnashing-of-teeth, complaining about slowdowns, etc. on the sites where a majority of the posters are actually iOS Users.
In fact, as per usual, I am waiting a few days to see if there are horror stories, particularly regarding my two iOS devices (iPhone 4s and iPad 2), which are at the bottom of the Compatibility List; but, other than one person with a 16 GB iPad complaining about slowness (and without others piling-on), this seems to be a very reasonable and stable Upgrade; especially considering how much has been added.
So true. I wonder what the ratio business/consumer is. For a business user who needs internet, mail, phone, and maybe a few additional apps, 16 will be completely appropriate. I think this is part of the reason for the jump to 64. You either need very little additional space, or you need significantly more.
This, This, THIS!!!
I think you are exactly correct: There are essentially two distinct classes of users: Those who have zero extra Apps, zero Music/Video, and 10 photos on their phone (e.g., the two owners of the software company I work for, both of whom are not in any way technophobes), and those who "live in their phone/tablet".
I am pretty sure Apple looked at the sales figures, and figured out that the middle-tier would be better served by bumping it up to 64 GB (at the same price point as 32 GB), while the 16 GB users weren't even beginning to challenge that storage limit, and never would. Hence the reason that Android phones apparently often still start at 16 GB, too, even ones without SD storage.
I know the plural of anecdote is not data; but I have never had a failure of either of those devices, from chargers for PowerBooks through several generations of iBooks through my current MBP and also an iPod Gen 5, my iPhone 4s and iPad 2, to my iPhone's earbud/microphone headset.
Not one of them has failed, despite abuse such as repeatedly using my iPhone charger to charge my iPad. Not even supposed to work; but it does.
Best selling means that most actual consumers think that 16 GB is enough. That means that while _you_ want more storage in a smartphone, most people don't. That doesn't make them wrong.:-)
Up to now, you had to pay a lot of money to upgrade from 16GB to 32GB. Now you get 64GB for the same money. I'd think the percentage of 64GB purchasers will go up.
And even more importantly, if the majority of people who owned 16 GB iPhones of a previous model were unsatisfied with that amount of storage, you would have seen a gradual increase year-over-year of the higher-capacity models as they replaced their older iPhone with a newer one, and a gradual decrease in the base model. But that apparently hasn't happened, even over 6 iterations and seven years.
So, once again, typical, immature, self-centered Slashtards (not you, gnashed). It wouldn't suit my needs; so it cannot suit anyone's needs.
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If you look at where it bends, it's pretty clear they don't even need to do that - they could probably get away with simply milling the aluminum thicker around the areas where there are cut outs for the buttons, which are acting as stress concentrators. Plug the whole thing into a simulator and tweak until those areas don't exceed the tensile strength of the region.
Are they milled, too, like the Unibody MacBooks; or are they simple stamped Al?
No, things like molybdenum, tantalum, lanthanum, and platinum.
Also hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, silicon, phosphorous, sulfur, chlorine, argon, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, bromine, krypton, silver, tin, iodine, xenon, gold, mercury, lead, bismuth, astatine, radon.
In current usage and also in the Latin names for the elements, both -ium and -um are used frequently as endings for metallic elements.
I hear a Prof. Tom Lehrer song coming on...
IANAME (I am not a Mechanical Engineer), but, it looks to me like someone either skipped a crucial FEA (Finite Element Analysis), or just decided it was "strong enough", without putting enough eval units out in the field to see what happened "in real life".
The body really doesn't bend any worse than a lot of other metal-bodied phones; but there is definitely a weak-point where the intrusions for the buttons make the side-walls too thin.
My suggestion for Apple would be to either make the buttons be capacitive, thus not requiring an intrusion (but unfortunately requiring a case and circuit redesign (which would mean another round of FCC testing)), or perhaps making the button actuators (the part you press-on) vewy, vewy thin (like 30 - 40 thousandths of an inch), and shorter in length, so that the holes in the side of the case would be correspondingly thinner, and thus the case-walls that much more robust. They might also be able to weld/glue a reinforcing plate (or a C-shaped internal "wraparound"), to spread the force over a larger area.
Both of the latter ideas would require a case redesign and production re-tooling; but would likely not require resubmitting to the FCC.
Yes, it did come with the adapter mate, but I thought I would condense what was in my computer bag and got rid of it. So that's on me, but it still is like giving people the rope to hang themselves with.
Well, if you actually threw it away instead of just sticking it in a drawer, then yeah, I'd say that was kinda dumb. However; you could still just use a $1.49 extension cord to accomplish the same thing (albeit a little less elegantly). So, you might try that if you are (kind of understandably) skittish about bending the adapter's prongs.
Actually, now that you mention it, I did bitch enough to get a 10$ or 20$ credit to bestbuy for the headphones, but I couldn't find any with inline controls that head ear loops. It seems like with all the design focus, they would realize how useless the earbuds are for some people.
Well, maybe now that Apple owns Beats... ;-)
Same with 'Apple certified memory' or whatever it's called that costs like 200$ for a couple 2gig sticks (a few years ago, but still at least twice what an equivalent product would have been elsewhere), another price gouge for people that don't know any better.
Name me a "brand" that doesn't do that shit. "Use only (brand name) Power Adapter". How many times have you seen that? Now you want to hold Apple to a higher standard? While I agree it is a tax on the uninformed, it's not like it is downright dishonesty. At this point, if you're both too uninformed to know better, and too arrogant or lazy to ask/research, then I'm afraid that that is what stuff like (for example) "Genuine GM Parts" are for...
But sometimes, there is a difference (like when I replaced the Tire Pressure Sensors on my GM vehicle with OEM parts); but the trick is knowing when it matters, and when it doesn't.
That is called "being an informed consumer."
"But then, they aren't you; so they are just stupid, right?" - unfortunately there seem to be a load of self-important old school admins who know it all who hate change and disparage other peoples efforts by making dubious "complaints"
Exactly.
OS X switched over to "launchd" (which is essentially "systemd") way back in 10.4 (Tiger) Days. I'm sure there was a bunch of whining within the Apple Developer Community from people who were crossover Linux and OS X Devs; but now, about 5 years on, it doesn't seem to have brought death and destruction to OS X. In fact, I recently played around with an SSD-equipped MacBook Air running OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), and it booted from a Cold Start in less than 10 seconds (and actually faster than a Restart!). Yes, the SSD is a part of that; but I gotta believe that launchd helps, too.
It's amazing to me how tech-savvy people can be such luddites; but there it is...
Hit the button, grab coffee, work.
Desktops these days spend more time in POST than they do starting things, with or without the parallel and conditional shenanigans of systemd.
That's because every single person who only runs MS Office all day thinks they need more RAm in their machines than existed in the entire Northern Hemisphere about 20 years ago...
Features don't come for free. But really Apple could avoid this whole problem if they didn't block downgrading. Let people try if they think it'll run fast enough on the oldest supported device, then let them change their minds If it doesn't.
But the problem is they want to prevent jail breaking and as a consequence downgrading is rare.
While I agree that it would be nice if Apple would make a provision to downgrade on older h/w to the Revision - 1 (only); the truth is, it is enough of a pain to modify existing data-structures that I would bet that you would be hard-pressed to name any Mobile OS that allows a clean and simple "downgrade" without completely wiping the device.
And you are right; it does leave the door open to Jailbreaking>
But for most Android owners this isn't an issue; because they almost never get an Upgrade anyway...
What's it like being so dependant on a corporation for your personal identity? Looks pretty fucking sad from here.
What's it like to be afraid to post with your own Username?
Looks pretty sad from here.
And, BTW, all of my work-life is spent developing software in a Windows environment. So I know the difference.
No identity crisis here, bud.
It would still be a problem because Apple shouldn't allow the upgrade to be installed on a device which can't run it properly.
...Then the meme would be "Apple prematurely Orphans Older Models."
IOW, Apple can't win with the Fandroids.
Actually, since Apple is supposed to deliver such a superior user experience, this is a valid criticism, or don't you want people to hold Apple to that higher standard? It really is a myth. I think Apple abuses its most loyal customers worse than Microsoft. And they keep lining up (literally) for more.
What is a "valid criticism"? That Apple should somehow be able to eke out more performance from an older Microcontroller than it can actually deliver? Or that they don't just adopt the Android-Manufacturers' Policy of simply abandoning their users?
Which is the real abuse-of-trust? Trying to support hardware as long as possible, and letting the Users decide if they should Upgrade? Or simply abandoning Users, even to the extent that most of the time, even OS errors are never fixed; let alone "new features" realized?
I don't think you have a rational argument here; but that never stopped an Apple-Hater yet.
You keep saying that, yet there are plenty of AC comments saying they had no problems or that it seems faster on the new OS. And there are logged in accounts saying it is slower. The upgrade went fine on my wife's 4s which doesn't seem any slower, where as my newer phone does seem slower. Maybe the issue varies from phone to phone, and involves something more than just how they post on Slashdot.
...and maybe not, AC.
I think you mean "Cojones", it means "Balls" as in "Testicles". "Cajones" on the other hand, means "Drawers", as in "Desk drawers".
LOL! My bad!
* With an Apple device, you get regular updates to iOS, but your phone will continually become slower (planned obsolescence)
I don't think that "planned obsolescence" means what you think it does.
What you have with iOS on older devices is the race between Moore's Law and "Feature Creep". That is not "Planned". It just is.
It would only be "Planned Obsolescence" if the user was forced to install an iOS Upgrade. But they aren't; so it isn't.
So, it is not a matter of "picking your poison". Apple attempts to offer its OS Upgrades as far back as they can, even if some of the oldest devices may, in some cases, and then, only for some users, suffer a bit.
That is why the prudent iOS User with hardware > 1 Generation "back", waits a few days/weeks to see if they should Upgrade. After all, all it takes to not Upgrade, is to, well, not Upgrade. You iOS Device will continue to work exactly as always.
When will supposedly tech-savvy Slashdotters actually get that? Seems like "Willful Ignorance" to me...
Not to Reply to myself; but didn't your MBP AC Adaptor also come with that "AC extender" Cable? You know, the one with the AC Plug on one end, and the weird end that plugs in where the flip-out "AC Plug" mates with the Charger? WIth that, you can leave the (heavy) Charger on the floor, and simply plug the (MUCH lighter) Extender Cable into the Wall Socket.
Just a thought...
They are well made devices, for the most part. It is usually an obvious wear point or flaw in design that will force the heavy-handed to purchase more. The macbook charger (2008, mine) tends to fall out of outlets. It is heavy and brittle plastic and would easily have been destroyed if I didn't tether it to the table. The charge ports are not usb or mini-usb or micro-usb, like all sane phones have been for years.
1. Every single device with a cable has problems at the point where the strain-relief stops. Ever had a pair of headphones/earbuds with an annoyingly intermittent cable? That's the physics of abuse; not a design flaw. As you said: "Heavy-Handed". As I said, I haven't had any problems, even with an iPod/iPhone charger cable that looked like it was going to fail at any second (exposed shield braid, etc.). Meh. Next...
2. My 2013 MBP charger doesn't hang onto the AC socket with as much retention force as I'd like. That is because the AC plugin "Blades" aren't like what we grew up with, i.e., the "Spring-Leaf" contact-type. It's a common issue with new "Flat-bladed" AC cables of all sorts. However, you can get some more "grip" force by either taking the AC plug "blades" and pinching them together with your thumb and forefinger, or (gently) taking a pair of needle-nose pliers and prying the blades apart just a little. Nothing beats the old "leaf-type" contacts, because you could stick a small screwdriver in between the "leaves" and pry them apart; but what I suggested actually helps.
Also, it might be your wall-socket. First off, not all sockets are created equal; some have significantly higher "Retention Force" than others (in fact, I have a Power Strip at work that you damned-near have to PRY the plugs out with a screwdriver! I hate it...). But also, wall sockets, actually do not last forever; I had to replace some old wall sockets in my house a couple of years ago, because NOTHING would stay plugged in. They were simply worn-out.
3. As for your experience with Best Buy, I'm pretty sure you could have bitched up the chain and gotten your old Nano back. Apple did change the way they implemented their On-Lavalier controls, though (the original design used an I2C interface, and the latter used some resistor-value trickery, IIRC), and obviously, the two control-interfaces were not compatible; but I agree that they should have included a set of the new earbuds if your old ones were going to be (somewhat) incompatible. Again, how much bitching did you actually do?
i don't give a crap whether the system boots twice as fast - reboots are years between, and in scheduled windows.
...and this is one of the (many) reasons why it will never be "The Year of the Linux Desktop".
In case you haven't noticed, Users (remember them? Lots more Users than Admins, right?) who grew up primarily in a Windows Desktop environment, are pretty much ingrained with the philosophy of "Bootup each morning; Shutdown (not Sleep) each night." For them, Boot times do count.
But then, they aren't you; so they are just stupid, right?
On ipad2 and iphone 4s. Battery drains faster on iPhone so I will have to turn off all location tracking, fancy graphics and background schizzle services... basically turning it into pure "caca" mode. iOS8 epic fail.
So says the predictably Anonymous COWARD.
What did you load it on? An iPhone 1? A 4? An Osborne Executive?
Interestingly, I haven't seen any significant gnashing-of-teeth, complaining about slowdowns, etc. on the sites where a majority of the posters are actually iOS Users.
In fact, as per usual, I am waiting a few days to see if there are horror stories, particularly regarding my two iOS devices (iPhone 4s and iPad 2), which are at the bottom of the Compatibility List; but, other than one person with a 16 GB iPad complaining about slowness (and without others piling-on), this seems to be a very reasonable and stable Upgrade; especially considering how much has been added.
It would still be a problem because Apple shouldn't allow the upgrade to be installed on a device which can't run it properly.
...Then the meme would be "Apple prematurely Orphans Older Models."
IOW, Apple can't win with the Fandroids.
I think we found the Apple fan boy...
...Who at least has the Cajones to submit under his own Username, COWARD.
aside from a few gimmicks and add-ons that attempt to achieve parity with Android, my experience has been overwhelmingly unsatisfactory
So, do you really expect to get a honest evaluation from someone who starts off like that?
C'mon Slashdot! It's not all about the ClickBait.
Now waiting to be Down-Modded mostly due to my UserName in 3.....2......1
So true. I wonder what the ratio business/consumer is. For a business user who needs internet, mail, phone, and maybe a few additional apps, 16 will be completely appropriate. I think this is part of the reason for the jump to 64. You either need very little additional space, or you need significantly more.
This, This, THIS!!!
I think you are exactly correct: There are essentially two distinct classes of users: Those who have zero extra Apps, zero Music/Video, and 10 photos on their phone (e.g., the two owners of the software company I work for, both of whom are not in any way technophobes), and those who "live in their phone/tablet".
I am pretty sure Apple looked at the sales figures, and figured out that the middle-tier would be better served by bumping it up to 64 GB (at the same price point as 32 GB), while the 16 GB users weren't even beginning to challenge that storage limit, and never would. Hence the reason that Android phones apparently often still start at 16 GB, too, even ones without SD storage.
Planned obsolescent headphones and chargers,
I know the plural of anecdote is not data; but I have never had a failure of either of those devices, from chargers for PowerBooks through several generations of iBooks through my current MBP and also an iPod Gen 5, my iPhone 4s and iPad 2, to my iPhone's earbud/microphone headset.
Not one of them has failed, despite abuse such as repeatedly using my iPhone charger to charge my iPad. Not even supposed to work; but it does.
Perhaps you're holding it wrong? (j/k)
Best selling means that most actual consumers think that 16 GB is enough. That means that while _you_ want more storage in a smartphone, most people don't. That doesn't make them wrong. :-)
Up to now, you had to pay a lot of money to upgrade from 16GB to 32GB. Now you get 64GB for the same money. I'd think the percentage of 64GB purchasers will go up.
And even more importantly, if the majority of people who owned 16 GB iPhones of a previous model were unsatisfied with that amount of storage, you would have seen a gradual increase year-over-year of the higher-capacity models as they replaced their older iPhone with a newer one, and a gradual decrease in the base model. But that apparently hasn't happened, even over 6 iterations and seven years.
So, once again, typical, immature, self-centered Slashtards (not you, gnashed). It wouldn't suit my needs; so it cannot suit anyone's needs.
Like why google seems to be a lot more careful with customer data than Apple.
Citation, please.
It's their lifeblood.
So you actually approve of a Business Model based on Tracking (and Selling) your every online move?
...and people think Apple aficionados are delusional???
Still seems more "cute" than "cool".