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Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones?

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On 2018-08-18 5:16 PM, Arlen Holder wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2018 15:35:15 GMT, abcdef wrote:
> 
>> Is price a reason?
> 
> Given Apple has arguably the finest MARKETING organization on the planet,
> you can rest assured that Apple figured out that they'd make more money by
> locking their loyal consumer into their restrictive headphone use model.
> 
> Rest assured, any price savings are NEVER passed on to that loyal customer.
> 
> Otherwise an equivalent iPhone wouldn't cost five times that a far more
> functional but let's just say equivalent hardware Android device costs.
> 
> Details on the 5X price to 0X performance comparison are here:
>   iPhone 7 Plus v. LG Stylo 3 Plus price/performance hardware comparison
>   <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/ls71mnkj4jk/n0FaH2e_DQAJ>
> 
> The 5-times less expensive Android phone has more functionality than any
> iPhone could ever have (it has been often proven that even a five-year old
> Android device has far more functionality than any iPhone ever made, for
> example).
> 
> The five times more expensive 3-core (effectively) iPhone 7 Plus will have
> its CPU speed (no longer secretly but still drastically and permanently)
> cut to less than half in about a year, while the 8-core five times less
> expensive equivalent phone will still maintain its CPU performance.
> 
> Meanwhile, the 8-core 5 times less expensive phone has a removable battery,
> a 2TB sd card slot, a stylus, an FM radio, and, oh ... lest we forget, one
> of those "courageous" headphone jacks!
> 
> Obviously it was long ago proven many times over that Apple iPhones provide
> far less functionality to the users - but the price for Apple's loss of
> functionality is five times more!
> 
> Those are all facts!
> 

Amazingly (to you, I'm sure), you saying 'Those are all facts!'...

...doesn't actually make them facts.

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Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 00:16 +0000
  Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-18 20:21 -0700
    Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:14 +0000
      Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-18 23:20 -0700
        Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 08:31 +0000
          Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-19 10:55 -0700
            Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-20 10:30 +1200
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-20 02:06 +0000
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-19 21:44 -0700
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-20 19:13 +1200
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-20 09:54 -0700
            Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-20 02:06 +0000
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-19 22:18 -0400
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-20 02:32 +0000
  Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:14 -0700
    Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:26 +0000
      Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:28 -0700
        Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:42 +0000
          Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:45 -0700
            Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:52 +0000
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:55 -0700
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 08:31 +0000
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-19 06:48 -0700
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-08-19 14:55 +0100
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 15:41 +0000
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 15:38 +0000

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