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Can I download the fix?
There's an app for that.
At least there better be, or these people will never get their phones fixed.
I'll never get back the 30 seconds I wasted in this story
Speaking of 30 seconds, I charged my wife's iphone battery in like 30 seconds in the microwave.
pods
off topic, but I had to: ZH is apparently a "daily dose of doom".
http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/25/investing/zero-hedge-wall-street-blog-fi...
No one from the site responded to CNNMoney's requests for comment.
Of course ZH is much closer to the truth than the daily dose of bull crap we get from all the other entrants in the so-called financial press.
Where pepertual all time highs are celebrated as a sign of good times.
People be conditioned and suckered.
That may also fix obama
Obama prefers the larger one that also vibrates.
LOL BK, that article hits the nail on the proverbial head. Not to mention all the ZH staff are as good looking as the guys in the pic.
@ WarHorse
I'll Never Get Back The 1.6 Secs I Spent Reading Your Post...
neither will you the 4.1 seconds responding. I wasted 11.3 seconds so far.
Even Sheeple have their limits.
When they finally realize Apple products are a commodity made in the same Hong Hai/FoxConn factories as their competitors, and the OS is just as unremarkable, words can't describe how much air there is between Fapple and the ground given the mother of all share dilution.
Once upon a time, Apple understood that it had to produce a quality product to get fanboys. Now, it just relies on its fanboys to sell products.
Everything is turning to shit these days.
Has already turned to shit. The concept of a quality product has long been forgotten in the goldfish memory of the masses.
I think, once upon a long forgotten time, people believed in having one high quality item servicing your needs for years/decades/lifetimes. Welp, see ya later.
I don't get it, I thought curved screens were the latest?! What's the problem?????
Listen Buster,
Let me make myself clear. How do you double even triple your sales in one year? Make a breakable product and the Fanboys will just shrug it off and buy more.
Stupid Americans.
Skateboarder:
There used to be a reason why people upgraded every 5 minutes: The transition from 320x200 graphics x 8 colours to 1920x1080 x 16777216 was noticeable. Now? Anywhere between 90 - 100% a marketing game. Marketing game includes going backwards by eliminating useful features without telling people and then selling them separately.
If a wise consumer really does want to buy a new widget, they need to write down EVERYTHING their old widget does and don't take it for granted that because the old machine did it then the new one will also do it. Before buying, EVERY consumer needs to see the new widget demonstrated in the show room and if it doesn't meet the standard, walk away. (Sorry, now I'm just dreaming, dammit! For a minute there I thought I was making a good point.)
In idealised Economics textbooks, consumers have 100% knowledge of all products. In the real world, consumers have 10% knowledge (if that) and 90% assumptions that the new product does everything that the old thing does and then some. Marketing's job is to exploit the fuck out of the difference.
Repair kit for an iPhone 6??? Don't the iSheeple call that an "iPhone 7"?
Repair kit for an iPhone 7??? Don't the iSheeple call that an "iPhone 8"?
Repair kit for an iPhone x??? Don't the iSheeple call that an "iPhone x+1"?
They just copied the Microsoft playbook. If you don't build a shitty product then you can't sell any upgrades.
But they still got some catching up to do. Change things around on each new model so that you have to re-learn how to use your phone. Drop some features and get people to buy them separately. Interrupt phone calls so you can download some updates. Then they'll be getting closer to a Windows experience.
"ZH is apparently a daily dose of doom".
It's just CNN Envy...
who the fuck reads CNN?
Listen Broiler,
"It's safe to say that those who did make investment decisions based on Zero Hedge's bearish views missed or all part of a bull market that has carried the S&P 500 200% higher."
Fucking Rally Monkey stole your lil Puppy?
Murdock news incubator.
Aw, CNN trolled ZH and they're upset no one responded? Gee, U mad, CNN?
Reality is so depressing, and CNN sponsors demand upbeat attitudes.
CNN bitchez!!!
What the fuck is "CNNMoney"?
Perhaps they are desperate to gain a few clicks from ZHs audience, which is magnitudes greater than theirs. Wankstains.
Speaking of wifes and 30 seconds...
well, nevermind
once.
You sure do bitch a lot about things that fall under you own control, like whether or not you click the link.
He's just butthurt since he bought a Crapple product and his validation is getting stomped on.
Cant show off his new shiny purchase to friends for fear somone will bring up the oragami styling of his latest waste of money.
Blackberries don't have this problem. And have twice the screen footprint for half the price.
Sir Ive has lost it.
Blackberries are for people stuck in the past...It is like saying "I can still get online with my Commodore". Sure you can get online...sure you can make a call. There is a reason that ALL integration is only made for Android or Iphone.
Just got one of these decks...talk about awesome!...your heap of shit Blackberry won't do this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-IWXrelfOg
I have a 5s and am thinking of getting another Z10 off craigslist. You BB haters have made that great phone cheap! Thanks!
Z10 is a nice phone. It doesn't have the waterproof iOS 7, nor the capability to charge in the wave and it is stiffer than an Amerikan politician, but still a nice phone.
Funny because anytime I update or install something, it asks me if I want to allow said program access to different parts of my phone.
Almost like it is MY phone. Camera rocks too.
pods
I just want a phone that makes calls, and can send texts. Actually if someone made a "dumb phone" that was rugged and had a decent battery life I'd be all over it. People say you're a luddite if you don't have tons of flashing doo dads, and clown heads spinning all over the place. When you really think of all that "technology" that's brought to bear with these new phones it's just a big steaming heap privacy invading fluffware (Dave Thomas makes a jerking off motion in the air with his right hand). I've yet to see anyone "tech savy" fire up an SSH terminal on their smartphone and restart a webserver or do something you know COOL with the thing. But god damn if they've got an app that tells them some dude is at a bistro and letting them know what he's eating right now.
+1 for your definition(s) of 'COOL':
Privacy evisceration: weak
Bells/Whistles: lame
Expensive Mandatory Up/Appdates: for suckers, glass people, the weak, mean, down, and feeble
Planned Obsolescence: unconscionable
Firing up an SSH terminal: COOL
Your screed: COOL
I use a TrakPhone bought for less than $10 in a grocery store...I think it was Vons. It makes phone calls and, apparently, texts. Has a camara, too. I am one that does not require narcissistic validation from constant streams of content. I find that a $40, 200 minute card will last me three months or more, and I'm not paying any monthly fee for access.
Calls and texts TO my taliphone piss me off. I find it an interruption when I'm doing something else...like a meeting, driving, taking a shit....and usually the caller is my wife. (Caution: Never ask what I'm doing/Where I am when I answer because I'll tell you EXACTLY what I'm doing.)
I only have it in case the car breaks down or I'm going to be late to get home.
I refuse to pay a fixed fee every god-damned month to any corporation that I don't absolutely need...like water, power, etc.
Cool, I can watch Netflix while I'm driving....... Awesome!
# # ... I got a satellite dish on the trunk of my car
So I can watch MTV while I drive ... # #
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpL8cTBESxY
You are funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGW76JB90Ro
My BB Z30 will run Android apps. My BB Z30 sync's with my VW indash media center. My BB Z30 makes phone calls and has BIG speakers and quality sound.
My BB Z30 runs for 25 hours......... http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_z30-5711.php
My iPhone is bent and will not answer or malke calls......
If Kenwood would make a decent bluetooth deck MY BB Z30 would work with it...Bitcheeeees.
Too fuckin bad for the idiots who lined up outside for days will have wasted their time on hoping to buy one and offload for a quick gain....I am sure the production for the newer batchs will have fixed this up...this should put a damper on the black market prices of Iphone 6's out there. Sheeps got sheared.
Sheared and boned, indeed!
They were paid to line up. It was a card stolen from the real estate handbook on how to create a public frenzy, RE: Condo pre-sales.
AAPL sold 10 million phones in a country of 360 million people, of which 66% own a phone (91% of adult population)? 360*.66=237 million potential buyers. 10 million supposedly bought, or 4.2%. And this is news? >4% buy cucumbers EVERYDAY. Who cares about AAPL shit.
The cucumber line I wait on takes days too.
But did you pre-order? ;)
Cucumbers don't bend, but pickles do!
It's the pickles with the SNAP you're lookin for!
Bill Clinton tell you that?
Toys
Listen America.
The Sheep got duped again! "FUCKED" by the Ameri-China deception crew.
Tim Cook mentioned there is more than one use for the new I-roller. However, you'll have to troll Grindr to find a partner to take full advantage of it's potential.
Mmmmmm, pleasure at both ends!!!
If you have a 3D printer then maybe yes...
So they made another phone, similar to Samsung and HTC.
I'm so impressed...
burn!
incompetence rooles!
That is some funny shit right there, I don't care who you are.
Love the price too, <chortle>
pods
It's freaking hilarious. I'm having a great time trolling the fan boys web sites right now. Their crazed reactions to taunting cracks me up.
Ha ha! It is funny. And so sad that they can't really see, e.g., red as red.
I like your comments Doc. Been readin gyour for a long time.
Seems though you need another diversion.
I will be moving 3 cords of firewood by hand in Vermont around November 1 to the wood shed.
Could use another hand or two to stack em and lift the cognac sniffers high. Your assistance is appreciated.
iPhone 6 proves that Apple died with Steve Jobs. Right now feels like the time after Jobs was fired
iApple died the day The Idiot Cook took over. Whe he declared 'deniers' should not buy his product and the company did not fire his ass I knew...nobody cares. He is a 'science is settled' guy and since science is never settled he is an idiot and a dangerous one at that.
...sadly I cannot get back the few hundred thousand I have spent on their shit since 1985.
and the iWatch. I wonder if they did any market research along the lines of "how would you like to wear a wristwatch again?"
I love my watch. Was getting fitted for a tuxedo and the "fitter" said,"thats a beautiful watch". I said, "Walmart, $39.95 and came with three bands." Priceless.
Speaking of watches, what's with the trend of huge watches? for men, I can tolerate it, but for women?
All blind as bats over 40.
My sons working ot over this grand roll out.
one can never spend too much on craapl
After rolling for a few moments, place in oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, serve warm with jelly or jam.
I heard you can recharge an iPhone 6 really fast by just putting it in a common household microwave for a few minutes. Wish I had one so I could see that!
They weren't smart enough to remember the iOS 7 waterproofing spoof.
pods
Slightly OT: CNN reviews ZeroHedge: http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/25/investing/zero-hedge-wall-street-blog-finance/index.html?iid=HP_LN
Who is CNN?
Oh, some pissant outfit. They did a good job on Desert Storm though.
The CNN hummer is still on display in their lobby.
Wonder if they found the airplane yet?
Ill just use some of that shit for fixing leaky waders. I got a half tube around here someplace.
Remember you own nothing!
Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car - NYTimes.com
The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old’s asthma was flaring up. Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an emergency room, but her 2005 Chrysler van would not start.
The cause was not a mechanical problem — it was her lender.
Ms. Bolender was three days behind on her monthly car payment. Her lender, C.A.G. Acceptance of Mesa, Ariz., remotely activated a device in her car’s dashboard that prevented her car from starting. Before she could get back on the road, she had to pay more than $389, money she did not have that morning in March…
The devices, which have been installed in about two million vehicles, are helping feed the subprime boom by enabling more high-risk borrowers to get loans. But there is a big catch. By simply clicking a mouse or tapping a smartphone, lenders retain the ultimate control. Borrowers must stay current with their payments, or lose access to their vehicle."
What if I miss a payment on my pacemaker?
They already made a movie about that: Repo Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053424/
In the time of Death Panels, do Kill Switches surprise anyone?
S'okay. If you're under 75, you can rest assured knowing Ezekiel is happy.
About 1/2 pound of C4 or Semtex under the drivers seat would be much more instructive.
That's for if you miss two payments.
So, if she would have been out of gas because she didn't have any money for it, would that be the oil companies fault for shutting down the car because it didn't fill the tank for free?
Three days late? Ha!
Allow me to be the devil's advocate.
When you make payments on something, you do not own it. Having a paid off car disabled mid trip - that would be a different story. Getting kicked out of the house after completing the mortgage - that would indeed illustrate the point, however this example does not.
Medical emergency? Call an ambulance - don't blame it on inability to make payments on time.
In the past people took advantage of the situation. Repo men had to be hired in order to pursue deadbeats with private eye precision. Cars had to be taken by force from people who didn't even own them.
Now with GPS and remote activation, a mouse click, indeed, is all it takes.
When police begins abusing the system (and they will) it'll be a problem. When the car gets disabled for infractions not related to the vehicle (and it will), it'll be a problem. When hackers deliberately disable vehicles to cause accidents and steal property (both of which will happen), it'll be a problem.
This story is not a problem. All it illustrates is that people who borrow more than they should can no longer get away with it.
Medical condition? Well, a car dealership is not a doctor's office and they don't dispatch ambulances either. Not their problem, regardless of what kind of scumbags they might be. Cell phones are obligated to make 911 calls even if no airtime is available. That service is not free. The cost is distributed as a fee among all other people who make paid calls. If you want to have the same law for cars, go ahead and lobby for it. Next time your loan payment will have a "deadbeat emergency fee" covering people like this Las Vegas lady. And don't you dare complaining about it then!
an iroller...no pun intended
No worries, they're still gonna sell 60 million of em.
Looking for crowd source funding.....
Develop and market a curved case. Name I banana!
Website & app developers needed.
sarc
Totally agree with the mistake that Apple made and am truly embarrassed for the company. But I would not count them out. They have always come back. Let's see where we are at Christmas.
Although I do think the DOW is over valued by at least 50%.
Correct, wouldn't count them out, but viewing their products as "premium" and worth the up-charge vs their competition I would have to say is Dead In The Water.
Never fear, the iTurds will keep coming back to by their crap because it's cool and not at all main stream.
"24 months, 24 months. You got one of their phones, got you for 24 months."
Shit, I never thought I'd be quoting Kanye West but that iCarrot is tempting.
Apple should have just said it was undocumented new feature. The iTards would have ate it up and their stock price would have jumped another 10%
My apple watch tells time at least. So they've got that going for them.
So does my Timex. : \
I can talk to my Timex all day long. I can even lick it and it still keeps perfect time and listens to me when I talk.
Thanks Kprime. I laughed out loud. That's good.
and my Timex doesn't spy on me!
LMAO!
APPL is waaaay over hyped.
Apple doesn't offer premium quality for the premium pricetag? How surprising! /s
The funny thing is that the people who buy them couldn't care less as long as it represents wealth and they can feel cool bragging about all their iCRAP.
I've never owned an apple product and i never will. Its like half the cost is the name...fuck that. Its all made in the same slave factories in China.
Same here.
I also will never own a cell phone.
lol
Apple died when Jobs did... it's just taking time to catch up.
real cost to consumers is 1000usd which is whan an UNLOCKED PHONE really costs. the 300usd is just because of the massive contract and overcharges from the cell providers. truth is that apple should be APALLED by the LAPSES in judgement that allowed a 1000usd pocket-press to be worthless in a matter of a couple of hours. 1000usd down the tubes for every phone purchased.
Poor Steve, don't know if he's rolling over in his grave or laughing his ass off.
Alternative approach is to zap it in the microwave for 1 minute.
Yes but when it cools off, does it curl back to its original shape?
Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........
Did I say
Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........Blackberry.........
Wow, how did you get that to cross outside of your box?!?
You are scary, man!
Besides, that's African-AmericanBerry to you, hunky!
its'a feature not a bug! it's called i-bend-screen.
iBarf - soon to release.
I'm still using my vintage 2009 samsung Gravity
Apple Marketing: "And so you thought that only Samsung has a curved screen?..."
It's not waterproof like the Galaxy, but you can bend it in the shape of a boat and it will float. Kind of like origami.
Culling of the stoopid is required.
Those derp designers at APPL need to give the designers over at LG a call.
If you take a clothes pin and clip it to the front fork of your bicycle, with one end touching the spokes, it sounds like a motorcycle when you peddle - and the girls think you're cool.
funny.
I've been an unapologetic Apple booster here and on some tech forums - but this... this is concerning. Now, a case is a workaround [loosely speaking] for those who bought, but still - this alloy never should have been used to the extent it was.
You know what, though - it's probably not going to end up bein as bad as some are making it out to be, but it's still bad. Samsung is the new Apple, anyway.
As most probably realize this is a problem with the 6plus, the big one. Not good, but the other one is likely to be a big seller. A huge release of pent up screen envy for the i-crowd.
One really fine feature of the 6 series: not accessible by cops, or so I've read. Icloud can still be hacked but the cops cannot read your phone.
There's another solution. Take you iPhone 6s case and put a smaller iPhone 4s in it.
Haha
Too funny!
All those sheep(suckers) lining up all night waiting to overpay for that hunk of shit!
Haha
Sheep will be sheep!
PS,
I just heard on the CNBS doing damage control for their beloved apple.
Basically, its not their fault, its the sheepskin fault for wearing jeans too tight and carrying phone in back pockets.
Sorry, apple did rigorous stress testing, sheepskin fault.
George Foreman grill works even better.
Can't you use the Baconator to keep the iPhone from curling in the microwave?
Treat the problem, not the symptom: http://www.nutrisystem.com
After you fix it use the free new medical app iProst8 exam.
iBentit
A real Apple fan will camp out for several days and nights even at freezing temperatures to get that gadget first.
Outstanding display
Announcing the Apple iProduct (from 2005 but still just as true).
http://www.aboyandhiscomputer.com/2204.html