Stephen Gordon on For Mark Gurman, the foldable iPhone is a dream come true - 'Without knowing all the details details about the foldable iPhone, all I can say is that I want one, given its potential as an iPad mini.'
on Mopping up the AI slop - '“ What’s the appeal to upload junk” What is the appeal of buying a lottery ticket when your chance of getting money is about one and 10 million? Hopium'
on For Mark Gurman, the foldable iPhone is a dream come true - 'Huge skeptic of the foldable form factor until I held one. There is just something about it that cannot be understood until you actually hold it.'
on For Mark Gurman, the foldable iPhone is a dream come true - '” something I’ve personally been yearning for….I’ve been obsessed with the category ” I want, ergo Apple should offer. Forget the dismal sales numbers since the category’s launch about 9 years ago. Now that’s quality research.'
on For Mark Gurman, the foldable iPhone is a dream come true - 'Sigh. My dream use case is prolly rare. But I fantasize of an clamshell iPhone Pro with uncompromised cameras that can fit again in all my pockets and a foldable iPad Pro I can fit better into any of my backpacks including my camera backpacks when I travel. I do personal photos/recordings then process/production work on my non-folding iP17Pro & M5 iPad Pro respectively whenever I travel nowadaze. Or yes, ideally an Mx Pro foldable iPhone with uncompromised cameras that can do the above will work, too. Someday!'
on John Gruber: A win for Apple in the EU - 'PED, it would be MUCH BETTER to post the direct link to the DaringFireball website, rather than a link to Apple News. (Here it is: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/apple_eu_business_terms_conceding_little ) I, for one, don’t use Apple News.'
on John Gruber: A win for Apple in the EU - 'Since most App payments cost at most few Euros / month, it’s meaningless. The ruling only helps the predators pandering to consumers addicted to games, horoscopes, dating sites, etc. Those addicts won’t get any savings.'
on Apple confirms reports of layoffs in Siri and Vision Pro teams - 'Gregg Thurman said: Apple Vision Pro is the most likely place this can be done. I can see the grand relaunch of the Apple Vision Pro being extended to 2027. Of course, this gives Apple another year to firm up AVP content deals and secure new memory sources, thereby breaking Micron’s grip on pricing. **Upvoted, Gregg…you get it!! Over the last 2+ years, the AVP has provided the most amazing technological experiences I’ve ever had. The folks who’ve labeled the AVP a “flop” are mistaken!'
on GM's decision to drop Apple's CarPlay fails an A/B test - 'I don’t see this as being a strictly CarPlay A/B Test. I think that the lower Honda sales prices are important, and I think Brand Identity/Recognition is important. Sorry, GM, but failing to include CarPlay is bone-headed and it really speaks to the reputation and thought process of the company as a whole. If I were given a choice to buy seemingly similar cars from GM or from Honda, I’d probably pick the Honda 9 times out of ten, and that is probably influenced by my hand-me-down cars going all the way back to the mid-80s, when “buy American” was still a thing.'
on Bloomberg: Apple won't be selling any 'PervertPods' - 'Does it really surprise anyone that the guy who created Facebook solely to grade and rank the physical appearance of young women at Harvard is now pushing pervert glasses so a-holes can surreptitiously film women?'
on Saturday Apple video: Inside the Neural Engine - 'An articulate look at the AI bubble, including some of the investment manias which Errol refers to: https://youtu.be/wTiYaWFP59Q?is=b7Juv45ETymAl4vP'
on Hell freezes over at Walmart - 'This never ceases to perplex me. In Australia Apple Pay has been ubiquitous for years. I don’t carry cash or cards as my default mode. And yet in the nation that invented the technology it still has major holdouts, over a decade later?'
on Apple confirms reports of layoffs in Siri and Vision Pro teams - 'I don’t see glasses as the same market. And I’m still (almost) angry about the “limited number of active Vision Pro users”. They could have (imho) at least somewhat reduced the size and cost with a few simple modifications. Eliminating the unnecessary outward facing eyeballs etc. Without waiting for a second generation. So I guess I’ll quit waiting and just get what we have.'
on Apple heads Evercore's list of the top six stocks to own - 'Just read this rumor but seems possible: “So Trump will allow Apple to buy CXMT memory chips for their iPhones (at least for Chinese iPhones) after the Trump-Xi meeting in September. “'
on Apple confirms reports of layoffs in Siri and Vision Pro teams - 'What matters for the future is the viability of the VisionOS platform, not the specific size, weight, and shape of the device hardware on which it runs. VisionOS continues to evolve. If glasses are the first mass-market effort, that is just fine.'
on Premarket: Apple is green - 'Apple closed out the day off $1.95 or 0.63% at $309.35. On the week the shares are up 1.12% yet off 5.61% over the past month. Year-to-date the shares are up 13.79%.'
on Apple confirms reports of layoffs in Siri and Vision Pro teams - 'Breaking my silence for this. F*ck Gurman. Those of us lucky enough to own one realize its value, now and into the future. And those being shifted off the project will find homes within Apple elsewhere if desired – and it should be deeply desired, whether it is or not. This isn’t goodbye, it’s aloha. Until we meet again, Apple spatial video.'
on Hell freezes over at Walmart - 'This reminds me that this is a major great product introduced on Tim Cook’s watch. I’ve used Apple Pay in the US since it was introduced. I thought it was fine as a product, but not that noteworthy. Two years ago, I started going to Europe on a regular basis. Using Apple Pay while traveling moved my opinion of Apple Pay from OK to spectacular. It is accepted pretty much everywhere. I no longer have to pull out my wallet to find a credit card or cash. My iPhone is always within easy reach, so paying what is needed is easy.'
on Hell freezes over at Walmart - 'Bart, Is Walmart doing this to attract more affluent shoppers to be in store or online? For shopping in store, we usually go where we will find an item that is needed for a recipe or something. So if Walmart has that item, we go there and, if I am being honest, method of payment has very little to do with shopping there. At least for us. I wonder if Walmart is losing out on the online side of things, especially with people using services like Instacart and DoorDash. If the online payment system is too much of a pain at one store, it is very easy to switch to a different store, as long as the needed items are available.'
