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  • Greg Lippert on The Information: Apple may reenter the server market with Nvidia - 'Given the power and efficiency of Apple’s chips, it’s a no-brainer that they somehow get back into the server market. There’s gold in them there hills.'
  • David Emery on The Information: Apple may reenter the server market with Nvidia - 'What would be in this deal for NVIDIA? Apple would get server knowledge and maybe access to NVIDIA’s market. NVIDIA would get what? from Apple?'
  • Greg Lippert on John Ternus has Emmy red carpet flair (videos) - 'Did the first interviewer say she’s a tech nerd and then called it the flip phone?!?'
  • Greg Lippert on Premarket: Apple is green - 'Remain calm!!!! All is well!!! – Kevin Bacon, Animal house. https://youtu.be/PdbpmeUODME'
  • Roger Schutte on Premarket: Apple is green - 'Fed has to act and slow inflation. Heating oil up 15% since I topped off my tank 10 days, diesel over $6/gal, clown show in Washington, PE above 38, the reasons to be in cash + wait to rebuy at lower outnumber reasons to hold at $333. I sold more than half of my shares in the premarket and might do the same with the rest later today.'
  • David Emery on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'Although my most likely next vehicle could be another small truck (and therefore I’d be on the “plus” side of this ledger), I’m still not likely to consider GM even if my target vehicle supports CarPlay. (Says the guy with a 2016 Frontier…)'
  • Bart Yee on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'David and David, GM is reintroducing CarPlay to basically only its light to heavy duty and luxury truck models above, nothing yet on regular passenger vehicles like big Suburban SUV’s and sedans, nor on all brands. I suspect they want to see how it helps sales (or not) and whether it’s worth engineering CarPlay into other platforms and vehicle lines and tiers.'
  • Bart Yee on Apple owned the 2026 Emmys - 'Check out Ternus and the Duo on the Red Carpet: https://youtube.com/shorts/DJOU7ynkjcQ?is=-igGi4EQJqY1ybA8 A natural.'
  • Bart Yee on Evercore: iPhone 18 orders are 'off to a strong start' - 'Remember, the iPhone Duo has an IP68 dust and ingress rating meaning: “An IP68 rating is an international standard that certifies a device is completely dust-tight and protected against long periods of immersion in water under pressure.” Breaking Down the Numbers The First Number (6): Solid Protection (Scale 0–6) A rating of 6 is the highest possible score. It means the device is completely dust-tight. No microscopic dust, sand, or dirt particles can penetrate the outer casing or get into the internal components. The Second Number (8): Liquid Protection (Scale 0–9) A rating of 8 means the device can survive being completely submerged in fresh water. The exact depth and duration are determined by the manufacturer, but the standard requires it to exceed the Level 7 baseline (which is 1 meter of depth for 30 minutes). Typically, an IP68 device is rated for depths of 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) for up to 30 minutes. (Duo is rated for 6 meters (about 20 feet) for up to 30 minutes.) Other kinds of water – seawater, highly chlorinated pools, spilled drinks like coffee or soda can be corrosive and are not covered or tested for. “Wear and Tear caveats: Water resistance is not a permanent condition. Dropping your phone, exposing it to hot steam (like in a shower), or letting it naturally age will degrade the rubber gaskets and adhesive over time.” Duo’s IP68 rating is identical to iPhone 17 and iPhone 18 models. BUT, there are theoretical and real world worries that ANY flexible hinge seals may degrade with prolong use and movement over time. Only the low volume Google Pixel 10 and 11 Pro Folds and the Honor Magic V6 have the same IP68 full dust tight certification. Critically, the Samsung Z Fold 6, 7 and Z Fold 8 models and Motorola Razr Fold 2026 are only rated to IP48 meaning they screen out >1mm particles but not fine dust. Samsung’s older Z5 and below had ZERO dust resistance. Except for the Honor model above, all Chinese OEM Foldables favor IPX8 water resistance (bathrooms, baths, showers, and IPX9 (high pressure water jets and steam) but forego dust protection entirely. Having said all that, dirt on the inner screen is abrasive, and dropping a $2000 phone, even with a protective case onto rocks and other stuff could be risky. However, Duo, like the iPhone 17 and 18’s, does have satellite connectivity so a safety net when out in the wilderness without a cell signal.'
  • Steven Philips on Premarket: Apple is green - 'OK, but how will feeling good about the Fed effect stock prices?'
  • Romeo Esparrago on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'GM→BM→GMF BM = bad move or b… LOL GMF = good move finally'
  • Bart Yee on Evercore: iPhone 18 orders are 'off to a strong start' - 'Ah, Thanks Rodney for your business account clarification and ability to place a preorder (or get it to the head of the line) prior to general public preorder opening. As for your friends, may I ask specifically which models of Foldables do they have, how old are they, and could you rate the crease visibility 1 – highly visible at a glance at any angle 2- very noticeable when viewing any display image or lighting condition 3 – noticeable with some apps and video content 4 – somewhat noticeable if looking for it 5 – no more noticeable than when new. There are some who say since Apple Duo uses “the same” Samsung made foldable display as Samsung and other makers, it will suffer from “increased crease visibility” within 6-12 months like all other already do. Problem is, the actual display used in the Duo is NOT the same, it’s SDC’s latest display tech, the M16 panel, with up to 30% better power efficiency, 3000 nit brightness with 10K nit peak HDR highlight brightness, 3.3khz PWM scanning & dimming frequency which minimizes PWM sensitivity, improved color rendition by eliminating the polarizer w/embedded RGB filters on the OLED surface, variable 1-165 hz refresh rate and super responsive 5000 hz touch sample rate that makes games and interactions more fluid and finally improved lifespan & resistance to burn in. Rumored to cost Apple ~$250 / panel and Apple has paid for an exclusive 3 yr SDC contract for the specific 10 layer version of this panel. Samsung OTOH, uses the older M13 panel introduced in 2024, serially improved and cost optimized by SDC over 3 yrs of continuous production. It’s been the panel used for last 3 yrs of Z Foldables and Galaxy S models, and is less expensive but still high performance. Google and iQOO will also use the basic M16 panel for their very low volume Foldables and Samsung Mobile is not constrained from using the M16 sometime in the future, if they want to and can afford it or have an “affordable, cost optimized” version made for them. Also regarding crease visibility, Apple has gone to great lengths with hinge dynamics and nano texture to make any crease less perceptible visually. Whether that works continually after prolonged usage remains to be seen in the field. Somehow I suspect Apple is confident this display and their engineering will work better than what is out there already. Predictably, Android foldable owners and defenders are now saying being nearly creaseless isn’t really a big deal, because it either doesn’t bother them or they learned to ignore it after some time of use. Moving the goalposts, again. And we haven’t even started on long term display and hinge reliability over and above a 3 year lifespan, let alone longer than that, rapid depreciation making any need for repair economically untenable for most. Whether we can see Apple improving those rather unspoken issues is a big unknown, although I can see long term Duo AppleCare contracts being a very useful buffer for both user and Apple.'
  • Bart Yee on Horace Dediu on iPhone 2.0 - 'Rodney said: “I just preordered the Duo” Do you mean you “prefilled your preorder details” before submitting them because: “Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo open on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:00 a.m. PT / 8:00 a.m. ET.” From Gemini: “ Following the pre-order window, Apple’s first foldable phone will officially launch and hit store shelves one week later on Friday, October 23, 2026. Because early tracking reports from MacRumors and analyst notes suggest potential supply constraints due to hinge production limits, you may want to place your order right when the window opens if you want delivery on launch day.” I hope you and other Apple 3.0 members can get their orders in within the first few minutes (and that they are being processed in Baltra level Apple servers to handle the volume). You folks and maybe 1.5 to 2 million other orders. Given the fintech media, talking head, and social media coverage and discussions, I’m hoping that’s a low estimate, especially given many analysts’ estimates that >5M may sell by end of 2026, just a scant 10 weeks. If there really are ANY assembly or parts bottlenecks, we may see delivery times move smartly into mid November.'
  • Bart Yee on Premarket: Apple was red, turned green - 'David, Corning does not make any type of electronic displays but does supply glass, sometimes very thin glass, for smartphone and tablet protective outer covers like Gorilla Glass and inner glass as structural component substrates for the displays themselves. All major smartphone manufacturers including Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Google (not major at all, a small minority player at best), OnePlus, Xiaomi use Corning for smartphones. Watches include Apple, Samsung, Garmin, laptops include HP, Lenovo, Asus, Microsoft Surface. Interesting that Apple does not use Corning glass for MacBooks since they have no touch interface. Instead they use conventional glass from other suppliers. If a touchscreen MacBook does come out, Corning probably would supply that.'
  • Robert Paul Leitao on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Apple closed on Monday at $333.08 and opened this morning at $330.14. Although the shares closed down $1.74 at $331.34 today, there was a rally into the close. The low today was $328.35 and the shares traded under $330 per share with less than twenty minutes remaining in the session. Overnight the shares are up $0.30 at $331.64. We’ll see what the morning brings…'
  • Gregg Thurman on 28 million views in 4 days - '” I’m looking at Night Sky, 1 TB, $50/month lease after trade-in.” Your comment reminded me of my first iPhone (bought on launch day). There were two memory options: 4 megabytes and 8 megabytes. I didn’t think I would ever need more than 4 megabytes (I didn’t) but bought the 8 megabyte version anyway. And now, here we are 20 years later, and we have terabyte options. I still have that iPhone. It boots up and functions perfectly, except that nobody supports 2.5G service anymore. Maps took forever (compared to today) to give me bad directions.'
  • David Drinkwater on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'You’re not wrong, Joe, but at least this is not like the late 2000s, and GM have chosen to take a course correction. We’ve seen that across quite a few large companies who initially chose to turn down Apple. Does anyone have any sense of what Apple’s “tax” was for Apple Pay and Card? Presumably it was Goldman and/or MasterCard who was collecting the Card taxes, right? I don’t know/understand why so many large businesses tried to fight it.'
  • Steven Philips on Apple owned the 2026 Emmys - 'Just like with oysters (:( ) everyone has their own taste in “humor”. Ex. British vs. American. Many people hated Monty Python. Etc..I hated Bob Hop’s standup. Loved Shelly Berman. Was Lenny Bruce “funny”? Etc.'
  • Joseph Bland on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'Too little, too late, GM.'
  • David Drinkwater on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'I would think it would be difficult to maintain two platforms, so I would expect it to diffuse across their whole offerings base.'
  • Aaron Belich on 28 million views in 4 days - 'Like John Siracusa, I can’t wait to get to an Apple Store to play with a duo. However, still too many compromises that do not add it up to a win for my use cases. It’s cool in some respects, but it’s not for me.'
  • Joseph Bland on Premarket: Apple is red - 'A big spike up on Friday and Monday following a stupid selloff earlier in the week, a meh trade on Tuesday, and a very low volume (31.4 M trades) and very moderate drop (0.52%) on Wednesday, tells me there’s little enthusiasm to buck the upward trend Apple has going for it. Add to that what is looking like a better than average final quarter for FY ‘26, and I expect FY ‘27 will start off with plenty of room to keep the present valuation going into FY ‘27 Q2, or maybe even re-scale that 40 valuation peak for a third time in the past year. I’m not expecting $400+/share, this year, but it’s not that far off, the Maker willin’ and the creek don’t rise. IMO….'
  • Joseph Bland on Apple owned the 2026 Emmys - 'Must be an acquired taste, like eating oysters raw. (I have fond memories of Morro Bay oysters fresh caught, fresh shucked, and slithering down my gullet…) I’ll continue for the 3rd time, watching and waiting for it to be “funny”, but honestly, I find more humor in “Pluribus”….'
  • David Emery on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'We’ll see JUST HOW FAR this goes… Will this reach GM’s full project line, or just “selected models based on consumer demand’?'
  • Fred Stein on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'Ad AI to the mix. Private tour guide telling history tales as you pass landmarks, or finding resources you might need on the road ahead.'
  • Fred Stein on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'Great news – thanks And great news from a struggling Angel investment just got off the phone. All things come to those who wait. As long as they work like hell while they wait. Go Apple – team and leaders.'
  • James Hillhouse on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'What a waste of energy that was GM’s short-lived transition from CarPlay.'
  • George Kiersted on GM reverses itself, designs new dashboard with Apple and Google - 'There now, GM. Was that so hard?'
  • Fred Stein on Apple owned the 2026 Emmys - 'I”m with you Ron on all three opinions. But heck, as investors, we’re happy. Slow Horses: Season 6 E 1 tomorrow night.'
  • Stephen Gordon on Apple owned the 2026 Emmys - 'Widow’s Bay is so much fun, Stephen King with a lighter touch.'