Brent Maynard on Hell freezes over at Walmart - 'I get the “That’s cool” or “I didn’t know you could do that.” A few times a month when I use my Apple watch. The only time I use my iPhone is when the watch is dead or starts updating cards.'
on For Mark Gurman, the foldable iPhone is a dream come true - 'My current iPhone is already tugging at my running shorts. I’m not sure I want one that turns me into a streaker! Still, I’ll wait and see.'
on This week's Apple trading strategies (8/24-8/28/26) - 'If we are in fact about two weeks ahead of the new iPhone release then we might expect the stock boosters to start their work sometime this week, probably by Friday. Just eyeballing the recent stock price it looks like the stock ran up about $20 before the recent earnings report. Looking at last year’s iPhone announcement, I don’t see much of a boost before the announcement (9/9/25) but the stock did jump ~$25 a few weeks later. Hard to say how it will go this year. There will be a lot of attention drawn to the folding iPhone from reporters unfamiliar with Apple.'
on For Mark Gurman, the foldable iPhone is a dream come true - '“I’ve been obsessed with the category because of how high-tech, powerful and truly useful it feels.” “feels”? Seriously? Unlike Mark, I look for things that *are* powerful and truly useful, not ones that “feel” powerful and useful. And I don’t consider the ability to be folded to be any sort of indicator of either computing power or utility. And didn’t Samsung have to cancel a few of its folding-fone lines, because of ridiculously high production costs lack of sales?'
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 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?'
