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Apple is a total shit GC shell company now

Take a look at the iPhone. When it came out it was amazing, ...
spruce national security agency address
  11/20/17
Except the "$40 dongle" costs $3.25, and they give...
Red Corn Cake
  11/25/17
Who cares
Supple transparent coldplay fan
  11/20/17
The unexamined life is not worth living, some guy once said....
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
That guy smells his own farts
Supple transparent coldplay fan
  11/20/17
*obsesses over iphones*
Galvanic Brass Marketing Idea Sex Offender
  11/24/17
he meant examining your own life not others, you TTT
Scarlet sexy travel guidebook
  11/25/17
iPhone is SPS now. MacBook is even worse. They were both 180...
Gay razzmatazz library
  11/20/17
someone recently poasted their not-so-secret Augmented Reali...
Disgusting Deranged Hunting Ground Death Wish
  11/20/17
great so GC can beam ads right into your brain. What an inn...
Supple transparent coldplay fan
  11/20/17
that is the future, yes if you don't like it, you might as ...
Disgusting Deranged Hunting Ground Death Wish
  11/20/17
they're doing technically incredibly things with the perform...
Lascivious silver stage rigor
  11/20/17
remember when faceID failed at their live demo of the most e...
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
It didn't fail. It require a passcode because other people h...
Red Corn Cake
  11/25/17
You are one weird Apple fanboy faggot. How many iPlugs can y...
Bistre Unholy Shrine
  11/25/17
Agreed. Been off the Mac/iphone since 2012
Pink misanthropic patrolman space
  11/20/17
i will switch when my computer dies. its almost 6 years old ...
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
extremely asian post. my iphone x is a work of art and truly...
sick startled pit friendly grandma
  11/20/17
you know they have android phones that are superior that cos...
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
i doubt they're superior. i used to have an android (galaxy ...
sick startled pit friendly grandma
  11/20/17
it probably was shit, because then there really wasnt anythi...
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
lol bullshit, you fucking nerds said the same thing back the...
sick startled pit friendly grandma
  11/20/17
ive never said this and ive always owned and still own an ip...
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
That phone is from 6 years ago. One of the points in the op ...
Pink misanthropic patrolman space
  11/20/17
yeah, and that was one of the points you android idiots were...
sick startled pit friendly grandma
  11/20/17
Dunno I don't really argue about shitty consumer technology ...
Pink misanthropic patrolman space
  11/20/17
perfect. everyone wins! right?
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
the language translation stuff seems 180. where is apple?
Insanely creepy nursing home immigrant
  11/25/17
Ignore Stu Lantz. He is one of the biggest idiots on xo.
Bistre Unholy Shrine
  11/25/17
Asus makes better laptops. Any old Android phone for $50...
Clear Hilarious Box Office Ratface
  11/20/17
This is all surprisingly credited, but an iphone 7 (for $550...
effete maroon kitty
  11/21/17
ti, oc, tcr
ebony adulterous brethren
  11/21/17
iPhone X looks amazing. the macbook is the best consumer ...
Dead vivacious boistinker karate
  11/20/17
your ass
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/20/17
You're wrong on every point.
Clear Hilarious Box Office Ratface
  11/20/17
*it is 2009*
chocolate pungent stage pistol
  11/24/17
Everything
Insane primrose trailer park partner
  11/24/17
The Overpriced Cylinder Mac pro is probably one of the worst...
Pearly Thriller Lodge
  11/24/17
(live tuna wink$)
Rough-skinned mad-dog skullcap
  11/24/17
*wildly bounces on 24 inch dildo*
Big Corner Half-breed
  11/24/17
We would also have accepted “hi Tim”
flatulent azure locus mood
  11/24/17
I think Apple really died with Jobs in many ways - and that ...
razzle-dazzle elite love of her life parlour
  11/20/17
...
Insane primrose trailer park partner
  11/24/17
...
lemon irradiated church internal respiration
  11/24/17
except android phones are still ttt shit. in 2017.
Arousing Scourge Upon The Earth School Cafeteria
  11/20/17
Cr
Demanding mauve hospital
  11/21/17
iPhone is shit. Android is shit. Surface has replaced my M...
Dark bearded state
  11/20/17
...
flushed laser beams
  11/21/17
(Bill Gates)
Demanding mauve hospital
  11/24/17
nah he's using android trash now out of desperation
Dark bearded state
  11/24/17
I love my iPad and have had an iPhone forever. But I feel li...
Avocado bateful center dingle berry
  11/24/17
Ljl no
Demanding mauve hospital
  11/24/17
Skip to 2:10 and ignore the douche host. Anyone hear of thi...
Wonderful cocky double fault faggotry
  11/24/17
Apple is a supply chain management company now. Has more in ...
Sadistic slimy philosopher-king
  11/25/17
Harsh but fair
flatulent azure locus mood
  11/25/17
Apple’s iPhone X assembled by illegal student labour h...
sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal
  11/25/17


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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:55 PM
Author: spruce national security agency address

Take a look at the iPhone. When it came out it was amazing, there was nothing like it. Now a bunch of other companies have caught up to the iPhone but Apple still benefits from network effects and first mover advantage. With the iPhone 7, Apple decided to remove it’s headphone jack and sell $200 bluetooth headphones, and $40 “dongle” adaptors for anyone who wants to use their headphones with their smartphone. Egregious attempt to suck all the value from its loyal consumer base, while we're buying a product specifically designed to game our dopamine hungry ape brains. The newest iPhone now costs $1k - it costs Apple $350 to make and the android competition makes a better, more advanced phone, for less than half the price - yet people run out and buy the newest phone that they can’t afford on APR that will inevitably make them miserable. Why?

So we've arrived at the point where everyone who has any IQ whatsoever knows iPhones and iMacs are a ripoff yet we feel to need to buy them because of social pressure and social signaling. Chances are, all or most of our friends and family have an iPhone and will bitch about lack of iMessages.

Before someone says some dumb shit like, "I'm not buying an Asian-made phone," consider this: Apple holds around $181 billion dollars offshore because it doesn’t want to pay US tax. iPhones are assembled in shitty death camps. What's American about that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34735943)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 8:36 AM
Author: Red Corn Cake

Except the "$40 dongle" costs $3.25, and they give you one with the phone. https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Headphone-Samcable-Lightning-Accessories/dp/B076VMDDHJ/ and no one is required to use air pods if they don't want to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34767220)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:57 PM
Author: Supple transparent coldplay fan

Who cares

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34735955)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:57 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

The unexamined life is not worth living, some guy once said.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34735958)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:00 PM
Author: Supple transparent coldplay fan

That guy smells his own farts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34735988)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 6:32 PM
Author: Galvanic Brass Marketing Idea Sex Offender

*obsesses over iphones*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34764046)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 12:24 AM
Author: Scarlet sexy travel guidebook

he meant examining your own life not others, you TTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34766140)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:58 PM
Author: Gay razzmatazz library

iPhone is SPS now. MacBook is even worse. They were both 180 just a couple years ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34735961)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:01 PM
Author: Disgusting Deranged Hunting Ground Death Wish

someone recently poasted their not-so-secret Augmented Reality product being developed for 2019. That should be interesting and at least an attempt at innovation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34735999)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:01 PM
Author: Supple transparent coldplay fan

great so GC can beam ads right into your brain. What an innovation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736009)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:04 PM
Author: Disgusting Deranged Hunting Ground Death Wish

that is the future, yes

if you don't like it, you might as well completely unplug now and hie to a cabin in Wyoming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736031)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:29 PM
Author: Lascivious silver stage rigor

they're doing technically incredibly things with the performance gains they're squeezing out of the a series chips every year

i am sort of down on the upper apple management, they seem largely checked out, but they still have teams doing great work and pushing teh state of technology forward.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736242)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:31 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

remember when faceID failed at their live demo of the most expensive phone ever sold?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736252)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 8:40 AM
Author: Red Corn Cake

It didn't fail. It require a passcode because other people had tried to unlock it with their faces and failed.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/apple-says-face-id-didnt-actually-fail-during-its-iphone-x-event/

I have a X now and face Id works flawlessly. Much bettter than the thumb print thing which wouldn't work for me within fifteen mintutes of taking a shower.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34767222)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 8:44 AM
Author: Bistre Unholy Shrine

You are one weird Apple fanboy faggot. How many iPlugs can you fit in your ass at once?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34767224)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:32 PM
Author: Pink misanthropic patrolman space

Agreed. Been off the Mac/iphone since 2012

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736259)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:33 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

i will switch when my computer dies. its almost 6 years old now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736272)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:33 PM
Author: sick startled pit friendly grandma

extremely asian post. my iphone x is a work of art and truly 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736265)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:34 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

you know they have android phones that are superior that cost half the price, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736275)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:35 PM
Author: sick startled pit friendly grandma

i doubt they're superior. i used to have an android (galaxy s2), it was utter shit. and sorry i don't wanna spend several hundred and have my phone be outdated in 2 weeks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736278)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:35 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

it probably was shit, because then there really wasnt anything like the iPhone. times have changed, however.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736281)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:36 PM
Author: sick startled pit friendly grandma

lol bullshit, you fucking nerds said the same thing back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736284)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:37 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

ive never said this and ive always owned and still own an iphone. will switch to android next year probably

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736291)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:36 PM
Author: Pink misanthropic patrolman space

That phone is from 6 years ago. One of the points in the op post is that Android has caught up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736286)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:37 PM
Author: sick startled pit friendly grandma

yeah, and that was one of the points you android idiots were making back then too. oh it's not 2007 anymore, androids have caught up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736299)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:38 PM
Author: Pink misanthropic patrolman space

Dunno I don't really argue about shitty consumer technology much lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736302)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:40 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

perfect. everyone wins! right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736314)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 1:37 AM
Author: Insanely creepy nursing home immigrant

the language translation stuff seems 180. where is apple?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34766536)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 8:47 AM
Author: Bistre Unholy Shrine

Ignore Stu Lantz. He is one of the biggest idiots on xo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34767233)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:41 PM
Author: Clear Hilarious Box Office Ratface

Asus makes better laptops.

Any old Android phone for $500 does everything a $1000 iPhone does with no lag.

A Dell for half the price beats any Apple PC or just build your own gaming rig like an actual man.

And my Mazda doesn't have Apple CarPlay.

I do own an iPad because Android tablets all universally suck and the Surface costs too much and is too heavy.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736323)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 2:45 AM
Author: effete maroon kitty

This is all surprisingly credited, but an iphone 7 (for $550 and there are sales this week getting them down to $250-300) is a lot of phone for not that much money. The credited smart phone strategy is to buy the last gen one and use it for 4+ years. These people who insist on switching phones every year are total suckers. It's bizarre to me that the whole tablet v laptop trend swung so wildly. Three years ago everyone said that laptops were dinosaurs en route to extinction, and now the biggest PC vendors don't even bother to try to make a decent tablet. And somehow that also led to the current entry level ipad being $250, which is such an outlier of a price point within the rest of Apple's product lines.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34737369)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 2:49 AM
Author: ebony adulterous brethren

ti, oc, tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34737374)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:49 PM
Author: Dead vivacious boistinker karate

iPhone X looks amazing.

the macbook is the best consumer laptop out there.

the mackbook pro is the best professional laptop.

iMac is the best consumer desktop available.

Mac Pro is the best professional desktop you can get.

12.9” iPad Pro is the best tablet in existence, period.

the new Apple Watch series 3 is the best smart watch available now.

what am I missing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736371)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:50 PM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

your ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736377)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:50 PM
Author: Clear Hilarious Box Office Ratface

You're wrong on every point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736378)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 3:31 AM
Author: chocolate pungent stage pistol

*it is 2009*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34760622)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 3:38 AM
Author: Insane primrose trailer park partner

Everything

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34760646)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 3:46 AM
Author: Pearly Thriller Lodge

The Overpriced Cylinder Mac pro is probably one of the worst products in apple history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34760678)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 10:00 PM
Author: Rough-skinned mad-dog skullcap

(live tuna wink$)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34765113)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 10:41 PM
Author: Big Corner Half-breed

*wildly bounces on 24 inch dildo*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34765453)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 10:54 PM
Author: flatulent azure locus mood

We would also have accepted “hi Tim”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34765539)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:51 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle elite love of her life parlour

I think Apple really died with Jobs in many ways - and that the personality cult around him carried the company and also his last innovations like the iPad and iWatch really got big after he died. Even though the iWatch isn't really huge at all - but once you tap out on the Phone, Watch and Tablet concept and related ecosystem it makes one wonder what else is there to do and more importantly who can do it?

About a month ago I got my old analog watch repaired after using my iWatch for almost a year or so. In the beginning the iWatch was great, but as time went on it ended up making my life more cumbersome and adding way more steps to my day.

Once I got my old watch back I put it on and my life has gotten much better. Once the novelty wears off, the constant random reminders and updates and calls and stuff just has no real value at all (at least for me), its a marginal improvement.

I never used a Mac for a desktop or laptop computer, but I have an iPhone and iPad.

I think that Apple is good at conning people into an ecosystem but the marginal utility of having more of their products eventually breaks down.

They're gonna still make a fuckload of money for a long long time, but I think that they will have bigger issues when it comes to competition and consumer fatigue as well as no real leadership. I am not the biggest fan of Cook.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736388)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 3:47 AM
Author: Insane primrose trailer park partner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34760682)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 6:31 PM
Author: lemon irradiated church internal respiration



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34764036)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:54 PM
Author: Arousing Scourge Upon The Earth School Cafeteria

except android phones are still ttt shit. in 2017.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736400)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 3:39 AM
Author: Demanding mauve hospital

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34737462)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 11:01 PM
Author: Dark bearded state

iPhone is shit.

Android is shit.

Surface has replaced my Mac.

I want a decent Surface Phone.

Fuck big tech.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34736437)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 2:13 AM
Author: flushed laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34737314)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 6:27 PM
Author: Demanding mauve hospital

(Bill Gates)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34764008)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 10:27 PM
Author: Dark bearded state

nah he's using android trash now out of desperation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34765360)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 10:23 AM
Author: Avocado bateful center dingle berry

I love my iPad and have had an iPhone forever. But I feel like the iPhone quality has really cratered. I want to try a new phone but don't even know where to begin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34761468)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 6:27 PM
Author: Demanding mauve hospital

Ljl no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34764013)



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Date: November 24th, 2017 10:52 PM
Author: Wonderful cocky double fault faggotry

Skip to 2:10 and ignore the douche host. Anyone hear of this phone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjSeHQpEoTA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34765522)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 12:26 AM
Author: Sadistic slimy philosopher-king

Apple is a supply chain management company now. Has more in common with Wal-Mart than Google.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34766153)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 12:40 AM
Author: flatulent azure locus mood

Harsh but fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804201&forum_id=2#34766237)



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Date: November 25th, 2017 11:53 AM
Author: sinister chestnut kitty cat sneaky criminal

Apple’s iPhone X assembled by illegal student labour

https://www.ft.com/content/7cb56786-cda1-11e7-b781-794ce08b24dc

Apple’s main supplier in Asia has been employing students illegally working overtime to assemble the iPhone X, as it struggles to catch up with demand after production delays. 

Six high school students told the Financial Times they routinely work 11-hour days assembling the iPhone X at a factory in Zhengzhou, China, which constitutes illegal overtime for student interns under Chinese law.

The six said they were among a group of 3,000 students from Zhengzhou Urban Rail Transit School sent in September to work at the local facility run by Taiwan-based Apple supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn.

Why China is Apple’s biggest hope and greatest headache

The students, aged 17 to 19, said they were told that a three-month stint at the factory was required “work experience” that they had to complete in order to graduate. 

“We are being forced by our school to work here,” said Ms Yang, an 18-year-old student training to be a train attendant who declined to use her first name for fear of punishment. “The work has nothing to do with our studies.” She said she assembled up to 1,200 iPhone X cameras a day.

The school declined to comment.

When contacted about the students’ complaints, Apple and Foxconn acknowledged they had discovered cases of student interns working overtime and said they were taking remedial action. But both companies said the students were working voluntarily.

Apple said an audit has turned up “instances of student interns working overtime at a supplier facility in China”, adding “we’ve confirmed the students worked voluntarily, were compensated and provided benefits, but they should not have been allowed to work overtime”. 

Foxconn said that “all work was voluntary and compensated appropriately, [but] the interns did work overtime in violation of our policy” prohibiting student interns working more than 40 hours a week. 

The launch of the anniversary iPhone X was marred by production issues and was delayed to November from Apple’s typical September release date. The weeks of idle capacity caused Foxconn’s quarterly profit to drop 39 per cent. 

According to a long-time Foxconn employee, the Zhengzhou factory hires students every year during the busy season between August and December. Such hiring can swell numbers at the plant from a base of 100,000 to more than 300,000 workers producing up to 20,000 iPhones a day, the employee said.

But this year, the need for seasonal workers was greater, the employee added.

“The purchasing practices of Apple and others are designed to cut costs, and do things ‘just in time’,” said Jenny Chan, assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. “This leads to the use of student labourers who can be flexibly hired.”

Foxconn said its internship programme was “carried out in co-operation with local governments and a number of vocational schools in China”. 

The education ministry of Henan, where Zhengzhou is the capital, issued notices to all vocational schools in the central Chinese province to send their “work experience students” to Foxconn, according to a person who saw the notice. 

Students also came from the nearby cities of Kaifeng, Nanyang, and Xinxiang, according to a Foxconn employee working on the iPhone X. 

The education ministry could not be reached for comment.

Providing flexible student labour is one of the preferential policies that the Henan government offers Foxconn in order to keep it there. 

“Henan province does everything in its power to make sure Foxconn thrives here. It’s not just about tax revenues — it’s about industrial upgrading, building an export industry, having a foreign partnership [with Apple],” said a local official.



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