When Apple added the cellular function to the Series 3 Apple Watch in 2017, something happened for the first time with Apple Watch fans. Apple Watch fans were deeply divided on the importance of it. Prior to that, the only upgrade the Apple Watch received happened in 2016 and it was unanimously praised by all the watch fans. There was nothing divisive about adding a much more powerful dual-core chip, on-board GPS, or a super-bright screen that could easily be seen even in bright sunlight.
Apple has taken a lot of heat lately for shutting down an app on the AppStore that was used by Hong Kong protestors to coordinate action. But what has really surprised me is that many of the same people who denounce Apple for not helping the protestors in Hong Kong are the same people who want to squash free speech in America. Does anyone else see this conflict?
One of the drawbacks to growing older is that there are fewer and fewer things that surprise and delight you as time goes on. When you’re a kid, every Christmas was a time full of anticipation and joy. But as you grow older, you start to lose that sense of wide-eyed wonder and excitement.
Can We Get Past the Traditional Laptop Already? I watched Microsoft’s Surface Neo & Duo announcements with fascination this week. I knew that the world was inching away from the dreadful clamshell form factor that is laptop computers but Microsoft just shifted that movement into high gear.
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Robert PerezManufacturing and distribution analysis since 1993. Perezonomics is available in Apple News
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