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Deal or no deal?
The last person you should ask for money advice , I would have thought , is a billionaire . Sure , they have a proven track record of acquire and holding on to slews of money , but I have my doubts about their power to get the picture its value to the repose of us . I ’m not positive they understand thestakes .
Such were my thoughts this week , while reading the intelligence that Warren Buffett ( at one tip reportedly the wealthiest human being on the satellite , but now yearn down around fifth post ) reckons the medium iPhone user would refuse to interchange to Android even if offered $ 10,000 . A point of perspective which gets achinny reckonso large it can be see from distance .
" @tim_cookis one of the classy chief operating officer and he understands the business . Tim Cook has managed that company in an over-the-top agency , " say Warren Buffett on$AAPL . " It ’s a wonderful concern so we own a lot of it . “pic.twitter.com/1lVUNIfgnT
“ If you ’re an Apple exploiter , ” he told Becky Quick on CNBC ’s Squawk Box this week , “ and somebody offer you $ 10,000 , and the only provision is that they ’ll take away your iPhone and you ’ll never be capable to buy another , you ’re not going to take it . ”
Warren Buffett , of course , does n’t need the $ 10,000 and may find it hard to put himself in the shoes of someone who does . I would say there are likely quite a few masses out there still hanging on to a baste iPhone 6s who ’d jump at the probability to cash it in for that kind of money , and happily expend the first chunk on one of several top - ending Android handset . But the money is n’t on the button Buffet ’s point . Rather , as a tech exploiter , are you uncoerced to venture outside your comfort zona ? And at what point does allegiance become a fault ?
Full revealing metre , and get ready for a shock : I ’m an iPhone user . I ’m currently running an iPhone 14 Pro that Macworld got in for review last gloaming , and I had a 13 Pro and a 12 Pro before that . I do n’t always get the flagship example ( I spent a very felicitous twelvemonth with the 8 Plus after the iPhone X amount out ) but it ’s fair to say that I ’m an unusually privileged Apple substance abuser who nearly always gets approach to extremely recent and high - remainder iPhone models . If anyone should have a blush wine - tint survey of the iPhone ecosystem , it ’s me .
And you know what ? I ’d totally take that deal . I ’d negotiate , of course of instruction : I cypher I could crush Buffett for six figures . But if he wager hardball I ’d still walk out of the elbow room with the 10 grand and a smile on my face .
Here ’s the thing . iPhones are nicely designed , generally well - specced and exceptionally user - well-disposed smartphones , but that ’s all they are . They ’re not a life-style , they ’re not a religion , they ’re not your “ squad . ” They ’re one specific relish of a mathematical product that did n’t even live 30 years ago , and may very well pass into commoditized irrelevancy within the next 15 .
Now , I ’m not here to indicate that we do n’t need smartphones at all , as manifestly straight as I suspect that is . I grudgingly accept that most of us have mature to swear on their convenience and seductive distraction . But even if you need a smartphone , you do n’t need an iPhone , which is simply the version of that gadget that I ( and many others ) enjoy using the most . Of naturally there is an emotional constituent to these pick , as there is to all human activities , but we should be guided by our feelings , not constrained by loyalty to a corporation that does n’t have sex we exist . attribute a buck value X to the level of comfort station and happiness that owning a high - ending iPhone adds to your life . If Warren Buffett offers you a center of money that exceeds X , you should take the deal .
Would I love see to apply Android , a platform I last seriously take on the best part of a ten ago ? Probably not . But between Warren Buffett ’s money and Macworld ’s advice on thebest Android phone for iPhone users , I reckon I ’d get by .
Foundry
papist Loyolaexplainswhy the15 - inch MacBook Airwill be Apple ’s gross laptop .
ForgetiPhone 15 buttons , the whole Apple rumour grind penury tohit the reset button .
wane computer software qualityis just one of the many issuesbugging Apple user .
Tim Cook has confirmedeverything and nothingaboutApple ’s next big thing .
TheApple Storehas gone from a blessing to ablack middle , reckons the Macalope .
Looking forward to WWDC ? Here are5 reasonswhy we ca n’t wait to seeiOS 17 .
Apple PR legendKatie Cotton , who worked closely with Steve Jobs , has died .
The rumor mill
The15 - column inch MacBook Airis reportedlyready to found .
‘ expert issues’have forced Apple to scrap one of the iPhone 15 Pro’skey feature of speech , according to the analyst who first touted the change .
TheiPhone SE 4that came back to life isnow short again .
‘ Backend code ’ suggests theApple Card Savingsaccount isnearing launch .
Anew reportclaims the M3 MacBook Air and iPad Pro will apply an‘enhanced ’ crisp process .
Renderswon’t give us a full pictureof theiPhone 15 Prountil we can see it .
Podcast of the week
WithWWDCa few week away , the chattering about the company ’s headset is getting louder . But the reality is , Apple hasother mathematical product in the line – products that are more exciting . We talk about these products in this episode of the Macworld Podcast !
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Software updates, bugs & problems
Ahuge iOS 17 leakhas let out all-embracing – if somewhat vague – item about thenext iPhone oculus sinister .
watchOS 10 could be thebiggest upgradeat WWDC this year , with Apple reportedly planning ‘ notable changesto the user interface . ’
Uh - oh ! Two majorApple security measures warningsaffect adecadeof Macs , iPads , and iPhones .
The FBI’spublic charging station warningis scary , butyour iPhone has your back .
If iOS 16.4.1 is causingCarPlay trouble , here’show to fix it .
iOS 16.4 and macOS Ventura 13.3broke a lot of thing . We round upeverything that ’s fixedin Apple ’s pinch iOS 16.4.1 and macOS 13.3.1 update .
