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The iPhone X is likely to be a phenomenal success for Apple. But its success will not be driven by anything new that the new phone packs inside. Instead, its success will be based on the phone’s screen size. Essentially, iPhone X provides the same screen real-estate as an iPhone Plus, but with the sleeker form factor of the iPhone 7 or 8.
Apple has done a great job at changing the paradigm of our thinking about the iPhone. If you only care about making phone calls, then an iPhone 4 is good enough. Why pay for more? You probably don’t even need to upgrade your phone for years, as long as the battery keeps holding its charge. However, for most, the actual “phone” function is the least important of the iPhone.
From an earnings perspective, iPhone X will be a tremendous boost. It will increase the average selling price per unit by a few hundred dollars, which should help not just sales, but profit margins as well. This is actually healthy for both Apple and the entire iPhone ecosystem (including DRAM and solid state drive makers — for example, we still have a large position in Micron Technology). People were also postponing buying new iPhones while waiting for the iPhone X; thus, the number of units sold will probably exceed most optimistic expectations.
Then the question becomes, What is next? Higher-priced iPhones will also change the dynamics of the upgrade cycle. Apple is going to have a harder time convincing iFanatics to shell out $1,000-$1,200 every year (or even every two years). The upgrade cycle will likely be elongating to three or four years. Thus, any blow-out success of iPhone X in 2017 and early 2018 will be coming at the expense of future years. Even if you are a loyal Apple shareholder, you have to be prepared for this.
Absent a new category of products, Apple is turning into a fully ripe stock. Yes, it will look statistically cheap based on 2018 earnings, but that will not be the case if you look at 2019 or 2020 earnings. As all the excitement subsides, Apple stock will have to answer an extremely important question: What is next? After all, the value of any business is a lot more than the earnings generated next year, but far beyond that.
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Soon those who can afford to set aside US$999 for a phone will turn into anamoji addicts. Apple’s latest invention enables you to tap into the wonders of the facial coding camera to convert your own facial expressions into a live emoji which can exactly mirror your mood at that moment.
It is a neat and highly trendy feature – which may come across as a simple fad – yet nothing could be further from the truth because it taps into human nature.
As I write in my latest book Small Data, years ago a group of scientists decided to investigate the phenomenon of ‘enclothed cognition’: the idea that when we dress up our personalities change.
The scientists asked a group of volunteers to wear a white lab coat and were given one that had been labeled “doctor”, “dentist”, or nothing. The research measured the respondents' behavior before and after.
To everyone’s surprise, those who wore the white lab coat originally hanging underneath the doctor signage were able to solve questions faster and more accurately after putting on the coat. They even witnessed an increase of self-confidence. Those wearing the dentist’s lab coat saw a slight improvement. Those wearing a lab coat with no signage witnessed no change at all.
Enclothed cognition is everywhere, but it is so subtle that we rarely notice it. Enclothed cognition is present when ladies dress up for the evening, put on high heels and suddenly feel more confident. It is present when businessmen aspire to get and wear a Rolex. It is present in the idea of Harley Davidson – which somehow seems to appeal the most to men hitting the midlife crisis. But it is also in the anamojis the new iPhone X holds.
As with most of the innovations, Apple has produced over the years, you can find traces of the core idea somewhere else, in this case in Sinji-ku, a suburb of Tokyo. Here businessmen can be found dressed in character costumes during their lunch break acting in character with other costumed workers. It is their 60 minutes of escape from reality. Perhaps one could argue this also explains why Halloween masks surged some 17% during the last U.S. election. Never before had so many purchased these masks and many featured Donald Trump.
There’s a German term for this; Masken Freiheit – or directly translated – the freedom behind the mask – the freedom to express whatever you want through a character.
As everything has turned transparent, privacy is in its deepest crises ever. A counterbalance is occurring. It might explain why some of the biggest fairs and exhibitions in the U.S. now are fairs attended by millions of comic fans – dressed up in everything from Star Wars to LEGO men. And it might indeed indicate that those anamojis, which at first seems so innocent, tap into the nerve of something much bigger, perhaps as big, shiny and addictive as the device they’re appearing within; the iPhone. 
Martin Lindstrom, one of the world’s foremost branding experts, is the author of Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends.
His previous books have been translated into 47 languages and have sold well over one million copies. He was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. In 2016, Thinkers50 named him one of the top 20 business thinkers in the world, and he has been ranked the world’s #1 branding expert for three consecutive years. His articles appear in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. He advises startups and a Who’s Who of Fortune 100 companies on branding, communication, consumer psychology, retail, innovation, and transformation.
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Iphone x pre orders sell in minutes, opioids are a public health emergency, and extra trending news

Want an iphone x? You’ll probably need to wait. On-line ordering for apple’s priciest telephone kicked off at 12:01am pacific time, and gadgets equipped for the november third release date have been long past within mins. Within an hour, wait times had prolonged to weeks. Reports of manufacturing troubles have worried analysts, with one predicting that simplest 2-3 million devices could ship round subsequent week’s launch. In case you’re desperate for the redesigned phone however couldn’t nab one on-line, there may be some to be had in shops. Apple says you should “arrive early.” • percentage your mind: #iphonexpreorder

President trump declared the opioid disaster a public fitness emergency. The president’s memorandum orders federal companies to work in the direction of decreasing opioid deaths and loosens guidelines so states can greater without problems flow finances to cope with the difficulty. Its directives also include elevated get entry to to “telemedicine,” in which sufferers can receive prescriptions with out seeing a doctor — something axios says ought to specially help people in rural regions. It doesn’t, but, commit to new funding; a senior professional said the white house hopes to peer that blanketed in a 12 months-quit spending deal. Over 2 million residents are abusing prescription opioids, costing the economy $fifty six billion dollars and employers $10 billion annually. • percentage your thoughts: #opioidcrisis

Large tech sees huge gains: tech titans alphabet, amazon, microsoft (linkedin’s figure), and intel all mentioned sturdy earnings after the last bell on the day gone by’s “excellent thursday,” sending shares soaring. The wall road magazine says the achievement of this handful of tech heavyweights “foreshadowed greater expansion, together with into new businesses” — such as amazon’s complete foods acquisition (which contributed to its record sales) and microsoft’s expanding cloud operations. Twitter also saw its stock leap after reporting better-than-predicted profits (and indicating that it is able to be close to profitability) in advance in the day.• proportion your mind: #bigtechearnings

Cvs is eyeing aetna. Drugstore chain cvs is in talks to shop for the health large for $sixty six billion, the wall street magazine reviews, greater than $two hundred consistent with percentage. Merging with aetna could be a boon for cvs’s pharmacy and walk-in medical institution arms, which include making it easier to negotiate with drugmakers and merging each businesses’ massive stores of health records. But a massive reason for cvs’s interest? Amazon. The tech powerhouse’s plans to enter the pharmaceutical enterprise emerged earlier this yr. • percentage your thoughts: #cvsaetna

Tax reform takes a step forward: the house of representatives narrowly cleared a budget proposal, starting the manner for a legislative sprint to deliver predominant tax reform via thanksgiving. The vote also unlocked procedural powers allowing the senate to pass a tax invoice with a easy majority as opposed to the standard 60 — which means the gop gained’t need democratic-purchase in to pass the legislation. But the closeness of yesterday’s vote (216-212) shows the race to reform will no longer be without difficulty received; republicans need to attain an settlement on the way to fund some $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. • share your mind: #budgetproposal

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Iphone x: imitation isn't innovation


 My month-to-month “new iphone each yr” price just joined my cable bill, my water invoice, and my electric invoice as grudge expenses. I hate paying them due to the fact the groups fee more and more for the equal stuff, and there’s nothing i'm able to do about it.

 Apple promised me a new iphone every year and that i fell for it. I didn’t read the fine print. Certain, i'm able to get a new iphone every 12 months, however there’s not anything within the agreement announcing that apple promises to innovate or lead the enterprise or make some thing top notch. To fulfill its side of the agreement, all apple should do is make a new iphone and provide it to me. And that’s all it has done.

 Imitation isn't always innovation. The iphone x (stated iphone ten) is basically a samsung galaxy word 8 (which is largely a samsung galaxy s8 with a pen and an additional camera) which is basically a samsung galaxy be aware 7 (that is its personal tale). And the be aware 7 got here out a year in the past. No longer best is apple unapologetic about its blatant imitation of samsung. The business enterprise took the artistic liberty of saying that the iphone x’s capabilities have been “excellent,” “incredible,” and “new.”

 I’m a fanboy, but this time they’ve long past too far

 Truth be informed, i'm an apple fanboy. I've always been. I personal multiple variations of practically every product the organisation has ever made. That stated, apple started to seriously piss me off with the introduction of the iphone 7 plus. My article “apple iphone 7: are you f#$king kidding me?” isn't exactly a love letter to tim cook dinner. Then, as though the design flaws have been no longer sufficient, the fruit agency doubled down with the introduction of the macbook pro 2016. Every other demonstration of the vanity and avarice brewing in cupertino. My unboxing of my non-public macbook pro 2016 inspired any other article, “apple macbook pro 2016: wtf?” we usually hurt the ones we like.

 The emperor’s new clothes

 “thank you,” stated tim cook dinner as he opened apple’s inaugural presentation at the steve jobs theater. That was the primary and last objectively actual factor said through everyone from apple. Calling retail stores “metropolis squares” is pretentious and egotistical, now not crook. But taking credit score for 4k hdr and calling years-antique technology “new” is certainly a lie. Say, “we’re late to the sport and are proud to introduce an first-rate, new, applesque technique to content created in 4k hdr,” and that i’ll run out to get one. However to infer that 4k is in some way an apple thing: why, tim? Why?

 Rapid ahead to the iphone 8 and 8 plus bulletins. Why now not name them what they are? A 7s and a 7s plus. The gadgets are iterative, now not innovative, and there’s simply no reason to purchase them if you have an iphone 6 or later version.

 Oh wait, i forgot to say the apple watch collection 3. It’s much like the previous version with a cell choice. Which means you could pay a new mobile rate and only should convey your iphone while you need to do the whole thing you do for your cellphone – like take a photo or use apps that are not watchos optimized (which is maximum of them). In truth, i like the cellular choice for a clever watch. I’ve appreciated it on my lg and my samsung smart watches for pretty some time.

 Apple says the iphone x is “future of smartphones.” critically? The iphone x is the destiny? Other than an iteration of portrait mode, the only factor customers might also see as “new” in the iphone x is faceid. (btw: this option has some people freaking out approximately having invariant models in their faces stored inside the tool, however it shouldn’t. From a privateness factor of view, faceid isn't any better or worse than touchid, the fingerprint scanner utilized in previous iphones. Apple’s cozy enclave is about as near hackproof as current generation will permit. In case you select now not to buy an iphone x, don’t use faceid as a motive. It’s a nicely-achieved quality idea, despite the fact that it is “inspired” by way of the face reputation function on the samsung galaxy observe eight.)

 Remarkable!

 “you maintain using that phrase. I do now not assume it way what you suspect it manner.” (inigo montoya, the princess bride). The handiest thing excellent about apple’s epic event became how disappointing it became. Now not from a product specification point of view. There’s no longer tons more you may do with a handset in 2017. All you can desire for is a touch better screen, a barely faster processor, a barely higher digital camera, higher garage, and slightly better battery life. What bothers me more is the self-hypnosis at apple and the corporation’s delusional belief that if they are saying something, i can accept it as proper.

 Apple got up on level and called antique technology new. The business enterprise claimed ownership of ideas that aren't its very own and, worst of all, it appeared like everybody had study (and believed) too many apple press releases. This degree of arrogance isn't sudden. Apple is one of the most valuable groups in the world. Perhaps they could have the funds for to consider their own press. What surprised me turned into apple’s lack of innovation. At some point, it’s going to trap up with them.

 Since you’re buying one besides, which must you buy?

 If you have an iphone older than a 6s, then getting the eight or eight plus is a logical step. Both the 8 and 8 plus are reasonably priced and featured. If you have a 6s or later, the x is the handiest device to consider. It’s now not $999, it’s $1,149 for the 256gb version. Unless you in no way take pictures or films, 64gb virtually isn't always enough internal storage. I can be shopping for mine directly from apple at the “new iphone every 12 months plan.” it'll cost me $forty nine.01 in line with month including apple care. That’s grudgingly up about $6 in step with month from my iphone 7 plus charge. The alternative is a thoughts-blowing, full-featured samsung galaxy notice eight, that is the cellphone of desire for android humans and also occurs to be the “inspiration” for the iphone x. Sorry, apple, samsung did all of this earlier than you did and i will use my everyday earbuds.

 And, since you’re going to shop for one anyway, here’s a short approximately everything apple announced at their iphone x event. It's greater optimistic than this newsletter, however i was caught up within the second.

 One extra issue

 Hello, tim, where’s the usb kind c connector? What feasible justification can you have for no longer changing the nonstandard lightning connector with a macbook and out world–compatible usb kind c connector? Remaining year, apple advised me that usb type c was the future. This 12 months. You stated the iphone x is the future. Why does iphone x connect me to the past? A metaphor? Possibly.

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The brand new iphone doesn’t just upgrade the smartphone revel in, it additionally has the ability to create new ways for manufacturers to connect to the purchasers says ben phillips, worldwide head of mobile at mediacom.

 Apple’s modern release got its standard stage of hype, however the new phones (blended with an environment that already reaches 1.2bn of the 2.4bn international smartphone customers) will create powerful opportunities for brands to engage clients.

 It’s early days however i assume there are 4 clear areas that brands have to examine. Some are more speculative than others however all are now certainly a opportunity someplace down the line.

 Ar goes even extra mainstream

 You can argue that pokémon pass took augmented fact mainstream, but apple’s new handsets and ar kit means we are in all likelihood to see more immersive possibilities. The extra processing power supplied via the brand new chips within the iphone 8 and iphone x, take the opportunity up a degree.

 On degree at this yr’s launch occasion changed into atli mar, ceo of directive games, who pointed out the tank warfare augmented truth recreation, the machines, and the way “it’s an awesome evolution in how video games are played and experienced”. As consumers get extra acquainted with this form of engagement expect to look ar packages outgrowing just gaming.

 Like pokémon go, these kind of video games are in all likelihood to be available at a top class cost, but there may be others which can be advert-funded, creating possibilities both for paid reach, in addition to the chance to create brand reviews that beat some thing purchasers have visible before.

 Come fee with me

 Charging is the fundamental existence blood of any mobile tool and we’ve all run right into a inn or espresso shop looking for a electricity outlet like a dehydrated virtual nomad.

 The brand new iphone’s wi-fi charging functionality permits brands to provide gasoline for phones and reasonably request a fee trade in return. The use of wireless charging makes this a reality.

 A logo should conceivably smartfence its places, use app detection (whilst enabled) to search for a loyalty app, test if that client is going for walks low on battery, and invite them in to rate up while sitting at a desk.

 Believe as a qsr, whilst charging you may manipulate the house screen and enable them to reserve a coffee at the same time as they wait to fee up and seize up on social media.

 Facial popularity creates greater relaxed connection

 Faceid, which replaces touchid inside the iphone x, opens up a brand new world of more difficult security. Proper intensity digicam era detects faces, even inside the dark (because it says on the website). On the way to open the doors for customers to experience greater confident approximately safety, encouraging its use for banking, payments, as well as social media account unlocking (even though you won’t be capable of blame every body else for any unusual content intake).

 Through doing away with one more interplay, faceid also makes the method extra fluid. For advertisers, that means there’s quicker movement from advert to buy web page, boosting conversion costs.

 Hsbc currently unfolded voice authorisation to get right of entry to its banking app, however faceid creates a notably at ease manner to authorise payments, promising a at ease one-in-a-million match, which should encourage a step alternate inside the boom and stage of consolation with mobile payments.

 Ads that mirror our emotions

 It’s perhaps greater speculative however faceid doubtlessly permits us to optimise the message, not simply based on our widespread metrics however additionally at the actual-time emotional reaction of the customer viewing that message.

 If a brand can see that a customer is feeling sad, then possibly a loyalty app would possibly offer them a unfastened espresso, or if they appearance tired, perhaps a proposal for a cheap strength drink. We already check creative for its emotional reaction, so at the same time as this requires a few soar of religion, it’s no longer past the geographical regions of possibility that clients may want to define the final results of a video advert based totally on the way it makes you feel – where consumers

 Each launch creates new opportunities for manufacturers trying to discover new methods to talk to clients based totally on the functionality of a handset.

 Some of the improvements we’ve seen enable us to make those experiences seamless and enjoyable. Consumers with an iphone x will need to take advantage of all of the functions of the tool they’ve selected to spend $999 on.

 Of route, a lot of this possibility relies on incredible cellular networks. Higher cameras and video functionality inspire purchasers to push increasingly more amazing content into the burgeoning 4g networks we rely on.

 To take complete advantage of the new iphones (and their android competition), we’re going to need each scrap of bandwidth.
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With no charging cable required, iPhone X is truly designed for the future of wireless.Charge with wireless charging stations and mats in hotels, cafes, and airports around the world.
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Apple Is ‘Aware’ Of iPhone 8 Battery Swelling Issues And Is ‘Looking Into It’

Several people have been reporting that their iPhone 8 is cracking open because of a swollen battery. Could this be a potentially huge disaster similar to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7?  ( Apple )
Reports of iPhone 8 units with swollen batteries are increasing, causing some to believe that this may be a more widespread problem than once thought. It's not clear whether the problem is occurring only in freak cases or in larger batches of phones, but this might be a potential PR disaster for Apple.
Swelling iPhone 8 Batteries Part Of A Bigger Problem?
Reports about iPhone 8 units splitting apart either on arrival or after a few days' worth of use have been coming out over the past week, allegedly because of a problem with its battery. What's apparently happening is that the phone's battery is swelling, which causes the housing to bend forward and detach from the frame of the device.
Unlike with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, there haven't been any reports of an iPhone 8 exploding, thankfully. The first report came from Taiwan, followed by Japan, then China, Canada, and, most recently, Greece. So far, there have only been six reports, which is a pretty small number, but there's a chance it could be a precursor to a more widespread problem, like Apple's antennagate fiasco.
Apple has issued a short statement on the matter, saying it's "aware" of the issue and is "looking into it."
Apple hasn't shared exactly how many iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus units it has managed to sell thus far, but The Verge speculates that Apple has sold millions by now and argues that in a production run on that scale, there's bound to be some defective units — one or two bad apples in a case of good apples, so to speak. But if there are two or more bad apples in every case, that's a problem.
It remains uncertain, really, whether the six reported cases are representative of a potentially Note 7-level company fiasco. If this is indeed a legitimate hardware or design defect on Apple's part, then more reports are bound to come out over time.
Apple iPhone 8 And iPhone 8 Plus
The Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus went on sale Sept. 22. They're iterative upgrades to last year's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, featuring minimal but important upgrades. For starters, they're now packed with Apple's new A11 Bionic chip, believed to be custom designed for Apple's forthcoming augmented reality projects.
Not much has changed with the cameras, but the bigger iPhone 8 Plus now supports a so-called Portrait Mode, which turns an otherwise normal portrait and applies different filters to imitate certain lighting conditions, like that of a studio, stage lights, and others.
There's also the iPhone X, featuring a more riskier design than the other two flagship entries. It's Apple first-ever $1,000 phone, shipping Nov. 3.
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