The Apple Sheep

We rarely talk about politics here and frankly why would we? Politics is messy divisive and just pits us against each other. Tech brings us closer together in the sense that it lets you talk to your family thousands of miles away and in the sense that the release of a new phone or a graphics card is cause for celebration for millions of people. But recently Donald Trump's tirade against Google got me thinking. How much regulation is too much. For the uninformed here's the long and short of it. Donald Trump Accused Google of bias as most of the news reports that pop up when you search for Donald Trump were negative. Now there are technical and other reasons for the so called "bias" The Atlantic goes in depth on that issue . After all Google does feature articles and sites that the general public is interested in and trusts higher on their search results. But this brings up a more existential question as far...

Before one can tackle the question of if Apples working on a brand-new cheaper iPhone that isn't the 6.1 inch LCD iPhone , We must ask why? Over the past year Apple has been in uncharted territory when it comes to pricing their iPhones. With maxed out versions blowing past the $1000 mark Apple's sales show no sign of slowing down, Infact investors are so confident in Apple that the company just passed $1 trillion in market valuations . So why would a company enjoying such success even try to make a budget or cheaper iPhone. This is even more perplexing when you consider the fact that were talking about Apple, A company that most of the public views as a company that's looking for the next cash grab. Yes Apple has been having stellar sales. Thanks in no small part to the insatiable smartphone demand in the North American and Chinese markets. Well 10 years after the first ...

3D Touch was the highlight of the iPhone 6s. An iterative phone with a unique feature. Since then 3D Touch has always been with us on every iPhone released except for the iPhone SE. Although 3D Touch never saw much fanfare again after the hype of its release, Apple over the past 3 years has evolved 3D Touch into a legitimately useful feature that many people love to use. I've seen multiple people lament about the lack of 3D Touch when they downgrade from a modern iPhone to an older iPhone like the 5c. So why would Apple kill off such a useful feature on it's iPhones that is unique and exclusive to the iPhone? They're not let me explain. Apple Has Worked Too Hard On 3D Touch Back In 2017 before the iPhone X launched the rumour mill was hard at work on what the new iPhone would be like. We'd get a new leak almost every day and one of the leaks sai...

What made  the One Plus One so good? Back in 2013 the OP1 burst onto the scene with high end specs and a price tag that didn't break the bank. The OP1 didn't have all the features that a fully fledged flagship did, but it was a usable phone that many desired. That was that basic formula that made one plus so good. Lately I'll say that they've strayed from that initial formula that made them great.With each iteration they've gently raised the prices, its subtle but its there. Sure true flagships cost almost a thousand dollars now, but those same companies are now releasing cheaper hardware with subtle compromises. These "compromised phones " are in no way bad and miss out on very few features that the average Joe would miss. So with the traditional flagship killer becoming the very thing it set out to kill like the macabre stories of yore, The smartphone space is ripe for disruption. Enter The PocoPh...

2017 was all about killing bezels on smartphones and as a consequence most smartphones on both sides of the fence had to kill the headphone jack . Now as per the rumour mill the new iPads might do away with the trusty old headphone jack as well. Why would an iPad with so much internal space kill something like the headphone jack. Why Kill The Headphone Jack At All?   Nowadays our phones are jam-packed with tech, No literally they're jam packed with components. Just look at 2012 when the iPhone 5 opted for a Nano SIM card instead of a Mini sim card. The difference between them is minuscule, on a physical scale but they were so strapped for space that they did benefit from that. Move over from the iPhone 5 days todays smartphones are way more complex, and much more functional and having a 100 year old port that takes up half an inc really does throw a proverbial, spa...