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Post by CdnPhoto on Jul 20, 2024 4:13:23 GMT -8
Well that week ended on a sour note. Hopefully we go up from here for a while. On a side note, the RSI for AAPL is back down to 57.06.
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Post by Dave on Jul 20, 2024 9:46:10 GMT -8
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 20, 2024 17:12:09 GMT -8
Do we have some data on how many iPhone users in the US are on iPhones that are more than 3 or 3.5 years old?
Each market is different, and I personally don't see old iPhones too often. But with the backpacker trail worker team, one person from Turkey had a 7 or so, and a physics professor bragged about the 6 he is still using, liking the size. I'm going to have to show him the satellite features, which might sway him since he is out in the field a lot during the summer.
But maybe a change of a small percentage is enough to get things moving, similar to the word of Apple ordering 10% more units (though we know from the past that sort of thing might just be capacity availability, and might not hold thru).
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 20, 2024 19:37:39 GMT -8
Somewhat on topic, when looking at luxury brands or wondering if the Apple Watch (and other smart watches) are affecting the traditional market: Rolex prices are falling and supplies are risingFWIW, in downtown Geneva I saw a fancy watch store that had an old school Ferrari on the floor, like the one used in Magnum PI (various year and model Ferrari 308 GTS's) or Beverly Hills Cop (1986 Ferrari 328 GTS) (I thought it was in Miami Vice too, but they have a long list of cars, with the main ones being replica black ferraris en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_in_Miami_Vice ). No good pictures....at that hour it was closed, and the windows too reflective. Anyways, luxury watches are a big deal, and the article says prices of new Rolexes are still going up. But secondary markets and used markets are going down. FWIW.
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Post by Dave on Jul 21, 2024 1:38:07 GMT -8
Rolex has always been an indicator of success, as are brands like Rolls-Royce and Bently. It may have been the James Bond movies that really drove the brand many years ago. I would hate to think that analogy watch faces may someday disappear, but they likely will as each new generation becomes more dependent upon digital readouts. I know some young people now that struggle with reading a watch face or phrases like “half past twelve”. “The times, they are ah changing.”
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Post by Lstream on Jul 21, 2024 6:30:56 GMT -8
I definitely gravitate to analog faces on my Apple Watch.
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Post by duckpins on Jul 21, 2024 10:24:27 GMT -8
Not learning to write is a serious error. Writing not typing teaches hand eye coordination and thought connection. Very stupid idea. If you can't read a clock...you will have to tell Siri to tell you it's 5 o'clock somewhere? For some weekend humor: I was watching a Bat Masterson rerun from the early 60's. Show is not complex, problem, woman, problem solved, woman pines for him as he leaves town. In this one woman says "Bat, won't you stay for a drink?" He says too early for him and she says "Well, it's five o'clock somewhere!".
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Post by duckpins on Jul 21, 2024 10:25:39 GMT -8
And the speedometer. Definitely think analog is faster for the brain to process than digital.
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 21, 2024 10:52:20 GMT -8
And the speedometer. Definitely think analog is faster for the brain to process than digital. While I like the analog face on the Watch, there is a little interpretation, and it's more obvious in bad conditions (lighting or angle). A speedometer is much quicker to read a direct number. Some have had this for many decades, like the ~88 Mazda 626 my parents owned. Much is always worried about change, no matter what it is. Kids are learning to read and write, even if cursive is off the table and analog clocks are antiquated. Do you know the proper materials/knots/process to tie an arrowhead on or load a musket? What about preparing a horse for the day, or quartering up an animal. Some people know these things, but they aren't common knowledge and we continue just fine. The wall of worry is endless if you worry about everything. Some joke that a manual shift car is a millennial antitheft device, but my kids at least want to learn to drive our '92 4runner.
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Post by aaplcrazie on Jul 21, 2024 11:44:08 GMT -8
❤️ My 6 Speed Millennial Antitheft Device!
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Post by Dave on Jul 21, 2024 15:24:44 GMT -8
Have you ever tried starting a BMW E46 M3 with a SMG transmission? You may need a owners manual.
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 21, 2024 19:20:33 GMT -8
Have you ever tried starting a BMW E46 M3 with a SMG transmission? You may need a owners manual. I drove an older M3 (90?), but not one with fancy shifting. From gearshifters.org/bmw/what-is-a-bmw-smg-transmission/ it sounds like shifting from 1st to 2nd still needs a clutch, but then other gears are more automatic. It seems like this page is from several different others, so I don't know how accurate it is. But then it says: I had an '89 prelude for a bit that I believe had a hydraulic shifter. It acted normally, but I think my dad said that it took care of letting the clutch out, so you didn't have to be as precise to be smooth. If right, I could see mating that with electronics to do the shifting for you without a foot clutch, when just moving the stick. I don't even think about it these days. Sometimes on a slight hill at the light I let it roll back a bit just to remind people that they shouldn't be right on my bumper. After more than 30 years it's just not a worry. But I never drove anything too complex, like the ~12 speed flatbed International on the farm that needed double clutching. An '86 Alfa Romeo was different, but that was because the stick shift came out from the dash, the pedals were so close together that in some shoes I had to hold my foot sideways, and the clutch was going and then went out.
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Post by Dave on Jul 22, 2024 0:35:50 GMT -8
My understanding is that BMW developed the SMG for their entry into Formula 1 in the late 1990's. They took what they had learned and brought it to their line of cars as an option. It was the SMG 2 version that was available for the 2001 -2006 M3's. There was a SMG 3 version offered on the following generation of M3. At the time it was the state-of-the-art with lightning fast shifts without the distractions of taking your hands off of the wheel or dealing with a clutch peddle. In many cases the life of a SMG is better than a manual because it doesn't miss shifts and destroy the synchronizers as can happen with a true manual. But few people knew how to troubleshoot problems and make repairs which made them expensive to maintain. Starting the engine can require a secret handshake that the uninformed may have trouble with. I enjoy the one that I own as it provides a unique driving experience. There is a whole industry that has cropped-up that converts the SMG transmission to a pure manual with a clutch pedal and gear shift. The DCT (double clutch transmission) performs much better and made the SMG obsolete.
As for the problem with manual transmissions on a hill, I once owned a 1950 Studebaker that had a hill holder option that would hold the car on an incline without having your foot on the brake pedal and once you started releasing the clutch pedal the hill holder would release and allow you to pull away smoothly. The good old days of analog. Funny, the spell checker doesn't recognize the word Studebaker, now I really feel old.
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Post by 4aapl on Jul 22, 2024 6:14:33 GMT -8
I enjoy the one that I own as it provides a unique driving experience. That is different than the PR "ultimate" driving experience. Thanks for the info. I knew a little about paddle shifting options, but often currently it is an add-on over an automatic transmission. For instance my parent's CRV has paddle shifters sitting on the steering wheel...that they don't use. Ohhhh, sporty. But now things are getting different with the CVT transmissions and electric cars. The CVT in our Sienna works well, but does make more noise (some critics call it a whine) going up and over the mountain, keeping things in that "ideal power cycle". OTOH if we were driving on flat land most of the time I don't think we would even notice.
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