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Historically, Apple puts crappy cheap garbage components into the iPhone.
Such as crappy RAM, garbage batteries & lack of basic fundamental hardware.

Hopefully, the era of absolute garbage iPhones is coming to an end.
a. The EU forced Apple's hand on the el cheapo iPhone batteries
b. And AI forced Apple's hand on the bargain-basement crappy RAM

To wit, the new iPhone 17 Air is rumored to have modern amounts of both.
<https://wccftech.com/iphone-17-air-a19-pro-chip-with-fewer-gpu-cores-performance/>
" It was recently reported that the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air
will be equipped with the same 12GB of RAM as the Pro iPhones,
and a leaker now claims that the handset will be powered by
the A19 Pro chip, but with fewer GPU cores."

While the iPhone's ridiculously low core count has always been less than exciting, the lack of cores is not that big of a deal compared to the el
cheap battery & RAM capacity (which are critically important components).

Finally, being always about 5 years behind Android, Apple is catching up.

Unfortunately, no iPhone has even the most basic of hardware functionality.
So the iPhone is still laughably substandard garbage - but perhaps less so.

Note: Apple may be using chip binning which is a way to put the dies that failed into that iPhone 17 Air that you will pay through the nose for.

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Someday. When he finally grows up.

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On 2025-07-10 17:34, Marion wrote:

Historically, Apple puts crappy cheap garbage components into the iPhone. Such as crappy RAM, garbage batteries & lack of basic fundamental hardware.

All of that is false.

Hopefully, the era of absolute garbage iPhones is coming to an end.
a. The EU forced Apple's hand on the el cheapo iPhone batteries

False.

b. And AI forced Apple's hand on the bargain-basement crappy RAM

False.

To wit, the new iPhone 17 Air is rumored to have modern amounts of both.
<https://wccftech.com/iphone-17-air-a19-pro-chip-with-fewer-gpu-cores-performance/>
" It was recently reported that the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air
will be equipped with the same 12GB of RAM as the Pro iPhones,
and a leaker now claims that the handset will be powered by
the A19 Pro chip, but with fewer GPU cores."

nanoreview.net ranks mobile processors and their current highest ranking
one is the the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus with a ranking score of 98,
where Apple A18 Pro has a score of 97.

The MediaTek processor has 8 cores to the Apple processor's 6.

And it is faster...

...but it is one of only 3 processors that beat the A18 Pro's ranking.

3...

...out of TWO HUNDRED AND TEN!

While the iPhone's ridiculously low core count has always been less than exciting, the lack of cores is not that big of a deal compared to the el cheap battery & RAM capacity (which are critically important components).

Just like with battery capacity, core count is not a metric any user
actually cares about.

Same with RAM. No one cares about how much RAM a device has...

...they only care if it does the things they need.

Finally, being always about 5 years behind Android, Apple is catching up.

Unfortunately, no iPhone has even the most basic of hardware functionality. So the iPhone is still laughably substandard garbage - but perhaps less so.

Note: Apple may be using chip binning which is a way to put the dies that failed into that iPhone 17 Air that you will pay through the nose for.

Every chip maker uses chip binning, doofus.

'All chip makers like Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, and other Arm-based manufacturers incorporate a selection process where higher performing
chips are designated to be sold as more expensive models (offering
higher clock speeds, more cores, etc.) and less-than-perfect parts but
still fully utilizable silicon can be sold as lower performing
processors with cores disabled, or lower speeds.'

<https://www.techspot.com/article/2039-chip-binning/>

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On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:18:22 -0400, Tom Elam wrote :

Weird, my 3+ year old iPhone 14 Pro runs very demanding aviation
software perfectly with no internet connection. What hardware is the
iPhone 14 missing?

I will not get an answer to that one.

You uneducated ignorant MAGA Apple trolls know nothing about Apple, Tom.

You can't run most of Apple's AI with the crappy RAM in that iPhone 14 Pro. Also, it is illegal to sell in the EU (as Apple knew it would fail tests).

With the pitiful battery capacity of 3,200 mAh, you're charging constantly.
And you don't have any possibility of enlarging the storage or portability. Also, you're stuck buying expensive earpods just to listen quietly.

You Apple trolls aren't even aware that the iPhone 14 Pro does not meet the UK's 800-cycle battery durability standard, so it's so crappy, it can't
legally be sold in the UK because of the crappy battery, Tom.

Why is it that you MAGA Apple trolls know absolutely nothing about Apple?

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On 2025-07-13 19:02, Marion wrote:

On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:18:22 -0400, Tom Elam wrote :

Weird, my 3+ year old iPhone 14 Pro runs very demanding aviation
software perfectly with no internet connection. What hardware is the
iPhone 14 missing?

I will not get an answer to that one.

You uneducated ignorant MAGA Apple trolls know nothing about Apple, Tom.

You can't run most of Apple's AI with the crappy RAM in that iPhone 14 Pro. Also, it is illegal to sell in the EU (as Apple knew it would fail tests).

Hey, Clueless!

The iPhone 14 was discontinued in February 2025 after 2 years and 4 months.

And what made it "illegal" in the EU was the fact that its charging port
wasn't USB-C.

Nothing at all to do with any "tests".

With the pitiful battery capacity of 3,200 mAh, you're charging constantly. And you don't have any possibility of enlarging the storage or portability. Also, you're stuck buying expensive earpods just to listen quietly.

You mean you don't know that there are USB-C earbuds?

<https://www.amazon.com/s?k=usb+c+earbuds+wired&crid=3SVM11W0I2BVR&sprefix=usb+c+ear%2Caps%2C193&ref=nb_sb_ss_p13n-pd-dpltr-ranker_3_9>

You Apple trolls aren't even aware that the iPhone 14 Pro does not meet the UK's 800-cycle battery durability standard, so it's so crappy, it can't legally be sold in the UK because of the crappy battery, Tom.

Gemini question:

'Does the United Kingdom have a rule that smartphone batteries need to
last for 800 charging cycles?'

Answer:

'There is no current law in the United Kingdom that specifically
mandates smartphone batteries must last for 800 charging cycles. '

Why is it that you MAGA Apple trolls know absolutely nothing about Apple?

Why is it you know absolutely nothing about...

...well, everything?

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