Updates
August 29, 2016: from Macrumors --
The fall 2016 event is expected to see the debut of the next-generation iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which are rumored to feature improved cameras, better processors, and improved water resistance, implemented through the removal of the headphone jack and the introduction of a new flush, pressure-sensitive home button. Both devices are said to look similar to the iPhone 6s, with the same general size and shape, but with relocated antenna bands that no longer span the back of the devices.
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One rumor: Apple will "remove" the headphone "jack" from the new iPhone 7. If Apple does not remove the headphone "jack" I will be quite disappointed in Tim Cook. Steve would have removed the "jack" at least one iteration ago (the 6s) and even possibly two iterations ago (the 6).
I mentioned that to my wife earlier this morning. This afternoon I took a bike ride to the Apple store in Southlake (stopping at Costco and Barnes & Noble, along the way). At the back of the story is where they keep accessories: drones, headphones, power cords and adapters, cases, external hard drives (terabytes of storage).
By the way, you can get 2 TB of brand-name external hard drive storage for $69 at Costco; at Apple, brand-name external 2 TB storage will cost $109. Add another 8% at each store for tax. But I digress.
In the past, the back end of the store with the accessories has been pretty much a "lot" of everything. But today, it seemed about 75% of the space was for Beats wireless over-the-ear headphones and Beats wireless ear buds.
The display almost shouted: "Yes, the iPhone 7 will NOT have the headphone jack. You will need a wireless pair of ear buds or headphones.
I was curious was Macrumors.com might have to say about wireless headphones. When googled, this was the first hit: "Apple stores offering exclusive Jaybird Freedom (Wireless) Ear Buds."
Again, "it" just seems to shout: ""Yes, the iPhone 7 will NOT have the headphone jack. You will need a wireless pair of ear buds or headphones."
If Tim Cook does not pull the headphone jack, I will be quite disappointed, not because it makes any difference to me (I don't have an iPhone) but because it suggests to me Tim Cook is not willing to skate to where the puck will be.
The iPhone already has wireless built in, so this would be removing a piece of hardware the iPhone no longer needs. The "jack" is the long pole in the teepee with regard to the thickness of the iPhone: removing the "jack" will allow Apple to make the iPhone thinner.
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Death Spiral
ObamaCare -- the "insurance program that promised you can keep your doctor, you can keep your health plan" -- is in a death spiral. I think the milliondollarway was the first non-commercial (no ads) blog that used that phrase, "death spiral."
The Washington Post is using the phrase "far short than forecast" to describe how many folks are signing up for ObamaCare. Look how bad this is:
Enrollment in the insurance exchanges for President Obama’s signature health-care law is at less than half the initial forecast, pushing several major insurance companies to stop offering health plans in certain markets because of significant financial losses.
As a result, the administration’s promise of a menu of health-plan choices has been replaced by a grim, though preliminary, forecast: Next year, more than 1 in 4 counties are at risk of having a single insurer on its exchange.
Debate over how perilous the predicament is for the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, is nearly as partisan as the divide over the law itself.
But at the root of the problem is this: The success of the law depends fundamentally on the exchanges being profitable for insurers — and that requires more people to sign up.
In February 2013, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that 24 million people would buy health coverage through the federally and state-operated online exchanges by this year.
Just 11.1 million people were signed up as of late March.Obama no longer cares. He has moved on. Getting ready for the next chapter in his life which most likely includes a Clintonesque MuslemUSA Foundation.
By 2018, if not by the end of 2017, we will pretty much see the end of ObamaCare prompting Ms Clinton to go to Congress for the "public option" -- a euphemism for "US National Health Service." Medicare for all.
And she may very well get it. Especially if the GOP loses the Senate and the House. And the Supreme Court.
ObamaCare? Wipeout?
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