The Buzz -- Part 2 -- Apple -- February 20, 2025

Locator: 48592APPLE.

Link here.

The above article is very, very long and incredibly detailed. But of all the attributes of this modem is this fact: unlike a chip from other supplier, this chip (model) is optimized for the iPhone in which it is placed. It is not an off-the shelf modem designed by a third party, nor it is a custom-designed modem, designed by a third party that has allegiances to more than one customer. In this case, the Apple C1 modem is designed to be integrated into the final product from day 1. 

See disclaimer: I have no interest in the iPhone 16e as an investment story. I am only interested in the iPhone 16e story because I find the story so incredibly compelling. I have every intention of upgrading from my third generation SE but there is no hurry. This new 16e is going to be around for at least two years, probably four, and possibly longer, depending.

Apple, C1: I am really, really jazzed about the new iPhone 16e. I may track the iPhone 16e here. There are several layers of issues here:

• the iPhone 16 family
• the price of the new iPhone 16e: are you kidding me?
• at $25 / month and folks have the audacity to say this is too expensive for perhaps the most important / must-have device Americans use / need 24/7.
• the price of a dozen eggs each week
• over four years? $12 / month
  
• the capability of the new iPhone 16e
• satellite capability -- ya think DOD might want these for their troops? See below.
• this means every iPhone going forward has / will have this capability
  
• I will expand on all of this later -- but for me the two biggest things -- the long list of "improvements" that the iPhone 16e has -- it's truly overwhelming ... perhaps the biggest one that caught my eye -- generally when Apple adds more "capacity", the cost goes up significantly -- in this case the cost went up but the capacity was so much greater than anyone imagined.

Best iPhone alternatives, link here:

The link for the best overall iPhone alternative takes you to Amazon:

Satellite?

Does MSFT still charge for some of these apps?  

With iPhones, nearly 100 apps are included, already downloaded, ready-to-go, at no additional cost -- including word documents, spreadsheets, notes, "FindMe," the best browser out there, and so much more. At wiki, the entire list.

Apple shows 75 pre-installed apps at no extra cost. 

And they just work. For some reason, this Apple link does not include the pre-installed brower, Safari. And I was surprised that Firefox is pre-installed. I was unaware of that. Also, "Maps" not listed in some of these links but "Maps" is obviously pre-installed: both Google maps and Safari maps. And, now, of course, the AI app. Will this show up as SiriGPT? Just a very few here:

 ChatGPT???

Once folks start using ChatGPT, your life will change forever.