Agreed. Apple users will have to decide between buy a monitor stand vs eating for the month.
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Agreed. Apple users will have to decide between buy a monitor stand vs eating for the month.
Was the weighing necessary?
I predicted 16g a few weeks ago. I forgot to account for the etched out bits.
RE: "Apple has seeded four betas of iOS 12.4 so far, and it's probably not too far off from release."
As of ~4 AM this morning, they added a brand-new "Extreme Priority Task" that they will try to fold into the official update, before Releasing it.
As of ~4 AM this morning, they added a brand-new "Extreme Priority Task" that they will try to fold into the official update, before Releasing it.
wow, it's 0.01g lighter than my current favorite credit card. sooooo excited.
Tasteful design, very Apple-esque. I like the additional security, which is really the only thing that matters. Hope it is rolled out faster than Apple Pay!
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You may want to take one more quick look at the card, there is indeed a chip on it.
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I'm holding out for the Apple Card Edition 18k Gold to go along with my S0 Apple Watch Edition 18k Gold.
/Sarcasm
My credit score is 840. Which is why I’m not getting the Apple Card.
Where's the ports? How am I going to connect my ADB keyboard and SCSI drives to it? Do I have to buy dongles to convert my peripherals? Look how low profile it is. Must be uncomfortable to type on. After 6 million years of evolution how will I ever adapt to this?
Uh, your name is on it. The names in the photos were removed for the article.
In China a credit score that low will send you to a detention camp. Your organs will be taken and sold.
Good on Apple to go with Titanium.
What happens to those millions of plastic cards once they are no longer needed? Yes, they end up buried or in the ocean, or burned creating greenhouse gases. Plastic is a no-win situation. Metal is far more recyclable and safer for the environment over a longer term, in any form.
What happens to those millions of plastic cards once they are no longer needed? Yes, they end up buried or in the ocean, or burned creating greenhouse gases. Plastic is a no-win situation. Metal is far more recyclable and safer for the environment over a longer term, in any form.
Same. I’m having second thoughts now. Let’s see what the limit is, I was going to sign up for one and get a new MacBook lol.
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark…
Yet you clicked the article and commented.
Cards typically expire after about... 4 years? So less than 10g of plastic, spread over 4 years is less than 2.5g/year.
If your lifestyle uses so little plastic that ~2g/year on a card is a significant factor than congratulations, that's amazing.
BTW how does the carbon footprint of a laser etched metal card compare to a stamped piece of plastic...?
That's a legal requirement. Apple had no choice. They did have a choice to not allow authorisation by PIN but signature only, whilst simultaneously not allowing for a signature or CVV to be displayed on the physical card. So enjoy opening your app and copying down numbers when Apple Pay isn't supported, or carrying a second card as backup.
What about the embedded chip?
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I doubt it.
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I believe the artificial limit is for testing purposes.
I always thought the opposite and wondered why my old bank cards were "upside down", because every magnetic strip reader I've come across was oriented with the reader below the cardWhy did they make it upside down? I mean, every card with a chip I've seen has the chip on the left when looking at the front of the card. And the magnetic stripe is on the top when looking at the back of the card. Apple's card is the opposite.
Think different?
The logo on the left side reminds me of the logo in the menubar on OSX (and the bite-mark is right-sided, so it visually flows better with the chip IMO)