Cheaper iPhone and Apple and Google Covid-19 tracing bring innovation to the battlelines

Cheaper iPhone and Apple and Google Covid-19 tracing bring innovation to the battlelines

4 years ago
Anonymous $9CO2RSACsf

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/04/15/cheaper-iphone-plus-covid-19-trackinkg/

There are two somewhat related news stories from Apple this week. One is the announcement of the $399 iPhone SE and the other is Apple’s partnership with Google to create contact tracing technology.

I say “somewhat related” in that both are occuring in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. The contact tracking, in theory at least, could help protect people, and the iPhone SE could help financially challenged consumers consider buying an iPhone if they need to replace their current phone.