Rumor Roundup: Digitimes nonsense factories
Apple sapphire crystal supplier GT Advanced files for bankruptcy
(9to5 Mac)
Just so we're clear, a company was rumored to provide sapphire screens for the iPhone 6, and those rumors later turned out to be false, and as a direct result, this company has been forced to file for bankruptcy.
Tell me all about how Apple rumors are perfectly harmless and you rumormongers are simply posting them "for purposes of discussion."
HUGE iPAD AIR 2 LEAK reveals everything there is to know about Apple's next tablet (BGR)
Source: Some website
Chance it's true: None
BGR claims this is a HUGE LEAK, but unfortunately for their ALL-CAPS ENTHUSIASM, MacRumors poured a bucket of cold water on this poorly-sourced nonsense and said these iPad Air 2 claims are likely based on circulating rumors, not genuine leaked information.
Another day, another swing and a miss for BGR.
Apple might sell more than 200 million iPhone 6 units in FY2015 (BGR)
Source: Digitimes
Chance it's true: Zero times zero times infinity
Digitimes hasn't had a single correct rumor in 2014. "Wait, baby, don't go, this time it'll be different! I know I've got it wrong 2348 times before, but I can change! You'll see. I can stop making completely illogical claims based on poorly-sourced or outright made-up information and hearsay. I won't be the laughingstock of tech reporting forever. I promise!"
Source: Digitimes
Chance it's true: Absolutely none at all
9to5 Mac calls this rumor "sketchy" but reblogs it anyway, even though it's clearly not even remotely close to being true based on the source, because pageviews.
Source: Digitimes
Chance it's true: The same odds that 9to5 Mac will ever value its reputation more than its pageviews.
This is apparently the week of credulously (or semi-incredulously) reblogging every last thing that spews out of the sewers downstream from Digitimes' nonsense factories.
You guys. Digitimes has an accuracy record of ZERO FREAKING PERCENT this year. I promise it's safe to ignore them from now on.
After incorrect report on Apple's use of sapphire on iPhone 6, WSJ claims Apple changed plans last minute (AppleInsider)
This takedown of one analyst's widely reblogged nonsense on the "sapphire screens for iPhone 6" meme is well-researched, epic, and damning. The final section, which serves up some similarly tasty claim chowder on 9to5 Mac's incorrect rumor reporting earlier this year, is even more satisfying to behold.
The biggest takeaway from this report? When rumormongers get caught out making false predictions, they inevitably throw their toys and claim it's all Apple's fault. We knew this already, but it's nice to see someone else pointing it out, too.
Apple's Ultra-Slim 12-Inch Notebook Reportedly Entering Production in Small Quantities (MacRumors)
Source: Digitimes
Chance it's true: Nada. Zip. Zilch.
I don't know how I knew this stupid "report" was sourced from Digitimes just by reading the headline, but I did.
Dummy unit shows expected 'iPad Air 2' design ahead of Apple's rumored Oct. 16 event (AppleInsider)
Took long enough for the iPad mockups (and the reporting on said mockups as though they actually matter) to start cropping up.
Two things about this rumor set off the BS alarm: the lack of a mute/orientation lock switch, and the fact that this mockup is "the same thickness as the iPhone 6" but doesn't have a protruding camera. Since the entire reason the camera protrudes from the iPhone 6 is because Apple can't re-write the laws of physics and make decent optics smaller than they are, this means one of two things: the mockups are inaccurate, or the camera in the iPad Air 2 is going to suck.
Hidden graphical assets in iOS 8.1 beta 2 hint at 'Retina HD' iPads (AppleInsider)
Source: Deep dive into an iOS beta
Chance it's true: Unknown
While these types of leaks usually bear fruit (eventually), there have been no other indications - reputable or otherwise - that the next-gen iPads will be getting a display resolution bump. We'll see.
