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Re:New iPhone SE by reaperducer on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:35AM (#22878979)
can I contribute to COVID-19 research without getting a bright red phone?

Yes. Write a check. Mail the check. Done.

Re:New iPhone SE by touristtam on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:12PM (#22881799)
What's with the US and Checks? Can your financial institution not get on with the time and offer internet/mobile banking? Not to be an arse but it seems very backward in many ways.
Re:New iPhone SE by reaperducer on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:53PM (#22885886)
Not to be an arse

Too late.

but it seems very backward in many ways.

In America we have both checks and online banking. It seems very backwards to have only one method of doing things.

A single point of failure is a hallmark of a bad system.

Re:New iPhone SE by swebs on Thursday April 16, 2020 @10:15AM (#22889563)
It's just an expression. Very few people use actual checks these days.
Re:New iPhone SE by recursive on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:14PM (#22882485)
Non-sequitur.

The online payments feature I've seen in mobile banking is just a website front-end on printing a physical check and putting it in the mail.

Re:New iPhone SE by tachion on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:36PM (#22882717)
That's only because the cheques are allowed in the first place. Rest of the civilised world can make online transfer that will reach the recipient the minute you pressed the form button, granted no unusual infrastructure issues.
Re:New iPhone SE by recursive on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:51PM (#22882896)
I would love that. It doesn't seem to be a lack of online banking that's holding us back though.

I don't know how to get it. I use proprietary apps for that.

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Re:New iPhone SE by Hamuko on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:57AM (#22879287)
Pretty sure people buy the red iPhone because they want their iPhone in red.
Re:New iPhone SE by ebg13 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:15PM (#22880345)
TBF, I'm going to do it because I want my phone in red _and_ because it's literally a free gift to a charity at no additional cost to me.
Re:New iPhone SE by cptskippy on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:57PM (#22880865)
If that were the only reason then Apple wouldn't associate it with Product Red.

The Red iPhone is signaling and that's the whole premise of Product Red. The charity appeals to vane people who feel the need to show off and exploits them for good.

Re:New iPhone SE by dkonofalski on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:55PM (#22881577)
That's such a false dichotomy. You can want a red iPhone, want to support charity, and not be a brow beater. C'mon.
Re:New iPhone SE by cptskippy on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:04PM (#22881699)
A bright red phone is attention grabbing, like a loud motorcycle or crazy hair. You can claim that because one person might just like having a red phone, that everyone who has it just likes red phones but the association with and marketing around Product Red all point to the red colored phone being a form of signaling.
Re:New iPhone SE by dkonofalski on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:12PM (#22881794)
That's nonsense. The marketing around Product Red are that you can buy the same product you want in a color that you want and donate to charity without changing your behavior at all. That's the only association being made.

You're projecting right now. So hard.

Re:New iPhone SE by cptskippy on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:27PM (#22881971)
> The marketing around Product Red are that you can buy the same product you want in a color that you want

So you can buy a space grey iPhone from Apple and support Product Red? This I was not aware of.

Re:New iPhone SE by saagarjha on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:32PM (#22883326)
Re:New iPhone SE by cptskippy on Thursday April 16, 2020 @10:07AM (#22889493)
My comment was in the context of Apple's Product Red offerings, not the charity itself. You can't buy an Apple product and have proceeds from the purchase go to the Product Red charity unless you purchase a bright red device.

But I appreciate that you're willing to read through an entire thread and then take my last comment completely out of context for your "witty" response.

Re:New iPhone SE by saagarjha on Thursday April 16, 2020 @02:15PM (#22891999)
Honestly, I shouldn't have responded at all. Sorry about that.
Re:New iPhone SE by dkonofalski on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:25PM (#22884356)
I genuinely can't tell if you're being intentionally obtuse or if you're just clueless about your own point...
Re:New iPhone SE by cptskippy on Thursday April 16, 2020 @10:09AM (#22889509)
My comment was in the context of Apple's Product Red offerings, you can't buy an Apple product and have proceeds from the purchase go to the Product Red charity unless you purchase a bright red device.

Yes you can purchase any Apple device you want AND donate to the charity. You can also forgo the device and just donate to the charity, but we weren't talking about either of those scenarios.

Re:New iPhone SE by threatofrain on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:00PM (#22881645)
Larry David would agree.
Re:New iPhone SE by cptskippy on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:05PM (#22881706)
I don't understand. Is that something from Curb Your Enthusiasm?