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Apple's 2014 Product Roadmap: New iWatch, iPhones, iPads, Apple TV, and MacBooks Coming
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No new thunderbolt displayOh well, I'm sure Kuo can't know everything so I'll keep my fingers crossed...and I was really hoping Apple TV would be refreshed sooner.
I'd love to see a new thunderbolt display and I'm at the point where I think that they must be pretty oblivious to the rest of the world if they won't update it very soon.
Well, if the "low cost" iMac is going to follow the iPhone pattern, it means it will be 100 $ cheaper than the next one and will lack many features, to make everybody want to buy the next model.
Unfortunately, everything on the "normal cost" model will have to be added as extra paid options (RAM, drive, keyboard, screen )
As a result, you'll start by considering a "low-cost" iMac for just under $ 1.000 but you'll end up spending twice as much for the iMac you really need If you can still afford it.
=> "Low cost" for Tim and Co means more expensive for us.
If you can't afford an iMac, don't consider buying one. It will never get cheaper.
You're obviously new to this game. The price for an entry model iMac has always evolved round $ 1.000-1.200 - sometimes even as low as $ 700 -, but maybe you weren't born back then?
Since 2012 the entry model has however increased, now at $ 1.299 and with significant restrictions inciting to buy at least the next model for $ 1.499 or even the one at $ 1.799.
If you don't understand why some people are upset about the evolution, no need to argue, read previous comments about it instead.
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The retina display was added to the iPad mini late last year. You want that "much improved"?
Color gamut is terrible. Comparing an iPad Air side by side with an iPad mini makes it so clear. The colors are visibly DIFFERENT. pale.
It's not that bad. I have the 128GB Retina Mini and take it with me everywhere. The display is pretty darned amazing on it.
I also have an Airbthat I use just at home. Side by side looking at the same picture on both, the colors are better on the Air but they are far from terrible.
See comparison attachment below... Can you guess which is the air and which is the mini? (and don't watch this on a mini, it misses the whole point!
)As someone who takes a ton of pictures with a DSLR, it's a compromise I just cannot make.
if you want to do the same comparison with your own Air and Mini, just use this link on both devices: Link to purple pattern
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most people probably wont notice, or care to be honest.
Nothing wrong with that. the iPad Mini doesn't stop working cause the colours are off or oversaturated.
doesn't mean that Apple didn't quite live up to their reputation for making "premium" products with little issues.
An unfortunate situation that has been cropping up more and more lately
If anything you'll see Apple dropping MAJOR hints about Auto Layout. That's about it (but that's really all a smart developer needs).
Time for an iWatch... Maybe, Mac mini can wait a few months longer...
Others are selling wearable computers including Google and Samsung. Apple might do quite well with an iWatch if they market it correctly and if they avoid making the kind of clunky crap that Samsung (Gear) and Google (Glass) are showing right now. Gear and Glass are not exactly a hard targets to beat: Dick Tracy watches and Borg eyepieces. But if Apple waits much longer, there is the risk that these guys might figure out how to do enough things right that Apple finds themselves entering a crowded rather than a relatively empty playing field.
For Apple to make the margins they are accustomed to without subsidies, the iWatch is probably going to come in over $500. I saw some complaints in this thread about the $1000 model but that's the top of the line not the entry level version.
As for waiting a few extra months for a new Mac mini, I don't see the problem as long as Apple updates it some time in early 2015. Perhaps its appeal as a low cost entry is working well enough they feel they don't need to update it right now.
As for Apple engineers being spread too thin, I say great. It's better than having them all sitting on their thumbs or having inter-divisional wars like other tech companies such as Microsoft are known to do.
Others are selling wearable computers including Google and Samsung. Apple might do quite well with an iWatch if they market it correctly and if they avoid making the kind of clunky crap that Samsung (Gear) and Google (Glass) are showing right now. Gear and Glass are not exactly a hard targets to beat: Dick Tracy watches and Borg eyepieces. But if Apple waits much longer, there is the risk that these guys might figure out how to do enough things right that Apple finds themselves entering a crowded rather than a relatively empty playing field.
For Apple to make the margins they are accustomed to without subsidies, the iWatch is probably going to come in over $500. I saw some complaints in this thread about the $1000 model but that's the top of the line not the entry level version.
As for waiting a few extra months for a new Mac mini, I don't see the problem as long as Apple updates it some time in early 2015. Perhaps its appeal as a low cost entry is working well enough they feel they don't need to update it right now.
As for Apple engineers being spread too thin, I say great. It's better than having them all sitting on their thumbs or having inter-divisional wars like other tech companies such as Microsoft are known to do.
Unless, cheaper 20 inch iMacs with standard display (assuming new iMacs have retina display) launch at current mac mini prices or no more than $699. That'd be sweet.
