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2016's Biggest Apple Leaks: iPhone, Macs, Apple Watch, iPad, and More

Fun recap. Thanks MR team! I've been coming here since 2001 and your tireless efforts have not only been a part of my daily routine, but also greatly appreciated. Thank you all for the energy, dedication, commitment and passion you exhaust to ensure such a vibrant community has a place to congregate.

That said, my only ask is of our vibrant community: let's actively work to treat each other with a little more kindness and dignity in 2017.

One of the reasons I've been drawn to this community is because we share higher-than-normal standards for, and expectations of (amongst other things), the way software, hardware and technology interface with our world. Yet we don't appear to have any standards when it comes to how we treat each other in this forum (or elsewhere). In the 15 years I've been an active member here, this past year was about as vile as I can recall. The destructive negativity and pointless snark was paramount. Embarrassing even. And I think we're better than that.

Actionable feedback is a critical component of any healthy environment and is the only way meaningful improvement/innovation exist. But actionable feedback doesn't stop at just complaining. Complaining is easy. It's lazy. It's how children react to frustration or confusion (I see it daily with my 2 & 6 year olds). Complaining does little to improve anything. But actionable feedback pairs criticism with solution. It's what separates the champs from the chumps. And it's what I expect of a community that expects so much of others.

Here's to a happier, healthier 2017!

Cheers!
 
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The rumour that I found the weirdest was the smart connectors.

What were they originally for, did Apple plan an entire ecosystem of smart covers? And why did they shelve it! We know Tim loves dongles, was he scared a smart cover might take impact dongle sales?

Good job macrumors, you get an A! There weren't any real surprises, but that is also because Tim isn't really innovating. Tim Dongle head Cook, you get an F for being a tool.
 
Elijen said:
MacRumors' biggest clickbait article: this one?
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Respectfully, you don't understand what "Clickbait" is. This article is no where near signifying clickbait. This is simply a reflection of the posted rumors thus to date. If you want to see Clickbait articles, Try Yahoo for starters.
 
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"the rumor mill was fairly accurate at predicting Apple's product plans for 2016."

Let's get it straight. There were no predictions, they were given leaked info by unscrupulous suppliers and manufacturers.
 
For thousands of years aboriginal tribes danced to usher in the rainy season thereby ensuring their future success. Apple's rain dance has been to completely ignore it's passionate user base, decrease battery size, remove ports, and make minor improvements to their existing products as component tech inches forward. Where's the magic gone?
 
lazyrighteye said:
Fun recap. Thanks MR team! I've been coming here since 2001 and your tireless efforts have not only been a part of my daily routine, but also greatly appreciated. Thank you all for the energy, dedication, commitment and passion you exhaust to ensure such a vibrant community has a place to congregate.

That said, my only ask is of our vibrant community: let's actively work to treat each other with a little more kindness and dignity in 2017.

One of the reasons I've been drawn to this community is because we share higher-than-normal standards for, and expectations of (amongst other things), the way software, hardware and technology interface with our world. Yet we don't appear to have any standards when it comes to how we treat each other in this forum (or elsewhere). In the 15 years I've been an active member here, this past year was about as vile as I can recall. The destructive negativity and pointless snark was paramount. Embarrassing even. And I think we're better than that.

Actionable feedback is a critical component of any healthy environment and is the only way meaningful improvement/innovation exist. But actionable feedback doesn't stop at just complaining. Complaining is easy. It's lazy. It's how children react to frustration or confusion (I see it daily with my 2 & 6 year olds). Complaining does little to improve anything. But actionable feedback pairs criticism with solution. It's what separates the champs from the chumps. And it's what I expect of a community that expects so much of others.

Here's to a happier, healthier 2017!

Cheers!
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Beautifully said and I further your comments!
 
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iMac rumors have been pretty much non-existent this year. Even Ming-Chi Kuo cannot do more than to repeat things we can assume for ourselves: yes of course eventually iMacs will receive updates and new price tags. Actually, expect a new MR article soon ;-)
 
I wish those would come with a selection of funniest "OBVIOUSLY FAKE – look at the pixels here in the top right corner – I measured them in Photoshop and they are 0.2% brighter" and "Apple would NEVER make their cameras look like this" comments.

My brother got her wife an iPhone 7 a few days ago and they both refer to the camera as "the zit".
 
lazyrighteye said:
Fun recap. Thanks MR team! I've been coming here since 2001 and your tireless efforts have not only been a part of my daily routine, but also greatly appreciated. Thank you all for the energy, dedication, commitment and passion you exhaust to ensure such a vibrant community has a place to congregate.

That said, my only ask is of our vibrant community: let's actively work to treat each other with a little more kindness and dignity in 2017.

One of the reasons I've been drawn to this community is because we share higher-than-normal standards for, and expectations of (amongst other things), the way software, hardware and technology interface with our world. Yet we don't appear to have any standards when it comes to how we treat each other in this forum (or elsewhere). In the 15 years I've been an active member here, this past year was about as vile as I can recall. The destructive negativity and pointless snark was paramount. Embarrassing even. And I think we're better than that.

Actionable feedback is a critical component of any healthy environment and is the only way meaningful improvement/innovation exist. But actionable feedback doesn't stop at just complaining. Complaining is easy. It's lazy. It's how children react to frustration or confusion (I see it daily with my 2 & 6 year olds). Complaining does little to improve anything. But actionable feedback pairs criticism with solution. It's what separates the champs from the chumps. And it's what I expect of a community that expects so much of others.

Here's to a happier, healthier 2017!

Cheers!
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I agree with you, even though I have certainly done my share of piling on in 2016.

But I'd like to point out that what you're watching is the Mac community as we've known it collapse in on itself. You're watching an entire era come to a smashing, crashing and catastrophic end as iOS devices march on and the Mac appears to be getting sunset and left behind. It's like the catharsis of a years' long on-again-off-again break up with a lover (Apple) has been pouring out onto this forum... which sounds overly dramatic, I know.

To put it another way, this last year Apple let down or entirely dumped (on) some of their most rabid fans, and everyone is heartbroken and lashing out. I think that people are whining, complaining, being hostile and sarcastic because they generally care a lot and hate what they're seeing.

The situation for most here has grown dire, though the truth is that we'll all move on just fine (even if it's away from Apple). I think you'll definitely see things return to more of a normal around MR as we move away from 2016 as people will eventually get sorted and move on.

And I think that the Mac community will still continue to exist, but it'll be a far cry from it's heyday years (2005/2006 - 2013 IMO).
 
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It's incredible that Apple still loses smartphone market share despite Samsung ****ing up big time.

I am really curious what "incredible" year 2017 will be - I think the time between Jobs death and 2015 was "peak Apple" and we are now witnessing the big slump.

The ecosystems to conquer are getting smaller - music players, phones and watches as personal gear, tablets and computers as systems you use privately or at your job - there's hardly a logical next step. Cars is way too big for Apple, they just don't have this in the DNA. Home automation would be a candidate, but they'd need strong industrial partners and Google and MS are on this too. They missed drones and VR, they are getting out of displays and Wifi routers, they missed ePaper readers, they never have been good at sustaining a software business..

Apple has never been good at defending a market via flexible prices, different models, or co-marketing agreements, so if and when the fields to disrupt get less, their growth will be further stunted.
 
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