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Apple Consolidating AV Cables ahead of iPhone HD launch

The possibilities of the iPhone Pro and iPhone Dock are getting more and more real. Thanks for the story, everyday I'm getting more and more excited to see what comes at WWDC. If its just one iPhone, I'm gonna be down right disappointed.
 
One interesting thing this article suggests is that Apple could discontinue the Apple TV and use the iPod touch/iPhone to do what the Apple TV does today.
 
ravenvii said:
One interesting thing this article suggests is that Apple could discontinue the Apple TV and use the iPod touch/iPhone to do what the Apple TV does today.
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Good point. This is make sense seeing as Apple has insisted that Apple TV is a "hobby" and that they had some interesting ideas up their sleeves that they were thinking about. It makes a lot of sense. So would the dock almost take the place of the Apple TV, storing all the files?
 
ravenvii said:
One interesting thing this article suggests is that Apple could discontinue the Apple TV and use the iPod touch/iPhone to do what the Apple TV does today.
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No way. Who wants to miss phone calls or stop checking their e-mail on the sofa because they're watching a movie?

And heck, forgetting all that, the BEST way to use an Apple TV today is to control it with the 'Remote' app on the iPhone. If you plugged your iPhone into the TV, you'd lose out on the Apple TV's killer feature!

Now, what they COULD do is come up with an even smaller Apple TV that looks a lot like an iPhone without a screen on it. I can certainly see that happening. And yes, you're right that future iPhones will be capable of this and people using an iPhone as an Apple TV will be common...but not common enough that they'll stop making Apple TVs altogether.
 
I don't know?

After reading that article I don't buy it? I just can't see that, I can see the ability to connect the iPhone to your TV for various functions but not to be used for watching movies on your big screen. I guess I'm having a hard time making sense of that one.
 
Luke1robb said:
The possibilities of the iPhone Pro and iPhone Dock are getting more and more real. Thanks for the story, everyday I'm getting more and more excited to see what comes at WWDC. If its just one iPhone, I'm gonna be down right disappointed.
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You might just be one disappointed person than, because i really don't think there will be more than one version of the new iphone. there might be one that is has less options that will be sold in certain places, but i think there will be only one main new iphone
 
basesloaded190 said:
You might just be one disappointed person than, because i really don't think there will be more than one version of the new iphone. there might be one that is has less options that will be sold in certain places, but i think there will be only one main new iphone
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I can almost certainly say there will be at least 2 iPhones. It's just common business sense, people have different requirements.

Look at Apple's current product line:

Consumer
Macbook
Mac Mini
iMac

Professional
Mac Pro
Macbook Pro
Macbook Air

2 different types of products. Consumers want thinner, lighter devices, different colours, good cameras. Professionals have bigger budgets, they want more powerful phones, better battery life, better reception.
 
nick9191 said:
I can almost certainly say there will be at least 2 iPhones. It's just common business sense, people have different requirements.

2 different types of products. Consumers want thinner, lighter devices, different colours, good cameras. Professionals have bigger budgets, they want more powerful phones, better battery life, better reception.
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I still don't believe that there will be two different types of iPhone available. Different types of laptops/computers are far different from different types of mobile phones. Sorry, I just don't see it happening...they aren't Nokia...I don't think they're in the business to have 1400 different types of phone, with a new one released every week.
 
nick9191 said:
I can almost certainly say there will be at least 2 iPhones. It's just common business sense, people have different requirements.

Look at Apple's current product line:

Consumer
Macbook
Mac Mini
iMac

Professional
Mac Pro
Macbook Pro
Macbook Air

2 different types of products. Consumers want thinner, lighter devices, different colours, good cameras. Professionals have bigger budgets, they want more powerful phones, better battery life, better reception.
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I agree, it would be a smart move on Apple's part if they had a "cheaper" iPhone for basic consumers and another for power users. Not everyone needs all of the same capabilities on their iPhone.
 
uiop. said:
I agree, it would be a smart move on Apple's part if they had a "cheaper" iPhone for basic consumers and another for power users. Not everyone needs all of the same capabilities on their iPhone.
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Then they can go ahead and do that for OS X too, right? Have 3-4 different releases like Home, Office, Pro, and Media. Wait, that sounds familiar...

On a serious note, I think another iPhone model wouldn't be a bad idea, as long as they don't go crazy with new ones.
 
If they are streaming the HD movies over wifi like they do HD Podcasts then I can see this being a reality.
 
I love that people complain when MS has different versions of their OS, but when Apple does it it is an amazing idea.
 
uiop. said:
I agree, it would be a smart move on Apple's part if they had a "cheaper" iPhone for basic consumers and another for power users. Not everyone needs all of the same capabilities on their iPhone.
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If there were ever to be a "cheaper" iPhone model, it'll be feature equivalent (or just flat out the same) to what exists now.
 
uiop. said:
I agree, it would be a smart move on Apple's part if they had a "cheaper" iPhone for basic consumers and another for power users. Not everyone needs all of the same capabilities on their iPhone.
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What on earth does a phone power user look like?
 
ravenvii said:
One interesting thing this article suggests is that Apple could discontinue the Apple TV and use the iPod touch/iPhone to do what the Apple TV does today.
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Won't happen. According to their latest earnings call, Apple TV sales grew more than 300% in Q1 '09 over Q1 '08. This is an emerging market for Apple.
 
cellocello said:
If there were ever to be a "cheaper" iPhone model, it'll be feature equivalent (or just flat out the same) to what exists now.
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Exactly. Apple can keep the iPhone 3G or something similar with the same features and price points and then release another higher end phone.
 
KingHuds said:
I love that people complain when MS has different versions of their OS, but when Apple does it it is an amazing idea.
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I do think that the multiple versions of Vista was a bad idea. But having a version for home users and professional users seemed logical, like in XP.

/off topic.
 
A 720p display on the iPhone?

Cool, but what about today's apps? Scaling them up may make them quite fugly.
 
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