No hyperbole here but Apple needs to stop trying to humanize computers. No. Just no. You're embarrassing yourself, Apple. One reason why Android is a masterpiece is that it's very sterile. No gimmicks or flash. Just straight forward features. We don't need stupid Digital Touch. Just stop it. I don't need to see sketches from my friend and family. I don't need to feel my girlfriend's stupid heartbeat. I don't "emotive" text messages. I don't need my smartphone to be "fun." What I need is all-day battery life. I need widgets that tell me the current weather.
You sound fun. What's the weather like tomorrow?
That's original. I'll save it and show you in 10 years to remind you how silly you sounded when Apple are still making more profit per hour than most people will probably see in their lifetime (it's about $4.8 million of you take the poor perforing last quarter as an average across the year)
... That nobody buys. Apple should focus more on advertising in this area, as I think it has potential.
[you were referring to HomeKit at this point]. A lot of people invest in HomeKit tech, and as sales of smart home technology are growing and will continue to grow (there are even connected dishwashers and cooking extractor hoods now but no idea why!) hopefully Apple will link up and get more of it HomeKit approved - or whatever they call it. I rally think you miss the point saying 'nobody buys it' - I think this is a huge market for the future, and the very near future at that. If Apple sleeps they will really miss out.
Someone else confirmed it earlier in this thread. Not got a screenshot yet as not got it installed yet.
Edit: got this screenshot. Also Markup for messages, finally!
Ooooh 'unlimited tabs in safari! I hate how when I open a tab and have reached my limit safari just replaces on of the oldest tabs. I browse and read news sites by opening tabs in the background (on the iPad anyway, I hate how on the iPhone it opens the tab, I hope they change that too) and then spend time reading. Inevitably I come across my links to read later, and end up with stuff I want to keep for longer. I don't like the bookmarks in Safari in iOS, I find them hard to navigate and edit, so I just use tabs until I decide to close them. For many this may be a nothing feature, for me it's great.
I also really like ApplePay I'm safari. I probably only make one or two cash transactions per month, most stuff is via a card and more and more is now ApplePay. I pay all my bills online, and a lot of my shopping (well over half) is online, ApplePay would just make it quicker and easier and I'm interested in the security side too, not having to enter card details on a website can only be a good thing.
Would serve Apple right if their shares dived after that keynote.
I don't remember an Apple event where shares haven't fallen after, but they are still plodding along, ten years little company just about managing to pay the bills.
This keynote made it obvious that Apple has absolutely no ideas for their products anymore. Opening basic apps for developers, some emojis, and a few design changes.
They shout out loud "no more thing ever".
Lg and Samsung will bring bendable phones that will make apples portfolio obsolete. It will kill Apple Watch, the iPhones, and the small iPads.
Google and Microsoft are miles ahead in points of voice recognition and translation, what will be the next big thing. Your bendable watch will make it convenient to communicate everywhere with everyone in any language.
Apple just comes around with some nineties stuff like gymnastics, just labels it as health. Nobody cares.
Apple will die slowly, iOS 10 will probably be the last iOS. Microsoft is the new Apple. And Google gets the market.
You sound really bitter about something, what is it exactly? Did Apple not do something you wanted? If you paid attention you'd know Apple haven't announced hardware at a developers conference for a while now, and when they did it was very little, usually pro equipment. If you think bendable phones will end everything you are delusional, tell me why anyone should rush out to buy a phone that bends?
That said, I bet my right arm Apple have been looking at bendable screens and tech, they spend tens of billions a year on research, they are not investing it all on emojis! Bendable is a gimmick, certainly it will be from the beginning. For me I can't truly understand how 'bendable' can be 'strong', and as well as not really needing a device that bends I certainly don't need a device that breaks easily. In time I'm sure they will work it out, we can all be bending our devices and going 'ooooh look at this' and having a jolly good laugh about it. Oh I can't wait.
Many people care about the health kit Apple is developing, go and have a look at some of the research level stuff they are investing in and enabling, it's impressive, it could make a huge impact. You may well be very fit and healthy, but if ever that changes you may appreciate some of the things Apple are doing.
Microsoft is the new Microsoft, they are just finding their edge again, I'm glad, innovation is good for us all. As for Apple dieting slowly, well, people on here have been predicting it for years, yet still they grow. Time will tell, but if you truly believe it I will happily have a bet with you, I do love a sure thing.
