Translation: "I don't qualify nor can I afford an upgrade right now so let me mock the new iPhone to make myself feel better about it."
I'm so proud of Apple for creating these amazing products. Apple exceeded expectations in every possible way with their announcements today. Tim Cook has silenced all his doubters.
Tim is correct.
Steve picked him for a reason......because he is a winner.
Simple.
LOL, nice try.
The next few months are going to be difficult for jerks- as they are proven wrong over and over and Apple sets new records of sales, profit, marketshare, etc. while the Galaxy Gear fades into the abyss and the rest of Android continues its race to the bottom.
But yeah, grasp at every straw you can.
My god the fanboys are out in force today.
Back in the real world... The reaction from everyone I know to this launch is "meh".
It's really weird, as a long time Apple defender I'm now seriously considering the switch to Android but even my Android loving friends seem disappointed with this launch rather than doing the usual mocking - I think they wanted more as well because at heart we're all tech geeks and like to see progress for the sake of advancement. This isn't progress.
The phones are ok, but that's it. Ok. Not great, not special, no advancement for the most mainstream model (4.7"), it'll perform similar to the 5S, similar battery life (which is the
one area people really wanted an upgrade), it's got a bigger screen and is thinner at the cost of a protruding camera (also no physical upgrade from the 5S) and has that ugly, amateurish design to the antenna breaks.
The watch, well, we were expecting better, it's pretty "meh" too and convinced no-one I know that they'd be wearing watches - functionality aside it's also a fashion item but it's just not very slick in that regard.
I can see why Jony Ive brought in Marc Newson though, seems he probably designed the thing -
So fanboys, stop getting all evangelical please. This launch is ok, nothing more and in-fact a disappointment to many, even non-fans of Apple.
There's literally nothing revolutionary about anything we saw, nothing really exciting. The sales numbers will be huge but that's not because these are the best Apple products ever, it's because Apple is still cool for many people and they want the latest Apple products, many are tied to the eco system so will probably just get the standard like-for-like upgrade from their iPhone 5's etc etc. You won't be proving anyone wrong when Apple sets sales records, it's expected, but that doesn't mean these are the most amazing products the world has ever seen.
Apple are making small steps backward in innovation and design rather than being well ahead of the pack - the current Android phone/phablet offerings are not a million miles from these brand new Apple ones where in the past they'd have been watching the keynote with fear and nervousness, struggling to keep up for a year or so - all this launch has done is likely spark complacency for the entire industry.
You know what? I'll probably get the iPhone 6 anyway because I'm due my upgrade from my 5 and I'm in the eco system, it's not quite bad enough to make me switch. Sad really isn't it.
