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Only 5x optical zoom, lol
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The Apple Watch segment was the most amusing to me. Anyone notice the position of Jeff William's shadow kept changing? Seemed like it was in a different position every time they cut back to him. I couldn't stop laughing, lol. Was the poor guy there all day long recording multiple takes? Or bad footage for green screen editing?
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Then they say the new Nike Sport Band will have a randomized pattern to make each band unique...yet all I could see was the same rendered/photoshopped pattern. Pick out a spec and you'll find it in the same place on all the bands. Might not be as obvious here, but I noticed it right away when sitting in front of my large TV.
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Apple Wonderlacklust man this thing blew chunks and was so underwhelming. Releasing products just to release them and not even enough improvements. Big 👎 down. Still getting the 15PM though and holding onto my Ultra watch.
 
Then they say the new Nike Sport Band will have a randomized pattern to make each band unique...yet all I could see was the same pattern. Pick out a spec and you'll find it in the same place on all the bands. Might not be as obvious here, but I noticed it right away when sitting in front of my large TV.
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Could these just be renders and not real bands?
 
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The 90 minutes I’ll never get back.

Upgrading from 12 Pro Max to 14 Pro Max. Lived with the lightening for 12 years. Another few wouldn’t hurt. Wife gets the 12 Pro max. The only thing I really wish the 12 Pro Max had was the close up photography which 13 introduced. 14 Pro Max is a good compromise I feel like instead of spending $1300 with tax unless anyone thinks base 15 Plus is a better bet than 14 Pro Max?
 
Does everybody just pay for extra iCloud storage?

It's great they keep increasing the size of the storage on the phones but then I need to increase the size/cost of my cloud backup.

The continuous revenue stream model is just unsustainable for consumers.
I'm trying to cut myself out of cloud and need to look into local sync options for photos/video. I have a 45TB server at home with redundancy that I use for Plex along with Time Machine and some other duties. Just need something to sync back photos and videos to it vs the cloud.
 
Oh man!!! Apple is getting oooooooold. All the people in the WWDC videos presenting Apple stuff are old - the only people that look young and healthy are in the videos and photos taken with the new devices. Did anyone but me notice this?

The same people present the same stuff with the same videos and the same wording. Uhuhuu - is this the end? Does the younger generation still want the iPhone or is the Samsung Fold/Google Pixel becoming more and more attractive?
 
Well, there's **** and there's more than that. What the hell was that?

Apart from the fact all the presenters have been training on a rodeo horse - what did they actually launch?

The most appalling waste of time ever!

Steve Jobs would be climbing out of his grave if he could.

Appalling!
 
I’ve been an iPhone user for years and I’ve had 8 phones since the iPhone 4 first came to Verizon. I think Apple has lost its lust and this might be the year I switch to galaxy s24 ultra. iPhone stuck on 60hz screens when android has 120hz on the mid level phones. The 5x zoom is a let down and the dynamic island on my 14PM is just about useless. Nothing new or exciting anymore and it’s been the same phone essentially since iPhone 10
 
Oh man!!! Apple is getting oooooooold. All the people in the WWDC videos presenting Apple stuff are old - the only people that look young and healthy are in the videos and photos taken with the new devices. Did anyone but me notice this?

The same people present the same stuff with the same videos and the same wording. Uhuhuu - is this the end? Does the younger generation still want the iPhone or is the Samsung Fold/Google Pixel becoming more and more attractive?
Well, next year Tim gets his Apple Magic Vision WheelChair Pro Max… heh
 
This is it. Final thoughts and remarks?
Ready to go Friday AM. Coming from a XS regular, this is a big upgrade for me. I already bought 2 Otterbox cases from the Apple website. I had a great time watching the event. I tend to adopt new things if applicable, so the Action button can be useful in my workflow and/or outside work. Additionally, I really like that White Titanium. Color cases are the way to go.You?
 
Two things -

1 - Is the satellite roadside assistance feature included with AAA membership, or with the phone for two years? It's either contradictory or misleading, or both?

2 - I don't see any watch bands I'd want? Why are they all.. ugly as sin? I get it, ditching leather to pretend like you're being environmentally conscious while manufacturing most all your stuff in one of the largest polluting countries on the planet.. and making all the things harder to repair and all of it non-upgradable.. cool.. cool... totally environmentally friendly.. suuuuuurrrrreeee... but, why do all the non-leather watch bands have to look so ... crappy??? Hopefully a third party steps up. Or, they look a hell of a lot better in person???


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