Yep… am I right to say that there hasn’t much changed since iPhone 12, 13, 14, 15???
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Apple Event Live Blog: iPhone 16, Apple Watch 10, and New AirPods!
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You can tell that the engineers have taken over...now two extra buttons on the phone, and with all the emphasis on camera updates.
No Ultra 3 is telling and also an engineering thing. Not selling well enough becuase of it's more rugged looks vs Series 9 to put much R&D this year. Make something less bold in a bigger size Series 10 instead and see how it sells.
No Ultra 3 is telling and also an engineering thing. Not selling well enough becuase of it's more rugged looks vs Series 9 to put much R&D this year. Make something less bold in a bigger size Series 10 instead and see how it sells.
The smartphone as a category reached the "good enough" category years ago, which is a serious threat to the whole industry. In fact, why would a 13 user feel the need to buy a 16? Honestly? They have nothing to improve anymore, which is why one feels that they are magnifying unnecessary nonsense with the power of marketing to maintain the feeling that something important has been added. And it's getting harder and harder. But I don't blame them. Smartphones have reached their limit...
lol, so I’m not the only one who got distracted by those micro jumps… I thought he needed to 💩 badly 😂🤣😂
iPhone 13 Pro Max here.
Nice incremental updates to the 16 Pro Max, specially Wi-Fi 7 and 4K/120 video recording.
But not enough for me to upgrade yet. Waiting for next year 17 Pro Max: all-three 48 PM rear cameras, 24 MP front, and under-display FaceID.
Nice incremental updates to the 16 Pro Max, specially Wi-Fi 7 and 4K/120 video recording.
But not enough for me to upgrade yet. Waiting for next year 17 Pro Max: all-three 48 PM rear cameras, 24 MP front, and under-display FaceID.
Seems to be. Which is good. I don’t like it when they give the bigger phone exclusive features (and whenever they do, they inevitably bring those features to the smaller phone the following year).
I'm not sure 'bigger and heavier' were the adjectives most people were hoping for for the iPhones Pros. I have big hands and 15PM seems at the limit for sensible one handed use already...
So you don’t have any imagination too… or are you one of Apple designers?
Just a reminder
The previous years’ Pro models always get discontinued pretty sharpish.
Instead of buying something new straight from them, I just bought an open box Watch Ultra 2 on Ebay for $500. Thanks for saving me money Apple!
I am not sure if the Apple Watch Ultra models have been selling well. I am thinking we might not see an Ultra 3 and they might tell folks to go to Apple Watch 10 in titanium instead
The same could be said of laptops.
Phones are just glass and metal shells. The real innovation is in software.
Never in my life have I turned off an Apple presentation midway, until today. The pre-recorded format, packed with marketing jargon and lacking genuine passion, is soulless. I might as well just read a summary afterward. Meh
Have to admit, as someone who usually loves these events, the last 30+ minutes was hard to get through. Not very exciting. A few nuggets here and there like Voice Memos, but the camera button and AI/VI was introduced with the 16 lineup. I'll review again, but I could actually downgrade to the 16 Plus this year or wait.
Is the 15 Pro going to get any/some of the AI features with iOS 18? Because that would be the only reason I'd be even slightly tempted to upgrade from my 15 Pro.
Might get an Air instead. Have altered between them, so maybe so then.
I need to trade in the mini 5 before it's worthless.
Possibly the most low energy presentation ever, and that's counting previous years, jeez. I mean, you're reading off a teleprompter with no live audience with multiple takes, at least put some energy into it.
If you have a 13 Pro onwards with a 120Hz display, there is zero reason to upgrade. Phones don't have anywhere to go as a product anymore, and Tim has been trying to milk something released in 2007 and probably worked on since 2004. Apple Intelligence also looks like a joke, and isn't even releasing until December, and only in US English.
If you have a 13 Pro onwards with a 120Hz display, there is zero reason to upgrade. Phones don't have anywhere to go as a product anymore, and Tim has been trying to milk something released in 2007 and probably worked on since 2004. Apple Intelligence also looks like a joke, and isn't even releasing until December, and only in US English.
Of course they are trying to get people to upgrade every year. Not everyone will, they understand that, but to claim the goal is not to sell as many iPhones as possible is a bit silly. They spent quite a lot of time comparing performance to iPhone 15. That's a direct pitch to iPhone 15 owners.
Not according to their UK website. It states it still has nano SIM.
what the hell was with the AirPods Max, just new colours and USB-C after 5 years!!
With the iPhone 15 pro max only netting up to $650 from apple that would mean I would still have to come up with 650-700 dollars to upgrade to a 16 pro max model ( not that I plan to upgrade this is just an hypothetical ). That money could be better spent else where or saved for the iPhone 17 pro max/ultra.