Apple Event Live Blog: iPhone 16, Apple Watch 10, and New AirPods!

[Hammerd]

Has anyone noticed how half of the "new features" are not even new?!

5x : not new on pro max
ProMotion, action button, usb-c with usb 3, Apple Intelligence, Titanium : also available on 15 pro
(the rest are trivial things)

Are they really thinking we’re that dumb???

What’s new is 120fps 4K that takes all the 128GB memory you have in 3min, filters (photographic styles), better mic (who cares) and wifi 7 (who cares?!). Better CPU (who cares) and spacial video (who th cares!?!?)

 

[WinstonSmyth]

Only 1 mm thinner (10.7 → 9.7 mm).

It's lacking the blood oxygen sensor that older watches have.

 

[DotCom2]

So the updated milanese loop doesn’t much different than the previous version.

Yeah. imma gonna have to go into store to compare.

 

[WinstonSmyth]

I think this is pretty huge, hearing aids are very expensive, thousands…Apple could disrupt this industry substantially.. old people will want them just because they don’t look like your wearing an aid, there msy be a fight to get the fda to shelve this… we are talking billions

Hearing aids have become an over the counter item now, and you can buy them for less than the price of AirPods. With a normal hearing aid, they are really not apparent unless someone is looking for them, many are almost completely in the ear.

 

[Minato1990]

After all these years with Apple. Been there since the 3G my father gave it to me. I decided that

I will be going forward with the Malus pumila and getting that 16 Pro Max yeeehaww!

 

[Gathomblipoob]

have anyone used AI to create next year's presentation yet?

 

[zaidbaby]

View attachment 2414694Has anyone noticed how half of the "new features" are not even new?!

5x : not new on pro max
ProMotion, action button, usb-c with usb 3, Apple Intelligence, Titanium : also available on 15 pro

Are they really thinking we’re that dumb???

What’s new is 120fps 4K that takes all the 128GB memory you have in 3min, filters (photographic styles), better mic (who cares) and wifi 7 (who cares?!). Better CPU (who cares) and spacial video (who th cares!?!?)

You see, people will still buy this. So, yeah they do think we're dumb!

 

[mtrctyjoe]

This is the first time in history I have no plans to upgrade to a new iPhone. We have reached peak smartphone. Hoping for an iPad Pro Mini 🤞

 

[Hammerd]

You see, people will still buy this. So, yeah they do think we're dumb!

I bet less and less will

 

[gri]

Yawn. Every year the thinnest, fastest, bestest ever...
Without true innovation.

Wake me up if there is something SUBSTANTIALLY new. Camera with 20x optical zoom.
Foldable phone.
Round, thinner watch with blood pressure measurements.

 

[ric22]

Hearing aids have become an over the counter item now, and you can buy them for less than the price of AirPods. With a normal hearing aid, they are really not apparent unless someone is looking for them, many are almost completely in the ear.

Yeah, they're hardly a replacement. You'd look a bit silly wearing AirPods all day every day.

 

[trip1ex]

My ENT doc actually said airpods clog your ears with wax and "business is booming" for him because people are now coming in regularly to get their ears cleaned out. The in-ear tips push wax deeper into your canal and clog it.

exactly. and yep it's also frickin' expensive. $200+ for me a visit. And they always tell me I have good health insurance. Yeah good for them health insurance.

2 different methods so far I have experienced. 1st time they squirted water into my ear with a hand pump until they got it out. Was the size of an almond in one ear. My kid would have done it for free with his Super Soaker.

second time was a machine that pulled some long 12" centipede looking stringy piece of wax out using suction of some sort.

 

[gri]

Just got a pair of Sony MDR7506 cans today. First made in the 90s.

Compared to the 11 yes. Big steps. Compared to the 15 - not really.
I went from 12 to 15 and that was noticeable.,
Will do 15 to 18 or so.

 

[trekkie604]

Compared to the 11 yes. Big steps. Compared to the 15 - not really.
I went from 12 to 15 and that was noticeable.,
Will do 15 to 18 or so.

sounds about right. Takes 3 years to save up the $2k CAD for a new one anyways lol

 

[9081094]

So what would you like them to do or add, there is only so much you can do with sound?

Well at least a different form factor. They’re renewing their iPods too with better tech inside. Is it too much to ask for a better iPod max after 5 years? They should lower their prices for 5 years old tech.

 

[oldtime]

Don't. The APMs are still the best wireless headphones you can buy in terms of audio quality. I've tested so many including the Dysons.

The Bathys blow them out of the water IMO. The new Aventho 300 look like a better alternative as well.

The APM are the most versatile if you're in the ecosystem, tho. Worth it just for that, especially if you have an ATV.

 

[BoxerGT2.5]

I think this is pretty huge, hearing aids are very expensive, thousands…Apple could disrupt this industry substantially.. old people will want them just because they don’t look like your wearing an aid, there msy be a fight to get the fda to shelve this… we are talking billions

OTC hearing aids were approved in October of 2021. They’ve been available in other countries longer than they have in the US, their adoption rate is less than 1%. Apple will not change that, Bose tried and failed. The issue is battery life. Most hearing aid wearears are wearing them 8-12yrs a day, what is best case scenario with AirPods? 6hrs? Bose had a device that looked like a horse collar, people had to charge it multiple times throughout the day and that battery was larger than what is in an AirPod.

 

[Fat_Guy]

If the big thing being talked about is Apple pushing out AirPods that also work as hearing aids - then Apple is in trouble…

 

[justperry]

Good news.
I am richer as of today, I can get a better Mac Mini in a few months because
of this underwhelming event.

 

[brofkand]

Only excited about APP as hearing aids. Sticking with my Pixel 9 Pro XL and 15 Pro. No upgrade this year.

Do you typically upgrade every year?

 

[Chungry]

I see more and more folks online with the consensus that this was a sleeper of an Apple event. As in, it was video Xanax

 

[kalsta]

I'm ready.View attachment 2414330

Darn, you beat me!!

 

[Alameda]

A politically woke company with heavy DEI emphasis is now yielding nothing in terms of innovation. But hey, it looks great for the camera.

Take your politics somewhere else. Apple hires incredibly talented people. Apple and all of Silicon Valley has always been incredibly diverse and bigots wouldn’t last two minutes at most tech companies.

 

[NastyMatt]

The event this year was underwhelming. I think Apple needs to enter the ‘folding‘ format for iPhones/iPads to generate some new interest.

 

[frogleader12]

The event this year was underwhelming. I think Apple needs to enter the ‘folding‘ format for iPhones/iPads to generate some new interest.

meh, folding phones aren't that useful.

the stuff added each year is meant to be incremental and you aren;t supposed to upgrade every year

upgrade from a 11 or 12 not a 15 pro