Some people do but by any definition this was not major innovation. It was a minor rehash with a few small changes. I suspect their trade in values will go down which will enable them to retain the prices. Their competitors are out innovating them or are beating them massively on price. Nothing they produced this time was bad but their was no real usp/compelling element. There was a massive amount of bullshido (the ancient creed of the flim flam man).
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Event Live Blog: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, New Apple Watches, and AirPods Pro 3
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
AI? I have to say of you want better AI features, look at third party options. There’s more than enough.
Personally I think it was a mistake for Apple to get bogged down in promising AI features, it wasn’t the direction they were going in, they did it because of ahareholder pressure, and it didn’t work out.
If AI is your thing, don’t wait for Apple to do it, there’s lots of other options.
As for health, what new features it use-cases did you expect or hope for?
As yet, Apple isn’t a “health technology” company, most health features they offer are either motivational or emergency - they really aren’t an alternative to medical equipment ( bar perhaps APP as hearing aids).
That’s a great idea. No bump, longer battery life and they can market it as 3mm thick. I guess that’s saved for the 18 air.
Baggy pants are coming back in fashion. Did you not see multiple Apple cougar VPs with their cartoonishly large pants?
I noticed. If he can't fix that with his amount of money, yikes! Perhaps this is the source of their new crystal technology.
This event was boring as all hell. My first thought was they are getting worse every year. Then again they hit bottom with that « Mother Nature » skit. Tim looked pale and tired, lacking energy. Maybe he’s running out the clock and is winding down. Bland and uninspirational - even for Cook.
I’ll upgrade this time. Mostly for the video upgrades and the spec bumps from the 14PM I have. Ho humm. I’ll also be honest and say I kind of like the idea Apple doesn’t has AI everywhere. And the privacy.
I also have a Pixel. With Graphene OS now a red flag for criminal behaviour it’s back to Android. So I rock both but use the iPhone as my daily.
Funny thing is I kind of get why Apple did the cameras as they did. 3X is for portraits so they kind of went back a bit while giving you a better sensor with a crop to 12mp for 8X. And Pro Res raw to compliment my Braw instead of Pro Res LT and such I also use. I could be wrong in some specs so forgive me if they are incorrect.
I have apps in the Apple app store and Google play store so I rock both OS systems. Unlike the 14 release, I’ll wait a few weeks for the software bugs to be worked out.
I also have a Pixel. With Graphene OS now a red flag for criminal behaviour it’s back to Android. So I rock both but use the iPhone as my daily.
Funny thing is I kind of get why Apple did the cameras as they did. 3X is for portraits so they kind of went back a bit while giving you a better sensor with a crop to 12mp for 8X. And Pro Res raw to compliment my Braw instead of Pro Res LT and such I also use. I could be wrong in some specs so forgive me if they are incorrect.
I have apps in the Apple app store and Google play store so I rock both OS systems. Unlike the 14 release, I’ll wait a few weeks for the software bugs to be worked out.
Surprisingly I am very satisfied of this Keynote.
Apple delivered.
Beautiful 17 Pro in orange with upgraded front and telephoto cameras, 4x and 8x optical zoom, better CPU/GPU, more RAM; better modem and better wifi/BT chip.
New design. Improved thermal performances, and screen brightness.
Airpods Pro 3 with better sound; fits better, better ANC which is already impressive on APP2.
Live translation available at launch.
Brand new design for iOS
Congratulations, finally. Last couple years were so disappointing. I was in awe back again and man it feels good
Apple delivered.
Beautiful 17 Pro in orange with upgraded front and telephoto cameras, 4x and 8x optical zoom, better CPU/GPU, more RAM; better modem and better wifi/BT chip.
New design. Improved thermal performances, and screen brightness.
Airpods Pro 3 with better sound; fits better, better ANC which is already impressive on APP2.
Live translation available at launch.
Brand new design for iOS
Congratulations, finally. Last couple years were so disappointing. I was in awe back again and man it feels good
I'm not mad, and my Mac mini is made out of aluminum. I don't begrudge the material, I do call them on their nonsense of telling us titanium is the future, but now we're back to I've era aluminum. Complete with knockoff Johnny I've narration. Which one is it? And if it's not titanium then they need to explain why.
Your explanation doesn't make sense. It's still gonna dissipate heat. Whether it's titanium or aluminum
It’s not like Tim has a stressful job. Everyone does the work for him and has been for the better part of a decade and a half.
Haha, did you notice every single Product person narrating had a thick English accent just like Ive? Even the Indian one. Does the Product group do casting calls?
Aluminum's thermal conductivity is about 10 times higher than titanium's!
Yeah that's wild. When Verizon introduced their 5GUW you were forced into a newer more expensive plan that supported it which was to push people off the original unlimited plan they introduced around 2016. Also any data consumed under 5GUW didn't count towards the invisible threshold before you were throttled (unless that's changed now)
Well...he is from Alabama after all. When I lived there I never had a problem scheduling a dentist visit. Could have probably gotten same day service lol
Great that you had hope, I surely didn't, but my mini is fine and will last me some more good time.
No flips yet from Apple. See how long that will take?
I didn't seem very fit to me, rather lost muscles, which is not good. He didn't look healthy.
Poor guy, but we all make our choics.
It was late here, I just waited for it to end to go to sleep.
But it was probably one of the best 'sleeping-pil' of the Apple Keynotes I've watched.
Didn't felt the fraction of a shopping-feel towards anything.
An iPhone Air mini would've been sweet though.
But my mini is young and happy, so I guess it was comforting for my dear mini.
Before this change, Apple's different operating systems had different version numbers because they were introduced at different times. For example, you might have had iOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 12, and visionOS 2 all released in the same year. This was confusing for customers and developers. By switching to a year-based system, every major operating system released in the fall of 2025 will be branded with "26" to represent the model year of 2026. This includes iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and so on.