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Apple Event: Recapping Last-Minute Rumors for iPhone 15 and More

firsttube said:
I'm so sad about the end of the small phone. After alllll the marketing apple did to justify having a smaller phone (iPhone 5/5s ads, when androids were starting to become phablets), to giving in to the market, just to return to making a smaller phone again in 2020. Fast forward to axing it after two years in 2021. I love my 13 mini and don't plan to upgrade besides battery any time soon. Sad trombone noises.
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I think it's weird. Apple's product lineup is such a mess, offering eleventeen different iPads to accommodate every possible type of tablet user yet, they can't justify a smaller phone?
 
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lazyrighteye said:
I think it's weird. Apple's product lineup is such a mess, offering elventeen different iPads to accommodate every possible type of tablet user yet, they can't justify a smaller phone?
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Where is the eleven different iPads? The current models for sale in the USA are:
11" and 12.9" iPad Pros
10.9" iPad Air (5th gen)
8.3" iPad Mini (6th gen)
10.2" iPad (10th gen)

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Any of y’all using this to charge your iPhone 15?

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Realityck said:
Where is the eleven different iPads? The current models for sale in the USA are:
11" and 12.9" iPad Pros
10.9" iPad Air (5th gen)
8.3" iPad Mini (6th gen)
10.2" iPad (10th gen)

www.apple.com

Buy iPad

Shop the latest iPad models and accessories. Save with Apple Trade In, carrier offers, and flexible monthly payment options. Get expert help today.
www.apple.com
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Sorry. I attempted to leverage "eleventeen" becasue it wasn't a real number - further illustrating, in a light-hearted way, that I feel there are too many iPad offerings. Example: why Air? Would like to get to a two-category scenario: iPad and iPad Pro. Offer each model in varying sizes, configs - whatever. But two easily distinguishable categories: consumer and prosumer. Done. Take this across all prodcut lines. 👍
 
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ said:
Imagine if you buy a brand new iPhone 14 Pro Max today. 👀 🤯

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For this buyer scenario it's likely he gets a price match discount (price changes within exchange period), and then doesn't have to pay the rumored price hike for the iPhone 15 Pro Max models. Could be $200 to $300 cheaper deal maybe? 🤩
 
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What’s more eco friendly than Leather? It’s a completely natural product that decays to regular organic compounds? I don’t understand the lingo here…
 
Woodstockie said:
Similar situation. Our daughter was also the last one of her friends to get a phone (she has been using an older iPad Pro for texting, school, etc). When she turned 13 last May as a birthday gift she would get an iPhone at the beginning of her 8th grade year. Buying a new phone was out of the question, so, last week we got her an iPhone 12 128GB, together with a sturdy case and we set something limits on use at school and home. She was super excited and shared it with her friends, who were also very excited. Got the phone refurbished from the Bay, so it also came with a 1 year warranty. Hope we don't have to use it.
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These are hard things to figure out. We go back and forth but right now our current thinking is 14-15 and all social media apps blocked given the overwhelming peer reviewed data that they are a mental health threat for teens.
 
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The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are expected to replace the Mute Switch with an Action Button that could be programmed with some of the following actions:

- Silent mode on/off
- Turn flashlight on/off
- Run a shortcut
- Start Voice Memo
- Accessibility
- Launch Camera app
- Turn on/off Focus mode

Do you like this change?

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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ said:
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are expected to replace the Mute Switch with an Action Button that could be programmed with some of the following actions:

- Silent mode on/off
- Turn flashlight on/off
- Run a shortcut
- Start Voice Memo
- Accessibility
- Launch Camera app
- Turn on/off Focus mode

Do you like this change?

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Flashlight for me, same as my AWU… 😉
 
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ said:
Will iPhone 15 finally take the crown from the best iPhone design to date?

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I don't know, it's pretty hard to beat perfection.

The iPhone 4/5 designs were just so fantastic. A modern perfection on that design might just be a little bigger, with sturdier glass and buttons. Most iPhone 4s you saw in the day had smashed screens. When I dailied an iPhone 4 last year, I treated it very well but still the home button started getting stuck.
 
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ said:
Tomorrow is going to be a big day. Last day to say goodbye to the long-lasting Lightning cable. 🪦 RIP - 2012 - 2023.

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I have a bunch of 30-pin to USB cables that I've hung onto for my old iPods. I still remember the dark day when Apple released Lightning and I resigned myself to spending a fortune to rebuild my charging "collection".

I even have a couple of 30-pin to firewire 400 cables. Okay, I never use those, but they're from ancient times (2004). The longer I keep them the harder it is to throw them out. I still have firewire charging adapters so - technically - I could still use them, I guess?

Somebody help me :)
 
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lazyrighteye said:
My son turns 13 in Oct. He is the last of his peers to not have a Phone. Literally the last. Honestly, I think he's a little scared about A) keeping up with/losing/breaking a phone and B) that he'll be sucked into the vortex that is the magic box. I think back to being 12/13... If I had access to the magic box, I'm not sure I would have made it out alive. As parents, we've been in zero rush to get that whole mess started, but it is looming. And birthday #13 is seeming like the moment (maybe Xmas). Was just discussing the iPhone 13 mini this morning and that maybe it was the device that would make the most sense for him. While there are cheaper, flip phones, that are pretty much only for calls and texting, I very much like the parent controls Apple offers (we use them to great success for a couple of iPads). That plus Apple Care for damage/loss and we may be going the route of the mini. Wonder if those will remain after tomorrow's announcement... As I'm likely to not make that type of purchase until closer to his b-day on 10/12.
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As a parent of a teenage boy, I'd be inclined to get him the same phone as most of his mates have. Foisting a mini on him might end up being one of those presents you thought he'd be jumping in joy about, but he is actually horrified about.
 
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