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Apple Expands 'There's More to iPhone' Campaign With New Videos

GeoStructural said:
The more Apple keeps taunting the “we are private, we are secure unlike the competition”, the more it will hit them when they get their blow.

There is no way Apple is not capitalizing and callecting data from its massive user base.
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They do collect data. They explain they have ways of completely randomizing it. I’m specifically thinking of Apple Maps data.
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Lankyman said:
So, just another ad of self-promotion then. Talk about pretentiousness.
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What are they supposed to do, market Samsung phones?
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ArtOfWarfare said:
It's really disappointing that this is what Apple has become. Gone are the funny and memorable ads. Gone are the products worth buying. Now we just have lousy ads pushing ludicrously overpriced products with minor improvements from prior generations.

At this point I'm thinking Apple is going to have to offer a folding 5G iPhone before I upgrade from my 6+.
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If you bought an Android phone in instead of that six plus you wouldn’t have an updated OS and would probably have gone through two phones by now.
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itsmilo said:
Kind of ironic since I can track down what any user does down to its name inside our App on an iPhone
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I don’t know what this means or is referring to.
 
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My previous device was a BlackBerry Passport running BB10. I still have it. It was a great device but BlackBerry shelved BB10 more than a year ago.

I moved to Apple. I like their stance on security and environmentalism. Apple is not based on shady data mining and an over-reliance on ad revenues like Android/Google.

My iPhone Xs is very good. I look forward to future iPhones and iOS upgrades. Getting regular iOS upgrades is also a huge plus for iPhone. I hated waiting months for my carrier to release an upgrade.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
It's really disappointing that this is what Apple has become. Gone are the funny and memorable ads. Gone are the products worth buying. Now we just have lousy ads pushing ludicrously overpriced products with minor improvements from prior generations.

At this point I'm thinking Apple is going to have to offer a folding 5G iPhone before I upgrade from my 6+.
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You're running a 6+? How? I used a SE the other day(same internals) and it was dog **** slow.
 
Anything new? Another boring ad... featuring stuff we already know...
I just went back to Hong Kong...
I must say, I really see no reason to stay within the Apple ecosystem here...
Their return policy here is complete crap... The policy here is simple, No return/exchange...
As someone who just move from Canada to Hong Kong, all that trust I had in Apple just went down the drain.
iPhone XS Max will be my last iPhone, will use it til I drop and break it. Including my Mac.
Then goodbye Apple. Not going to pay for that extra premium price for that non-existent service here.
 
calstanford said:
Those are so f lame, I can't even. Look at how Huawei "the copy cat" is innovating. Where is Apple's high res cameras, foldable phones, anything. Just lame ads
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Said everyone for the last 20 years. Whenever someone comes up with a gimmick and goes to market first people start complaining “where is Apple’s innovation?”. And when Apple comes to market with a mature product everyone cries sheeep, accept it after a couple of years, start saying they thought Apple was better all along, and start reminiscing about the good ol’ days when the next iteration hits. Go back in the MR archives and you can see this cycle repeat over and over.
 
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I know I must be in the minority here, but I really wish ALL the iPhones had decent, top-quality modems/cellular service. I don't care about how many cameras or lens you can cram into your too-thin iPhone, or your stupid decision to ignore the millions of users who still don't trust Bluetooth for phone call reception ("who needs headphone jacks?!"). No, I am tired of 1-2 bars, of dropped calls, of missed voice mails, no matter which carrier I choose. Gosh, Apple, you spend zazillions of dollars of pointless AI, AR, and emojis and cars that go nowhere, but you can't be bothered to find a supplier who supplies a decent, reliable antenna for reliable cell phone service. What the hell is a $1500 iPhone for, if your all-important, life-defining phone calls.... drops out in the middle of the most important part? (And, yes, this has happened to me more than once.)
 
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Hey Apple! Wanna sell more devices? Reduce advertising and lower the prices a little!

I had bought almost every single iPhone iterations since the 3G one and I haven't this year. Guess why! Cause it was just too expensive. I mean the XS is cool and all, but not for the premium compare to my X.

Even the iPad! I used to upgrade almost every year and I havent going on 4 years!
 
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Unfortunately this “won’t sell your data” is just like any other internet startup is putting it, just that Apple transforms it into an ad instead of burying it inside their privacy guidelines.

If Apple is going to be bought by Google or Facebook at some point, since they failed to keep their marketshare by providing outstanding products, that data will be sold with the company and then can be combined into existing profiles.

The problem is not to “not sell”
the data, it’s that it is Apple started to collect it in the first place. Despite differential privacy and what not.

The need to do data mining is the sign that in that post-jobs era there is nothing that differentiates Apples talent or understanding from any other company.

I hope they still want to be better and more caring, but they are afraid of
missing a need or opportunity and therefor want all the data instead of asking (and paying) a few people to share it to test some predictions that they would have to come up with
themselves.

Probably some clever consultant has told them that they should not “fall behind”.

Anyway that “won’t sell your data”
just means nothing if it can be sold
with the company. And it could since it’s collected. Easy as that. Ask the WhatsApp guys.

Once Apple publishes a “We do
not collect your data” ad, and not just for that health file, I’ll be excited once more. This one, however, means
nothing beyond “not making money from your data as a business model”. It surely does not mean “your data is safe”.
 
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I genuinely love these kind of “simple” ads. The way the dots are unscrew/moved, how they play with the Apple logo; both the closing door and the tilting leaf - brilliant!
The attention to detail just puts a big smile on my face! :D
 
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JPSaltzman said:
I know I must be in the minority here, but I really wish ALL the iPhones had decent, top-quality modems/cellular service. I don't care about how many cameras or lens you can cram into your too-thin iPhone, or your stupid decision to ignore the millions of users who still don't trust Bluetooth for phone call reception ("who needs headphone jacks?!"). No, I am tired of 1-2 bars, of dropped calls, of missed voice mails, no matter which carrier I choose. Gosh, Apple, you spend zazillions of dollars of pointless AI, AR, and emojis and cars that go nowhere, but you can't be bothered to find a supplier who supplies a decent, reliable antenna for reliable cell phone service. What the hell is a $1500 iPhone for, if your all-important, life-defining phone calls.... drops out in the middle of the most important part? (And, yes, this has happened to me more than once.)
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Someone has to break the news to you: the problem is the reception in your area and/or the carriers.

I’ve never had a dropped call. Really, I can’t remember ever having a call drop on any iPhone. Right now, I have full bars and it rarely drops below 3 for any length of time.

Do you really think that if iPhone reception were as bad as what you’re experiencing, this wouldn’t be major news everywhere? Nobody is talking about it because it’s not happening to them.

Wherever you live, is the problem.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
It's really disappointing that this is what Apple has become. Gone are the funny and memorable ads. Gone are the products worth buying. Now we just have lousy ads pushing ludicrously overpriced products with minor improvements from prior generations.

At this point I'm thinking Apple is going to have to offer a folding 5G iPhone before I upgrade from my 6+.
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Gotcha!
So you won’t be upgrading until/unless 2 meaningless gimmicks are included.
I’m sure the 1/4 second pause before a YouTube video starts playing on LTE is absolutely killing you, lol.
 
Scooz said:
Unfortunately this “won’t sell your data” is just like any other internet startup is putting it, just that Apple transforms it into an ad instead of burying it inside their privacy guidelines.

If Apple is going to be bought by Google or Facebook at some point, since they failed to keep their marketshare by providing outstanding products, that data will be sold with the company and then can be combined into existing profiles.

The problem is not to “not sell”
the data, it’s that it is Apple started to collect it in the first place. Despite differential privacy and what not.

The need to do data mining is the sign that in that post-jobs era there is nothing that differentiates Apples talent or understanding from any other company.

I hope they still want to be better and more caring, but they are afraid of
missing a need or opportunity and therefor want all the data instead of asking (and paying) a few people to share it to test some predictions that they would have to come up with
themselves.

Probably some clever consultant has told them that they should not “fall behind”.

Anyway that “won’t sell your data”
just means nothing if it can be sold
with the company. And it could since it’s collected. Easy as that. Ask the WhatsApp guys.

Once Apple publishes a “We do
not collect your data” ad, and not just for that health file, I’ll be excited once more. This one, however, means
nothing beyond “not making money from your data as a business model”. It surely does not mean “your data is safe”.
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I don’t understand your logic. You don’t think it’s a differentiating feature that is good and should be promoted?
 
Sounds like those decling sales are really starting to worry them. We've basked in an era where apple has not had to relatively self promote because it led, now its fighting off competition. This is reactionary tactics rather than solving the root problems that so many have seen: lacklustre upgrades, increased competition and pricing models.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
It's really disappointing that this is what Apple has become. Gone are the funny and memorable ads. Gone are the products worth buying. Now we just have lousy ads pushing ludicrously overpriced products with minor improvements from prior generations.

At this point I'm thinking Apple is going to have to offer a folding 5G iPhone before I upgrade from my 6+.
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This is alarming for Apple. A customer who bought an iPhone "5 years ago" (iPhone 6 = 2014) is threatening Apple that he will not buy and give them maybe hundred of dollars or so every 5 years. Apple you are doomed!
 
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Sales must be really bad for them to keep putting out these desperation ads.

They just need to up their game and release better products than Galaxy S10 series, Huawei Mate X Pro, Galaxy Watch Active, etc.
 
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The sound effects on these videos make me want to commit acts of excessive violence.
 
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