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Apple Invites Media to October 16 Event: 'It's Been Way Too Long'

sockatume said:
"Wish we could say more" translated into "more" iPhone - bigger iPhones. So logically "It's been too long" means that they're going to make one of their products much shorter.

My money is on a revolutionary new set of Earpods with a cable that's just 7mm long.
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They're the most intimate headphones we've ever made.
 
i reckon its to do with a new iMac, new Macbook air, new thunderbolt display and a new mac mini and then a new iPad Air, a new iPad Mini and new iPad reason i think this is their all due an update and the rainbow effect for the logo is the same as the wwdc logo and that was all about Yosemite which will be for the new macs and then IOS 8 for the new iPads
 
Maybe the proof readers got it wrong ........

The proper title is "It's Bend Way Too Long."
 
-Apple TV (they will change TV the same way they've already changed The Watch)
-Touch ID on every Apple product
-iPad w/Yosemite & iOS8
-New iMac w/Retina (maybe w/touch)
-New Mac Mini (ashtray bracelet)
-New Macbook line (17 inch comeback or 18 inch)
-Yosemite release
-Maybe maybe Wireless Charging (it's been way too long)
 
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I spend more time reading these threads than I do posting. MacRumors is actually the first forum that I've ever joined. Guess my newbie title is fitting. With that said anyone have the does and the don'ts to forum etiquette. I've never followed blogs either. MacRumors and a few YouTube "vlogs" are my first. All tips are welcome!
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it's been way too long . . .

Indeed, it has.

Welcome back, Steve.

***

iClone.(TM):apple:

Say "Hello" to your loved ones.

All over again.
 
Here's my dream list based on prioritized needs:

12" Retina Air
Major iWork update on iOS and Mac
iPad mini with TouchID, better screen, 2gb memory
Retina (close to it) Cinema Display (driven by new Air)
iPod touch 4.7" and A8

Apple can clean me out of a lot of money next week. Of course, not all of this will happen.

I suspect I'll just be getting a new iPad. My lustful heart is sad, but my wallet is happy.
 
I remember this (for the 2013 iPad Air/Retina Mini announcement) was a particularly disappointing tease, everyone thought there would be a new smart cover

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69Mustang said:
If they do this then count me as a comrade in arms with the 4" phone crowd. For those that like the MP design, this may be nice. I'm not in that group.

I just want updated internals and continued easy upgrading. I'm most likely in the minority, but the functionality is key for me. The current form is perfectly fine.
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Don't worry, there's a 0% chance of a donut Mac Mini. There'd be no place for components.
 
inkswamp said:
Surprised I haven't seen anyone else point this out.

The prismatic colors, the waveform, the word "long"... it all evokes the image of the electromagnetic spectrum. The longer waves (past red) are infrared and radio waves. The shorter waves (past blue) are ultraviolet, x-rays and gamma.

So, the waves have been way too long, maybe? What would that mean in context of the electromagnetic spectrum? Are radio waves longer wavelengths than TV? Maybe it's a coy way of saying Apple's shifting focus from music (the longer wavelengths for radio waves) to TV.

Maybe that's a stretch but who knows? Either way, interesting riddle.

Should also point out that the way the leaf in the Apple logo is cut off, one can see the image of a classic TV set's rabbit ear antennae.

I think this is pointing to an Apple TV update.
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And we wonder why they bash Apple fans.
 
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Apple has not renewed some of their products for a very long time, but the reason is more because they consider those products as secondary products (TB display, Mac Mini), so it would be strange to see them advertise about an event, fully based on those products.

It's been way too long is also a reference to the previous event. As a joke for such a short period of time between two events.

Most of the updates people are expecting are minor ones. Faster ipad with touch id so you can buy stuff online easily; updated iMac; updated/new design Mac mini; and the new OS we already know.

If anything "great" should come up during this event, it would be the apple tv. Steve Jobs has mentionned many times how ancient was our TV, and he said he "cracked the code". Tim Cook also mentioned it very recently in an interview, mocking the remote controls with a hundred buttons, when the apple tv just has a few. We watch tv today the same way we were watching it 40 years ago, they say. Yes the screens are flat, but the experience is very similar. It's been way too long we've been using this old tv system I guess.

If not a new/"revolutionary" apple tv. I guess it will just be plain updates.

And eventho i'm sure it will not happen. It could also refer to a redesign of the macbook. The unibody design hasnt changed for the last 7 years... some people say the macbook retina is a new design, but honestly it's not. I'd love to see a new macbook design, but i think it's unlikely to happen.
 
Hopefully Mac minis :)

As for the long power cords ... maybe we'll get wireless charging (?) :eek:

We'll seen soon. :D

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Em8ch said:
Hmm, doesn't the leaf look a bit like the tip of a pen? --> the new iPad will have improved stylus support, perhaps increased sampling frequency of the touch sensor to make it even more fluent and penlike.

The pen also presses down in the indentation of the apple. --> Pressure sensitive touch panel.

This would be great on a larger iPad Pro. The experience of handwriting will be the most realistic of any device out there.
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That's exactly what I was thinking: Pen input on a big screen ipad. Initially aimed at creative professionals.

Because it's been way too long since Apple offered pen input directly on a screen (Newton circa 1998)
 

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talmy said:
It's been 5 years, way too long, since the last new mouse, and a bit longer since the last new keyboard.

Oldest products in the Apple product line.
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This and the worst ones I've used.

Not that they are TERRIBLE . . . .they're fine and pretty nice all things considered, but I've replaced all of the ones in my house with Logitech mice and keyboards.

Now, I think this event is going to be about Mac desktops, iPads, and Yosemite. Maybe laptops and Apple TV. Even less so about iPods.
 
macduke said:
Yeah I agree with most of the stuff on your list. I doubt the iPad Mini would be updated in the spring. I think they will keep it around as the cheaper option every year, with a slower chip. Not sure why they did that last year, but the iPad definitely won't go back to a spring upgrade cycle. They were missing too many sales during the holidays because of this before.
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That's a good point. I wasn't around here during that time (I was taking a break from Apple rumors) so I didn't know the reason why they switched from spring to fall. In that case the iPad mini would be avoiding an update for 2 years, which seems a bit too long. Maybe it'll get a very small update next week with Touch ID (like what Ming Chi Kuo predicted) and/or a price drop to replace the A5 iPad.

Unlike with the 5.5" iPhone, rumors seem relatively silent on an iPad mini update so in any case I don't expect an update as large as for the iPad Air.

macduke said:
I have a theory that Apple might use the spring to launch new iPad Pros so that they can test out chip technologies in advance for the autumn iOS device lineup. Not necessarily always something like an A9 chip (year ahead), but stuff like new WiFi chips, advanced Touch ID scanners, new RAM configurations, more of the mundane stuff that they can try out ahead of time. Maybe even advanced GPU options. I think a Pro would definitely have something like an A_X chip. I think that's why Apple stopped marketing iPads as having A_X chips. First of all the device are similar in power now, but second of all they want to differentiate the high-performance iPad Pro from the rest of the devices.
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I generally expect (after the first update or so) the iPad "Pro" to have the same update cycle as the rest of the iPads, but if the Pro is considerably different from the other iPads and/or is targeted differently then I can definitely see them on a consistent spring update cycle (after all, the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro usually aren't updated at the same time).

I have also been thinking about possibilities in AnX chips, especially regarding the GPU. Since an iPad "Pro" would likely be, by default, the "top dog" in the iPad lineup, I would expect it to have the overall most powerful hardware. An AnX chip in an off-cycle (compared to the An update cycle) has the unique challenge of facing A(n+1) chips while still using the same CPU core family and possibly GPU core family of the An chips. For example, if an A8X uses the GX6650 and an A9 uses some graphics that are 50% more powerful than the GX6450 in the A8, then the A8X may only end up tying the A9 in graphics performance. I wouldn't be surprised if future X series chips have more on-chip custom hardware (which can be doable because the X chips presumably have larger die budgets) that add more features. Also they could be an opportunity to try out new process nodes on established CPU and GPU cores (although I'm not sure how custom hardware factors in).

macduke said:
As for Intel chips, I was referring to Broadwell in spring 2015 and Skylake in autumn 2015. Broadwell is the tick (new process, 14nm) and Skylake is the tock (new architecture on 14nm process). The way I understand it, Intel had problems getting the new 14nm process up and running, and so the Broadwell chips were delayed until spring 2015, and that pushes them up against the Skylake release in autumn 2015, which Intel has said they are still planning on for a release date for Skylake even with the delay of Broadwell. So I'm planning on a Skylake Mac upgrade late next year.
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I would think that Apple would update the Mac Pro with Haswell first, then Broadwell, but with the update cycle of previous Mac Pros I'm not too sure about that. Maybe we'll see a surprise Haswell update next week then a skip straight to Skylake if the Skylake-EP processors are coming soon enough.
 
Arran said:
That's exactly what I was thinking: Pen input on a big screen ipad. Initially aimed at creative professionals.
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if you could hook/bluetooth it to a mac, then it's more aimed at a creative pro. (and probably a good way to get more people to buy an ipad)
 
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