Apple Issues Invitations for September 10 Media Event: 'This Should Brighten Everyone's Day'

[/dev/toaster]

Hmmm, where the hell is the final release of Xcode 5 ... I was half expecting them to release it today. Can't submit fixes for iOS 7 without it

 

[Narrator Jack]

 

[yeah]

As an Apple Fanboy, I would like to announce that I have just pooped my pants and lost 10,000,000 brain cells from this.

 

[bchery21]

OMG OMG OMG, how not surprising!

Why wait until the week before to announce?

Because this is when they usually announce their iPhone events, a week before...

 

[9947273]

The 5C is a new product line, of course it will be the focus.

 

[anshuvorty]

this should BRIGHTEN everyone's day - brighten dev's too = Mac Pro release date is announced or available for purchase...

 

[FlatlinerG]

I can't help but notice that there are different shades of each color present in the invite. Not just one shade of blue, but what looks like 3 or 4 different shades. 2 different yellow's, 3 different purples. Does it mean nothing? Does it mean everything?

And what gives with the grey rings?

 

[DowdyFick]

Should we be reading anything into the fact this is being held at Apple headquarters and not some place bigger?

Yes and IMO, it's not a good thing. The venue that they last used at HC was for the iPhone 4 apology and it was a very small room. Not sure what the reason is behind this...

 

[aristotle]

So are they are going to offer a downgrade to iOS 6.x for the new iPhones?

If not, then I see this as false advertising. iOS 7 will not brighten my day.

 

[ri0ku]

5C

C is the 3rd number of the alphabet, 3 + 5 = 8 + 10th september = 18

25 dots on the invite poster

25 - 18 = 7 = ios 7

i = 9th number
o = 15th
s = 19th

9 + 15 = 24

24 - 19 = 5

iOS is 3 letters so 3 in the alphabet is C which means

5C!

 

[jonnyb098]

Hmmm, seems like them mentioning the day means that the phone and iOS 7 will be available on the same day as announcement. "And they are available today" (HUGE APPLAUSE)

Or its a reference to all the new colors of the iPhone 5C

Or......

 

[bugfaceuk]

Can't believe they went with those childish girly colours, looks like them ugly iOS 7 icons are here to stay also.

Girly being bad? What a horrible use of the adjective.

I think I'll take my aesthetic counsel from them that wrote properly English.

 

[the8thark]

The September 10 date was first reported by AllThingsD last month, and was quickly confirmed by a number of other sources. Official invitations for the event were expected today given Apple's usual one-week lead time before such events.

I will fix up the typos there.

The September 10 date was first rumored by AllThingsD last month, and was quickly also rumored by a number of other sources. Official invitations for the event were expected today given Apple's usual one-week lead time before such events.

AllThingsD can NOT confirm anything as they are not Apple. Why do people keep insisting that sources other then Apple can 100% confirm future Apple plans? I don't understand why people keep thinking like this.

 

[Mr Rabbit]

don't see any gold or graphite bubbles.

Two of the dots (one to the right of the Apple between the two yellow dots, and the one below the Apple) are definitely a darker shade of yellow than the three yellow dots. They certainly look a bit gold to me.

 

[anshuvorty]

Hmmm, seems like them mentioning the day means that the phone and iOS 7 will be available on the same day as announcement. "And they are available today" (HUGE APPLAUSE)

this is probably a given, rarely is a new device announced without the updated software being available immediately after the event..

 

[ravenvii]

Yes and IMO, it's not a good thing. The venue that they last used at HC was for the iPhone 4 apology and it was a very small room. Not sure what the reason is behind this...

Actually, the iPhone 4S was announced at headquarters as well. So it probably makes sense that the iPhone 5S would be as well.

In other words, don't expect anything earthquaking.

 

[hazuki]

and Apple now laughing at us seeing how we guess the meaning of the invitation

 

[pickaxe]

5C

C is the 3rd number of the alphabet, 3 + 5 = 8 + 10th september = 18

25 dots on the invite poster

25 - 18 = 7 = ios 7

i = 9th number
o = 15th
s = 19th

9 + 15 = 24

24 - 19 = 5

iOS is 3 letters so 3 in the alphabet is C which means

5C!

Yeah I noticed that too

 

[WilliamG]

Still disappointing. How about shaking up our day? Wowing our day? Innovating our day?

*sigh...*

I miss the old Apple.

 

[the8thark]

As if the 5C wasn't already confirmed....

It was not confirmed already. As Apple didn't speak about it. Only Apple can confirm the future plans of Apple. It was only highly rumoured by many people and slowly became the expected course of action by Apple.

 

[Masquerade]

doupleplusgood-revolutionary

 

[xero9]

And what gives with the grey rings?

Fingerprint scanners!

 

[ricartedor]

Brighten everyone's day strongly suggests affordable for everyone.

 

[mabhatter]

Colors for the iPhone 5C. Dots from iOS7. Are there any secret messages encoded into the positions of the dots?

Steve says hi!

 

[2457282]

Just saw this and am running over to my apple store to get in line. I know that the 10th is only the announcement and not the actual release, but I want to be first dammit.