its certainly headed that way with the iPhone 6 and the Air's.
When can you then call so meting "low cost" since it still can't be affordable, unless you eliminate the camera and retina display.
Apple's got some 'doodle-ing' to do
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Apple May Introduce 8GB iPhone 5s and Lower-Cost iMacs at WWDC
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its certainly headed that way with the iPhone 6 and the Air's.
When can you then call so meting "low cost" since it still can't be affordable, unless you eliminate the camera and retina display.
Apple's got some 'doodle-ing' to do
This is a bit of a crazy idea, but it sort of makes sense - what if Apple were to introduce a lower cost iMac based on an ARM chip? It sounds like the biggest hurdle would be running Intel apps on an ARM system, but with (power consuming) software it can be done. Since the iMac plugs into a wall and battery life isn't a concern, the system can use as much power as it needs. This could also allow for an ARM + Intel system, since there is more space in the actual computer to put components.
Hating myself.....
for saying this....But is Apple feeling the heat of the new wave of Motos: X, G and E?
Low cost iMac?.....I had bought the idea that was not possible and the option was a Mac mini....And yet, is not one of the Apple mantras "We dont make budget things"....?....
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Or more Dark-Sided: Economics are forcing Apple to sell more stuff, no matter what.....
for saying this....But is Apple feeling the heat of the new wave of Motos: X, G and E?
Low cost iMac?.....I had bought the idea that was not possible and the option was a Mac mini....And yet, is not one of the Apple mantras "We dont make budget things"....?....
.....Or more Dark-Sided: Economics are forcing Apple to sell more stuff, no matter what.....
(Cheaper iMacs...... ummmm Macs..) How low can u go ? Soon you will probably find there is basically no difference between the price of the mac mini and the "low cost imac"
Gee, i wonder where that money came from
When Apple closes one window, Tim opens another
Maybe the Mac Mini will settle back in to it's 499 price point like it was in the G4 days.
Instead of Apple actually listening to customers and make the existing iPhone more affordable, they go down and reduce the storage to 8GB, in which around 5.3GB is only usable.
Apple talks about providing a great experience for its customers, and providing as little storage as possible is NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE. A minute of 1080p video recording takes around 800MB, god knows how much storage it takes to take some burst photos, and let's not even start talking about games which some could take up to 2GB.
8GB iPhones are targeted mostly for first-time iPhone buyers who looking for the cheap, and not providing a good experience for these first time buyers will make them search for something else next time they want a phone. I don't like MicroSD cards, but the $129 Moto E provides up to 32GB of external storage, which costs like $15 these days. If Apple offers some external storage just for photos and videos, it would make up a lot for offering as low as 8GB.
The NAND flash is one of the cheapest components on the iPhone, yet Apple takes damn advantage of it and becomes so greedy with it.
Apple talks about providing a great experience for its customers, and providing as little storage as possible is NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE. A minute of 1080p video recording takes around 800MB, god knows how much storage it takes to take some burst photos, and let's not even start talking about games which some could take up to 2GB.
8GB iPhones are targeted mostly for first-time iPhone buyers who looking for the cheap, and not providing a good experience for these first time buyers will make them search for something else next time they want a phone. I don't like MicroSD cards, but the $129 Moto E provides up to 32GB of external storage, which costs like $15 these days. If Apple offers some external storage just for photos and videos, it would make up a lot for offering as low as 8GB.
The NAND flash is one of the cheapest components on the iPhone, yet Apple takes damn advantage of it and becomes so greedy with it.
I'd buy a $499 ARM Mini. Make it $399 and that's impulse buy... after I buy new tires for my car.
Apparently the 8GB haters have never heard of Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. for remote storage of just about anything. Use wi-fi and 8GB is just what you need before you upload or download what you really need.
Low cost to Apple means save 10 cents and charge $100 less. The margin isn't the same, but it still brings in the bucks.
And people are stupid. FREE PHONE, but $70 a month still gets them to get the phone. And Apple makes $350 for every phone sold just from the carriers.
And the "low cost" iMacs will likely only be $100 less than the current models. It's not low-cost as it is lower cost.
Low cost to Apple means save 10 cents and charge $100 less. The margin isn't the same, but it still brings in the bucks.
And people are stupid. FREE PHONE, but $70 a month still gets them to get the phone. And Apple makes $350 for every phone sold just from the carriers.
And the "low cost" iMacs will likely only be $100 less than the current models. It's not low-cost as it is lower cost.
Unless the Mini is getting discontinued. We really haven't heard much at all about the next version.
When my 16Gb regularly has over 1Gb of "other" data, barely another 1Gb of apps and only offers 10Gb or so of storage remaining for music, I regret not getting the 32Gb model. The overhead of the OS will make an 8Gb version worthless. The cluelessness of people with their streaming and cloud-based work arounds for mediocre storage capacity make me laugh no end when they can't solve the global WiFi/Phone signal or unlimited data plan flaw to their genius and clearly have the 3 minute 30 attention span of the typical X-factor/manufactured pop fan who'd actually be satisfied with the selection of commercial garbage available via those services
They'll be following easy to grasp instructions on how to install it on VirtualBox or VMWare and then marvel at how snappy and light it is while taking up about a 5th of the space a typical installation of Mac OS X takes. Then they could install WINE for access to a lot of cross-platform Mac/Windows software. Ubuntu is as close to Mac OS X as you can get.
They'll be following easy to grasp instructions on how to install it on VirtualBox or VMWare and then marvel at how snappy and light it is while taking up about a 5th of the space a typical installation of Mac OS X takes. Then they could install WINE for access to a lot of cross-platform Mac/Windows software. Ubuntu is as close to Mac OS X as you can get.
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No graphics on the base model. Integrated graphics will be available for $100 price bump.
The 4s came out almost 3 years ago, there's no reason why they should have to settle for less space. It used to be that you paid through the nose, but you got top quality, high end hardware. Now it's mediocre, midrange hardware, and even higher prices.
seems like Apple may have made a mistake leaving the "low cost iMac" mentioned in the developer beta...
opps.
Its mistakes like these are we crave for
Thank you Apple
It can't get disconnected... Not yet... The same thing also happened with the 2008 Mac 'cheese-grater' pro, but look what happened, Apple "wow'ed' everyone with one you can stick in a back-pack.
Plus, i have a mini
They need a low cost mac desktop
opps.
Its mistakes like these are we crave for
Thank you Apple
It can't get disconnected... Not yet... The same thing also happened with the 2008 Mac 'cheese-grater' pro, but look what happened, Apple "wow'ed' everyone with one you can stick in a back-pack.
Plus, i have a mini
They need a low cost mac desktop
It's time to shift the 16GB for emerging markets and not 8GBs! Make the options for the iPhone to be 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. This is then the perfect lineup for iPhones. I gotta say that this shift in the lineup hasn't taken place for years and it's time to do so!
I hope not...... that just sound too cheap.. i was more suggesting the imac will come down to say $899 or $1000 price point.
I assumed that they'd throw the internals of the 5S into a plastic shell and call it the 6C.. Hope they don't go lower than 16GB, I think it's time to even go 32/64/128 based on how much space apps take up.
Two top comments, well played.
On topic: Imagine if they made it like 350 € or $. They'd selling like hotcakes. I know many people want an iPhone but can't justify it's price compared to a Android phone, where they got a much bigger screen for half the money. (Nexus 5 comes to mind)
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I really hope Apple dosent announce this lower capacity iPhone at WWDC because then I can't go and break peoples dreams when they say they hope they will announce the next iPhone at WWDC.
Ubuntu is about as far away from OS X as you can get in terms of experience. Ubuntu - buggy software with shockingly bad user interfaces and experiences that will confuse and frustrate the most seasoned computer professional. And most of the most popular software available on Ubuntu/Linux is the same stuff people were banging on about a decade ago with very little improvement from that previous decade (i.e. GIMP).
Compare all of that to the elegance and beauty of the Mac and the incredible apps developers make for all of us with pure love. Mac developers are constantly pushing the envelope. Even the Windows side looks stale and abandoned in comparison now.
Maybe, but ....
I figure it's still just as possible this rumor is incorrect?
I could also see Apple dropping the 16GB iPhone 5s from the standard lineup and pricing it lower for these "emerging markets", while offering it in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB editions -- with the 32GB model selling for the former 16GB price. THAT would be a better way to handle all of this, IMO.
I figure it's still just as possible this rumor is incorrect?
I could also see Apple dropping the 16GB iPhone 5s from the standard lineup and pricing it lower for these "emerging markets", while offering it in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB editions -- with the 32GB model selling for the former 16GB price. THAT would be a better way to handle all of this, IMO.
The OS only takes up about 1 GB, which means there are 7 GB left over, and the average app is about 23 MB. 7 GB = 7,168 MB, and that's about 300 apps.
It's also enough for about 875 songs, and there are many people with libraries smaller than that.
They aren't compromising. With the 16GB, they have 8GB of space. If anything, they are compromising by buying the 16GB because it costs more.
Agreed. That would be the best way to go. Flash storage costs nothing these days, and Apple still acts like NAND flash is as expensive as it was back in '07.
Wow! My mama's Lumia 520 ($100 off-contract) will have the same storage capacity than an iPhone 5S ($600?). Sweet! Oh, wait, no... the Lumia has a MicroSD expansion slot and I put a 32 GB class 10 card for $20. Never mind.
Your mama doesn't get to use iOS