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Apple Reportedly Planning No Major Updates for AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad, or Apple TV in 2023
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Other than games, is there a killer app or use case that will attract the masses?
Augmented reality would be kind of cool but that would be useless if its big and clunky like the occulus.
For me the Ultra has been the best Watch upgrade since they added swim capabilities. Larger display, I can stretch my charging to every other day (could go further but every two days for about an hour or two charge is great).
I love it. I can’t wait for the Summer when I open my pool to see if I can record the water temp with it.
I don’t think so. AirPods Pro took a bit to update to version 2 (3 years between update). I expect the same maybe a little longer for the max.
2022 was a great year for Macs. Finally the last two years have been exciting for all macs involved. FINALLY there exists a decent solution between a Mac mini and a Mac Pro.
This is why I don’t want AR/VR whatever is coming. It seems Apple can only really focus on one department at a time. Apple has made innovative changes to the computers in the last two years. Which if my fear is accurate is why iPhones etc are lackluster.
The Mac is FINALLY good again. No more butterfly keyboard mess on their laptops, got MagSafe back! And more. First time since 2015 I have been happy with an Apple laptop. And this past year finally getting something between a Mac mini and a Mac Pro. Yay!
It’s been a GREAT two years for the mac side. We will see if macs get stale when they focus on iPhone again. I think that’s the problem with Apple. And this whole AR/VR will add on to it.
AirPods Pro took three years to get updated. Max will be three years this year so we will see. With the Max, I think 4 years is good. What else could they do with it now anyway? USB-C is all I can think of.
Thank you! As a game dev it’s refreshing when people DO NOT blame the hardware. I’m releasing my game for windows only and it has NOTHING to do with hardware.
I am considering buying a HomePod mini but if Apple is going to be releasing a new model then I may wait.
The only thing that’s part of the roadmap this year is bread lines and the reintroduction of the draft and government cheese…
This is really disappointing. I was planning on getting the Apple Watch Ultra this year. Seems risky to put so much emphasis on a niche product most people won’t want or use.
Since I just bought an Apple Watch for the first time, I’m relieved to not likely be confronted with a new version this year that makes me regret spending on the one I have, at the time that I did. I can’t afford to buy stuff like this regularly, so I hate that feeling when something dramatically improves just after I’ve already bought one.
An AmazFit is what got me into this whole “make sure I exercise daily” thing, but it’s a terrible product with terrible software, and it actually drives me to the Apple Watch, with which I am actually pretty satisfied.
An AmazFit is what got me into this whole “make sure I exercise daily” thing, but it’s a terrible product with terrible software, and it actually drives me to the Apple Watch, with which I am actually pretty satisfied.
That’s not what is being said
It’s simply there won’t be much upgrades
iPad won’t get much update until OLED next year
I like the idea of the next OS versions being scaled back on new features - but only if they 'snow leopard' them, and finally fix longstanding bugs. The USB mounting issue in Monterey/Ventura for example.
Given that the products are all pretty much sufficient for darn near any workload I can throw at them, a year of meh speed bumps is just fine. If you're on anything reasonably current and don't run outlier workloads, you're in great shape. The one exception for me would be a landscape camera ipad pro, but that's a nice to have not a need to have.
M1 to M2 isn't remotely exciting, won't trigger upgrades for the vast majority of users, and for someone coming from an older machine, the difference isn't really all that big. I do wonder though how many users will wait for 'one more cycle' to get those new features, though that may happen anyway with the recession approaching. And in fact, that may be why they're doing this - so that a major new product doesn't fall flat.
I bet they're hoping that by having a bunch of meh upgrades for this year, the annual upgraders will instead be willing to spend those $ on their $3k mixed reality headset, so it'll be a bigger success. Though, tbh, even though I like new toys, that one's going to stay on the 'maybe' list until and unless I see a compelling workload.
What this does mean though, is that Apple's opportunity to raise prices just flew out the window. Kinda hard to keep up with inflation and a 7-10% price increase if it's a minor speed bump. Next year though, watch out - I expect both substantial new features, as well as substantial price increases.
Given that the products are all pretty much sufficient for darn near any workload I can throw at them, a year of meh speed bumps is just fine. If you're on anything reasonably current and don't run outlier workloads, you're in great shape. The one exception for me would be a landscape camera ipad pro, but that's a nice to have not a need to have.
M1 to M2 isn't remotely exciting, won't trigger upgrades for the vast majority of users, and for someone coming from an older machine, the difference isn't really all that big. I do wonder though how many users will wait for 'one more cycle' to get those new features, though that may happen anyway with the recession approaching. And in fact, that may be why they're doing this - so that a major new product doesn't fall flat.
I bet they're hoping that by having a bunch of meh upgrades for this year, the annual upgraders will instead be willing to spend those $ on their $3k mixed reality headset, so it'll be a bigger success. Though, tbh, even though I like new toys, that one's going to stay on the 'maybe' list until and unless I see a compelling workload.
What this does mean though, is that Apple's opportunity to raise prices just flew out the window. Kinda hard to keep up with inflation and a 7-10% price increase if it's a minor speed bump. Next year though, watch out - I expect both substantial new features, as well as substantial price increases.
If they update Macs in the Spring, the update rate is actually pretty much on par with Intel macs between 2015-2019. Between 2019 - 2020 some Intel macs were updated early because they were the last models before transition, giving us a false sense of quick updates.
iPad mini needs face ID to be useful, and also please get rid of that weird jelly scrolling. My 3 year old iPad doesn't do that.
