Apple Said to Plan October 21 Media Event to Launch New iPads, OS X Yosemite [Update: No]

[recoil80]

More predictable iDevice upgrades, why even bother with a "media event?"

Because they generate hype, they have press cover before and after the event.
A silent upgrade doesn't get the same publicity and I think that means less iPad sold.
Yeah the event is predictable, but they don't care as long as people are going to watch it and cant wait to get their hands on the new devices.

 

[Erasmus]

you're forgetting about the huge crowd out there that wants a device with no contract or monthly fee, like me. I'm planning on getting a new ipoad mini, unless they come out with a 5.5 iPod touch. Either one would be a high upgrade for me from my 3yr old iPod touch

You can count me in here too.

If Apple released the iPhone+ without the Cellular chip and called in an iPod Touch 6+, for maybe $300 less, I would totally brain-bliss-explode.

But they won't.

 

[Tech198]

So no event in October, but new iPad's ?

There must be an event for Yosemite ...

 

[charlituna]

Is there an official apple page regarding about this?

probably not. but there doesn't need to be when the warning is right there on the devices for everyone to read.

 

[Moto G]

News posted that isn't news, then edited to show it wasn't news after all? Well done, Macrumors - you become less credible by the second.

 

[rowspaxe]

We're in that odd time between the events, where the iPhones are new but the iPads are old. Kind of like that week between Christmas and new year.

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Why does a new screen size = innovation?

I think a new form factor is an innovation. Maybe not for the industry--but for apple users.

 

[rGiskard]

While I agree with the rest of your post to a certain extent, I am really sick of this "Steve did this and that and they screwed it up!" BS. If you say that the keynotes are becoming a joke, then I have to respond: It was no different under Steve Jobs. He created the format, he made the rules, and he played it out, year after year after year, every year the same show, no matter if he had anything revolutionary to present or just a slightly different version of the iPod. And often enough, his "One more thing" was nothing worth remembering ("One more thing: Safari for Windows! Wooohooo! Magical!"). He was the one who introduced the over-the-top verbiage, and people already joked about it long before he died.

People really need to stop with the Steve Jobs nostalgia. Do people really have such short memories, or do they want to believe that Steve did no wrong? He was a great visionary, but he was not flawless.

And for the record, I enjoy the keynotes, just like I enjoy a nice popcorn movie. It's just a matter of getting into it. I can understand people who don't like them. But they should talk to Jobs to complain about them. If he were alive, they would look exactly the same as they do now under Cook. In fact, all of Apple would look exactly the same. I am absolutely sure about that.

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Which iTunes are you talking about? iTunes for the Mac is pretty decent nowadays. But iTunes for Windows will always suck, I fear.

Nope, Steve Jobs was a presentation guru. His presentations were memorable for identifying the problem to be solved, then showing how the new device or software met the challenge. He often set new innovations into a cultural context, and he had a gift for drama.

Did he make mistakes? Of course. He took risks and he learned from his mistakes, like any brilliant person does.

So yeah, I'm sick of the "Steve Jobs wasn't anyone special, the current Apple leadership is just as good" BS.

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Are your apps not performing? I have not noticed any issues with mine. Serious question, not trolling.

Good question. Because the reason we buy Apple products is that they're "good enough".



I'm just hoping for an Retina iPad Mini with a full sRGB color gamut and display improvements similar to the iPhone 6 Retina HD displays. I've been waiting a long time to buy the mini, but for now my Nexus 7 2013 has a display that blows away the Retina iPad Mini's (and costs half the price). Yep, the Nexus has the random restart bug that Google can't fix. Nope, I will not reward Apple for selling an iPad with a gimped display at such an absurd price.

 

[thekeyring]

I think a new form factor is an innovation. Maybe not for the industry--but for apple users.

I think it takes innovation to make something thinner. Apple seem to work out how to make their phones thinner and thinner. If they released a fatter phone, as Samsung did, they'd be mocked.

 

[LucasLand]

I think a new design is in order if its going to work with apple pay

 

[Skoal]

Apple should hold back iCloud Drive on iOS until Yosemite is released. There are going to be a lot of angry folks that upgrade and break the connection to Mavericks.

While I agree ultimately those people have only themselves to blame. Apple makes it clear when updating whether you should upgrade to drive or not.

 

[nia820]

Don't really care for ipad air 2. My ipad air is still practically new. But I am looking foward to Yosemite.

 

[Digital Skunk]

I think it takes innovation to make something thinner. Apple seem to work out how to make their phones thinner and thinner. If they released a fatter phone, as Samsung did, they'd be mocked.

As Samsung did or as Apple did with the 5c and twice with the iPad?

 

[thekeyring]

As Samsung did or as Apple did with the 5c and twice with the iPad?

5C isn't the flagship. Fair enough with ipad. Apple managed to get away with the 3 having a thicker design. Don't think they would with iphone.

However, the s5 was thicker with a lower screen PPI than the s4 and no one seemed to notice.

 

[DoctorTech]

I was looking forward to Yosemite...

I am normally one of the millions of people who race to install the newest upgrade to all my devices. However, I severely regret putting iOS 8 on my iPad Air - it had never frozen up on me since I bought it last year but it has now locked up on me 3 times in the past week.

When Yosemite is released to the public I am going to wait a month or two for everyone else to do Apple's Beta testing before I upgrade.

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iPhone 5, iPad Air, MBPr, Apple TV

 

[patent10021]

if the new mac mini has 32GB RAM and has an upgradable GPU that would be the shhit.

 

[dylin]

if the new mac mini has 32GB RAM and has an upgradable GPU that would be the shhit.

Not sure if i can see that happening just yet.