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Apple Sends Out Press Invites for WWDC Keynote on June 5

So let me get this straight. WWDC June announced which is 300% oversubscribed and a rumour today iPhone 8 will be released on October to vastly under produced quantity. Do we see any commonality here?

How about a satellite site for WWDC with Skype, and copy Tesla with their 3 new Gigafactories to make a few more iPhone 8's somewhere?

Just a suggestion.

It's not too late for this year!!

cite:

http://www.fudzilla.com/news/43551-tesla-to-announce-four-more-gigafactories-in-2017
 
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Defthand said:
Hmm. I see nothing but Millennials. Lots of laptops. Some phones. Maybe one iPad. Some actual books (odd). Not one damn Mac.
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There are many Macs there.
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jasonklee said:
Yawn. Another year, another slew of the world's most boring software. Enough of rows and rows of icons. I don't care, Apple, if your products are very app-centric. I want a weather widget on the Home screen. That is innovative, not another 100% useless-to-everyone app like "Health" and "News." Who reads the news anymore except for IGN and Gamespot? Who needs a Stocks app? Nobody uses these "tools."

Continuity, APFS, Swift, Power Nap, blah, blah, blah. Stop. Just stop. I want my Home screen dynamic and fun. Not static and stale. Make it fun. I want each icon to be alive, much like the banner ads here on MacRumors. Think Times Square with each app vying for your precious attention with active info.

Weather widget, Apple. Weather. Widget.
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This. Absolutely this.

But you can guarantee it will just be the same sarcastically over-saturated static icons, same 4x6 rows, same lack of customisation. I'm with Apple for the hardware and ecosystem but I wish for once they'd loosen the reigns on interface.
 
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Apple today sent press invites to a variety of news and media sites for its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, confirming plans to hold a keynote event on June 5 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Apple traditionally holds a keynote event on the first day of the Worldwide Developers Conference, where new software is introduced. We expect to see new versions of iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS at the conference, and there's a chance we could also see new hardware like updated iMacs and Apple's rumored Siri speaker.

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As was announced in February, the Worldwide Developers Conference will take place from June 5 to June 9 in San Jose, California, a departure from past events that have long been held in San Francisco at the Moscone Center.

Tickets, which were priced at $1,599, were distributed by random selection at the end of March, and free tickets provided to scholarship winners were also handed out in April.

Apple expects to host about 5,000 developers, with hundreds of Apple engineers available to answer questions and host app development sessions. Developers who cannot attend will be able to watch the sessions through the WWDC 2017 website, and the WWDC app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.

For the June 5 keynote event, MacRumors will provide a live blog both here on MacRumors.com and on our MacRumorsLive Twitter account, along with detailed coverage of everything Apple announces during the week.

Article Link: Apple Sends Out Press Invites for WWDC Keynote on June 5
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Nick A said:
Anyone else finding WWDC less exciting and more predicable every year? Although I guess that just may be Apple as a company in general.
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Less exciting since they stopped announcing/releasing new hardware and only talk about the OSs now, which are by-and-large fairly mature (iOS and macOS at least anyway).

That and no more Steve Jobs to work his RDF magic.

So yes I completely agree.
 
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Nick A said:
Anyone else finding WWDC less exciting and more predicable every year? Although I guess that just may be Apple as a company in general.
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I'm not as excited. Yeah, more social media features for iOS, minor updates for MacOS, and no hardware to be seen.

I'm willing to be pleasant surprised though. We're overdue for a new iPad.
 
Looking forward to seeing more emojis has one of macOS' ten new features, followed by an eight minute demo.
 
Top down image, but Apple is not working on drones - so Maps/VR hybrid? Could be a software item only full facilitated by iphone 8's dual camera? Apple after all doesnt use street view but rather that zombie-world 3D geometric meshing of building images. Also, this fits with Apple's software-focused hardware tweaks over the last few years. Dont get excited about iPhone 8 so much as Do het excited about steady VR push - idk.

Honestly Id rather see their iMessage app drawer become more accessible and more relevant to one-click purchases, historical lunch repurchases for team, etc. iTunes changed music with centtralized, one-click purchases, which paved the way for App store and Amazon frankly. Now that Apple's TV does cross-channel searches, why cannot that software platform offer cross-restaurant purchases with mini ranking for the best taco etc? Charge a premium monthly and a dynamic (escalator) delivery fee - and let the well off buy the best bits (and push the Uber Scooter market through the roof!)
[doublepost=1494370252][/doublepost]Update: Full invite appears to offer nothing special but so likely more inter-platform handoffs (mac, mb, iphone, watch). gg
 
ThisBougieLife said:
I'm not as excited. Yeah, more social media features for iOS, minor updates for MacOS, and no hardware to be seen.

I'm willing to be pleasant surprised though. We're overdue for a new iPad.
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Actually we are overdue not only for ipad, but in a lot of hardware too.

For this keynote I expect only software announcement, but I think that they need to say something about the mac lineup specially the desktops. If they don't, well i expect an iMac release, by the time Apple releases officially the new MacOS, in September or October. We probably might hear about a Mac Mini, but my bet the Mac Mini won't be release this year.

Here is the thing, I starting to see a lot of delays in lot of hardwares and all are pointing for releases in September to November, this year. If there is no release of hardware at WWDC, you will have: the Macbook Pro refresh, the iMac refresh, new IMac Pro, mac Mini (unlikely, probably release in first quarter of 2018), Ipad Pros and Iphones (rumours point for 3 different models).

That is a lot of stuff.

Yet, I hope that i'm wrong on my assessment.
 
Nick A said:
Anyone else finding WWDC less exciting and more predicable every year? Although I guess that just may be Apple as a company in general.
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iPhone OS updates are boring and don't excite developers like new Macs and OS X updates do. Unfortunately, OS X is very mature now and simply doesn't have the mindset of Apple nowadays. Very sad.
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wparker1339 said:
I used to get excited about WWDC Keynote product and the software update announcements, but mostly for Steve's delivery, his enthusiasm, and how he sold everything.
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He gave the great PowerPoint presentations.
 
caskin8a said:
This. Absolutely this.

But you can guarantee it will just be the same sarcastically over-saturated static icons, same 4x6 rows, same lack of customisation. I'm with Apple for the hardware and ecosystem but I wish for once they'd loosen the reigns on interface.
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The problem is that they've locked themselves into and user interface that people have become accustomed to.

These icons were fine when they were only a handful of apps. These days you've got hundreds and finding apps quickly and easily isn't so easy.

As you say, I'd love to see them open things up and allow options for user customization. But it seems as if theyre content to play it safe.
 
jasonklee said:
Yawn. Another year, another slew of the world's most boring software. Enough of rows and rows of icons. I don't care, Apple, if your products are very app-centric. I want a weather widget on the Home screen. That is innovative, not another 100% useless-to-everyone app like "Health" and "News." Who reads the news anymore except for IGN and Gamespot? Who needs a Stocks app? Nobody uses these "tools."

Continuity, APFS, Swift, Power Nap, blah, blah, blah. Stop. Just stop. I want my Home screen dynamic and fun. Not static and stale. Make it fun. I want each icon to be alive, much like the banner ads here on MacRumors. Think Times Square with each app vying for your precious attention with active info.

Weather widget, Apple. Weather. Widget.
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Not sure I'm understanding what you want. What exactly do you want the "widget" to do? Look fancy? Weather can be checked when swiping left when at the home screen or a force press on the weather app. Just curious.
 
For everyone wanting hardware, don't you know that apple releases ALL of their hardware and software within a 2 month window in the fall? Then lights off for 10 months.
 
justperry said:
APFS is magical, or so I hope.
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So magical, it can make everything disappear! Getting your files to reappear will be the trick.


macduke said:
.... The biggest upgrade will probably revolve around Siri. Perhaps iOS 11 won't have many new features, but deeper Siri everywhere? But Siri is more of a service....
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No thank you! Siri hasn't worked for me in a very long time. "Call mom" results in "Calling Dr. XXXX." Send a text message to [fill in the name] results in any number of various functions. Siri doesn't understand a thing I say anymore. She used to work, but alas no more. Keep her away from everything unless they fix her! I don't need her hijacking my Mac.
 
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