Apple Shares Full Video of 'Gather Round' iPhone and Apple Watch Event on YouTube

[HailstormX]

Over all Pretty terrible keynote... Seriously they could have done all of that in 30 mins. Why explain everything and then show a pile of videos re-explaining everything just to fill 2 hours? This is the first keynote where I didn't make it thru.
Was pretty boring... Not much to get excited about outside of the series 4.
I can't find a reason to upgrade to the XS from the X. Honestly the iPhone X is one of the best devices apple has made.
Runs iOS 12 great!

This is the first time in a while where I really miss the Steve Job days of keynotes.
They were so exciting. I dread seeing cook on stage idk why. Out of the rest of them I think Craig F is a blast to watch good energy and funny.

 

[Juicy Box]

They're still selling the 8 (and the 7), so it still is the lower cost option.

Yes, last year's model. I meant the lower tier of the new phones is replaced with a higher priced model.

The current low priced iPhone is more expensive than the previous low cost iPhone.

 

[JosephAW]

This is the second keynote I haven't watched. The 6 minute version was enough for me.

Also Apple pushes that the notch is okay yet all their graphics on display deliberately hide the notch by the curvature of the wallpaper on the top of the screens. Come on, show a nice beautiful sky or flower promently showing the notch.

 

[Googlyhead]

It's worth noting that the "iOS10 or higher" requirement for the live stream was entirely artificial.

I simply loaded up iCab and changed the identifier, then was magically able to watch even though this is still rendered in the same WebKit and video engine as Safari.

Did this have a measurable impact on the number of iOS11.xx installs in time for the presentation?

 

[now i see it]

The live stream worked flawlessly on iOS 9 (that's how I watched it). The fine print below the pre-stream page said iOS 10 or higher "recommended".
I didn't think I was going to be able to see it - but it worked fine on iOS 9.3.5 streaming over cellular to boot.

 

[Lankyman]

Uh, so... best of luck with your waterboarding... I guess? (Sorry, I'm not familiar with the protocol for proper etiquette surrounding such procedures.)

Who was putting the eye drops in your eyes while they were pried open to force you to watch this, and what kind of manacles did they use to restrain you? It's a shame you couldn't have gotten free somehow and changed the channel. Oddly enough, I watched the whole thing of my own free will.

I managed to fall asleep some 20 minutes in so was spared further damage either to my retinas or the old grey matter. The presentation would make an excellent tool for those suffering from insomnia, as I can readily attest too.

 

[CarlJ]

It's worth noting that the "iOS10 or higher" requirement for the live stream was entirely artificial.

Apple has a long history of setting limits when they either can't prove (to their satisfaction) that something will work on a particular device/OS, or when they know that some specific subset of those devices/OSs will have trouble. They like to make sure things work "perfectly" for the subset they support. It's more of a personality trait on their part, rather than an attempt to block certain people or devices.

 

[arkitect]

I managed to fall asleep some 20 minutes in so was spared further damage either to my retinas or the old grey matter. The presentation would make an excellent tool for those suffering from insomnia, as I can readily attest too.

Actually I got through it using Terry Wogan's EuroVision strategy: A bottle of something alcoholic made it all seem so much better.
[doublepost=1536938572][/doublepost]I was wondering about Phil Schiller. He seemed tense and very rushed.
Especially the way he was prompting applause…

Wouldn't be surprised if there hadn't been a last minute snafu.

Tim Cook though was his usual slowly leaking bag of hot air clichés…

 

[CarlJ]

I managed to fall asleep some 20 minutes in so was spared further damage either to my retinas or the old grey matter. The presentation would make an excellent tool for those suffering from insomnia, as I can readily attest too.

Actually I got through it using Terry Wogan's EuroVision strategy: A bottle of something alcoholic made it all seem so much better.

So, again, the question remains unanswered - if you weren't watching of your own free will, and couldn't just wander off or switch to watching Teletubbies, then who was forcing you to watch? You both appear to be from the UK - is watching Apple presentations compulsory there? Is the presentation forced onto every screen in the land? Is paying attention mandatory? Is there a test afterwards?

Or were you purposely doing something you don't enjoy, solely so you could complain about it afterwards?

Immediately after - even during - the event, upwards of a hundred websites and media outlets will post summaries of the salient points from the presentation, and you can learn all the interesting bits in a couple of minutes. So why subject yourself to something you obviously don't like? I can only surmise that there is some sort of compulsory allegiance to Apple in the UK, which isn't getting reported here.

 

[arkitect]

*High Horse Stuff*

*sigh*
Because you know, speaking for myself, I watch because I remain ever hopeful of Apple.

Of course, lately they never fail to disappoint.

No, no compulsory allegiance, just an interest in a company whose products I have used this last 3 odd decades.

Oh and I enjoy the Apple events as I like watching Eurovision I referenced in my post. Tongue in cheek, eye rollingly, but very often quite in awe of what I see and hear.

Seems your attitude is a lot more black and white
*shrug*

 

[avanpelt]

The ridiculously clear intent was that she didn't have time to take the route that used an established path that people are actually permitted to walk on, and instead sprinted across the fountain, which would be somewhere between faux pas and career damaging, illustrating the severe import of delivering the case in time. She also ran across tables in the cafeteria. Did you think Apple Maps should recommend that? While you were focused on her ignoring directions, the thing everybody else was noticing was that she got Siri's attention with, "Hey Siri", rather than having to tap an earpiece.

The whole "Apple Maps is terrible" thing is getting really old - yes, they were bad initially; they've gotten worlds better, but people keep asserting something "everybody knows" based on outdated information. I use Apple Maps a lot, and I find it more useful and more trouble-free than Google Maps.

It just made me chuckle that she asked Siri for directions and then promptly ignored the directions — which is something I’ve done many times in the past. I found it funny that they showed an Apple employee doing that given all the bad press Apple Maps has had over the years. That’s all.

I’m glad Apple Maps works well for you; and I’m glad that we each have the ability to use our navigation app of choice on iOS.

 

[Lankyman]

So, again, the question remains unanswered - if you weren't watching of your own free will, and couldn't just wander off or switch to watching Teletubbies, then who was forcing you to watch? You both appear to be from the UK - is watching Apple presentations compulsory there? Is the presentation forced onto every screen in the land? Is paying attention mandatory? Is there a test afterwards?

Or were you purposely doing something you don't enjoy, solely so you could complain about it afterwards?

Immediately after - even during - the event, upwards of a hundred websites and media outlets will post summaries of the salient points from the presentation, and you can learn all the interesting bits in a couple of minutes. So why subject yourself to something you obviously don't like? I can only surmise that there is some sort of compulsory allegiance to Apple in the UK, which isn't getting reported here.

These types of events appear to be peculiarly American in their appeal. We Brits tend to watch them almost voyeuristically, like slowing down when passing an accident, or quite often for their comedy appeal as they are just so amateurish.

However, this years event plumbed new depths for being dreadfully boring. As I said, I fell asleep after a short while which I can only describe as being a good thing.

 

[MrJeffreyGee]

The opening was a bit too silly for me. I'm a bit surprised they didn't mention anything iPad.

 

[Yakuzahi]

"Let you stay connected even if you leave your phone behind" Again "leave your phone behind" - powered on. If not you won't stay connected.

 

[PickUrPoison]

"Let you stay connected even if you leave your phone behind" Again "leave your phone behind" - powered on. If not you won't stay connected.

People power off their phone? For me, only to restart... may once every few months during the last 3 years of owning my 6s.

 

[Matt Leaf]

It's unwatchable. They all try to be something they aren't. And they're all busy congratulating each other for their imaginary good job.

I really miss the old Steve Jobs presentations. Made me want to buy everything. Of course they took chances back then, now they're just another service company.

BTW not getting the new XS or anything else. They already have my fingerprint, they aren't getting my face.

I agree.

I still find Apple products compelling, but the applause almost felt canned in this video.

It's meaningless - the stats and breakthroughs are becoming too geeky. The common consumer doesn't care about nanometer processes and neural engines, they care about conceptual breakthroughs.

You go back to Jobs first iPhone keynote, and he was always so great at prefacing his ideas. "Here's 3 smartphones... but the problem is... they all have these clicky buttons...". The buttons, while they may or may not have been the arbiter for Apple's idea of what could constitute a full-screen smarthone, this idea was nevertheless a great backdrop for explaining the benefits of a full-screen phone.

So what problems are Apple solving today? To me problem solving is at the core of great design, as much as aesthetics or user experience.

What problems is the iPhone solving? Better yet, can Apple manage to reflexively look at it's own product, and rather than simply refine and improve it, consider what is problematic about it?

Further, what other problems can Apple solve today?

The iPhone didn't just solve clicky buttons, it rolled 3 devices into one, saving everyone from carrying around multiple devices.

And granted, Screen Time may be Apple's first foray into solving the problem of everyone using their iPhones too much - likewise for the Apple Watch.

Great design comes from solving problems. If Apple can figure out what it's trying to solve next it might have a new revolutionary product.

In my opinion, there are two hardware categories Apple is poised to revolutionize, but is yet to truly take them as far as they can go, and that's the Digital Camera, and the Television.

For some reason they seem content extending their optical prowess through the tiny lens of the iPhone, and keeping their TV experiments limited to the Apple TV. But what would it be like to see Apple alongside LG, Sony and Panasonic for a TV Set? Or to go head to head with Canon and Nikon on a killer camera? And what would be the purpose? I can think of a million things wrong with digital cameras and modern TV's, and if they were done in the Apple way, they could seriously shake up those markets.