Because we need to hear the Cookie confirm it's "The best iPhone ever". If we don't hear him say it the world will be confused and not know what to do.
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Apple Store Down Ahead of 'Awe Dropping' iPhone 17 Apple Event
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Good Mornangggg. I wonder what Tim Apple does while everyone else is watching the stream. Got an image in my head of him sat in a room throwing a ball against a wall.
What's worthy of the 17-series that makes you think "this may be the one"? Seems more like your phone is 5 years old and it's just time.
My Uncle Sal plans to go watch the event at his local Apple Store.Probably people camping around, like in the old days
I am mostly curious about the new €,€€€ prices. My guess is that I saved money by upgrading everything in the last 12 months, but with the current USD/EUR exchange rate the € prices should either remain the same or even drop (I know that’s unlikely). So there is one person who’s waiting for the store to go back online.
I asked that user to name one time an Apple Event was canceled/postponed from the day it was announced to be on, on that day.
Your comment has nothing to do with that but thanks for your contibution.
Cause some of the rumors are bound to be wrong as always
I asked that user to name one time an Apple Event was canceled/postponed from the day it was announced to be on, on that day.
Still waiting for an answer to the actual thing I asked.
The answer is it never happened.
It doesn't cost them nothing. Apple makes something crazy like 700k per minute and most of that comes from online sales. Most people will just come back later to make their purchase sure. But there will be a lot of impulse buyers that will be given time to re-think their decision and change their mind.
Now im sure Apple ran the numbers and they find the marketing worth any loss in sales. But to say it costs them nothing is just false
And there will also be a number of people who don't know the new models are coming out today so they'd buy the older models of the phone, watch, airpods and then ask for a refund. Returns cost Apple money.
I'm home today, so I'm able to watch live, but I'm struggling to find the motivation.
My motivation is basically to see how many of the rumors were true. But i find myself getting so annoyed at Apples fluff, making tiny improvements seem like monumental innovations... im sure many average consumers fall for that crap.... but people in the tech world and on these forums just roll their eyes lol.
Same. But it beats online 'training' that I'm stuck with.
That 700K per minute is stretched across multiple sales channels. Best Buy doesn’t shut down in solidarity with the Apple Store on launch day. They’re still selling iPhone 16s as we speak. My point is the marketing impact and resulting flood of pre-orders far outweigh any momentary pause in sales.
Got a new 16” MBP M4 coming tomorrow and my current phone is a 16PM. Skipping the upgrade this year.
My M1 MBP goes to the spouse and her’s goes to the daughter. I really wanted the bigger screen because I work from home a lot.
But I do have to admit the M4 on the 16” I got is like killing aunts with nuclear weapons. I’ll never use all that power and this one will last me 5 years.
Yes I’m getting AppleCare on it. Sue me.
My M1 MBP goes to the spouse and her’s goes to the daughter. I really wanted the bigger screen because I work from home a lot.
But I do have to admit the M4 on the 16” I got is like killing aunts with nuclear weapons. I’ll never use all that power and this one will last me 5 years.
Yes I’m getting AppleCare on it. Sue me.
It is surprising to me they still take down the online store on event days. I wonder how much they lose in sales by doing so.
Agreed, Apple iPhone events are just the same old thing since iPhone X. More exited about the TCL NxtPaper 60 Ultra.
Counting the page views and clicking on the refresh button (like screen zuckerberg at the end of the social network).
Yet you're here posting about the apple event. Are you posting about the TCL NxtPaper 60 Ultra anywhere else?
Brothers and sisters, I am just so excited. I know it’s stupid. I know the updates to the phone are incremental. I still don’t care.
All year my money goes to bills and my kids. I’m lucky if I get one new pair of modest shoes every year. This phone “upgrade” is the one thing I do purely for myself all year. I can only afford to do it because T-Mobile lets me upgrade yearly by paying tax and sending my previous, half paid off phone in to them.
It’s just such a nice glimmer in these otherwise very bleak, unnerving times. I always look forward to this day. Today I will be watching the livestream during a medical treatment and I am counting down the minutes. Laugh at me all you want, I deserve it, but I also deserve to feel a little joy here and there.
Fingers crossed the price of used AirPods Pro 2 drops after this so I can replace my daughter’s failing set 🤞
All year my money goes to bills and my kids. I’m lucky if I get one new pair of modest shoes every year. This phone “upgrade” is the one thing I do purely for myself all year. I can only afford to do it because T-Mobile lets me upgrade yearly by paying tax and sending my previous, half paid off phone in to them.
It’s just such a nice glimmer in these otherwise very bleak, unnerving times. I always look forward to this day. Today I will be watching the livestream during a medical treatment and I am counting down the minutes. Laugh at me all you want, I deserve it, but I also deserve to feel a little joy here and there.
Fingers crossed the price of used AirPods Pro 2 drops after this so I can replace my daughter’s failing set 🤞