Quite ridiculous pricing once again. It's €769 ($865) in The Netherlands. And the average US income is generally much higher than in Europe, so that even stings more.
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Apple Unveils iPhone 7 With Water Resistance, A10 Fusion, New 'Jet Black' Color, Updated Cameras, No Headphone Jack, and More
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And those wireless headphones are hideous looking. I beginning to think Ive is going senile or trolling us.
Care to explain what "digital audio" is then? Afaik they're still using electromagnetism to move the drivers and that needs an analog signal. Those don't do **** with 1s and 0s.
If "courage" is the reason you remove an industry standard and replace it with a: Lightning (which Apple then needs to upgrade to USB-C if they want to continue selling the thing in the EU in the near future) and b: $160 wireless headphones that last for less than 1/4th of a day you can be 100% sure this is nothing more than a $$$ move, and not one that has to do with genuinely trying to improve the audio industry.
I'll be ordering 4 of these for my wife and kids. It's a good enough upgrade for me.
The A10 is very interesting in that Apple added 2 extra low power cores. The real advantage for Apple is their tight control of hardware/software. I bet that Apple will have some very specific scheduling going on with all the iOS threads (since they'll know exactly how much processor power they'll need) and will move a lot of OS specific items to the low power cores. So while your phone is in standby or doing background tasks all day it's going to be using these cores primarily.
Oh, and how dare Apple include the adaptor for free to take the wind out of the whiners saying Apple dropped the headphone jack so they could make more money selling adapters.
The A10 is very interesting in that Apple added 2 extra low power cores. The real advantage for Apple is their tight control of hardware/software. I bet that Apple will have some very specific scheduling going on with all the iOS threads (since they'll know exactly how much processor power they'll need) and will move a lot of OS specific items to the low power cores. So while your phone is in standby or doing background tasks all day it's going to be using these cores primarily.
Oh, and how dare Apple include the adaptor for free to take the wind out of the whiners saying Apple dropped the headphone jack so they could make more money selling adapters.
60FPS video on a watch? Quad core processor in the phone that's 40% faster than it's predecessor that is already the most powerful phone available? Enhanced battery life?
Samsung's probably laughing at this. So much nonsense embellishment, few new things for a non-s phone. I love apple but the layering of fluff they put on these new products is frustrating.
I especially sighed at the W1 headphone chip announcement. Come on, an in-house chip for freaking headphones? Which is probably just aptX bluetooth so it means nothing? What if I want another brand that doesn't have "W1" in them? And then promoting stereo like another innovation.
Too much marketing and too little innovation. My phone should be waterproof by now, but instead Apple's promoting "splash resistant" as this huge milestone. I guess the A10 is a nice improvement.
I especially sighed at the W1 headphone chip announcement. Come on, an in-house chip for freaking headphones? Which is probably just aptX bluetooth so it means nothing? What if I want another brand that doesn't have "W1" in them? And then promoting stereo like another innovation.
Too much marketing and too little innovation. My phone should be waterproof by now, but instead Apple's promoting "splash resistant" as this huge milestone. I guess the A10 is a nice improvement.
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iPhone 7 in Canada before tax 32GB @ $899, 128GB @ $1,029, 256GB @ $1,159
NEW iPhone 6s in Canada before tax 32GB @ $769, 128GB @ $899
OLD iPhone 6s in Canada before tax 16GB @ $899, 64GB @ $1,029, 128GB @ $1,159
NEW iPhone 6s in Canada before tax 32GB @ $769, 128GB @ $899
OLD iPhone 6s in Canada before tax 16GB @ $899, 64GB @ $1,029, 128GB @ $1,159
ARM Big,Little has been around for seven years - honestly, it's no great shakes.
Can't charge and listen to wired headphones at the same time. I need this in my car, so no new iPhone for me.
Hello, my name is Steve Jobs and I'm writing from heaven and just want to say that I'd call this iPhone 6SS.
I really wish they had made a pearl white iPhone in the same glossy finish as jet black!
Apple seems to be in a race this consumer doesn't understand. Faster, better but nothing really new. They cut a few seconds off their best time. Uh, cool? But I'm ready for the next game. Maybe I expect too much. But I'm not sure Apple is winning the race for my money this year.
Yes, but now we have control*. #BrexitStrikesAgain
*£ now at ~$1.34 from about $1.49 before the result was announced.
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Ok, I've been out of it for a couple of years. Are subsidized prices completely gone? My cell phone rates haven't really dropped to reflect this. If that's the case I'm not gonna be very happy.
Same. It's rather stupid that nothing smaller than a full-size iPad can use that thing. (Though I don't hear many people bemoaning it, so maybe it's a niche desire?)
I actually think the SE model is the best design they have ever had and should work on that lol
I hear they're discontinuing EARS next year, because they're analog and as such, outdated.
If Apple had any courage, they'd admit Lightning is a mistake and switch to USB-C. If they're going to remove the headphone jack, at least use a different standard connector.