I hate to be a downer but just not feeling these updates. The pro models look awful to me and I just can’t get excited for spec bumps anymore and let’s be honest, with rare exceptions that’s all tech updates are these days. Sure the air is a nice idea but battery life matters most to me, not thin and trendy. The days of my annual updates are long gone.
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iphone 17 mini with a flush mounted camera, please
I am thinking more like "Naw"I think that for many people it will be Aw instead of Awe.
Haven't had an Iphone since the 11, the hard edged phones are so horrible to hold I decided to part ways. I'd be happy to come back if they designed a more comfortable and light weight phone, or had the brains to put the weight towards the bottom of the phone. Also recently had to try backup my little nephews ipad photos.... what a ball ache. Tim Cooks world isn't mine, the innovation lacking $$$ psychopath needs to go. Good will will soon dry up with even the most hardcore apple users.
Well, I agree with you. That people always claim the end is near for Apple, You also need to remember. There have been many Apple like monopolies throughout history. Many are gone now! In retail. Sears once dominated the world now, they're gone. Back in the day, Zenith and RCA sold all the televisions. That didn't last long. They were replaced by Sony and they themselves almost disappeared a couple of times in recent history.. Steve Jobs himself famously said once that he was using Sony as his target when designing the first Macbooks because they were so forward thinking back in the 2005 2008 time frame. They don't even make computers anymore!
The irony of the "sheep buy whatever Apple sells no matter what" is that one of the biggest reasons I use an iPhone is that they get software updates much longer, and are easier to get OEM service for (i.e., take to the Apple Store for a battery replacement).
I go 4-5 years, typically, between upgrades. And while I could do that with select Android devices in hindsight (but not others, and it can be random!), I can consistently do that with an iPhone. When I finally buy a new phone to replace a 5 year old iPhone, my 5 year old iPhone is still running the latest version of the operating system (or at worst, a one-generation-off version that is still getting security updates.)
I'm well aware of the failure of past large companies.
The final arbiters of Apple's success or failure are Apple's 1+ Billion active and repeat customers. They're the best metric in gauging Apple's future.
Should that number someday drastically decrease to say, 1 Million active and repeat customers (a factor of 0.1%), I would worry.
Others (not you) simply saying anything is theoretically possible is not very interesting or productive in estimating a company's success/failure, and is just a "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!" retort.
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I personally don't mind the new camera bump on the pro. Depending on specs I'll most likely upgrade my 16P. If the Max has a better camera I'll be disappointed. That size doesn't fit in my pocket.
100%. Apple could fail or Apple could fall into a boondoggle in the future. If we’re going to prognosticate Apple could fail aka. Laclverry let’s also prognosticate Apple will cash in.
The bump on the previous iPhones was solid glass and purely cosmetic. By switching to aluminium they can mill the back to create a recess, which when extended the full width of the chassis, allows room for larger components like a periscope tele lens and an upgraded front camera. Hence also the shift of the flash and lidar units… though having the flash off-axis will make for ugly shadows in some orientations.
This year is more of a pass on just about everything I have a 16 Pro, a Ultra 2, AirPod pro 2 and the only item I might just see is the AirPod pro 3 as battery life of my daily use AirPods (8-10 hours a day of use) is less and less so I might just look at replacing those and pass my AirPod Pro 2 to one of my grand kids.
Based on the Korean telco leak regarding iPhone 17 specs, I feel I’m in for disappointment.
Interested in the iPhone 17 Pro but it would appear the battery only gets a minuscule bump and it’s starting again with 128gb - again, assumes the docs are legit and Apple doesn’t announce something different.
A consolation would be inclusion of the Qualcomm X85 modem (and not a costum one like the iPhone 16 series got).
Interested in the iPhone 17 Pro but it would appear the battery only gets a minuscule bump and it’s starting again with 128gb - again, assumes the docs are legit and Apple doesn’t announce something different.
A consolation would be inclusion of the Qualcomm X85 modem (and not a costum one like the iPhone 16 series got).
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Products that macrumors forgot to add but could arrive even if no one expect :
- iPhone 17e
- iPad Pro M5
- iPad mini A19 or something
- Cheap MacBook
- New Mac Pro
- iMac Pro
- New iMac
- Mac mini m5
- MacBook Pro m5
Someone said iPhone? Imagine no iPhone like in 2020 lol
- iPhone 17e
- iPad Pro M5
- iPad mini A19 or something
- Cheap MacBook
- New Mac Pro
- iMac Pro
- New iMac
- Mac mini m5
- MacBook Pro m5
Someone said iPhone? Imagine no iPhone like in 2020 lol
Pretty much the only thing Apple can do to make me buy one of their phones post-13.
Much is made of the “durability” of switching to aluminum but all I can think is this:
When I dropped my aluminum iPhone, it dented the aluminum, deforming and cracking the screen. Full replacement needed.
When I drop my titanium iPhone, as I’ve done quite a few times, I get a small graze or chip and nothing else.
There’s nothing durable about switching to a material that is weaker and more malleable.
When I dropped my aluminum iPhone, it dented the aluminum, deforming and cracking the screen. Full replacement needed.
When I drop my titanium iPhone, as I’ve done quite a few times, I get a small graze or chip and nothing else.
There’s nothing durable about switching to a material that is weaker and more malleable.
Samsung and Google (Pixel) have been advertising seven years of OS updates for a while, and the EU requires five years of OS updates for smartphones now, counting from the date the last unit of the respective model was manufactured (so in practice six to seven years after launch as well). Apple doesn’t have a unique value proposition here anymore.
I was all set to update my 16 Pro Max & S10, but now don’t know if I’ll bother.
I’m more looking forward to getting OS26 on all of my devices. I haven’t tried the betas, so it’ll all be new to me.
I’m more looking forward to getting OS26 on all of my devices. I haven’t tried the betas, so it’ll all be new to me.
I find it hard to believe how people can get so passionate about a camera bump. How much of your day to spend staring at the back of the phone versus the screen anyway?
