This is my fear exactly. they glossed over the notch, never even mentioned it, because they new it was a poor solution. Now they’ve given it a name. Guess it means we are years away from a true full screen phone. What will they say when the “dynamic island“ gimic is no longer needed?
Sales of Apple products were dropping like a rock for a few years. Apple kept raising prices to compensate for it.
I'm pretty sure they have dumbed the keynotes down intentionally because they are trying to reach a broader/mainstream audience. In earlier days, it was mostly just us tech nerds who watched the these. Now, they seem to be trying to expose as many people as possible to it. Did you catch the Severance teaser at the end? That alone (instead of some weird live music finale) seems to prove my point.
This. I mean, I don't necessarily think that Apple is phoning it in, but I'm always less and less impressed by each year's offerings. But, I think it's largely because technology is hitting that point where it's harder and harder to innovate. There's only so much you can fit in a small space, and there's only so much weight you can allow a device to be, as well as other factors such as the availability and cost of metals and raw materials.
Could it be that there is high inflation in the EU caused by all of their energy policies and political drama?
I dare say if Apple had announced that the iPhone 14 had a USB-C port, that future iPhone 15 sales would be negligible. Yes once you seen most of the major functions improved like the camera, 5G, battery life, what else do you really need given A15/A16 processor performance for the foreseeable future given the increasing likelihood of the owner using it for several years.
If you wonder why the iPhones are more expensive this year, you should look at what has happened to the value of the Euro over the last year. Sadly, it is a pretty dramatic drop.
Cool, might be time to reconsider a vacation to somewhere in the EU… ✈️
It’s not getting old. They changed them both. Both marvel and Apple appeal to a certain crowd, a geeky nerdy type, and now both are pretending they don’t exist.
Rather than “butt ugly”, I’d call it “utilitarian”. That seems to be the way these kinds of sports oriented watches are in other brands. What is amazing is for Apple to stray so far from a focus on styling to something more functional in a watch. Jonny Ive must be having a very bad week as the Watch was one of his pet projects.
After Ivy it seems Apples’s hardware designers are just producing utilitarian models, the MBA for example is a flat square design with rounded corners. I hope Apple will give future Apple Watches this larger & brighter screen with the longer lasting battery using the current design language for other Apple Watches. As for “butt ugly” that’s my sole individual take on it, just me. I never meant to imply this was a universally good/bad/indifferent design. Beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder, and I’m sure many will love this utilitarian design.
Definitely says more about the author than Apple. The Dynamic Island wasn’t expected, it looks fun, smart and even magical. It was probably the high point of the announcement. Even features like crash/fall detection festures etc. are proactive solutions to real world issues that assist people. Apple sells joy and always has.
True and the new Watch Ultra is definitely not about fear.
