That's an assumption that is very difficult to assess and not at all a known quantity.
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Everything Apple Didn't Announce at Today's Event
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That's an assumption that is very difficult to assess and not at all a known quantity.
True, but I mean.. these don’t get updated that frequently, like phones or computers do.
They also didn’t mention:
Apple TV 5
iPods
TV subscription service
Apple Maps ground up overhaul
Apple TV 5
iPods
TV subscription service
Apple Maps ground up overhaul
I’m not so sure; the 7 is only $449 now, and they need something at $449. They can’t have the cheapest iPhone at $599.
You’d also need at least an A11 for FaceID. What you’re really talking about is a smaller XR, and due to the lack of economies of scale, it wouldn’t necessarily costs Apple much less to build it, just because the screen is a little smaller and it has an A11 instead of A12. It might end up needing to be priced at $649 or even $699, and that would kill any hope of any real sales volume.
Those weren't rumored to make an appearance at today's event.
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Times change. Sales of desktops/laptops have basically collapsed, dropping from 350 million in 2012 to 250 million in 2017—and most of those are Windows boxes.
Apple would wither to irrelevance if they just focused on computers. There’s a reason Jobs dropped “Computer” from Apple’s name in 2007. After iPhone, he saw the future, and it’s not (only) computers.
Rose gold! And three cores, because even though they had to put a quad core chip back in it because Intel stopped selling dual cores, they disabled a core because they hate you. But at least you can add a 4TB SSD for $3400.After today, I almost do not want to know about the Mac Mini.
Today’s event provided Samsung a year’s worth of content to further reinforce Apple’s brand.
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Same here. I saw my local Costco last week selling AirPods for $139.99 and thought for sure that was a sign today would include new AirPods.
Maybe October....hopefully with noise cancellation, but I’m getting the feeling they may shelve it to 2019 in order to simultaneously introduce the Apple-branded over the ear headphones.
There is high demand for a phone that fits comfortably in one hand and can be used with one hand, whether or not it is a “budget” model.
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So is “Max”.
I still see no reason or who the target consumer for the AirPower mat is for other than the niche Apple completist that needed to buy the ceramic or gold Apple Watch. Because there are great options on Amazon for $25 to charge both your phone and watch.
And yet other companies do sell smaller devices ;-)
But yeah, Apple is rarely targeting “low budget people”. So — especially if you simply need a (smaller) telephone — adventure beyond Apple. Sure, it’ll need adjusting but that is not always a bad thing.
If there's another smart phone with similar dimensions and performance to the SE, i'm all ears.
While I don’t doubt at this point in time most people genuinely prefer larger phones, I can’t help but wonder how many people go for the bigger phones mainly because of a perception that small phones are old. Most people think my SE is an iPhone 5. They don’t realize that it’s newer than both the 6 and 6s, containing 6s parts. Because in their mind, small = old. Because it’s pretty much true, except for the SE (although it too is getting old). Even if it’s not true in the case of the SE, it’s too late, that perception is set, and nobody wants the old-looking phone. So I can’t help but wonder if Apple went back to designing and advertising one-handed phones alongside bigger phones, or maybe even exclusively small phones, how different the market would look. Many, probably most people would stick with their large phones (I believe mostly because of a societal overdependence on consumption but I’ll save that for another discussion), but all things being equal I’m willing to bet that a sizable demographic would rethink their size preference and choose the smaller phones. But we’ll probably never know because companies have no interest in making all things equal.
I'm getting pretty desperate for a new Mac mini and MacBook Air here. Really hope they release something this year.
Except they absolutely are. Some people prefer heavier premium feeling phones and have no issue with battery life on the larger devices especially since they last all day and charge overnight. Others may feel otherwise.
To be fair, it would have been a bit silly to expect all these major products released on the same day. Major iPad designs usually get their own keynote. And when that happen, usually there are other hardwares and announcements to fill the gap.
I truly don’t think you understand the FDA approval process for any type of medical device. It has to be accurate within a certain margin of error. And since this is the first of its kind approval, I’m sure the approval process was rigorous. They aren’t going to allow a device that, while maybe not being marketed as being diagnostic criteria, enter the market and act as a diagnostic tool with a very high success rate in reading your heart rhythm. The ECG monitoring today, in my opinion as a healthcare professional, is the start of a revolution for the healthcare industry and I’m only more and more excited at the possibilities from here.
I think the AirPower is not going to happen. Not this year, not the next one, maybe not in a near future at least as they advertised it. And they aren't humble enough to admit it and apologize to their customers or give them some feedback about it. Disgusting and revolting.
Given their pricing model for telephones, I'm not really sure I could have taken the shock of how much that would have cost....just after having a kidney removed!