Foxconn Chief Reportedly Making Preparations for Apple Television Set [Updated]

[Ramonn]

Making preparations? More suicide nets?

Just kidding. I know the suicide rate per capita is lower at FoxConn than in China as a whole but never let facts get in the way of a tasteless joke.

lol

More suicide nets because you and your admirers think the only way to commit suicide is by jumping out the window on a sunny day.

I'm sure there are lakes and ponds in China too. Guns, pills and trains that can run over you. How about ropes? Why not hang yourself?

Oh sorry, yeah we should just concentrate on those who commit suicide by jumping from the 20th floor.

If you were a Chinese in China, you wished you worked for Foxconn.

Fail.

 

[Rogifan]

I'm guessing it isn't about selling TVs. It's about selling content on the TVs.

Since when does Apple make money on content. Plus I already have content via DirecTV. What is Apple going to do that would make me want to give up DirecTV?

Quite honestly I'd prefer if Apple made a really good car audio deck that had iOS integration and the ability to use apps like Pandora, Spotify, Mog, etc.

 

[AppleMark]

since when does apple make money on content.

rotflmao

 

[mr.steevo]

The Lisa was the first Apple flop, and there have been a few other disappointing releases over the years.

Along with the Lisa flop is the Newton, Macintosh TV, Apple QuickTake, Pippin, Apple TAM, and the glorious Cube. I'm sure there are more but those stand out for me.

I am interested in how Apple is going to convince people to buy a $700 TV for $2000.

 

[Rogifan]

rotflmao

They make way more money off hardware than they do on content. Tim Cook confirmed that in explaining why they're not interested in buying a record label or movie studio. What % of Apple's revenue comes from iTunes? My guess is it's quite small.

 

[AppleMark]

I am interested in how Apple is going to convince people to buy a $700 TV for $2000.

Probably the same way they convinced me to spend £699 on my last mobile phone, when post iPhone, I spent about £50.

It's like magic......



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They make way more money off hardware than they do on content. Tim Cook confirmed that in explaining why they're not interested in buying a record label or movie studio. What % of Apple's revenue comes from iTunes? My guess is it's quite small.

But that is not what you said.

You said "since when does apple make money on content."

rotflmfao

 

[rctlr]

iTV might get into trouble here in the UK, as there is already a brand.

So what else could it be called

ipanel
ivision
ihub

 

[Ramonn]

They make way more money off hardware than they do on content. Tim Cook confirmed that in explaining why they're not interested in buying a record label or movie studio. What % of Apple's revenue comes from iTunes? My guess is it's quite small.

Are you Scottish?

I mean my mates told me that people up there don't spend much.

Maybe thats why you're getting it wrong.

Let's say the percentage is only 20%.

Well, do you know about Apple's annual revenue on iTunes and how much $ that % represents?

Oh, yeah "hardware" lol.

Design it, plan it, manufacture it, sell it...

Foxconn crap...

Well anyway.

Was Apple the major label for The Beatles or was Angry Birds Tim Cook's idea?

It's like, they're not making money on the content that they made themselves, but making money from something that they're not related to.

That's genius, isn't it?

Allowing others to market their own content on your platform, so that you can grab a share from it... Besides "hardware".

Genius.

This is business.

Much love to Scotland.

lol

 

[cdmoore74]

Cool!

As long as I hook up a Roku, or something similar, for: Hulu, Amazon, etc., I'll be good to go! Wait, NetFlix performance is also lousy, on my ATV, so I guess I'll have to add that.

Really, unless Apple opens up the ATV, and adds popular services (eg. Hulu), what good is it?

The ATV is good, as an on-premise media library player, but it's lousy as a cloud streaming device. That is, until they open it up. My ATVs are now merely Roku stands.

This is exactly why an Apple TV will fail. What’s the purpose of such a TV if all you’re going to do is add external boxes to it anyway? Siri like features will not work with Blu-Ray, DVD or Ruku boxes . This venture will be the first major failure for Tim Cook. Even if this TV was 42 inches and priced at $500 I still would not buy it.
How many people would buy TV's with built in xbox 360’s or PS3’s if the price was no different compared to buying them individually? Why not just add Siri controls and a mic to the Apple TV? It’s like replacing a car because it does not have a CD player. Just buy the freaking CD player!!!

 

[cdmoore74]

Comedians will have a field day with this! I can see Conan or Jay Leno (notice the order) saying “Siri, turn off the TV”, and the TV would just turn off.

 

[shompa]

Apple payed 500-800 million to Sharp to make retina screens. Maybe Apple could release a 4K iPanel at a reasonable price.

Apple have a huge advantage that they can provide 4K content thru iTunes. There is today no one else that can do that.

This could be huge if they packed the iPanel with quod core A6, let users install apps/games. Would be a huge blow against Playstation/Nintendo WiiU and Xbox NeXT.

BTW. For all who hate the idea of an Apple branded TV. Look at the patent that Apple have filed at patentlyapple. Some great features that I want from my TV.

 

[Ramonn]

Comedians will have a field day with this! I can see Conan or Jay Leno (notice the order) saying “Siri, turn off the TV”, and the TV would just turn off.

Awesome! looooooooooooool



@shompa, I stopped reading your post after the second word.

I just did. I don't know...

 

[ownamac]

The Lisa was the first Apple flop, and there have been a few other disappointing releases over the years. But you are not pushing yourself if you don't make mistakes.

The Apple III may actually be the first Apple flop and predates Lisa. The Lisa was somewhat transitional considering it spawned the Macintosh XL.

 

[blow45]

Exactly. Apple won't even bother to release a major product like a TV set until they've 1. spent years building an infrastructure
it, and 2. spent years experimenting, developing, testing, and refining that product's hardware and software. The infrastructure is developed and rolled out over time, in the open, for all the world to see and use. Apple tests and refines their infrastructure to prepare for their next product launch. The actual physical product is kept secret for as long as possible, because it's the keystone. The tip of the iceberg.

This keeps the competition off balance and behind the curve. Because even if competitors know Apple's future product details, they'll still be forced to spend years trying to build out their own infrastructures. With no payoff until those infrastructures are completed, because they can't' release a consumer product until the infrastructure is finished. And by then, Apple is already readying their next industry-disrupting product. Good luck trying to copy that.[COLOR

Those are all good and well but what if it's a flop?

Btw when i said first flop i meant after the second coming of Jesus, I mean Steve sorry.

And it should be called iFinallyCrackedit as a testament to him.

Btw, we miss you Steve man.

 

[Krazy Bill]

Oh joy. Yet another product launch and "detour" from computing. My Mac Pro is now officially a boat anchor.

 

[reedmartin]

I'm glad there's so many members of apples r&d team on this forum to tell us what a fail the tv will be!

...

 

[SactoGuy18]

While I do think a prototype using current-technology display panels is already running in Apple's secret research lab, it's likely that Apple will hold off production until they can get a decent supply of 42, 46 and 50 inch AMOLED display panels (which will allow for a very sleek design) at a reasonable price. Don't be surprised that Apple is partially paying for the development and production of such display panels at Sharp's flat panel manufacturing line in Japan.

 

[Giuly]

iTV reportedly features an aluminum construction, Siri, and FaceTime video calling.

And the Chinaman knows that because he has a working prototype at home? I doubt that he is assigned to anything beyond "aluminum construction" - it would also be a surprise if Apple would charge you insanely great amounts of money for a plastic TV.

 

[Bytor65]

Still don't believe it.

I still think this makes no sense.

The TV market is saturated and sales are declining, just about everyone is generating losses in the billions.

I never really saw the point of an Actual Apple TV, and it makes even less when the market is saturated and sales are declining.

Partnering with Sharp. Sharp Panels are the worse that I have seen. They have terrible angular washout.

Set top boxes sure, selling actual TVs. Not buying (the idea or a set if does exist).

 

[Taz Mangus]

I am interested in how Apple is going to convince people to buy a $700 TV for $2000.

The same question people were applying to the iPhone and the iPad when they first were released. And we all know how that turned out.

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I'm glad there's so many members of apples r&d team on this forum to tell us what a fail the tv will be!

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Exactly. Bingo. Rocket Science 101.

 

[KDNYC]

I see any iTV as being a high-quality LED (IPS?) with Apple TV built in, and ... well, that's about it. I'm sure it will be the prettiest TV in all of TeeVee-land, with a price to match.

It most certainly won't have a blu-ray or DVD drive built in, though if it did it'll probably fail a month out of warranty.

I'm saving up for a MBP, which I can just plug into my current LED HDTV to watch all the content that won't go through Apple TV.

Any news on the MBP update?

 

[justperry]

Which TV sets have two DTT tuners for Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP), which requires at least two Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) tuners inside the TV set? The Full PiP feature is extremely useful for channel surfing during commercials (ie., very handy for bridging commercial breaks). Thus, waiting for commercials to end on one show while flipping through channels to see what else is on. No cable/satellite/TiVo/DVR involved; just the TV set. After image quality, Full PiP is the most important feature of a TV for many consumers.

Stop repeating yourself, it's plain stupid and annoying.

Which TV sets have two DTT tuners for Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

Hopefully with Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

After image quality, the most important feature of a TV set for many people is the Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

Hopefully with Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

After image quality, the most important feature of a TV set for many people is the Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

After image quality, the most important feature of a TV set for many people is the Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

Hopefully with Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)

Hopefully with Full Picture-in-Picture (Full PiP)
..................................................................................................................

And there I stopped searching, probably more.

 

[MythicFrost]

This is cool. Perhaps you'll have a remote with a built-in microphone which you speak into to control it, I think that'd be a lot more accurate than if the TV itself had a microphone in it.

 

[justperry]

I see any iTV as being a high-quality LED (IPS?) with Apple TV built in, and ... well, that's about it. I'm sure it will be the prettiest TV in all of TeeVee-land, with a price to match.

It most certainly won't have a blu-ray or DVD drive built in, though if it did it'll probably fail a month out of warranty.

I'm saving up for a MBP, which I can just plug into my current LED HDTV to watch all the content that won't go through Apple TV.

Any news on the MBP update?

I am not too sure about that, is anything better than this?

 

[Adidas Addict]

Apple TV set won't happen, let it go.

They may however, licence one of the big players to include a built in apple TV to a range of TV's.