It can only problematic if people using the beta don't report issues. What I've noticed here is people just want to "PLAY" with Big Sur and complain about issues but they don't report them. Relying on others or relying Apple to simply fix something without people reporting defeats the purpose of the Public Beta Program.
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Full Transcript of Apple's 'Time Flies' Event With Apple Watch and iPad Updates
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I thought that there would have been some hint or even a roadmap for iPhone or Apple Silicon products to come, but there was nothing.
Recycled metal should be indistinguishable from new metal. But at this point, a majority of metal is recycled anyway.
The kicker to me is that gluing aluminum and glass together make both non-recycleable. And Apple has been doing that for years and continues to do so with these "environmental" products.
MEH! The worst event ever. I can't believe they spend 1 hour introducing only Apple Watch 6 & iPad Air 4. So underwhelming. This is not Apple.
Mine have been updated like crazy. 27 yesterday and another 15 in the last 24 hours.
Fortunately I turned off 5 minutes in when I realized there would be about 15 minutes of actual product info and the rest is fluff. Looks like I made the right choice.
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They essentially rereleased it without FaceID. The A12X and A14 appear to have similar performance.
Wow, what a disappointing Apple presentation.
A waste of my time
A waste of my time
Highlights: the Air 4, A14 5nm, touchID embedded lock button.
Curiosities: The woven one loop. Edit: $99, pass. thought it was gonna be the same $49. Still, morbidly curious how it feels and what it looks like in person. But geez.
Meh: S6, Watch SE (S4 nerfed, could've gotten a S4 cleared out long ago for almost the same price with ECG but... good for Apple's bottom line I guess? Also lets stop saying its a 'S5 cpu' since S5 is the same as S4 cpu. It's an S4 cpu, Hardly a reason to be excited as a consumer imo unless you just dont research their products). Red/Blue watches imo - dont care. The red woven one loop with red body looks pretty nifty, but you can bet every third person will have one and not sure the red will pair well with most bands. The blue is a nice stealth, but hardly a reason to leap.
10.2" A10 to A12 direct drop in - appreciated but boring and might not matter to lots of the 10.2" target audience for day to day. The fitness service. Not gonna balk at something that gets people more active and in shape, but their services plate is looking really bloated and unneeded even though that's their huge push.
Disappointment: Removing the ac charger from the box, just on principle. Should've not even been mentioned and just covertly pulled if that's what they were set on doing. But still, it could ruin the experience for some, some people will have to swap out the USB cable between slow charging their massive battery iPhone, and the watch now. Watch is one they should've left alone, if anything (imo). Welcome to the average user being a switchboard operator. $599 Air4 price.
Curiosities: The woven one loop. Edit: $99, pass. thought it was gonna be the same $49. Still, morbidly curious how it feels and what it looks like in person. But geez.
Meh: S6, Watch SE (S4 nerfed, could've gotten a S4 cleared out long ago for almost the same price with ECG but... good for Apple's bottom line I guess? Also lets stop saying its a 'S5 cpu' since S5 is the same as S4 cpu. It's an S4 cpu, Hardly a reason to be excited as a consumer imo unless you just dont research their products). Red/Blue watches imo - dont care. The red woven one loop with red body looks pretty nifty, but you can bet every third person will have one and not sure the red will pair well with most bands. The blue is a nice stealth, but hardly a reason to leap.
10.2" A10 to A12 direct drop in - appreciated but boring and might not matter to lots of the 10.2" target audience for day to day. The fitness service. Not gonna balk at something that gets people more active and in shape, but their services plate is looking really bloated and unneeded even though that's their huge push.
Disappointment: Removing the ac charger from the box, just on principle. Should've not even been mentioned and just covertly pulled if that's what they were set on doing. But still, it could ruin the experience for some, some people will have to swap out the USB cable between slow charging their massive battery iPhone, and the watch now. Watch is one they should've left alone, if anything (imo). Welcome to the average user being a switchboard operator. $599 Air4 price.
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Was this event called “Time Flies” because of that waste of an hour just flew by?
Seriously?
Seriously?
If COVID didn't exist (so they would not have had the virtual event process) it likely would have been. I mean this is a press release when you think about it. Just one with accompanying video (like they did for the Smart Keyboard).
