Bloomberg's highly-respected Mark Gurman
The guy is an idiot. I wish MacRumors wouldn’t even bother putting his sh?? Up here.
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Gurman: Apple's 'Spring Loaded' Event Won't Feature Anything 'Particularly Innovative'
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If Apple didn’t have anything interesting to announce, they would do it via press release. Airpods pro and airpods max both were announced via press release and those are a lot more interesting than run of the mill ipad refreshes. I don’t have to be an analyst to know gurman is off base here
Nothing innovative... so that means no Apple mouse which doesn't have the charging port underneath.
Nobody expects revolutionary updates every year and for every product line. I agree with you, but then seeing Apple releasing virtually the same products over and over and over again with a component update here and there at most, pushes the limits of corporate complacency.
This expectation of groundbreaking stuff came from Apple itself; when they were in a position to make more with less and release at a faster cadence. At the end it all boils down to leadership.
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I'm not sure spec bumped iPads and Airtags alone warrant an event. My bet is on iMacs as well.
Yes everything is pointing to new iMacs especially with apple prioritizing moving its consumer line from intel to Apple silicon asap.
Also with the explosion in working from home Apple wants a share of that market and refreshed Apple silicon iMacs is the next logical step.
Think back to Apple events of the past 5 years. What has really been significant aside from Apple Silicon, redesigned Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR and Face ID?
Apple has an amazing lineup and I love just about everything, but every announcement is somewhat disappointing and doesn’t always have a killer feature/product.
So tired of waiting for some sign of innovation, new products are stuck in limbo until there obsolete. How many years do we have to talk about stuff until it becomes a reality? I can’t remember what I lost waiting for a reasonable tracker. These are some of the highest paid people on earth and they can’t get products out in a reasonable time. I wonder what will happen to the spaceship when someone comes along and eats Apple’s lunch?
I've worn an Apple Watch every day since launch, it's still somewhat meh
Apple can preview an iMac that will be released later on in the year. This way it would allow the hype to get people to salivate and save up for it so when it launches it will sell out faster.
they don’t need to do that for MacBooks because they just need to launch those during a month more people are buying tech for college.
If they don’t preview something amazing people will forget this event quickly.
they don’t need to do that for MacBooks because they just need to launch those during a month more people are buying tech for college.
If they don’t preview something amazing people will forget this event quickly.
Can't see it, unless they can put it in the hands of users soon after the event they will wait.
Apple does not worry about giving people time to 'save up' for a new device.
Look, we all know exactly what they're going to announce...
Apple invested billions of dollars into TSMC’s latest fab specifically to have access to the latest manufacturing technologies. They’ve been doing this since the 90s, when they invested $150 million with Samsung to get the costs of LCD panels down. Maybe other companies should think more of their future than next quarter’s earnings.
Are people forgetting that they technically innovated with the Apple Silicon? I was expecting it to be pretty good, but not THAT GOOD to where it competes with an i9 right out of the gate on the lowest Macs available. And why I sold my $4,500 i9 iMac for a $1,000 Mac mini with far better performance.
I really do not know what people expect.
Why do you see his statement as criticism? Did not he just say the obvious. The same can be said about most recent Apple events.
Where did you read about Apple inesting in TSMC? They might be buying billions dollars worth of chips from them but I do not think there are any investments involved.
On what basis do you claim that someone is an idiot?
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Whenever Gurman says that some product won't be revealed at an Apple event, he's right.
For instance, many expected the first AS Macs to be revealed right at WWDC. Gurman warned a week ahead of time: no new hardware. He was right. He did the same on at least two other occasions while others predicted some particular products, and he was also right.
His reliability is about 90%.
I don't even own an Apple Watch or whatever smartwatch but I do acknowledge the improvements Apple has been able to bring.I've worn an Apple Watch every day since launch, it's still somewhat meh
“Nothing particularly innovative or extraordinary" sums up Apple under Tim Cook’s leadership.