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Gurman: New AirPods Max and Apple TV Unlikely to Be Announced at September Apple Event
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Why? I replied to someone saying “Why would anyone buy it”? I think it’s clear that almost no one cares about the connector. It’s totally okey to care (there are good reasons!) but I don’t understand how people can mix their desires with the obvious reality.
Tech enthusiasts tend to generalize and think that general consumers' purchases are driven by the same niche little details theirs are. How many times have I heard someone with a straight face talk about how MacBook sales are gonna "tank" because of some SSD bandwidth difference or whatever. Outside this little echo chamber, most people don't notice or give a crap. It's the same with the lightning connector. Tempest in a teapot. Besides, lightning is being phased out as new products are released. Even a very minor revision to AirPods Pro got a USB-C port, as did the newest Apple TV remote.
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For me, it's the impulse to just never, ever again have to futz with the pure garbage interface of any "smart TV". AT $129, it's a bargain to just put that in the past entirely.
Is Gurman funneling money to someone inside Apple for all of this info? The entire world out there…and yet it’s always the same two people making speculations about Mac. It’s no longer a coincidence and is surely something going on.
I really do hope that APM2 do release. I’ve been looking forwards to purchasing a pair, but I’ve been holding out for the series 2
I really do hope that APM2 do release. I’ve been looking forwards to purchasing a pair, but I’ve been holding out for the series 2
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oh my god you are me
I'm about to finish my football room....a projector and 5 TVs in one room...definitely some ATV shifting and buying going on here but I hate to buy them before the new one and would still upgrade at least my main TV with the brand new one when it comes out
Even though the only thing that will change is it loads apps a microsecond quicker 🤣🤣🤣
I was waiting for the next gen, but my spouse just gifted me the blue Max for my birthday today (before our trip to Switzerland next week) Honestly, the lightning port is an afterthought after testing them out. They are phenomenal, and put my APP2 to shame.
I'd absolutely take a spec bump to the H2 (or H3?) chip just to bring feature parity to the AirPods Pros.
Have yet to try the Max at the Apple Store but the latest APP2 firmware has degraded the noise cancellation quite a bit.
In the past I've read a lot of condensation issues. Wearing this thing for a long time leads to condensation inside what probably destroys the internal PCBs.
As being completely into the Apple eco-system I'm very interested in that thing. But noise cancellation must be improved (something like the Airpods pro 1-2, improved a lot), and off-course the condensation issues must be solved.
That plus the USB-C should be reason enough to create an Airpods Max 2
As being completely into the Apple eco-system I'm very interested in that thing. But noise cancellation must be improved (something like the Airpods pro 1-2, improved a lot), and off-course the condensation issues must be solved.
That plus the USB-C should be reason enough to create an Airpods Max 2
My mum is not a tech person, not even in the slightest. In fact, she needs help with most things she does digitally, even the simplest of things at times. But she does dislike the Lightning connector on her iPad and is glad that her iPhone is USB-C.
The next Apple TV MUST have AV1 hardware decoding to compete, full stop. I don't know why the articles on the current A15-based unit lack that info. It does AV1 in software only, and in restricted fashion.
Luckily, A17+ seem to all have it, so it's almost a given the next Apple TV will have AV1 hardware decoding.
Other than that, I have little to complain about regarding the current model, aside from the fact you must buy the largest storage (who really needs it?) to get an ethernet port....
Luckily, A17+ seem to all have it, so it's almost a given the next Apple TV will have AV1 hardware decoding.
Other than that, I have little to complain about regarding the current model, aside from the fact you must buy the largest storage (who really needs it?) to get an ethernet port....
Not gonna happen. Everyone and their grandma on this forum has already debunked the Apple 8K TV, so it's not gonna happen.