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HomePod Firmware Possibly Reveals Apple Watch With LTE and 4K Apple TV With HDR10 and Dolby Vision
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Wow. If any of this comes true, seems like the Homepod firmware has been the biggest single leak in Apple history.
Actually, it's Google that created Android OS, not Samsung. Google's in charge of that. At once point, if I'm not mistaken, Samsung tried to use it's own Tizen OS but dropped it off their phones, except for their smartwatch products.
I really really doubt this all being in the new firmware AND being released is without the heads at apple knowng. All the commenters here thinking the most secretive multi billion dollar company in the world would just slip up and accidentally leak all this are just...silly
My guess? This is all being leaked intentionally to create excitement for new products coming
Like I mentioned in one other post, it makes no sense to leak intentionally when Apple is cracking down on them. They created a manifesto recently to design a culture of secrecy and requesting employees do not talk about the work they do, even outside of their job. They're asking for professional confidentiality to ensure the work they do stays secret.
No way in hell is the leak intentional. Instead of doing leaks, Apple should've been more direct with creating teasers and tidbits before the keynote release, if they really wanted to. Doing an intentional leak seems pretentious and candya$$.
The fact that people seriously think apple is just totally dumbfounded this stuff is in their code for the public to see shows how stupid people can be.
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Through out apples entire history from jobs' return on they've selectively leaked information. Where have you been? "Cracking down" obviously refers to things they didn't want leaked. But there are definitely things they want the public to know without actually saying it. Otherwise Tim Cook wouldn't imply super hard about certain things like being very interested in AR or a million other things he's said without saying over the years
android is open source run by google. samsung can make modifications to the os as long as they follow some of Google's rules.
and you misunderstood me. i meant that samsung doesn't see Apple's iOS software when producing parts for the next iphone for apple. so they know what the iPhone 8 might look like, but have no direct access to the software that's going to be loaded on the iPhone 8.
I've already informed (and as such, disappointed) the wife that there will be a Homepod and new Apple TV coming into the house by the end of the year.
I felt doing it now would give her time to process and then accept that it's happening.
I felt doing it now would give her time to process and then accept that it's happening.
Absolutely no reason why the ATV4 couldn't have been 4K, other than Apple gimping it to give people a reason to upgrade to the ATV5. Ah but theres not enough 4K content I hear you shout in defence! Very true, but when there IS 4K content for the ATV5, ATV4 owners could have joined in the party too. As it stands I no longer use my ATV4 because the apps built in to my LG OLED already give me glorious 4K, Dolby Vision, HDR, etc.
Well, it's not like someone had to go to great lengths to leak all this information. This is all contained within a single piece of firmware that's only gotta leak out once, for all that information to be out there. It's not far fetched to believe this might have actually accidentally leaked and someone at Apple is seriously kicking themselves.
Please fix the nightmare remote control of the Apple TV.
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And the UI is probably better too. HULU and Netflix and HBO on the ATV4 are horrible, coupled with the touchpad remote that is awful. I have a Playstation 3 with a TV remote for it and it's a superior experience!
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And the UI is probably better too. HULU and Netflix and HBO on the ATV4 are horrible, coupled with the touchpad remote that is awful. I have a Playstation 3 with a TV remote for it and it's a superior experience!
Not to mention that rather than redesigning the ATV5 into something nice looking, it will probably be the same thick plastic wedge as the ATV4 with the same remote and the same lack of ports at the back. I actually have two ATV4's, sometimes I wonder whats wrong with me :/
I don't buy it one bit because one of the reasons they have had their own keynotes for years after leaving MacWorld was so that they can 'control' the message. It's always been their goal. Leaks of any kind would be counter-productive to their intention and now they're probably scrambling to come up with an excuse to explain away the HomePod incident at the next Keynote. Either Phil or Craig is going to be forced to come up with a joke or comedy skit to deflect any signs of problems as if they're saying " Here's a funny story....we leaked it! " and sweat like pigs hoping for a laugh.
Leaks of any kind hurts the company, no matter what. I'm not defending the company but pointing out the flaws in logic of having them create a manifesto of secrecy and then do a leak on purpose. That would have to be approved by the person at the very top and that is the CEO. If Cook indeed did okay the leak, he should be fired for this level of stupidity.
Why would they want to leak it on purpose? Is it because they have a big Keynote that's going to be more than 2 hours and they want to get the details out of the way and bring it down to less than an hour and a half? The solution is really that simple. They could have just done a quiet release of one or two products and put all the details on the website, if their goal is to save time at the next Keynote due to having to cover this many product offerings. It's the only thing that makes sense.
Otherwise, betraying their own manifesto of secrecy is really a bad, bad move. Why? It sends the wrong message to their employers. " Okay, everyone! We ask all of you to keep things quiet and confidential. Please be very professional about it. Our engineers have worked so hard so please do not talk about the work we do outside of our company as it betrays their efforts " and then have a leak out there.
Employers will be thinking " Huh? They ask us to keep our mouths shut and they do this leak on purpose? What the hell do they want from us? Are we supposed to be loyal to them or are they saying it's now okay for us to leak whatever we want? ".
It's extremely two-faced and not only that, if this is a trolling attempt on the customer base, like others have theorized, then they're trolling Wall Street and the shareholders which is unprofessional.
I was talking about autumn 2018 and buying previous models. I've seen 2016 Samsung 4K 70" displays for $1400 new in box. Once Apple enters the market, it will take off more and prices will continue to lower. We've seen the prices drop quite a bit on the 60-69" range this past year or so, therefore it's not out of the question to see the same in autumn 2018 holiday sales. Trust me—anything will look better than my TV which will be 8 years old then. I'd even be willing to spend up to $1200 if it's good enough. If that fails, I live in a big college town. Students are always buying crap they can't afford and ditching it for cash at the end of the semester. We'll see, lol.
I'd say that most peopole who can afford Apple products can afford a TV with native 24p playback. My old 2010 100 Hz Philips set (actually operating at 96Hz), my 2011 Panasonic plasma (600Hz) and my current DLP projector "do" 24p and it's the main reason why Blu-ray still looks immensely better than anything I can stream from Netflix, Mubi or iTunes.
Agreed. I was ready to update to a 4th gen ATV in the living room. I am now waiting (though my ancient TV is only 720p). I mentioned this before that earlier this year a 4k ATV was mentioned and in the same week it was rumored that Abrams found a clean set of film for the original Star Wars trilogy and that it could be restored and see a 4K release. I feel now as I felt then, this is not a coincidence.Dolby Vision support on the new Apple TV is excellent news. I was wondering about this after news broke about the next Apple TV supporting 4K. Dolby Vision is the cherry on top for me. Seals the deal.
LeakyPod is best pod ever.
I wish that were true for my 2016 E6 model. The Youtube app doesn't do HDR. The Amazon app changes my HDR settings whenever it is run, so I have to manually change them back every single time. And there is no HBO app at all.
So many people moaning on this forum. It's truly pathetic. Very sad.
Why don't you all go back to VHS video recorders, analogue grainy satellite and 21" 4:3 ratio TVs???
Very sad to see such ungrateful sad cases on this site. Get some other hobbies guys!
Why don't you all go back to VHS video recorders, analogue grainy satellite and 21" 4:3 ratio TVs???
Very sad to see such ungrateful sad cases on this site. Get some other hobbies guys!