I bet we will feel better about the new iPhone after we hear the apple spin on it.

It works for religion and politics... why not the Apple as well?

 

Wizard's first rule....

 

that is more them having good marketing techniques. The same way they made you feel like Siri was a must have feature

 

This is pretty much how all business work really, they flog things you don't really need but find a way to make people want it so bad that they feel like it is a necessity.

 

thats how all advertising works.

 

Well I for one can't imagine any kind of spin that is going to make me go "oh... I get it now". It's just plain wrong.

 

It's called the iPad.

 

Is there an example of a company that doesn't put a spin on their products? I'm curious to see how successful they are.

What's the point of this thread?

 

Epic

 

If they have some nice new feature I will be more at ease about it. What worries me is that the new feature is NFC. But they won't call it that. And it will only work with Apple branded terminals instead of the ones already in place at some stores. Add to that I wouldn't use it anyway.

Whether or not I buy the next iPhone depends on two things. Whatever the new feature/one last thing turns out to be, and battery life. If the battery isn't better than the 4S by a significant amount I'm gone for now.

 

Exactly. Every company uses marketing to try and get consumers to look positively upon their brand, but Apple gets crap for it because their marketing actually works.

 

ideally we as enthusiasts shouldn't need to be spoon fed information from Apple. What separates us from the average consumer? We sit on message boards and discuss technology. So with that in mind shouldn't we also be more informed than the average consumer?

The headphone jack at the bottom makes sense to me. Is it works now my iPhone becomes an in-line lump between the sync cable and headphone connected. This is somewhat of an awkward setup. Cables should be concentrated on one side.

The culprit appears to be the 30-pin connector. I'm guessing that it just didn't leave enough room to put the headphone jack where Apple really wanted it.

I also don't think a good decision can be made about a phone until you know the features in the SoC and how the OS taps into these features.

There's a lot of unknown info about the next iPhone. Making decisions now seems a bit foolish unless you know you need a much larger phone.

 

But this time we won't have the magic of Steve Jobs putting that feel good spin on it. So can the new speaker WOW us like Steve.

 

Didin't have Jobs for the best selling iPhone either....

 

First everyone says the 3.5" screen on all iPhones is the way God, I mean Apple meant all smartphone screens to be. Now with the new 4" or 4.3" screen, people will say, yes this is the correct size, if Apple says we need 4" elongated screen, this is the way it is meant to be. LOL

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"People are stupid"

 

i completely agree with this Big Daddy... seems a bit sad really

 

But he was still around he died I think the next day after the announcement. In no way I'm I saying it won't sell but the question to me was more about can Apple put the spin that is needed for the ones on the fence or don't think the features are that good.

 

yeah man...... Steve didn't do the unveiling of the 4S. In fact he passed on the day after Tim Cook and co announced it. So technically he was gone before the iPhone 4S was even available.

 

Of course they will tell you, what ever they think their fan base needs to hear, to help best sell their brand new phone. Marketing 101

The new iPhone5, it is the iPhone4/4S on Viagra with a boner, it's longer now.

 

Never doubt Phil Schiller!

Apple are masters of the keynote presentation, i'm sure the iPhone 5 will one of the best selling devices Apple have ever made, and we don't even know the official specs yet!

 

Wow. Somebody needs a Tivo.

 

This is the area in which Steve Jobs will sorely be missed. His true skill was as a spin master, and marketing genius. He could sell anything to anyone. It's the very foundation Apple is built on. Oh sure the products are good, but the "cool" factor is not a component they bolt or glue on.

It's not a certain "look" it's the cache of a guy like Steve convincing everyone that Apple products are "Magical". It's the same smoke and mirrors that cause people to go to Vegas and lose their money, while laughing it up. It is nothing more than words, assembled and said in a way that truly whips people into a frenzy.

No one, absolutely no one is as good as Jobs was. He was so good that people still hang on his every word, they recite it like its' their Bible. The hero worship is very thick within this group of believers.

Normal everyday people that can't even remember what they did on a certain day a month ago, can recite his words of years ago verbatim, without missing a beat.

The way they worship him is proof positive that sooner or later, the "magic" will fade and Apple will have to compete on a level playing ground. That day will be a turning point. Apple will have to dig down deep to compete without Steve Jobs.