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iPhone 8 Event Date Rumored for September 12, With Device Launching September 22
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This is Apple. I'd be SHOCKED if they upgraded movies to 4K fo4 free
Why would you still want TouchID if the coming facial recognition feature is rumored to be mind-blowing?
Actually the only error I see, is that "With" should be "with", ever heard of Title Caps? or LOL? It looks like the person was going for Song Title Caps... but IDK you sound like an English teacher, and man are those people lost...
Laters...
oh and a btw: We live in a world where it's do whatever you want, pay the price, or don't pay the price. Standards? what are those???
Text Messaging will destroy the English language as we know it anyway, that mixed with computer programming languages... so if you want you can go back to 1985? Thanks! I think in some forums your post would be marked as OFF TOPIC and be FLAGGED or REMOVED. But hmm, strange, I mean I could go on and on but meh...
A more likely reason is because the Intel modems are cheaper than the Qualcomm modems.
Get your credit card ready. And get ready to wait until 12:09 AM for the website to be available on Friday.
1. USB-C headphones don't work with Lightning. USB-C will be the standard that replaces the headphone jack. Headphone manufacturers will produce USB-C headphones in the near future and will completely phase out anything with the 3.5mm jack. What the h*ck are is anyone going to do with Lightning headphones? You can't even use them on other Apple products, let alone any other products! They're complete trash. (No, don't mention Bluetooth headphones or AirPods; neither of those are a legitimate replacement for high quality cabled headphones).
2. Lightning is a non-standard charging connector. In an ideal world, you should be able to use the same charger for your iPhone as you do for your MacBook. (In fact, that's already the case with USB-C Android phones; you can use the MacBook chargers with them).
3. Lightning requires purchasing accessories that only work with iPhones. That's really dumb. It's Apple's way of grabbing money from other manufacturers. That's not something we the consumers should support!
4. Proprietary connectors are always (without exception!) designed for the sole purpose of screwing over customers by charging extra for proprietary accessories. Without dumb proprietary connectors, that problem completely fades away!
5. In short, Lightning is 100% anti-consumer. Sure, it's fine for people who already own Lightning accessories. But that's not a good way of determining whether it's actually a good thing or not. USB connectors (and anything, really) should be observed and critiqued objectively, not subjectively. USB-C is a factually better connector that has virtually the same footprint as Lightning. Apple would have to be stupid to not adopt USB-C in their iOS devices ASAP.
Marques Browlee does a fantastic job explaining the importance of adopting USB-C. Check this out if you legitimately don't understand why Lightning is Apple's way of screwing you over:
Because I don't want to hold my phone up to my face to unlock it. I like unlocking my phone with my hands, like every other regular human being.
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My phone will magically be unlocked when it's still by my waste after pulling it out of my pocket? Doubt it.
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This is nonsense. There is no "mess" going on right now with USB-C cables. It's a ridiculously fast and powerful open standard while lightning is both inferior and proprietary. You're not only using mental gynmastics to justify parting with your money, but you're also trying to justify something that hurts the tech industry as a whole.
^^^THIS! This this this!
Apple needs to implement USB-C in their iOS devices. They're doing themselves AND their customers a disservice by keeping inferior proprietary garbage on their devices.
1. The headphone jack has been removed on the iPhone so it's either wireless or use the lightning port but i suspect wireless is the future.
2. I don't see a problem in using 2 cables, i have never used a cable from my iPhone to charge my MacBook Pro nor have i ever used my iPad charger to charge my iPhone after all they come with the chargers for the devices in the box. But that's just my personal usage.
3. Consumers enable Apple to do this by buying into it whether they should or not is down to personal opinion.
4. It sounds like your not happy with this in anyway, but it's not like Apple are forcing you to buy their products if your not happy you have the option to move on.
5. I really don't think the lightning port is anti-consumer, I've used it since it has been on Apple devices and personally don't have a problem with it. I really don't see Apple removing it any time soon.
I've never really viewed anything as Apple screwing me over because i look at it this way, i'm the consumer i have the option to buy other products if i so choose, it just so happens that Apple make the best products and software for me (i really hate Android it's a mess) however i do understand that it's not the case for some people and they have the option to choose other devices (no one is holding a gun to anyones head here) BUT the average consumer doesn't care about lighting or USB-C they just want the iPhone, iPad, Mac or whatever device that they are happy about.
You may be in a minority here, that's not to say that you don't have the right to disagree of course you do, but that doesn't also mean you are right about lightning either it's all opinion based and individual use cases.
I have a 6S, MacBook Pro and an Ipad so you would think this launch would be something I would be looking forward to?
Not really.
My 6S still works absolutely fine, its not slow in any way and the new gimmicky features of the 8 are really not something I care about.
My Macbook is late 2013 and is still quick, I really don't see me upgrading anytime soon.
Personally I think technology has hit a sort of impasse in terms of evolution and more and more people are happy using devices which are 2-3 generations old vs 5 years ago when people craved an upgrade.
Hey, its just my opinion and I am sure the big Apple lovers will be queuing round the block on launch day so perhaps I am wrong.
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I have been considering this also.
I don't dislike my iPhone but feel it might be time for a change.
As long as the Apps work, I can get my email and I can make calls/texts then everything else is just a gimmick.
My other half has an S7 edge and I think its great.
Not really.
My 6S still works absolutely fine, its not slow in any way and the new gimmicky features of the 8 are really not something I care about.
My Macbook is late 2013 and is still quick, I really don't see me upgrading anytime soon.
Personally I think technology has hit a sort of impasse in terms of evolution and more and more people are happy using devices which are 2-3 generations old vs 5 years ago when people craved an upgrade.
Hey, its just my opinion and I am sure the big Apple lovers will be queuing round the block on launch day so perhaps I am wrong.
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I have been considering this also.
I don't dislike my iPhone but feel it might be time for a change.
As long as the Apps work, I can get my email and I can make calls/texts then everything else is just a gimmick.
My other half has an S7 edge and I think its great.
"RandomThingy" gate problems are not solved after two months. You will end up being disappointed and moaning about the 20 week shipping times.
Last year it was 'micro-abrasions' on the Jet black which was much to do about nothing and people bought matt black instead which looks like mud - awful. My Jet black still looks good and I'm glad I didn't follow the "RandomThingy" whingers.
You do realise people connect headphones to things that aren't computers right?