I have regular and plus never able to cross 5 hour mark thought I had a dud so went through 3 iPhone still same poor battery life I don't know how you pulling such great numbers
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New iPhone Name Pro? 8? X? Edition?
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Crazy for me to say but if the next iPhone looks like the S8, I'd be happy. The 'handle bar' at the top of the display looks dreadful
in the iPhone mockups.
"Air" is another one that used to get tossed around a lot. Think they finally gave up on that one
I stated I didn't believe it would be Air, but it's the best possible example to describe what I mean though"Air" is another one that used to get tossed around a lot. Think they finally gave up on that one
People have been saying it'll be called "pro" since the iPhone 6 days
I was just thinking this earlier today. I remember before the iPhone 6s launched, rumors were circulating that the next iPhone would be called "Pro". Now that's been over two years and it still never happened. I think some translate the word 'Pro' into their mind and they think it sounds good, but logically it's not a practical term for an iPhone at all.
You're all too hung up on dated marketing. Pro now doesn't mean what it did 15 years ago. I like uniformity across a product range, and based on moves they've made over the last couple years, Apple's marketing team does as well.
Arguably, the 13" MacBook Pro and 10.5" iPad Pro are the mainstream models of their respective product families...and clearly aimed at non-professionals. The 12" MacBook and standard iPad are compromised products aimed at very specific demographics; ultra-portability for the former and a low price point for the latter. Pro sounds classy. It sounds premium. It's good marketing.
'Edition' has only been used to identify a very premium niche product that appears to have limited production and wasnt even sold in all Apple stores, at least initially. Why some think that's a more appropriate label for a phone that's surely going to become a mainstream, very common product is baffling to me.
Arguably, the 13" MacBook Pro and 10.5" iPad Pro are the mainstream models of their respective product families...and clearly aimed at non-professionals. The 12" MacBook and standard iPad are compromised products aimed at very specific demographics; ultra-portability for the former and a low price point for the latter. Pro sounds classy. It sounds premium. It's good marketing.
'Edition' has only been used to identify a very premium niche product that appears to have limited production and wasnt even sold in all Apple stores, at least initially. Why some think that's a more appropriate label for a phone that's surely going to become a mainstream, very common product is baffling to me.
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No. You're dead wrong. Those products are NOT aimed at the vast majority of customers.
Do you want to know what products Apple sells in those lines that are aimed at the vast majority of customers? Okay, I'll tell you:
The new iPad that is $329. It is for the vast majority of customers. Why? Because it is cheap and does what 98% of people use iPads for: surfing the web and watching Netflix and the like.
The MacBook is for the vast majority as it's cheaper, lighter, and more portable in compromise of speed and battery. This is for 98% of people who don't need powerful laptops.
This is the reality and why there will never be an iPhone Pro. Sorry.
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That's really good honestly. It's categorically superior to 'iPhone Pro' or 'iPhone Edition' which both make no sense.iPhone Prime. You can quote me later!
Okay quoting you, just to prove you're wrong after the keynote hahaiPhone Prime. You can quote me later!
The problem with these is that they don't draw any immediate interest from customers to see what this new device has. If ever Apple needed a new marketing term attached to iPhone, it's now, when sales are stagnating and interest in new iPhones is waning due to incremental updates the previous 3 years. See this year Apple REALLY needs a new marketing term attached to it to draw customer attention.
Just think about new headlines for September 6th, 2017, and what would get more attention, clicks, and discussion:
'Apple announces iPhone 8' (nope)
'Apple announces iPhone Pro' (nope)
'Apple announces iPhone Infinity' (yep)
I don't think it will be Infinity, but this is a good example of what I mean. It would draw attention.
Regardless of "Pro" tech aimed at more professional users or whatever, iPhone Pro just doesn't sound right at all.
I dissagree, people buy the iPad Pro because of it's bigger screen, Apple Pencil and so on. The MacBook Pro is the best seller and the vast majority of people with Mac laptops do go for a MacBook Pro.
The word "Pro" is a very broad term because there are so many careers and jobs that can be defined as "professional"
Face palm. Pro has already been stated by Apple to mean devices designed with professional COMPUTER users in mind. This means graphics artists, editors, writers, game designers, etc etc
Awhile the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro can meet different definitions for professionals in the field for productivity, an iPhone is not a Pro device. And it never will be. In short, it's a comparison between a phone and a computer. That's why the term "Pro" will never translate into the iPhone. Camera upgrades or other technology does not make the iPhone a Pro device, because it's not classified as a computer in terms of what others can accomplish on it for work development requirements, similarly to what someone could do on a MacBook.
If there was one thing I feel confident on with the iPhone 8, it certainly will not be labeled Pro.
Face palm. Apple have specifically (Phil Schiller himself) said that the word "Pro" is a broad term! And I quote;
"Phil Schiller: Yeah, yeah. First of all, when we talk about pro customers, it’s important to be clear that there isn’t one prototypical pro customer. Pro is such a broad term, and it covers many many categories of customers. And we care about all of these categories, and there’s a variety of different products those customers want."
People still buy the MacBook Pro and the iPad Pro regardless, do they need it? That's a different question but people still buy them.
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That's my point, I don't mean the iPhone I was referring to what the other person was saying that the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro is only for a specific type of people which is very difficult to pin point because "Pro" is a very broad term as Apple themselves have said.
its the broad range of professional computer users. In other words, the list I gave including the word 'etc.'.
