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Kuo Shares 2019 iPhone Expectations: 18W USB-C Charger for Higher-End Models, Bilateral Wireless Charging Might Not Happen
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I’m going to have to disagree.
We use to have two year contract phones because no one cared when you upgraded if you ever upgraded. The smartphone industry has become an arms race sort of struggle.
That was the whole point of why carriers went from slogans such as New Every Two to iPhone for life. They want Apple to innovate every year (in some way) to sell more phones.
Pay for a phone for one year and then trade it in on Apple’s newest, shiniest turd in the Punchbowl.
My god Apple has become so dull. Remember when Jobs used to make you believe you absolutely needed the latest Apple product in your life? Now it's a yawnfest. I've got an aging iMac 27inch, an aging Macbook Pro, an aging iPad and an iPhone 8 Plus. And they are all perfectly fine for my needs. Nothing Apple has produced in the last few years have compelled me to upgrade. I should be their target demographic. I should be excited enough to want the latest and greatest and I'm not.
One extra cable is a huge hassle and worth 1200$? Ooook
All these talks about 5G / 2020 iPhones. I think Apple knows they have to deliver something good in 2019, not only the camera. I don't believe there is gonna be some incredible new camera technology never seen before. Just good old: bigger sensor, faster lens, better low-light capability, super-wide-angle lens. I hope that the "R" chip mentioned in previous post will bring some exciting new stuff. And you know what would be awesome: if they really focused on durability / battery life in this release.
Yup time to fire the wireless charging engineering team. Pouch the engineers from Samsung lol...
The carriers don't make much money on the actual sale of the phone, do they? I'm pretty sure Apple gets most of the $1,000 or whatever the iPhone costs.
The carriers make their money from the plan... every month for the rest of your life!
A person might get a new phone every year, 2 years, 3 years or whatever... but the carriers get paid every month like clockwork.
I'm still using an iPhone 6S Plus from 2015. It was paid off a long time ago. But Verizon got a continuous stream of money from me this entire time!
Whether or not I decide to upgrade to a new phone or keep my current phone... Verizon will keep getting money from me every month.
Basically... the carriers are in the monthly plan business... not the hardware business. But yes... there needs to be hardware for them to sell monthly plans.
12 years before the iPhone was 1995
comparing that period
to this period
technology advancement has slowed to a comparative crawl
apple domination has stifled innovation
So quite literally if Kuo is to be believed, the only possibly innovative thing Apples done is they’ve ripped off someone else’s idea about the tiles and will market it themselves..
Not really expecting much at all today then. What ‘Pro’ devices they are
The only thing that today’s event will do is make the XS and XS Max and XR worthy upgrades for people, no point buying the new ones it seems.
Not really expecting much at all today then. What ‘Pro’ devices they are
The only thing that today’s event will do is make the XS and XS Max and XR worthy upgrades for people, no point buying the new ones it seems.
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As already mentioned, carriers don’t make a lot on iPhone sales. Apple’s margins for hardware resales are notoriously paltry. Using Apple Authorized Resellers as an example, you almost never see an Apple Authorized Reseller that only resells Apple products because Apple would never allow them to make enough money on purchases to keep the doors open and pay their employees, let alone turn a healthy profit.
You are the perfect example for brainless consumerism, aren't you? You should be happy that all that stuff you bought for thousands of dollars still works in a way that makes upgrading unnecessary at this point in time. Your comment is off the charts.
So quite literally if Koh is to be believed, the only possibly innovative thing Apples done is they’ve ripped off someone else’s idea about the tiles and will market it themselves..
Not really expecting much at all today then. What ‘Pro’ devices they are
Ripped off or came out with their own Bluetooth tracking device?
I guess Samsung ripped off the AirPods when they came out with Buds?
Wtf so no two way charging and no Apple Pencil support? That’s truely disappointing
What do you mean by barely functioning? I have a 6s and it works perfectly fine....still “buttery” smooth and fast and the battery (for an iPhone) ok. Camera as ordinary as it ever was.
I'm up for an upgrade this year. Still rockin' (no g) my iPhone 6+ so this one will be a major upgrade for me. Whatever they announce.
Most people saying "I'll just stick with XXX because 2019 is disappointing".
Be honest with yourselves, you weren't upgrading anyways.
People who need to upgrade and want to upgrade, will upgrade. Those who are more financially restrained were never really considering it anyways. I especially don't see XR users going to XS max territory.
Stoked for today’s event. Always interested in a new iPhone release. Since no one has a gun to my head it doesn’t really matter whether or not I decide to upgrade. What I will do is not get bent out of shape over rumours about rumours. Most likely I’ll wait at least another year, and that’s fine. I’m not expecting Tim to come round my house with the heavies if I don’t buy a new iPhone immediately. Getting a bit weary of outraged entitlement culture. Seems to be getting worse by the day, but maybe I’m just becoming less tolerant of whining crybabies.
I can’t help thinking that Apple would be better off just calling all future phones ‘iPhone’ and iterating annual updates without a name change. It might temper the expectations of those who expect the second coming of Christ every September.
I can’t help thinking that Apple would be better off just calling all future phones ‘iPhone’ and iterating annual updates without a name change. It might temper the expectations of those who expect the second coming of Christ every September.
Really? You haven't noticed Samsung constantly improving the screen to body ratio, or you're choosing to ignore that because Tim wants to reuse the same notch design yet again even though it was outdated 18 months ago?
[doublepost=1568097781][/doublepost]Looks like my post yesterday tipped Apple off...
Still no reason to upgrade from the iPhone 8 this year then.
Not overly fussed about a better camera, its perfectly adequate for what I use it for and the 8 is plenty fast enough.
Even my 2017 iPad Pro 10.1" is probably 2-3 years from needing an upgrade.
Unless you literally have money to burn, even a 2 yearly upgrade cycle is probably too frequent these days.
Not overly fussed about a better camera, its perfectly adequate for what I use it for and the 8 is plenty fast enough.
Even my 2017 iPad Pro 10.1" is probably 2-3 years from needing an upgrade.
Unless you literally have money to burn, even a 2 yearly upgrade cycle is probably too frequent these days.
That's me. And I even read the rumors
I probably be buying Xr upgrade, whatever it's called, and complain about having to hold a larger phone. I really wish I could have justified the $$ for the Xs upgrade. But 1000+ USD is just too much.