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MacRumors Roundups: What We Expect for the iPhone 5S, 5C and iWatch
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Fortunately for me, or actually for Apple, I'm still using a 3GS. I'm really looking forward to a new phone, either a 5, 5C or 5S.
Waiting in line?
Can't wait in line because I have to be at work. Wish I could with a group of friends and make it fun. How much ahead of time do you have to start lining up? I mean do people start days ahead?
Hardly worth the wait......Yawn..
Completely agree. So underwhelmed I could sleep.
IMO, the biggest problem (by far) is still screen size. For crying out loud, only one or two lines of text are visible when typing in landscape, and those of us with just above average hand size or larger can't use the phone comfortably.
I myself am forced to use a case since the phone simply slips though my hand because it's so narrow, thin, and un-ergonomically shaped. Make the phone itself wider (via the screen) and round off the back edges like the 5C and it'll be much, much better.
My gut says no iWatch in September or October. Not enough lead time between the first rumors and 9/10. Yes, I know that the iPhone rumors started more recently, but those aren't a new product category. When you release a version bump every year, R&D cycles are shorted. The iWatch would be the product of more than a year of R&D I think.
Remember, the iPad was rumored for a year or two before release. From what I recall, it was spotted in the labs over a year before release.
And I don't know if Apple will ever make a flat screen TV. They seem happy making the box. While the total price is lower than a TV set, the margins are better. Maybe, MAYBE they'll make one when they can pair it with an Apple exclusive streaming subscription TV service (Apple as TV manufacturer AND cable company).
Remember, the iPad was rumored for a year or two before release. From what I recall, it was spotted in the labs over a year before release.
And I don't know if Apple will ever make a flat screen TV. They seem happy making the box. While the total price is lower than a TV set, the margins are better. Maybe, MAYBE they'll make one when they can pair it with an Apple exclusive streaming subscription TV service (Apple as TV manufacturer AND cable company).
Agreed. A flat dumb display that could be used as a TV, perhaps
But I think Apple's mystery TV will be a package of services that give you better viewing regardless of your screen of choice. Computer, phone, tablet or (with the black box) tv
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People should be "Innovative" and use other words
Anything google does = innovation. Android paired with a Pentium Processor could render 1 hour of 4k video in 1 minute. Fact!
and...... INNOVATION!
People should be "Innovative" and use other words
Anything google does = innovation. Android paired with a Pentium Processor could render 1 hour of 4k video in 1 minute. Fact!
and...... INNOVATION!
Not exactly when those features are just as good as an Idea, Most of samsung features that are "innovative" don't exactly deliver.
I think last year invitations went out about 7 days before the event. So I would expect them to go out early next week.
AppleTV
I wish I knew when the next AppleTV (the little box that's out now-not a potential TV that's been speculated about) will come out because I want another one for another TV but I don't want it to be the "old" version in 3 months. I went ahead a bought my first one two months ago because I wanted to try it. I don't mind if I have one "old" one.
I wish I knew when the next AppleTV (the little box that's out now-not a potential TV that's been speculated about) will come out because I want another one for another TV but I don't want it to be the "old" version in 3 months. I went ahead a bought my first one two months ago because I wanted to try it. I don't mind if I have one "old" one.
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This an amazing guess.
If I could, I would give you 5 stars out of a 4 bottles of wine.
I've never seen so much leaks coming from apple before a product launch, what ever happen to Tim Cook saying he's going to "double down on secrecy"?
All these leaks are madness..
As has been said countless times on here, when you have so many people in the supply chain involved in producing these devices it is very difficult to prevent leaks.
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I think iWatch as a name is interesting.
iPhone has a primary function being a phone.
Presumably one of iWatch's primary functions won't be telling the time, which you expect from a watch.
Calling it iWatch could transform what we think of watches generally. Now when we talk about tablets, we're talking about computing devices. While iWatch could be a brand name, watches could become the generic term for other devices that do something similar to what an iWatch will do.
It might be one day that when people talk about watches they'll say, "Can you remember when all watches did was tell time?"
This might be a reinvention of the watch but also a reinvention of the purpose of a watch. What is really being co-opted is the location and idea of having something on the wrist. Is that enough to take the name watch?
iPhone has a primary function being a phone.
Presumably one of iWatch's primary functions won't be telling the time, which you expect from a watch.
Calling it iWatch could transform what we think of watches generally. Now when we talk about tablets, we're talking about computing devices. While iWatch could be a brand name, watches could become the generic term for other devices that do something similar to what an iWatch will do.
It might be one day that when people talk about watches they'll say, "Can you remember when all watches did was tell time?"
This might be a reinvention of the watch but also a reinvention of the purpose of a watch. What is really being co-opted is the location and idea of having something on the wrist. Is that enough to take the name watch?
It's exactly 2 years since the Iphone 4S came out. All out of contract Verizon 4S owners (including me) will upgrade to the 5S simply because it's dumb not to. The subsidy is included in the monthly bill.
Black. Anodized champagne reminds me of 70s stereo receivers.
Black. Anodized champagne reminds me of 70s stereo receivers.
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