Multiple Leaks Suggest No New Hardware at WWDC

[amartinez1660]

Yes, I too spoke to an Apple employee at my local store and he confirmed the same

Honestly, why on earth do you post the thoughts of these Twitter wasters?

it’s angering at worst, time waste at best, not the fact that they might have extra info that we might not, that’s appreciated... it’s the smirkiness, arrogance and tone surrounding it “oh boy, APPLE is so not happy with me”. Yeah right, just bs’ers getting paid for betting around regurgitating stories around.

Ouch! I was really banking on a new iMac. Had my credit card already sitting out on the table. If true I am utterly disappointed.

Totally feel you! I still have that last day of tomorrow to trigger a return... would have been great if something new/refreshed/better came up. But make no mistake, I got a spec’ed out iMac from the refurbished store, with the hefty discounts it might still make sense, and it flies, couldn’t be happier. Honestly triggering a return would be a bit annoying having to roll back and pack up and setup again the new one if ever... but would have to, wouldn’t feel ok about missing it. My .2 cents on that.

Sony made $78 billion last year. Not as much as Apple, but hardly a dwindling has-been. Sony is huge in many areas. Apple makes a fortune in a few small areas it's doing incredibly well in.

You have no clue what Sony does. Sony makes almost every digital camera sensor in the world, including every iPhone camera, all the way up to the top pro-SLRs (except Canon afaik). There is still more money in amazing hardware than there is in software as there always has been.

Oh, that’s great to know and a reality check, myself I forget a lot about what companies are doing and how come they are still alive... especially if only taking into account direct consumer front products ignoring all the massive machine that gets supported in between the companies services and products themselves.

 

[magicschoolbus]

Would be a great time to see a new Apple tv

 

[NoImDirtyDan]

Isn't it software that's separating Apple from Android, in many cases? Especially its integration with their hardware?

Yes absolutely, the hardware would be nothing without the software to go along with it. I did not mean to sound so dramatic, I am just excited about this year's rumors and really want to see what they do with the new iMac.

 

[wyarp]

By 'scrapped' you mean, never actually planned for any in the first place? You don't just 'scrap' multiple hardware announcements the day before the said announcement. Getting fed up of all these 'leakers' and so-called 'insiders' or 'industry experts'.

 

[endlessike]

this is good news.

apple need to focus on their Software mess.

remember Sony in the 90’s? Amazing hardware. Junk software. and Now they are a has been except for the PlayStation. Lost computing. Lost mobile. Lost electronics.

Apple needs to step up its software game.

Umm. Sony makes the consensus best wireless headphones on the market, some of the best TVs, and really outstanding class-leading digital cameras. Their mirrorless stuff is among the best in the world. Not sure what you’re talking about.

Everyone has “lost” mobile other than Apple and Google. Mobile and computing hardware are effectively commodities, and not where anyone wants to be making their money in 2020.

 

[Cosmosent]

Wow !, that's BIG & NOT necessarily Good News !

Sounds like it may have been a last minute decision, too !

 

[DeputyFife]

If this is true it is just another example of how timid Apple has become under Tim Cook’s suffocating leadership style that glorifies endless supply chain improvements, incremental spec bumps, meaningless software tweaks, and massive money wasting Quixotic dreams of becoming Netflix. But because he gets the share prices up he stays on...no longer the company of Ive and Jobs...

 

[ninecows]

So if they do not plan to launch new iMacs tomorrow why is every shop (at least in Denmark) out of stock? Normal you can get a new within 2-3 days anywhere.

Would Apple allow 2-3 months without a sale on iMacs?

 

[Frantisekj]

They have to present ARM CPUs somehow. But they can not say much about it like it will be twice that fast then Intel. Who would be buying Intel MacBooks then from now?

 

[cmaier]

If this is true it is just another example of how timid Apple has become under Tim Cook’s suffocating leadership style that glorifies endless supply chain improvements, incremental spec bumps, meaningless software tweaks, and massive money wasting Quixotic dreams of becoming Netflix. But because he gets the share prices up he stays on...no longer the company of Ive and Jobs...

What a silly argument. “Incremental spec bumps” one day before they completely revolutionize the entire architecture of the Mac.

The cognitive dissonance is astounding.
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They have to present ARM CPUs somehow. But they can not say much about it like it will be twice that fast then Intel. Who would be buying Intel MacBooks then from now?

They didn’t Osborne themselves when they crowed about Intel speeds beating PowerPC, or about PowerPC beating 68k. It’ll be fine.

 

[Frantisekj]

If this is true it is just another example of how timid Apple has become under Tim Cook’s suffocating leadership style that glorifies endless supply chain improvements, incremental spec bumps, meaningless software tweaks, and massive money wasting Quixotic dreams of becoming Netflix. But because he gets the share prices up he stays on...no longer the company of Ive and Jobs...

You can not disrupt industry every five years. ARM switch and Glasses will be big changes I guess, People needs well working products that meet they needs: New gizmos every other while si not that necessary. I won't make anyone's life better.

 

[DeputyFife]

8 years and no new iMac redesign update. The ARM switch is one of the most overrated headlines ever. It took them two years just to end keyboard sticking.

What a silly argument. “Incremental spec bumps” one day before they completely revolutionize the entire architecture of the Mac.

The cognitive dissonance is astounding.
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8 years and no new iMac redesign update. The ARM switch is one of the most overrated headlines ever. It took them two years just to end keyboard sticking.

 

[teknikal90]

Apple is playing these leakers.

 

[DeputyFife]

I agree...I never said disrupt industry. I just expect a company that can afford to spend $1,000,000,000 on a mediocre streaming service to care more about products. Obviously I am generalizing. I agree with Cook on Apple Watch importance etc. The point is hardware doesn’t matter to Apple like it used to. That’s not an unreasonable statement.

You can not disrupt industry every five years. ARM switch and Glasses will be big changes I guess, People needs well working products that meet they needs: New gizmos every other while si not that necessary. I won't make anyone's life better.

 

[tyranne201]

Here we go. The time of the year when leakers leak at the very last minute before wwdc. I'm sure this is on purpose.

 

[kazmac]

Good, that means I can just focus on work tomorrow.

 

[wyarp]

8 years and no new iMac redesign update. The ARM switch is one of the most overrated headlines ever. It took them two years just to end keyboard sticking.

8 years... and it STILL looked better than almost ANY other desktop computer at any price.... bezel and all!

 

[konqerror]

Sony made $78 billion last year. Not as much as Apple, but hardly a dwindling has-been. Sony is huge in many areas. Apple makes a fortune in a few small areas it's doing incredibly well in.

You have no clue what Sony does. Sony makes almost every digital camera sensor in the world, including every iPhone camera, all the way up to the top pro-SLRs (except Canon afaik). There is still more money in amazing hardware than there is in software as there always has been.

That's a myth. Sony makes less than half of the digital camera sensors sold. Sony's semiconductor business, which makes image sensors, is the second smallest part of the company by revenue; the smallest is their camera operation, of which only half are consumer cameras, the rest is broadcast and medical.

Sony's largest moneymaker is the Playstation, followed by their media business (movies and music), then followed by financial services (Sony runs a bank, sells life insurance, auto insurance, etc. in Asia). Sony is no longer a hardware company, they're a content and services company.

 

[Neepman]

Seems crazytown to announce any new hardware when so many are is broke and with an uncertain future from the pandemic. But apple is pretty tonedeaf except for their pet causes so it would not surprise me if they did.

 

[tyranne201]

Seems fake.

Apple is still months away to ship these products. Very few people must know about it. If Kuo says it'll happen, then I believe in him.

 

[TinaBelcher]

Just great! What are they gonna spend 2 freaking hours on instead? ohh yeah! Telling us about AR games which no freakin' adult cares about other than the immature 40 year old Apple Fanatic aka iJustine. And then reveal the innovative iPhone OS, which is no different in any way. Just cancel the event, and do a website release of "iPhone OS"

 

[tyranne201]

Wow !, that's BIG & NOT necessarily Good News !

Sounds like it may have been a last minute decision, too !

Only the top execs must know about this, since it's just a very early announcement. I doubt some mediocre employee would know about this.

 

[aaronhead14]

Why on earth do people think this kind is stuff is “worth mentioning” less than 24 hours before we’ll know for sure? Are they just trying to increase their credibility? It’s laughable.

 

[itsmilo]

Strange as the 27 inch iMac is not available for shipping until mid July at the Apple Store in Germany

 

[satchmo]

These ‘leakers’ are covering their a**.
If you say there might or might not be hardware, you can’t be wrong.