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There is no way the Dad didn't get approval to do this kind of thing. Nobody can just take photos or record videos inside any Apple facilities without permission.:)
 
If you can't recognize a figure of speech and take it literal then you have more problems than you know.

Only in consumerism America is that a figure of speech. At the very edge of western civilisation.
 
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So on Apples site when it says it’s polished to match the glass they aren’t telling the truth? My gripe with that video after he reads that and goes to say slightly darker then the silver version which it’s not slight. Silver is bright and polished the black version is basically black to match that of the glass.
The coatings are different on the two yes.
Nice to see that he went through a post I posted in. He still should of posted hands on images of both the colors side by side. Instead of taking weeks to figure out on the forums like he says.
That guy pushes videos out daily. I can’t fault him for not putting in images. Honestly, there really aren’t any good ones that I’ve seen that show the two side by side. And you can’t cherry-pick images because lighting affects them greatly.
 
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I feel similar...I'm not so sure what's happening here...

Overwhelmingly it feels like Apple are charging a premium for the privilege of owning a phone for which the design is incomplete. I suspect next year you will see all the normal two phones release event, with no top notch, TouchID under glass, and I pray and suspect that on day 1, iOS 12 will be a full featured and stable re-release of iOS11 albeit re branded of course.

It just feels like the iPhone X is a flux type of product, halfway completed with no future after this year. I don't like the feeling of buying that for a premium. Also the ip8+ while I'm sure faster definitely doesn't have enough value to offer for someone who already has the ip7+.

To complicate things further of course my girlfriend has been waiting eagerly all year for me to upgrade so she can get my ip7+, and get rid of my old old 6s she has now. So if i say "ahhh I don't know if I want to upgrade this year", she will be sad and I'm sure let me know it over and over. Anyone else in this position? You know what they say...happy wife, happy life.....I feel like I will upgrade just to avoid the headache. $1200 (CAD) i guess is a small price to pay for a year of no nagging.

I'm so torn....
No future after this year? Meanwhile Apple says this is the future of iPhone.
The large bezel iPhone is done with. Not sure how you can take that the complete opposite way.
 
He probably didn't think she was going to turn it into a viral video. Everything thinks their kids aren't going to be *that* kid.
Viral video? My criteria for viral video is a bit higher than hitting a few Apple websites.

And "that" kid seems fine to me. People are offended because she said shopping cures everything? In my experience with my lovely wife, you are right: shopping doesn't cure everything. But it cures a lot.


Mike
 
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I like how her father says the "iPhone Eks". Then later clarifies it's the "ten".

When an engineer work in a product at Apple you we’re never told what it wiii be called when it is released. We use code name internally to refer to the product so I am not surprised if he made that mistake on camera.
 
Her dad is a RF engineer at Apple so it explains how he has access to one. Usually these leaks are frowned down upon by the employer but maybe Apple are desperate for marketing visibility with how bad the iPhone 8 is selling.
 
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Viral video? My criteria for viral video is a bit higher than hitting a few Apple websites.

And "that" kid seems fine to me. People are offended because she said shopping cures everything? In my experience with my lovely wife, you are right: shopping doesn't cure everything. But it cures a lot.


Mike
Spoil them early on I guess o_O
 
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The camera she is using really distorted the iPhone, made it look like an iPad mini.

Well it is pretty big. I would happily have paid £1000 for a flagship iPhone smaller than the 6/7/8 but with a larger screen (thicker would be fine if so), the iPhone X is bigger in every dimension though so one-handed use will be awkward, will stick to the SE!
 
Video being removed makes it seem like it wasn’t intentional.
She was probably grounded for posting it. By grounded I mean given 1000$ instead of her $5000 a month shopping money.
The humanity.

I don’t think so. I tend to believe MacRumors community who reliably informed us that this is a marketing strategy from Apple.
 
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And.... the video’s GONE!

I guess it was unauthorised after all.
More than likely the crass consumerist tone of the video was seen as at odds with Apple’s more progressive humanitarian oriented image they’re usually trying to promote. The young lady herself has probably read the comments on her values here or somewhere and taken it down.

I think her comments would have gone over better had she seemed to be having more fun and a more lighthearted tone. Instead she seemed so bored and disconnected like she was dismissing her obvious blessings instead of appreciating and sharing them. IJustine is another California Vlogger who seems to like to shop but she’s got a charming demeanor that makes you feel a part of her adventures and her appreciation for everything.
 
Whats with the Fired comments, he obviously got approval for this. There are TONS of images and videos popping up of employees using it. Keynote has come and gone, there are people who were already gifted this phone obviously.
 
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