Redesigned Apple TV Not Ready for WWDC Debut

[BJMRamage]

this is the year for AppleTV....ok, not ready maybe next year
this is the year for AppleTV....ok, not ready maybe next year
this is the year for AppleTV....ok, not ready maybe next year

...I mean they haven't had much time since the last major release to do anything—wait, yes they have had time. never mind

 

[MacDevil7334]

Boy, whatever Apple has coming for this revamped ATV, it had better be good. Apple is getting absolutely annihilated in this space its competitors. About the only reason I ever use my ATV over my Roku is for Airplay and to watch movies I've purchased through iTunes over the years. I'm willing to be patient up to a point. But, Apple hasn't revamped ATV since 2011(!!!) and the device is slowly getting pushed into irrelevance by the better experience offered by almost every other company with a set top box.

 

[~Shard~]

so would this mean Apple will have no hardware to show off at this rate all we are going to see is IOS 9 and OSX update, they have already updated the Mac's so I can't see what else they could show off hardware wise.

Yeah, you would hope Apple would have *something* on the hardware side to show off. And no, I'm not counting the Apple Watch.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

When was the last time something by Apple wasn't delayed?!

I know the tortoise beat the hare, but c'mon. He was still faster than a slug.

 

[MacsRgr8]

If true, I feel current Apple management cannot apply the same type of (inhuman...) pressure to deliver the magic as before.

 

[Hog Milanese]

I wish they'd spent their time on this instead of a pointless, overpriced watch.

 

[Nautilus007]

Every year WWDC becomes less and less exciting. Hopefully they can at least fix some of the bugs with iOS that were nonexistent in previous versions.

 

[cmChimera]

Ugh. This ruins my day.

 

[seamer]

It's to be expected. We've speculated ourselves into thinking it was a reality.

I'm not a hardware spec guy, so...
How likely is it that the TV will just be a firmware update? It sounds like all the proposed features work already on iPhone 5/5s, and don't those use "similar" components as the existing aTV (with some differences of course)? Could it be done, and should it be done given that it took them to convince existing users that the aTV was worth purchasing instead of having to buy yet another new device?

 

[meaning-matters]

A software version was first approved May 18th, which the developers they rejected on the 22nd. Next version is still waiting for approval. Why don't we all send a message to Apple to speed things up and see it at WWDC.

 

[metsjetsfan]

what about that invitation withthe TV shape. guess we were all wrong

 

[Topfry]

They thought as recently as May that they were going to be ready and now they know they're not? I would think if they were planning this just a month ago that the device would be a lock. Hard to imagine what went wrong.

I guess those media invites don't make a whole lot of sense now...

"the epicentre of changed our minds..."

 

[ELMI0001]

Ouch, feel sorry for those who were excited to see it on Monday. But hey, more time for polishing the hardware, software and services.

How much more time do they need? Apple is a company of unlimited resources and yet we can't get an updated Apple TV after 3 years?

 

[bpeeps]

Am I the only one who's fully fed up with this constant hype of a new Apple TV and then they pull their plans at the last minute again for years??? What. The actual. $#!^.

Who's they? Apple or the rumors. Neither of these groups have reported on anything official. Can't really pull plans when they're only hypothesized.

 

[Peace]

Just because it won't be ready for WWDC doesn't mean they won't show it. The iPhone wasn't ready but they showed it off.

 

[budselectjr]

Couldn't get the content deals done in time.

 

[pokerplayer73]

It's to be expected. We've speculated ourselves into thinking it was a reality.

I'm not a hardware spec guy, so...
How likely is it that the TV will just be a firmware update? It sounds like all the proposed features work already on iPhone 5/5s, and don't those use "similar" components as the existing aTV (with some differences of course)? Could it be done, and should it be done given that it took them to convince existing users that the aTV was worth purchasing instead of having to buy yet another new device?

I believe the current ATV SOC specs are similar to that of iPhone4S(A5).

 

[SMIDG3T]

Apple can't win can they?? If they did unveil a new Apple TV at WWDC and it had major issues, people would complain.

Now that its been delayed, people still complain!!

This doesn't bother me anyway. I'm looking forward to iOS 9 and OS X 10.11. That does it for me.

 

[TechRemarker]

I think everyone needs to breathe and remember Apple has not said they won't debut the new AppleTV, some undisclosed random source has said that.

While normally nothing is for sure, Apple added the AppleTV into the actual invite, yes the center of the invite has the exact shape and proportions of an AppleTV. So we will see AppleTV at the event. However, what this means probably is that as previously rumors have said, they haven't finalized the necessary deals with the TV networks for the TV streaming service. So the new AppleTV at the moment might not be as exciting as it would have been otherwise. So this may have been a controlled leak by Apple, so people will go from expecting a lot of the AppleTV, to not expecting one at all, and then be happy when one is announced (albeit let than what was originally anticipated.

 

[metsjetsfan]

why cant they debut the hardware like the watch with the SDK and have a fall ship date

 

[Jsameds]

FFS, that's all I've been waiting for

 

[maroontiger2k9]

its been years in the making... just give us a preview at least

 

[Moccasin]

what about that invitation withthe TV shape. guess we were all wrong

not necessarily - hardware could be previewed next week to allow developers to create apps ready for release when the mooted TV service is ready. Just because it won't be released next week, doesn't mean they'll pull it entirely. If the various events and workshops included some with new ATV focus, it'd be hard to cancel them without it being glaringly obvious

 

[Mactendo]

These days everything is either not ready either limited to certain regions.

 

[sniffies]

As long as they don't remove iPhone 6S from the preview.