+1,000 You hit the nail on the head in the last few sentances of your 1st paragraph. However, the kool aid drinkers just can't see it! Well said!
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+1,000 You hit the nail on the head in the last few sentances of your 1st paragraph. However, the kool aid drinkers just can't see it! Well said!
Problem is, the announcement will likely come out in a few months. The actual next iPhone will come out later. Plus, if you want a decent price your looking at the end of the year.
Who knows--it's just that the general protocol is: 1) Announcement the product is coming in a few months, 2) Actual arrival date in stores (at which time the price is usually much higher for the first couple months).
No, it's not. All that that would do is kill sales for several months. It's idiotic.
Google "Osborne Effect".
so introduce a new iphone every year?
Real smart
I'm confused at your sarcasm at this prospect, because we know that is what they're going to do.
I'm also confused at the fact that you were banned. It makes me sad that I'll never learn why you thought it was a dumb idea for Apple to actually update their products yearly.
True, but I would be very surprised if there wasn't a new iPhone model this year. Proof? Just look at the history of the iPod, every *single* year there's been a "new iPod" whether it's cosmetic, real upgrade, or whatever. You can bet the same for the iPhone.
i hope you guys realize that everything that Phil says has been cleared for comment. He's not telling anything that the company doesn't want said. heck Steve might have given him the exact wording to use.
it's not just about the timing. it's about the cost. Apple has to pay to be in Macworld. why do that when they can do announcements just like they did for the new ipod and the new notebooks from their own campus for free.
not at all. the the only part of ilife that wasn't updated was iDVD which has no where to go but Blu-ray, which Apple isn't ready to jump into.
rumors, nothing more. until Apple puts a date out there, it's all just folks talking out of their hats.
and Phil's statement is more of a summary of past practice than a promise of anything to come. the dates can change.
you mean common rumor
they do that to protect their butts. if they announce weeks ahead of time what's going on in detail there is time for someone to beat them to the punch. and not saying anything until it is firm means less backlash if the date has to be pushed. less folks spreading negative talk that something is wrong etc.
yeah cause the second the new ones came out, his stopped working. companies should really stop doing that.
that's because they need you to know that something 'better' is coming out so you don't give up and go bye a Mac cause you are sick of Windows and all the problems.
no and no. A statement from Apple "In March we will have new X" means they are updating in March.
as for the iLife thing, they don't want to be dealing with that stuff for months. so they put a deadline on the deal.
And at least in the US, they added an install dvd to every box that didn't have ilife '09 starting the 27th. I know cause i was with a friend who bought a new laptop yesterday and asked why there were two pieces of tape. he was assured that the computer was still sealed and brand new by a manager who oversaw the 'drop in' process the night before.
I suspect the same in other countries. if not right away then very soon. such that by that cut off there will be no machines anywhere that don't have ilife '09 preinstalled
i am more speechless that anyone would take a rumor site reposting a rumor as a fact.
assuming that rumor is true, which I'm not. it does make sense to pick a general consumer show over a brand specific one, especially when you are trying to win over new folks to your brand.
Windows fanatics aren't going to go to a Macworld but they might go to CES and happen to walk by an Apple display and get curious.
liar, it said he was posting it from a beach in the South Pacific where he was being oiled down by a team of hot babes. and he didn't need no stinking computer cause he has his brain wired directly into the Internet. at 10 times current wi-fi speeds.
that's because they need you to know that something 'better' is coming out so you don't give up and go bye a Mac cause you are sick of Windows and all the problems.
The same is true in reverse. I've seen quite a few posts on these forums in the last couple months from people tired of waiting for the announcement of a new iMac or a new mini, and who are just about to spend their money on a Windows system instead. Without giving specific product and date commitments, Apple could still release enough general information to keep potential customers in anticipation instead of exasperation. Potential sales are at this point starting to bleed away.
How about - -they have more control over the design, manufacture and release of the iPod and the iPhone, than they do the parts for their desktops. (Intel for example, being one - awaiting Nehalem, Xeon, Dual/Quad/Octa depending on who you believe...)
Yes there are cycles for some. Not having exact cycles for the others isn't exactly a bad thing either... Apple's got a lot of new products to drop this year, and it's only pretty much February. Wait for Intel's CPU announcements in a week or so, then after that see iMac and Mac Pro announcements... mini is a wild card
Sometime I wonder if people think at all before they comment. The point was that nobody wants to buy old technology just because Apple has to wait until January to release products and students need the computers in September. In my son's case the difference in the graphics card would have allowed him to run better software for college. In Apple's defense they do offer the iPod consolation prize for new-obsolete hardware, but what college bound kid really needs another iPod.
i think you missed the point. Your son's 'old' technology isn't defunct. it just isn't the latest and greatest. so it takes 5 seconds longer than the newer computers to do something. it's not the end of the world. If you keep up this attitude that you can't buy X because in a couple of months Y, which is prettier and newer, might come along you won't ever buy anything. I went through college with a 4 year old computer, when I started. So imagine my sitch when I graduated. I would have been grateful for the last model that was only a month off the shelves.
Also, as to your 'has to wait' comment, why do you think Apple is dropping things like Macworld in exchange for doing home based announcements. So they can get off the worlds expectation of when things will be released. Now, so long as the parts are there, they can release in November if they wish, in August if they wish, they aren't forced to say something 'good' for Macworld so folks don't drop the stock price 10 points cause Apple didn't have a big flashy keynote full of hardware upgrades and new products.