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The Top 6 Apple Rumors From All of 2021
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Company this rich can't afford to get someone to cut the grass? Man it's tall.
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Can I say this with authority, that the best products apple ever released in 2021 are those new MacBook Pro? Anything else got overshadowed by the new Laptop, assuming you can afford one. By proxy, rumours around MacBook Pro prolly is the best?
The Apple marketing machine is amazing due to their ability to make annual product seem like a transcendental event. Doesn't every company regularly update their product line?
I was thoroughly disappointed that the Apple Watch S7, did not get the square sides. I was all set for upgrading my S4, but decided to keep it for another year. No matter what Apple launched for the iPhone 14 series, I will definitely be upgrading that. Apple will need to wow me with the S8 to upgrade this year.
I was glad they didn't bork the design of the watch to a flat-sided box where it'd snag on your sleeves as you put your arm through every shirt or coat you put on, & gouge into your arm sharply whenever something you pick up pushes on it, and look like an ugly little brick.
I've been waiting for them to make it more sleek, not less, by Jeff Williams asking the Steve Jobs questions... "Why does it need a physical knob, when you interact with the device through an elegant touchscreen? Can you remove that knob if you design the software better? How about if your job depended on it?" They can call it a crown and make it jewel-encrusted for all I care, it's a knob, and is out of place on a touchscreen device made by a company that makes touchscreen devices with as few physical buttons as possible. Put the controls on screen, use sliders, gestures, make the outside of the bezel act as touch-sensitive control strips like wacom & others have done for 20 years. There are so many other options beyond a knob, I just look at that watch and it's 90% of the way there, and then there's this knob hanging off one side, and especially the ones that look like a big red "problem" button, and I just can't rationalize it.
I've been waiting for them to make it more sleek, not less, by Jeff Williams asking the Steve Jobs questions... "Why does it need a physical knob, when you interact with the device through an elegant touchscreen? Can you remove that knob if you design the software better? How about if your job depended on it?" They can call it a crown and make it jewel-encrusted for all I care, it's a knob, and is out of place on a touchscreen device made by a company that makes touchscreen devices with as few physical buttons as possible. Put the controls on screen, use sliders, gestures, make the outside of the bezel act as touch-sensitive control strips like wacom & others have done for 20 years. There are so many other options beyond a knob, I just look at that watch and it's 90% of the way there, and then there's this knob hanging off one side, and especially the ones that look like a big red "problem" button, and I just can't rationalize it.
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Im glad they didn’t go flat sided with the Apple Watch 7, it would have drastically increased the appearance of just how thick the Apple Watch already is. I’m very pleased with my AW7, getting around 36 hours of use with each charging.
No physical change besides a bigger screen is what stopped me from upgrading my S4. I’ll happily keep it for another year if there’s no big changes in sensors or the look. I only use my watch to start a workout at work, for the time so that I don’t have to keep taking my watch out of my pocket while I’m out delivering on my route and to get a quick glance at text messages. I don’t even use my 12 Pro Max to its fullest potential.
As I’ve gotten older I’m appreciating larger screens than ever before on mobile devices.
I’ve always liked larger screens to the point, I was my 12 Pro Max was bigger than 6.7. I hope Apple increase the size of the 14 Pro Max.