i haven't seen video of this, but judging by the transcript of the interview that i saw, i took this more tongue-in-cheek than anything else.
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Tim Cook at D10: "We're going to double down on secrecy on products."
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They are probably giggling now more then we are :}
Surely you just can't do secrecy in China. It must be near to impossible.
This is code. Tim said "double" three times. 2 x 3 = 6. They will call the next iPhone the iPhone 6.
That's my contribution to all the crazies on here who spent a week trying to decipher the "let's talk iPhone" invite and another week speculating about the hand size to iPad ratio last winter.
confirmed based on what?So did he just confirm that todays iPhone leaks were in fact real? If so, when's the preorder?
"Doubling down on secrecy" when apple is fairly known for it's secrecy is an odd subject to touch on especially given the major leaks out today. It just makes you wonder if there was a meaning behind his message.
And I dont think anybody should - honestly, the phrase image a ship that leaks from the top comes to mind (something that Jobs has said before). Reading tea leaves and taking snippets of a sentence from a CEO is not a good usage of energy. Cook is too smart to reveal anything here that we should read much into. He is simply saying that they are going to continue the secretive nature of Apple only moreso. Thats it. He is just being cagey in how he is saying it is all.
If you dont think that Tim Cook has answers planned for the most common things he is going to be asked (and has been coached on by others) you dont know how executives think.
Apple should leak a ton of random FAKE parts. I'm takin a 2.5 inch iphone, a 5.5 inch iphone, a 13 inch ipad, an 8 inch ipad.
Wouldn't be expensive and they have the means to do anything. Right now its pretty obvious what the next iPhone is gonna sport for the most part. They gotta change that.
He said "double down" on secrecy.
Which means we'll see twice as many eye phone leaks and other iYada from now on.
Which means we'll see twice as many eye phone leaks and other iYada from now on.
Oh no! He's going to put MR out of business, and then how shall I waste away the hours at work?
MacRumors are just rumors... doesn't need to be a any credibility, as already proven countless times on this site.
This is great news. I hate rumors and rumor sites. Apple is doing the right thing coming down hard on these people.
Next season he will triple down. Oh Jim, Jim, you are a funny guy...
Ooops, I can't even remember the guys name. It is Tim of course!
Ooops, I can't even remember the guys name. It is Tim of course!
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Yes, but he said "it's pretty simple if you are developing for this platform".
That would mean that a 4" iPhone would complicate things for developers (of course it would), but interesting words of choice by Tim Cook given that they are about to release a 4" iPhone that will no longer make that the case to a certain extent.
Highlight video in case it hasn't already been posted
http://allthingsd.com/20120529/tim-cook-video/
http://allthingsd.com/20120529/tim-cook-video/
The fall of Rome
The secrecy is specifically why my latest computer is a Hackintosh and not an Apple. Now that I see how easy it can be to make one I'm not sure I'll ever go back. Apple is cutting off its nose to spite its face. And for what real benefit? All it does is annoy people.
The secrecy is specifically why my latest computer is a Hackintosh and not an Apple. Now that I see how easy it can be to make one I'm not sure I'll ever go back. Apple is cutting off its nose to spite its face. And for what real benefit? All it does is annoy people.
