Sure, 6s; iPad pro and Apple TV. I'm not disappointed or underwhelmed as this was a very good upgrade cycle.
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I would love it if we only got this thread once a year. In reality, we get a few dozen iterations of the same thread at every single product release. If you had a nickel for every thread on this board that starts "Am I the only one...", you could buy yourself an Apple Pencil.
Same old song and dance every year from some of you.
"I'm under-impressed"
"No real advancements were made"
"I'm so disappointed"
The rhetoric goes on and on.
The fact of the matter is Apple makes great incremental updates and if you look at how the capabilities of all smartphones have evolved over the last 5 years, it's quite shocking to see how far everyone has come. Yes, that includes iPhones and the competitors too.
You have nothing to whine about.
"I'm under-impressed"
"No real advancements were made"
"I'm so disappointed"
The rhetoric goes on and on.
The fact of the matter is Apple makes great incremental updates and if you look at how the capabilities of all smartphones have evolved over the last 5 years, it's quite shocking to see how far everyone has come. Yes, that includes iPhones and the competitors too.
You have nothing to whine about.
Underwhelming because you weren't "sold" on it.
If you think about the force touch, and compare it to any of the other advancements in past iPhones, it is a pretty exciting thing and no more or less progressive. To me, the switching between apps using force touch on the side of the screen is pretty awesome (a la four finger swipe on ipad). Also, this 3d touch speeds up navigation within iOS. Was that highlighted?
The only thing missing is you don't have a person anymore that tells you WHY these things are important. It's now "here's some great things. aren't they cool."
It used to be "here's some cool things, and here's why they matter."
THAT's why I think these product launches are underwhelming.
If you think about the force touch, and compare it to any of the other advancements in past iPhones, it is a pretty exciting thing and no more or less progressive. To me, the switching between apps using force touch on the side of the screen is pretty awesome (a la four finger swipe on ipad). Also, this 3d touch speeds up navigation within iOS. Was that highlighted?
The only thing missing is you don't have a person anymore that tells you WHY these things are important. It's now "here's some great things. aren't they cool."
It used to be "here's some cool things, and here's why they matter."
THAT's why I think these product launches are underwhelming.
I guess it's just down to personal taste. I found Siri a bit of a boring new feature and I hardly ever use it to this day, Touch ID is a neat feature but before Apple Pay came along I wouldn't really have missed it.
3D Touch is much more exciting than both of these combined as it actually changed the way we can use the phone, even the little things we have seen like being able to jump straight to place you want in an app from the tile screen I find very exciting.
I'm also really excited about the Live Photos, this was actually the 'surprise' of the keynote for me as everything else had already leaked before hand.
It's a better version of the previous version which makes it the best version of the iphone. I don't see a problem.
Well Apple did you a favor by not tempting you to spend money. You should just buy some cheese w/ that money to go with your whine.
I agree. I'm quite pleased with the update. I can't wait to watch the keynote and see all the new features in detail. I was very skeptical about the 3D touch but it actually looks quite neat. The Harry Potter esque photo feature looks pretty cool too and of course the improved camera. I have a 6 + but I'm happy to upgrade this year. I'm actually happy with all of Apple's offerings at this event. I'll probably skip the mini 4 and keep my mini 3 but I'm planing on getting the 6 plus followed by the Apple TV and then the iOS pro.
You getting the pro? Think you will find a need with having a Macbook?
I'm getting the 6S+, apple tv and watch but skipping the pro
No one calls out Samsung for putting out a lot of half baked half working features, for an S revision there is a lot of improvements here, but its still an Iphone 6
There's room for everybody's opinion, but I think Touch ID is one of the best killer features on iPhones.
One way it could have overwhelmed was if it had the crazy specs of a high end Android smartphone. A quadcore CPU with 4GB of RAM, a 16mp 1.9 f-something camera and a display with 2x-4x the current resolution. That would have overwhelmed for sure.
Let's count the changes:
- All new input technology
- Both cameras upgraded significantly
- Aluminum body upgraded to better material
- Display glass upgraded to better material
- 4k video capability, and can edit on-board without breaking a sweat
- Fingerprint sensor improved
- RAM likely doubled
- CPU and GPU performance doubled
- All wireless radio speeds doubled
- Massively improved vibrator motor, now with haptics, and the only one of its kind
- Always on voice recognition
Sometimes being the first to do something is great and considered innovation.
But sometimes doing something better that's already been done in some capacity is better.
Would you rather have a Surface or an iPro?
Would you rather have an android with a 12 MP camera or an iPhone?
But sometimes doing something better that's already been done in some capacity is better.
Would you rather have a Surface or an iPro?
Would you rather have an android with a 12 MP camera or an iPhone?
From 1991 to the present I have thousands upon thousands invested in: Apple
Apple computers
Mac Pros
Laptops
iPods
iPads
iPhones
Countless thousands on Apple peripherals
Backup/storage/network/cases cables etc.
Add in many thousands more... in stock buys during that same TWENTY FOUR YEARS and
it's fair to say I'm a serious Apple enthusiast.
In fairness to Apple, yes they make excellent products.
Yet over the last few years I'm seeing a fair amount of rather questionable decisions and practices on their part. If I look around at all my friends and colleagues that have Apple products, whether it's just an iPhone or many Apple products, the common thread amongst the seasoned Apple user/enthusiast is that quality of software releases is on the decline as is some spotty quality issues with hardware. I say some because it's not a lot at this point. But at work where we order Apple Laptops and iPhones in quantities we see quality related issues that didn't exist five years ago.
Sadly Apple is, in many cases, following or playing catch up. Oh sure, Apple and it's Army of disciples will argue that Apples the trend setter. No one can deny that Apples mastered the art of extracting maximum profit and total revenue from our pockets, but it would be nice if they'd do their best work instead of "good enough."
Those of us that have been around and focused on the company have a very different perspective , even if we disagree, than the person who's new to Apple does.
Your post above makes very good points.
I Am Underwhelmed Indeed !
Let's count the changes:
Nope, nothing to see here...
- All new input technology
- Both cameras upgraded significantly
- Aluminum body upgraded to better material
- Display glass upgraded to better material
- 4k video capability, and can edit on-board without breaking a sweat
- Fingerprint sensor improved
- RAM likely doubled
- CPU and GPU performance doubled
- All wireless radio speeds doubled
- Massively improved vibrator motor, now with haptics, and the only one of its kind
- Always on voice recognition
5,7 & 9 are all catchup
Some of us, like me, don't have that amount of emotional investment in the company. I like where the company is headed with the new ceo and I like their most recent offerings.
Those of you who were underwhelmed, what would you have wanted to see that would have impressed you?