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Virgin Mobile UK Says Apple Will Announce (PRODUCT)RED Edition iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus on Monday
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A blue 8 would have been so tempting to switch from X, but a blue X would also be pretty cool.
Apple, please give us more choices than just the boring black, white, and gold.
Apple, please give us more choices than just the boring black, white, and gold.
I just talked to KGI Securities Analyst Ming Cho Pak Choi. Tomorrow, Apple will announce a (PRODUCT)RED Edition Mac Mini. The information from the supply chain hints, that it will be equipped with a 6th generation Core i7 @4.5 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 258 or 512 SSD and 1GB AMD Fire Pro graphics. Regarding ports, it will only be equipped with ethernet and 4 usb-c ports (tb3 compliant), no Audio in/out, no HDMI, no USB 2.0
after all, very exciting news !!!
after all, very exciting news !!!
Hardware appearance does not matter anymore for Apple.
Because its core - software is flatten ugly since the departure of Steve and Scott.
And Apple’s philosophy is: software and hardware are seamlessly integrated, which means the whole package is now inherently ugly regardless the hardware design.
End of story.
Maybe Apple is waiting until June to release it? Personally, I think all colors should be released when the model is first released and only then. This staggered approach sucks and ends up irritating loyal users who didn’t expect that a color that they would’ve preferred more would end up being released only a few months later. I understand why Apple does it, perhaps hoping to spur poor/less than expected sales to go up, but that could backfire as well as users in the future could hold out expecting their favorite color to be released a few months later leading to a significant number of lost sales. What happens when there is no new color released? More irritated/disappointed users.
Flat isn’t ugly. iOS 6 compared to iOS 11 is ugly.
Oh I agree. The software makes the phone just as much as the hardware does. In fact, it’s way more important. I honestly wouldn’t have gone all iPhone if iOS looked like it does today back when the original launched. Same with Macs and MacOS. It’s not just the looks, but in terms of the fluidity and smoothness which has gone down drastically. I’ve actually discussed this a lot and I still believe flat design is a total failure (at least Apples version of it), and cheapens the overall look of their devices. The magic with Apple has always been in the software, not the hardware.
That's like saying the 2017 Ford f-150 was the best selling ford truck last year.
No one is surprised the iPhone x, which was released last quarter, was the most popular iPhone last quarter.
I don’t understand why Apple doesn’t release Product Red when the phones are released.
I think we have different definitions of "sensible".
I wonder how Apple Exec's feel about Virgin releasing this supposed info before they do.
What? Apple releasing a desktop with a 2.5 year old deprecated CPU and a discontinued graphics processor supposed to be a joke? Sounds pretty legit based on their recent history.
I'll buy a stack of them to use as servers
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iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models in a limited edition (PRODUCT)VELVET color will be unveiled as early as tomorrow. These phones are 100% assembled in America and therefore cost about $2000.
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iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models in a limited edition (PRODUCT)VELVET color will be unveiled as early as tomorrow. These phones are 100% assembled in America and therefore cost about $2000.
They already did; the experimental 5C. It didn’t sell. Metallic colors for a premium feel are what we will get from now on.
Please, please, please, please black front!!!
Not the same at all. A more apt comparison would be someone claiming F-150 buyers don’t want luxury features when the F-150 Limited was the best selling model.
The iPhone X has been a resounding success, despite the naysayers.
Maybe I'm crazy, but I like seeing the battery percentage. I won't be buying a notched iPhone.
Apple, like many other product makers, releases mid cycle refreshes to reignite interest in a product when all other early adopters will have already bought it. It’s a very common practice.
It sucks for those who are both early adopters and like the Product RED iPhones but nobody can blame Apple for using a strategy to sell more of their phones when sales start to typically slow down.
Really late as usual. They should release these Product Red models earlier. The iPhone 9/9 Plus and the next gen X are around the corner. Better just to wait for September if you haven’t upgraded already.
Waiting for the transparent iPhone or user settable color case color in settings or auto match wallpaper.
Not the same. The X was the most expensive phone yet it sold the best of all their phones.
Not crazy, you just have a preference.