What Not to Expect at Apple's 'Wonderlust' September 12 Event

[TonyTech]

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What not to expect? USB-C Magic Mouse.

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They need to release a Magic Mouse with wireless charging capability.

 

[Abazigal]

Because they have been slow off the blocks in innovating the next stage of smartphone development. Samsung and Google (and the Chinese firms) beat them to it with the foldables they have released. There is no where else to go with the slab phone design, which Apple themselves pioneered in 2007.

Has it occured to you that maybe folding phones do not represent the future of smartphone design? It wouldn't be the first time that Apple has resisted jumping on what many thought would be the next popular bandwagon, only to see said craze subsequently fizzle and die out.

Case in point - folding phones vs Vision Pro. I don't see it as Apple no longer innovating, and more that they are deciding to focus on an area which they feel shows more promise and potential (AR headsets) over an area that doesn't (flexible screens).

 

[klasma]

Because they have been slow off the blocks in innovating the next stage of smartphone development. Samsung and Google (and the Chinese firms) beat them to it with the foldables they have released. There is no where else to go with the slab phone design, which Apple themselves pioneered in 2007.

And how would following up Samsung and Google with a foldable make for Apple innovating? I don’t get your logic. Either Apple can be innovating, which means doing something new and different than the other smartphone manufacturers, or they can make a foldable, which means just following what others have already been doing for years, and thus not innovating.

Apple would have been innovating if they had released a foldable iPhone five years ago. Now, not so much.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Has it occured to you that maybe folding phones do not represent the future of smartphone design? It wouldn't be the first time that Apple has resisted jumping on what many thought would be the next popular bandwagon, only to see said craze subsequently fizzle and die out.

Case in point - folding phones vs Vision Pro. I don't see it as Apple no longer innovating, and more that they are deciding to focus on an area which they feel shows more promise and potential (AR headsets) over an area that doesn't (flexible screens).

Potential restraining orders?

 

[Expos of 1969]

Has it occured to you that maybe folding phones do not represent the future of smartphone design? It wouldn't be the first time that Apple has resisted jumping on what many thought would be the next popular bandwagon, only to see said craze subsequently fizzle and die out.

Case in point - folding phones vs Vision Pro. I don't see it as Apple no longer innovating, and more that they are deciding to focus on an area which they feel shows more promise and potential (AR headsets) over an area that doesn't (flexible screens).

Apple has done quite enough innovating in the past few years. Butterfly keyboard and touch bar.

 

[Octavius8]

Don’t expect anything exciting nor advances in anything.

 

[6916494]

What not to expect – unfortunately:

Less of those meaningless superlative adjectives and adverbs in Apple's presentation.

amazed
amazing
astonished
astonishing
astonishingly
awesome
best
best-selling
bigger
biggest
breakthrough
cutting-edge
enormous
excited
exciting
extraordinary
gigantic
great
immensely
incredible
incredibly
magic
massive
monster
outrageous
super-excited
tremendous
whopping

This is from the first 15 minutes of the WWDC 2023 (presentation of the new MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro).

Off-putting this is...

 

[Apple_Robert]

Don't expect many on here not to complain as if their very world is crashing down on them.

Don't expect many here to not use the tired, lame, and stupid retort of innovate Apple blah blah blah...

 

[Warped9]

I never expected any iPads or M3 Macs to be announced at the iPhone event.

 

[dandeco]

Well, of course. Apple typically has two events in the fall; one in September for iPhone and Watch -related announcements, and one in October or November for Mac and iPad -related announcements. Just like clockwork.

 

[ninecows]

What not to expect – unfortunately:

Less of those meaningless superlative adjectives and adverbs in Apple's presentation.

amazed
amazing
astonished
astonishing
astonishingly
awesome
best
best-selling
bigger
biggest
breakthrough
cutting-edge
enormous
excited
exciting
extraordinary
gigantic
great
immensely
incredible
incredibly
magic
massive
monster
outrageous
super-excited
tremendous
whopping

This is from the first 15 minutes of the WWDC 2023 (presentation of the new MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro).

Off-putting this is...

Oh we should do apple superlative bingo!

 

[Zest28]

So the new Apple Car / iCar is coming in a few weeks?

 

[SirAnthonyHopkins]

So the new Apple Car / iCar is coming in a few weeks?

Hope so, my old one is well overdue for upgrading.

 

[bobcomer]

So why should they follow Samsung and Google now?

Because there's a lot of us that want a foldable iPhone and they're falling behind in innovation. (badly)

 

[bobcomer]

And how would following up Samsung and Google with a foldable make for Apple innovating?

Making it better. There's room for improvement, unlike slab phones.

 

[sjsharksfan12]

So there is a chance they will talk about Apple TV or Apple TV Plus. Maybe they might announce buying more sports content or an Apple TV stick like Roku.

 

[ThatGuyInLa]

True love. Financial security. General happiness. Meaning. Good steak.

 

[kiensoy]

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They need to release a Magic Mouse with wireless charging capability.

Magsafe support would be like the obvious choice. It would rest on top of it and cannot be used while charging.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

Aside from the iMac, perhaps, none of this stuff NEEDS to be updated. Even the iPhone.

Apple did not become the world's largest most successful tech company by allowing its products to stagnate. Mac Pro being the obvious exception ;~)

 

[ninecows]

Such a weird article. I am voting for the iFly personal rocket that can fly you into space. I will bet 1 dollar that they will not launch that during the event. Give me some odds and bets are on.

I don’t know why the article missed to mention that.

 

[Greenmeenie]

Hope this rumors wrong & the ipad mini 7 is announced at the Wonderlust event in September. If not then at least this Fall. I’ve been waiting since 2021 & ready to buy. But worse comes to worse, early 2024 isn’t that far away.

 

[mpetrides]

Well, I for one will still be disappointed if there isn't an iPad mini 7. I really want to purchase a new mini but am holding off because I know that there will be a new one soon. I love my iPad mini 6 and use it far more than my 12.9 " iPad Pro--so much so that I want a second mini to mount in the kitchen for use as a control device for my Apple Home and, hopefully with iPad OS 17, as a replacement for the Echo Show that sits there now. (Hoping iPad OS 17 will make setting and displaying multiple timers functional at last. It's the only thing I use the Echo Show for anymore).

Oh, yeah. I doubt we'll see a HomePod with a screen but I certainly would love to be wrong about that (see Echo Show replacement above).

 

[DarkCole]

Looking forward to more AV Pro info. Unless the next iPhone plays a large part with the AV Pro, I’ll be keeping my 14 Pro since my iPhone budget is for the headset instead this time.

 

[SFjohn]

What not to expect? USB-C Magic Mouse.

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Reminds me, of me… 😉

 

[kkee]

Because they have been slow off the blocks in innovating the next stage of smartphone development. Samsung and Google (and the Chinese firms) beat them to it with the foldables they have released. There is no where else to go with the slab phone design, which Apple themselves pioneered in 2007.

You who think everyone wanted foldable and that they are much better phone...