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What to Expect at Apple's 'Hey Siri' Media Event on Wednesday

We scrapped iOS altogether and the next iPhone will run Windows Phone! BOOM! Magic!


Also, Apple has decided to make Microsoft Edge the default browser on all iThings.
 
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uid15 said:
Glass is made of sand. Silicon is made of sand. PCBs are made of fibreglass and resin (sand and tree sap), and "aluuuumeenum" is made from recycled drinks cans and other aluminium scrap. Apart from the obvious R&D costs (which will always be HUGE so long as human beings are more interested in making extortionate profits over helping each other out a bit more) these phones are an absolute rip off. The ONLY reason things cost so much, is that every single person in every step of the process of producing something, values their work or the value of their materials way higher than any sane person could reasonably justify. All the stress, anxiety, anticipation and exploitation of third world workers... all the design skills and all the relationships that fractured and fell apart due to the debts incurred JUST to have the latest iPhone or other gadget, only to see it abandoned and in the crusher in a few years, whilst the societal damage its creation and the desire to own it, caused, still reverberates.

All this fuss, and in 24-48 months it will be crushed glass dust and aluminium ingots once again. All this hype will be forgotten in a few months, and the excitement of this "New iPhone!!" will have dulled and died out, with this "New iPhone!!" having been realised as yet another exercise in building unfulfilling hopes and shallow smiles of short term satisfaction ... chasing things that can never truly satisfy your soul, and this device will soon just be "my phone", nothing more than another snapshot of the continuous, redundant, calculated iteration of something of no REAL use to the world.

What a sad, sad, pathetic and shallow world.
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So happy I don't have to be around YOU!!
 
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uid15 said:
Glass is made of sand. Silicon is made of sand. PCBs are made of fibreglass and resin (sand and tree sap), and "aluuuumeenum" is made from recycled drinks cans and other aluminium scrap. Apart from the obvious R&D costs (which will always be HUGE so long as human beings are more interested in making extortionate profits over helping each other out a bit more) these phones are an absolute rip off. The ONLY reason things cost so much, is that every single person in every step of the process of producing something, values their work or the value of their materials way higher than any sane person could reasonably justify. All the stress, anxiety, anticipation and exploitation of third world workers... all the design skills and all the relationships that fractured and fell apart due to the debts incurred JUST to have the latest iPhone or other gadget, only to see it abandoned and in the crusher in a few years, whilst the societal damage its creation and the desire to own it, caused, still reverberates.

All this fuss, and in 24-48 months it will be crushed glass dust and aluminium ingots once again. All this hype will be forgotten in a few months, and the excitement of this "New iPhone!!" will have dulled and died out, with this "New iPhone!!" having been realised as yet another exercise in building unfulfilling hopes and shallow smiles of short term satisfaction ... chasing things that can never truly satisfy your soul, and this device will soon just be "my phone", nothing more than another snapshot of the continuous, redundant, calculated iteration of something of no REAL use to the world.

What a sad, sad, pathetic and shallow world.
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Dude, we should invite you to the city that wins the Super Bowl to help calm the fans down next February.
 
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That's not an altogether terrible idea tbh. I've owned a Lumia 640 XL for over three months, and couldn't imagine an Android OR iPhone as my daily phone again... unless something radical in iOS (and the ridiculous price of iPhone) made it become a better and more useful consideration than Windows phone is. I don't need a billion games and 45 social network clients - I have a life, and the satisfaction that living OUTSIDE my computer and phone give me, can't ever be replaced with anything on some screen or other.
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I have a Lumia 1320 and the wife has a 640. Point 1: the GUI is finally a step forward from the "static icons aligned on a grid" first seen in 1996 on the Palm Pilot. Point 2: no unwanted bloatware that can't be uninstalled. Point 3: my 1320 was $262 shipped, plus a bit more for a memory card. The iPhone 6+ with 64 GB storage is $849.00 plus tax. Is it a nicer phone, not counting points 1 and 2? Sure, definitely. Is it $657 nicer? Uh... nah. And the wife's 640 was only a $100.
 
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I have a Lumia 1320 and the wife has a 640. Point 1: the GUI is finally a step forward from the "static icons aligned on a grid" first seen in 1996 on the Palm Pilot. Point 2: no unwanted bloatware that can't be uninstalled. Point 3: my 1320 was $262 shipped, plus a bit more for a memory card. The iPhone 6+ with 64 GB storage is $849.00 plus tax. Is it a nicer phone, not counting points 1 and 2? Sure, definitely. Is it $657 nicer? Uh... nah. And the wife's 640 was only a $100.
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So true. And even the camera on an £80 Lumia can blow an iPhone camera out of the water.
 
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No, that's way too much stuff for one event.

If a significant Apple TV update is included, then iPad updates will come in a separate event.
 
I'm actually off work and will be able to watch it live on my (soon-to-be-outdated-and-replaced) AppleTV. Kinda stoked about this...
 
Yawn. Was all excited for a new iphone this year than 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 failed to resolve so many stupid iOS bugs I got fed up. Glad I already bought my Moto X. Hopefully there will be some sweet iPad Air 2 or Mini 4 deals this holiday season as I haven't given up on Apple completely.
 
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JeffyTheQuik said:
Hello! Nice to meet you!

Now, it's everyone you know but Jeffy. (never had a broken iPhone screen, from my 3GS, 5, and 6+)
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Hi Jeff, I've had the 2, 3, 3gs,4, 4s, 5, 5s and never broken a screen either. the 6 was the first one I skipped cause I found it too big, but it might be cause its too big and tends to slip out of peoples hand. You don't have a 6, you have a 6+, I assume you don't hold it the same way.
 
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JHankwitz said:
Just because they offer 16GB doesn't force you to purchase it. The bigger the selection, the better. Some of us only make phone calls and surf the net, so don't need a lot of memory. Why force us to buy what we don't need?
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I can't WAIT for someone in the media to get the 16 Gig model, and show how you can fill up the entire iPhone in just a couple minutes, with 4K video. Bendgate made structural integrity a priority in this model. Hopefully the embarrassing press over StorageGate, gets apple to adopt 2012 standards.
 
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Hi Jeff, I've had the 2, 3, 3gs,4, 4s, 5, 5s and never broken a screen either. the 6 was the first one I skipped cause I found it too big, but it might be cause its too big and tends to slip out of peoples hand. You don't have a 6, you have a 6+, I assume you don't hold it the same way.
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Yeah I have a wallet and hold it with both hands. I've used headphones since I had the 3GS (actually, before with my Windows Phones) as that is the most convenient for me, with the phone in my chest pocket.
With the Watch, I take my phone out less and less.
If I did use the phone like the old style ones, I do suspect I'd have at least one broken screen along the way.
 
JarScott said:
I don't think the new Apple TV is going to be as big as people are hoping. I think it'll be largely the same design (probably a bit smaller) with a refreshed UI which includes Siri and an App Store. Probably some fancy graphics processor to allow for very casual gaming and apps, but nothing seriously power hungry.
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I thought what you just described IS what everyone is expecting.
 
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OK I thought this was funny. :D

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