I'm wondering if they're ever gonna enable the blood oxygen meter in the older Apple Watches. They got permission to use an ECG, so I don't see why they can't use the blood oxygen sensor.
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What to Expect From Apple in 2019: New iPhones, Modular Mac Pro, iPad mini 5, Updated AirPods and More
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you forgot to draw where the camera bulge gets stuckThere's also a rumor that thinner Samsung-supplied displays are on the horizon, leading to thinner iPhones.
I'm calling it now: the 2019 iPhone will be the sharpest knife in your kitchen!
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For 2019, I'm not expecting some new product that we haven't seen before. Apple is currently in a evolutionary position in the last few years with just making existing product categories into the Apple ecosystem.
What I'd like in 2019 is to see Apple do something to justify the pricing. Some form of truly innovative product differentiation. Something that makes you stand up and go "yeah, I NEED that regardless of the price". Currently, there's just very little absolutely genuine reasons in the current lineup to justify such pricing.
I think with the advancement of the A12 and 7nm process, and major gains will be limited. And if they get rid of force touch, I’m definitely not getting the new iPhone. I could care less about a 3D photo and tri lense camera.
Prices won’t go down, I already upped to the new iPad pros. So aside from AirPower (assuming the actually figure it out), air pods which Bluetooth 5.0 will be great, I don’t see much coming other than software that will be of note. I, happy with the homepods and like others have said, stop gouging on hardware prices and get people into the subscription models. That will grow your customer base.
And until they go to Arm processors in the macs, my 2016 MBPtb will hopefully continue its daily use. I think Intel definitly got it wrong in their thermal output on the i9s and as a result the performance improvements will be minimal due to throttling.
External GPUs are going to take the cake and money away from Apple most likely. This will be a year of decreasing growth or worse for apple. And they know it by switching how they report sales numbers.
Cook is a numbers guy. Not an innovative leader like Steve was.
Prices won’t go down, I already upped to the new iPad pros. So aside from AirPower (assuming the actually figure it out), air pods which Bluetooth 5.0 will be great, I don’t see much coming other than software that will be of note. I, happy with the homepods and like others have said, stop gouging on hardware prices and get people into the subscription models. That will grow your customer base.
And until they go to Arm processors in the macs, my 2016 MBPtb will hopefully continue its daily use. I think Intel definitly got it wrong in their thermal output on the i9s and as a result the performance improvements will be minimal due to throttling.
External GPUs are going to take the cake and money away from Apple most likely. This will be a year of decreasing growth or worse for apple. And they know it by switching how they report sales numbers.
Cook is a numbers guy. Not an innovative leader like Steve was.
I predict an updated 5" version of the 8+, called the XLS, where "LS" = Legacy Sport ... 5" 1080p LCD + A12 + 4 GB of DRAM + Hardware Home Button + Touch ID.
Priced @ $649 USD.
The last High Value iPhone AAPL offered was the 7+, priced @ $769 USD when Released.
"Value" has gone downhill since then.
APPL clearly now knows they Over Played their Hand.
The next move is Tim Cook's most-important move.
I'm 100% sure the AAPL Board has informed him he may be Forced Out on any given day.
The next AAPL CEO will be a Visionary-type ... NOT a Bean Counter !!
Priced @ $649 USD.
The last High Value iPhone AAPL offered was the 7+, priced @ $769 USD when Released.
"Value" has gone downhill since then.
APPL clearly now knows they Over Played their Hand.
The next move is Tim Cook's most-important move.
I'm 100% sure the AAPL Board has informed him he may be Forced Out on any given day.
The next AAPL CEO will be a Visionary-type ... NOT a Bean Counter !!
I remember well the days
I remember well the days that twice a year we would get updates on the Mac line up. They were not that long ago. While the processor speeds are not changing as fast, Apple could easily update every year or at the worst case 18 months. While some situations are not their entire fault (intel) still the fact the Macis no longer what drive sales allow them to neglect it. It’s sad but true.
Don’t see this changing. I hope prices will get lower but not holding my breath. Until Apple stock take massive hits due slow sales they will continue their modus operandi.
Well, unless Tim Cook leaves, I think all we can expect is higher prices and more disappointing incremental hardware updates.
The man just keeps raising prices to offset declining sales. Imagine how high stock prices would be without him!
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I can’t wait for a new ceo! Tim wasn’t a bean counter though, a bean counter would have seen the possibilities for market domination through better competitive prices and products.
He was just a good logistics manager who was dependable. he brought no vision or push for excellence though. He was happy to push social issues and let every manger do there thing. Shame... he should have been pushed out years ago but too many greedy people saw the sales growth in China attributed to his leadership.
He is just a Homer Simpson who got way too much credit.
The man just keeps raising prices to offset declining sales. Imagine how high stock prices would be without him!
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I can’t wait for a new ceo! Tim wasn’t a bean counter though, a bean counter would have seen the possibilities for market domination through better competitive prices and products.
He was just a good logistics manager who was dependable. he brought no vision or push for excellence though. He was happy to push social issues and let every manger do there thing. Shame... he should have been pushed out years ago but too many greedy people saw the sales growth in China attributed to his leadership.
He is just a Homer Simpson who got way too much credit.
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I feel like a lot of Apple’s products have reached their “ultimate forms”. I think the next generation of apple products should mostly be modular to make them extremely upgradable in the areas that are upgraded on a yearly or even a 3 year cycle. All the iMac really needs is Face ID and the ability to upgrade the processor, storage, and RAM on a semi regular basis. My iPhone 8+ feels like the iPhone in its ultimate form and I doubt I’m going to need to upgrade for at least 2-3 more years. Although the iPhone and the Apple Watch are a bit small to be truly modular, it could happen in a few more years.
With the new Mac Mini and the upcoming new Mac Pro, Apple desperately needs more / better standalone display options (would love to see a 32" option), whether that be a new CinemaDisplay or a significant update to LG's UltraFine 5k models (or convincing other mfg's to develop 5k panels).
I would love to see a redesigned iOS. It’s essentially looked the same since iOS 7. Not that there is anything wrong with it. I also think a smaller XR, say with a 5” display To replace the SE would be a big seller.
Yep. Cook is at the limit of his strategic visualization. Once squeezing fails, which it is in the process of doing, hopefully the board will escort him out.
2019 will be a disappointment for anyone expecting major iPhone changes and more consumer friendly pricing.
iOS 13 better be good though.
iOS 13 better be good though.
2018 was the first year in a long time that I didn't buy a single Apple product.
People don't need to upgrade every year.
Remember, the current year iPhone isn't selling to the person that bought one the previous year.
Think critically guys.
Modular Mac Pro concept from Curved.de
I love the people that design these concepts, they are clearly out of touch with the real world and have no idea what a Mac Pro is all about.
I purchased and returned an XS Max. The upgrade, although tangible because of the larger screen, was not nearly enough to make it worthwhile given the sky-high price. My iPhone X is everything I need for now.
I have no plans to buy any of Apple's existing products during 2019, however new products could tempt me.
This is my crazy 2019 Apple wish list:
- iPhone X battery case
- AirPods Gen 2 (if the only "upgrade" is adding Siri, then I won't be getting these. Siri isn't useful to me)
- 36-40" Apple 9K monitor to edit 8K footage (wouldn't it be cool to have a mind-blowing product from Apple?)
- 8K Apple/(Canon, Nikon or Sony) Mirrorless camera running full iOS with built in 5G connection (ability to livestream in 4k) with APIs for wireless accessories
- 85+" 8K Apple Television
- Apple self-driving electric car with no steering wheel, and that charges via a proprietary lightning2 cable (no headphone jack)
Tim has followed a pretty well established route for near-term share maximization. Pushing very high levels of return on established brands while buying back "never seen before in corporate history" levels of stock. The guy has made about $700 million for himself which is pretty good. I am sure he will be going into politics where I think he might be a pretty good fit.
This reminds me a lot of how Carli managed HP when she was brought in as the CEO. HP's board bought out her Lucent options (which later would have been worthless as the shell of Lucent created by Carli collapsed), so C started off with over $100 million in the bank. Her big move - to buy Compaq - was opposed by Bill Hewlett who initiated a proxy fight. What Bill knew is that HP had various products in R&D that were leveraging HP's brilliant (at the time) engineering teams which had brought tech like InkJet into a position of massive popularity, technical achievement, and profitability. Carli's advantage in the proxy battle was that Bill could only talk in general terms about HP's opportunity for organic growth. Carli could make her plans public. Carli won of course, and was able to deliver profitability for her strategy by shifting huge amounts of corporate overhead charges from computers/servers to printers. She also began a program of cost reductions by culling the senior engineering talent and senior production techs (never doubt the value of feedback from the folks on the shop floor) in various ways. She left for politics, and the world was denied some amazing technology such as new means for cancer detection.
Never assume someone like Carli or Tim is simply counting beans well. These are talented and intelligent people who are very aware of what they are doing. My big worry with what Tim has wrought is that something really seems amiss with Apple's ability to achieve robust engineering. I never had a problem with Apple Tax because the engineering was so solid. Now I really do not think I will buy another Macbook Pro -- to risky re: not having an extended window for its use. Having seen how the many decisions Carli made at HP always favoring profit over investment in engineering expertise, my sense is Tim has done something similar. Apple no longer seems to be able to wed fantastic design with fantastic engineering. Not sure why, but pretty sure there is something behind it, and it relates to near-term share price maximization.
This reminds me a lot of how Carli managed HP when she was brought in as the CEO. HP's board bought out her Lucent options (which later would have been worthless as the shell of Lucent created by Carli collapsed), so C started off with over $100 million in the bank. Her big move - to buy Compaq - was opposed by Bill Hewlett who initiated a proxy fight. What Bill knew is that HP had various products in R&D that were leveraging HP's brilliant (at the time) engineering teams which had brought tech like InkJet into a position of massive popularity, technical achievement, and profitability. Carli's advantage in the proxy battle was that Bill could only talk in general terms about HP's opportunity for organic growth. Carli could make her plans public. Carli won of course, and was able to deliver profitability for her strategy by shifting huge amounts of corporate overhead charges from computers/servers to printers. She also began a program of cost reductions by culling the senior engineering talent and senior production techs (never doubt the value of feedback from the folks on the shop floor) in various ways. She left for politics, and the world was denied some amazing technology such as new means for cancer detection.
Never assume someone like Carli or Tim is simply counting beans well. These are talented and intelligent people who are very aware of what they are doing. My big worry with what Tim has wrought is that something really seems amiss with Apple's ability to achieve robust engineering. I never had a problem with Apple Tax because the engineering was so solid. Now I really do not think I will buy another Macbook Pro -- to risky re: not having an extended window for its use. Having seen how the many decisions Carli made at HP always favoring profit over investment in engineering expertise, my sense is Tim has done something similar. Apple no longer seems to be able to wed fantastic design with fantastic engineering. Not sure why, but pretty sure there is something behind it, and it relates to near-term share price maximization.
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Nah, a lot of nice products on that list...but it would be very nice if Apple yet again came out with something new and exiting that I did not know I needed until I saw it. Like the iPod in 2001 (the mini in 2004, in my case), Apple TV and iPhone in 2007, and iPad in 2010. It's been a while now...
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A couple thoughts from a long-time MacRumors reader and Apple user:
- That modular Mac Pro concept art is a joke. If Apple releases anything remotely like that, the last of the professionals and prosumers who saw Apple through the lean years will be fleeing to Debian, Ubuntu or Windows. A standard professional tower, not unlike the "cheese-grater" from 2010, is all people want or need. Anything else is unacceptable.
- Apple has far overextended themselves in industries they have no business being in. Multimedia conglomerate? No thanks. Autonomous driving R&D? I'll believe it when I see something more than a half-assed prototype. When Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997, one of the first things he did was streamline Apple's business, axing projects left-and-right which were not fruitful and could not prove their worth. Apple's executive team needs to prune the extraneous projects that are weighing its core business – that is, designing hardware and software solid as the Rock of Gibraltar.
- While they're at it, pruning some of the executive team wouldn't hurt either. Ever since King Arthur died, Sir Lancelot and the rest of the Knights of the Round Table have been prancing around the Land of Oz pretending that Dorothy and her friends can't see what's going on behind the curtain. The jig is up. Silicon Valley executives are not rock-stars. Pull your heads out of your butts or you'll go down in history as the men who made untold riches while dismantling everything good your company once stood for.
- The average mental age of MacRumors clientele appears to be steadily dropping. I don't know if this is a by-product of Apple's changing user-base or the infantilizing nature of the internet itself, but the quality of this message board has certainly gone down. Members (of any group) would be best served by not playing to the lowest-common-denominator. In real life, as on the internet, "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair."
I expect really nothing innovative/great at this point. Apple have so much to do in 2019 and the first thing is: admitting that the current product lines are messy and overpriced.
Mac:
iMac redesign with more modern look: 16gb as a standart, 256gb SSD as a standart (32gb / 512gb for higher end 5K)
Mac Pro: modular design, every single thing upgradable
MacBooks / MBP: two sizes, no touchbar, new keyboard, matte display option for MBP (16gb / 256gb as a standart for MBP, 32gb / 512gb for higher end 15")
iPad: stronger chassis, no camera bump, 128gb as a standart
iPhone: 3 sizes of the "X" design, no camera bump, no crippled versions, 128gb as a standart
New Thunderbolt displays (with reasonable base price), new AirPods, AirPower....
If at least 50% of this happen, I will be happy. The 2018 was a key year (at least for me) to see the Apple's future direction and I don’t like where it's heading...
Mac:
iMac redesign with more modern look: 16gb as a standart, 256gb SSD as a standart (32gb / 512gb for higher end 5K)
Mac Pro: modular design, every single thing upgradable
MacBooks / MBP: two sizes, no touchbar, new keyboard, matte display option for MBP (16gb / 256gb as a standart for MBP, 32gb / 512gb for higher end 15")
iPad: stronger chassis, no camera bump, 128gb as a standart
iPhone: 3 sizes of the "X" design, no camera bump, no crippled versions, 128gb as a standart
New Thunderbolt displays (with reasonable base price), new AirPods, AirPower....
If at least 50% of this happen, I will be happy. The 2018 was a key year (at least for me) to see the Apple's future direction and I don’t like where it's heading...