I thought for sure they were waiting til 2017. Or 2020. Or maybe til hell froze over.
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What's Coming From Apple in 2016: Apple Watch 2, iPhone 6c, iPhone 7, Skylake MacBooks, and More
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I thought for sure they were waiting til 2017. Or 2020. Or maybe til hell froze over.
This is a rumors website, right?
A OS with no bugs... o wait a minute that used to happen under steve jobs. we now have cook destroying everything
All I can think is for face time but even then the watch was designed to be used for small 15 second interactions. And putting a camera into something that is already super small? I just don't see it happening
Skylake U-Series 28-watt chips appropriate for the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro will begin shipping from Intel in early 2016, as will 45-watt H-Series chips with Intel Iris Pro graphics appropriate for the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro.
I find that wording quite misleading. The U-series chips have been announced, with all specs, albeit without a concrete release date. H-series chips with Iris Pro, however, have yet to even be announced, so surely they're way further off. (Some H-series chips have been announced, but none with an Iris Pro.)
I am surprised some people prefer smaller phones, but even in my circle of friends and family I've heard several people state exactly that. My wife, for one - she has said she doesn't want anything larger than her current iPhone 5 (I've got a 6 Plus, and another friend has a 6 - so she is familiar with the larger Apple phones). She's even gone as far as saying she'd be willing to try Android, if Apple doesn't offer a smaller device...
In 2016, I would like:
A 4" flagship iPhone. 128GB, 15 hour battery life, flush camera, no antenna lines.
An iPad Pro 2 that is smaller and lighter than the first model, though with the same screen size and with 15 hours of battery life.
A 34" iMac with an optical drive.
iPadOS. Please stop giving the iPad a baby operating system, Apple.
An overhaul of iTunes, MacOS, iOS and services, and a new chief in charge of software and services.
A reduction in prices of hardware, software and services across the board.
An 11% dividend yield.
Wishes sometimes come true.
A 4" flagship iPhone. 128GB, 15 hour battery life, flush camera, no antenna lines.
An iPad Pro 2 that is smaller and lighter than the first model, though with the same screen size and with 15 hours of battery life.
A 34" iMac with an optical drive.
iPadOS. Please stop giving the iPad a baby operating system, Apple.
An overhaul of iTunes, MacOS, iOS and services, and a new chief in charge of software and services.
A reduction in prices of hardware, software and services across the board.
An 11% dividend yield.
Wishes sometimes come true.
If a Watch 2 is on the way, I hope WatchOS 3 includes the ability to pair more than one watch at a time. I don't need both active at the same time, just a fast way to switch between two without going through a full pairing process each time. My current sport could be my watch for activities that are harder on a watch.
Quite.
I cannot honestly say that I am flabbergasted that Mac Rumors is speculating on what is coming up next year.
I speculate that we'll get a space-rose 27" iPhone with a floppy drive and 3D-vacuum cleaner.
MacMinis, please!
I would like an updated Skylake MacMini. Please include discrete graphics on the map d to high end models. There is no reason why discrete graphics cannot be included.
I would rather see only i5 chips with no i7 option, but have a GPU and nice video ram option.
I would like an updated Skylake MacMini. Please include discrete graphics on the map d to high end models. There is no reason why discrete graphics cannot be included.
I would rather see only i5 chips with no i7 option, but have a GPU and nice video ram option.
A site with "rumors" in their name speculating on something.
Boy, what is this world coming to!
I hope quad-core options will come back.
I've no need for the discrete graphics option but the return of the quad-core i7 would be welcome.
Yes, quad core would be nice.
So let me amend:
I would rather choose number of cores, GPUs and video RAM, then choose between i5 and i7.
So let me amend:
I would rather choose number of cores, GPUs and video RAM, then choose between i5 and i7.
I could care less about another phablet sized iPhone 7 or a lobotomized 4" iPhone 6c.
There needs to be a 4" iPhone 7 top-of-the-line model with the same memory, system chip, 3D touch, camera, etc. as the top-of-the-line iPhone 7 phablet models, or no sale and I stick with my 5S for another year.
Not everyone who wants the latest technology and is willing to pay top dollar wants a phablet. Easy one handed operation and small size matter to me much more than larger screen size, but having the latest features matters enough to me to pay a premium.
Get it right this time Cook, or let somebody else take charge. Two years of screwing up on iPhone size choices is enough.
There needs to be a 4" iPhone 7 top-of-the-line model with the same memory, system chip, 3D touch, camera, etc. as the top-of-the-line iPhone 7 phablet models, or no sale and I stick with my 5S for another year.
Not everyone who wants the latest technology and is willing to pay top dollar wants a phablet. Easy one handed operation and small size matter to me much more than larger screen size, but having the latest features matters enough to me to pay a premium.
Get it right this time Cook, or let somebody else take charge. Two years of screwing up on iPhone size choices is enough.
Apart from the obvious product refresh cycles, hope there is something new an innovative coming in 2016
I suppose FaceTime, but my arm would get tired holding it up for a while.
I'd love a Mac Mini with dGPU, but then that would probably clash with the sales of the iMac and Mac Pro...
That is one of the reasons why there isn't a quad core and dGPU 13" MBP. (Probably because of heat output and space either).
I'd like the iPhone 7 to have 32GB as standard. 16GB isn't 100% normal when the phone records in 4k?
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A 4 inch iPhone... the 4 inch fanboys think its great for some reason.
I don't think the camera phone comparision is relevant. What is the use case where you'd want to take a picture with your watch? A phone and a digital camera are the same form factor, so merging them is logical and doesn't change the use case. A watch is incredibly awkward to hold up for any length of time. Its also difficult to angle it different ways. And how would you be looking at the viewfinder? About the only use case I can think of on the watch would be for FaceTime, so having a low res camera for FaceTime might make sense if they want to go in the Star Trek communicator direction But, personally, I have not even tried to make a phone call with my watch because it would be a public dialog. The only place I use a speakerphone type call is when I'm in my office where I can easily use my iPhone or desk phone. When I'm out about, I'm not going to talk on my watch, and that would include FaceTime... because I don't want it public. As for using the watch to take snapshots, as I described above, it would be very awkward and limited to do on a watch so can't see it happening.
The one area that I think would best be received on a new watch version would be for Apple to pioneer some other means of communication between the iPhone and the watch. Bluetooth is kind of slow and that I believe is the crux of performance issues with some applications. That, or some software mechanism that can make it idiot proof for the developers and improve overall performance.
But personally, my prediction for a new watch is the following... thinking of this as an "s" version:
- Slightly thinner, but still able to use the same watch bands.
- Faster CPU... which I don't think will have any real impact on things.
- Same batter life.
- New options for watch bands... colors, materials, etc.
- New faces, and possible a face store.
- 3D touch... which I think will provide little value but align with the phones latest
- Enhanced sensors for possibly more or just improved bio tracking
So essentially, a little more refined by no great leaps. Apple is outselling all the other smartwatches combined by significant margin. They have no reason to make a great departure from what they've already done.
The site is Mac "Rumors". Isn't it obvious that its what MR thinks is coming?
First you have to look at features Apple has added to the iPhone, and focused on in keynote addresses -- Burst mode on the FaceTime camera, selfie screen flash, in particular. This tells you that Apple sees the selfie-taking customer as a major demographic to whom they must market. Since the watch is supposed to be more convenient than the phone, imagine a selfie cam, always at the ready at the end of your wrist, never having to dig out ones phone again. That's for starters.
As for a more practical use, how about facial recognition for security and backlight regulation -- the backlights only comes on when the camera detects a set of eyeballs looking at the screen, and the backlight stays on as long as those eyeballs are looking at it, then instantly turns off when they stop. And so on.
As for FaceTime, again, the watch is supposed to be a convenient alternative to "finding" ones phone. The watch can already take calls, and hand them off to the phone if they drag on. No different for FaceTime ... I get more FaceTime calls now than I do regular calls, so why not allow me to take them on the watch, without digging for my phone, if only to tell the caller I will get back to them? And what's wrong with carrying on a conversation longer than 15 seconds? Clearly people are doing that with phone calls now, so there's no difference in doing it with a video call, if it's more convenient -- especially since the watch can take calls without the phone present over wifi. I rarely take my phone out with the watch ... How great to be able to take that FaceTime call from a loved one who is about to get on a long plane ride when im out without my phone, or a Christmas greeting from a friend when I'm at a party, and my phone is somewhere in my jacket under a pile of coats on a bed?
I definitely see this coming. With so many different case options, from stainless, annodized gold and rose gold, to 18K varieties, Hermes editions, (and likely more of those co-brands to come), there's no easier way to sell a second Watch to watch wearing people who already have watch collections, than to make it easy to use multiple watches with the same phone. Interchangeable bands are nice, but take more effort than just picking up a fully charged watch that already matches your outfit, and replacing it with your spent Sport watch you just wore to the gym. This also takes charging out of the equation ... Wear that watch all day, and sleep in it to track your sleep cycles if you want, then swap it before you head out again.
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