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...
Why does the concept of people who like 4" iPhones being happy because a new 4" iPhone is on the way not make sense to you?A 4 inch iPhone... the 4 inch fanboys think its great for some reason.
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.
I think Apple will host a March event where they announce the Apple Watch 2. They can update the MacBook and MacBook Pro lines with Skylake whenever they want with just a press release, and I think they'll do that in February (though they might give them a few minutes at an Apple Watch 2 event in March). If Apple is phasing out the MacBook Air, they may not update it at all. We'll see.
Am I the only one sad not to see something truly new from Apple for 2016. Sure we're going to get iPhone 7 but it's a old product if you know what I mean. The Watch is the newest but people out there (including me) fine it not worth owning. I have high hopes for rev 2 but I'm not sold yet. I really don't see anything ground breaking from Apple in 2016.
A 4 inch iPhone... the 4 inch fanboys think its great for some reason.
They'll probably keep on selling it for another 3 years (without updating it, just like the 13" non-retina MBP. That'll probably go next year). I will be sad to see the MBA go, to be honest.
Why does the concept of people who like 4" iPhones being happy because a new 4" iPhone is on the way not make sense to you?![]()
They agree with jobs that it's the perfect one handed phone from a usability perspective
What "truly new" has anyone really come out with lately? VR is the closest, and I don't see Apple coming out with that for a few more years. It is in its infancy, just like wearables a few years ago. They did a lot of introductions in 2015. We'll see Version 2 of the Apple Watch, which should be interesting. And the MacBook will become more mainstream as the processor and battery life get better. They might even update it to include a Thunderbolt 3 port (the Skylake Dell XPS 13 has one), at which point all the "it has only one port" criticism no longer matters.
I've been a fan of the MacBook Air ever since Steve Jobs pulled it out of the interoffice envelope. That said, I think the 12" MacBook is the culmination of Steve Jobs' vision of that original MacBook Air. Skylake will be a big step toward mainstreaming it. Another processor generation or two and it should be ready to become Apple's mainstream notebook.
Fair enough , but Apple are creating too many sub categories within categories. It cheapens the IPhone brand which is the most valuable brand in the world easily. Look at Samsung and how many galaxy phones they have its stupid.
Plus it takes r&d away from iPhone 7
I agree with all that, especially the round variation. I think the Apple Watch needs more than the current single basic case design if Apple want it to appeal to to a more wide stream audience.I'm looking forward to the next AW - slimmer, more independent of the iPhone, and absolutely must be significantly fast loading app that do piggyback on the iPhone. Also would be nice to see a round variation that looked like a watch, not a toy.
But camera is def. not on my wish list. Too much on AW needs improvement before they start adding battery sucking gimmicks like that.
Agreed. Apple decided to go with markert research an provide larger phones, instead of sticking to thier design principles .
From actual experience , when I pick up my 5S v iPhone 6 Plus, I understood where jobs was coming from.
If Apple produced a modern 5S with the hardware in my 6S plus, I would argue it would be a superior device . I own a 6S plus for the battery, my 5S is poor.
I think Apple will keep both the MacBook and the MacBook Pro lines. They might expand the MacBook to include a 14" model. (12" and 14" for the MacBook, 13" and 15" for the MacBook Pro).True. I really hope Apple keeps the Macbook Pros... I don't want the Air, neither the rMB to replace the Pro.
Just cause no one else is innovating , did not stop Apple in the past, that's a really poor excuse. I don't want apple to be Microsoft / Sony.
This piece should be titled what MR thinks is coming. All of this is speculation.
This piece should be titled what MR thinks is coming. All of this is speculation.