Apple Event - New iPhone7, iWatch thoughts....

LineSkiCat14

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Some buzz around the office. I feel like 30% of the company is watching. A co-worker gave me an overview of the watch.. waterproof, swim capabilities, Nike..

Still not sure the smartphone companies will overtake the fitness trackers this iteration, but maybe by round 4?
 

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Removing the headphone jack pisses me off. The updated camera that will auto bokeh effect is pretty cool, if it works well.

I agree, I too am just not a fan of doing completely away with the headphone jack. And how much will replacement apple Bluetooth headphones be? $50? $75? More?
 
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Well theres your answer... connects to Lightning....so you cant be charging your phone and listening to your headphones at the same time....err.....
 

Ron Mehico

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Was hoping they would say something about a new MacBook Pro. Will be needing one next year and they haven't updated the damn thing in 3 years. Hopefully I missed it.
 
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I agree, I too am just not a fan of doing completely away with the headphone jack. And how much will replacement apple Bluetooth headphones be? $50? $75? More?

So, if BT headphones were free it would still suck. They sound like compressed, wavering garbage. Better to use that POS lightning jack with a bevy of crappy dongles with your charger and $300 headphones. Apple is a real PITA. I hope their customers balk, but they probably won't. Stockholm syndrome.
 

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Eliminating the jack now is the smart move. It helps seals the phone for water resistance (Samsung should try it) and frees up space for the speakers, etc. And they were smart to take heat for it now instead of with next year's 10th anniversary model.

The EarPods look goofy as hell - but they're a 1.0. The Beats versions aren't as bad, IMO.

The watch updates are great all around - especially dropping the Edition versions and letting Hermes steer that market for them.
 

Ron Mehico

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After everything I've read think I'm going to wait for the fancy 10 year anniversary one that's coming out next year, which will supposedly be very different.
 
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Am I going to get a 6s on the cheap or nah? Don't need a big phone but if it's 16 a month or something, the SE can lick my ballsack. LOL at the 7. Pass. I'm an Apple honk but have never bought the latest phone. Always a step behind and a dollar ahead.
 

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Was hoping they would say something about a new MacBook Pro. Will be needing one next year and they haven't updated the damn thing in 3 years. Hopefully I missed it.
Looks like October. They have had very slight updates but yeah look for it in a month.
 
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So, if BT headphones were free it would still suck. They sound like compressed, wavering garbage. Better to use that POS lightning jack with a bevy of crappy dongles with your charger and $300 headphones. Apple is a real PITA. I hope their customers balk, but they probably won't. Stockholm syndrome.

This. If their customers would stop being sheep, and actually stand up to the company by refusing to continually fork over money for stupid products; the entire industry would be better off.

Too bad that will never happen.
 

joeyrupption

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I wish more customers would've stood up when they eliminated the floppy drive before everyone else. It was so dumb, lol.
 
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funKYcat75

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I wish more customers would've stood up when they eliminated the floppy drive before everyone else. It was so dumb, lol.
Point taken, but not a true comparison. This is more floppy drive -> Zip drive than it is floppy drive -> CD-ROM. It's still just a thing that you stick in your ears except now you can't do other things like charge while you're listening. Why take away a function to very slightly improve another?
 

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Point taken, but not a true comparison. This is more floppy drive -> Zip drive than it is floppy drive -> CD-ROM. It's still just a thing that you stick in your ears except now you can't do other things like charge while you're listening. Why take away a function to very slightly improve another?
During the presentation they made it a point to point out that in the frenzy to make phones better with every iteration there is a need for space. And the plug in was taking up valuable space.
 

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During the presentation they made it a point to point out that in the frenzy to make phones better with every iteration there is a need for space. And the plug in was taking up valuable space.
Didn't seem to be a problem for Samsung.
 

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Uhhhh yea, moreso. They're just poor and don't work as good.

Did they even mention VR porn? Apple is gay af. Let me guess, this phone takes pictures and runs apps, etc.
 

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Meh. People who are in a frenzy for a better phone than what they already have available should take a step back. (Not directed at anyone in here).

Apple has a market. Android has a market. The newest, better thing is not magically pulling millions of people one way or another. I'm not sure what the future thing is that will sway a majority of the market (obviously) but this isn't it.
 

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Uhhhh yea, moreso. They're just poor and don't work as good.

Did they even mention VR porn? Apple is gay af. Let me guess, this phone takes pictures and runs apps, etc.
That will be on the 9s. Gotta take baby steps Mash. The fleshlight phone version with splat screens will arrive first in the new 8s in 2018.
 

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Meh. People who are in a frenzy for a better phone than what they already have available should take a step back. (Not directed at anyone in here).

Apple has a market. Android has a market. The newest, better thing is not magically pulling millions of people one way or another. I'm not sure what the future thing is that will sway a majority of the market (obviously) but this isn't it.
Think it's pretty clear that Apple's future thing is an entire lifestyle including autonomous cars and houses. Don't think Samsung is going to be able to compete with that.
 

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Those poor Chinese babies. I hope they at least have VR porn to go home too after their 14hr work days.
 

UKserialkiller

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****. Not just refrigerators, but they are making tv refrigerator phones. Why sell separately when you can combine all 3 into 1.

http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/family-hub-refrigerator/

 
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Point taken, but not a true comparison. This is more floppy drive -> Zip drive than it is floppy drive -> CD-ROM. It's still just a thing that you stick in your ears except now you can't do other things like charge while you're listening. Why take away a function to very slightly improve another?
You can't listen and charge while listening to wired headphones. Wireless headphones are clearly the future, you'll get there someday with the rest of us. Be patient.

The worst thing Apple could do is make compromises that most people think they want. Luckily they're smarter than you.
 

mashburned

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Wireless headphones have been around for a while. That's the joke. Apple is the pusher and you're the junkie.

List some of the great iphone innovations since the first one.
 

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Wireless headphones have been around for a while. That's the joke. Apple is the pusher and you're the junkie.

List some of the great iphone innovations since the first one.
Bluetooth headphones suck dick, the signal lag is terrible.

Apple made a new chip to improve all of that.

You know nothing of this.
 

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Apple claims to be the first smartphone yet it took 3 generations before you could cut, copy and paste text and multitask....meanwhile Blackberry was the true first "smartphone" and could do all those things long before the iPhone could...