Apple's September 12 Event | It's almost here.
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Slurpy2k20
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"You don't think stupid people buy [insert any company name on the planet] products? They do, I talk to them every day."
I'm sorry, was there a point to that? Or could you maybe point me to some product that exists in this world, that exclusively intelligent people have bought? I'm sure there's millions of idiots with Apple products. Just like there's millions of idiots who have bought any product. Crazy concept.
Slurpy2k20
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I said, for a point update. The vast majority of point updates don't include a single new user-facing feature, only bug fixes etc. This one contains many, even if they're small. So yeah, it definitely can be considered massive, in context. Just the Apple ID email/phone # unification for iMessage/facetime is pretty big. Something alot of people have been asking for, and solves alot of issues.
Can you point me to the last time a point update contained this many new user facing changes in ANY desktop OS? The only example I can think of is Windows XP SP2, which added security center, which still pales compared to this one.
PhoncipleBone
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Syncing of iMessage content between all Apple devices is a big thing for me.
As I tried to convey in my post, my point was exactly your point: no company is free of dumb consumers. It was specifically a response to this:
In which he assumes that people who are buying a "Mac with Thunderbolt ports" would know the difference between Thunderbolt and Lightning cables. I was simply replying that I work with people every day who don't know the difference between a USB and an HDMI cable. That doesn't stop them from buying iPhones, Macbook (even Pros), Android phones, Windows laptops, etc.
My point was that his assumption was wrong, and it's basically agreeing with you. No company is devoid of idiotic consumers buying (and mis-using) their products. Feel free to keep jumping down the throat of any post you deem anti-Apple, though.
What!? Fuckin finally.
Mecha_Infantry
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I think they were always aiming to have these features launch concurrently with iOS 6. They were probably testing them at the same time. iPhoto and Aperture should both receive updates for Shared Photo Streams too.
criesofthepast
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I actually hope this is optional and I can turn this off in address book. I already have custom photos for all my contacts and don't want their Facebook photos to override that. Synching any other Facebook info into their contact card is cool but leave the photo alone. Maybe an odd request but I'm OCD and spent the time getting a nice photo of all my contacts and don't want shitty Facebook pics replacing them.
Probably won't be an option though. You ether sync to Facebook and get picture/info and all or just don't sync at all.
I remember when facebook deleted a load of peoples contact emails and replaced them with their own facebook emails. Happened to users who synced their contacts with facebook.I actually hope this is optional and I can turn this off in address book. I already have custom photos for all my contacts and don't want their Facebook photos to override that. Synching any other Facebook info into their contact card is cool but leave the photo alone. Maybe an odd request but I'm OCD and spent the time getting a nice photo of all my contacts and don't want shitty Facebook pics replacing them.
Probably won't be an option though. You ether sync to Facebook and get picture/info and all or just don't sync at all.
No chance in hell I would ever give facebook control over my contacts. No chance.
Great read, thanks! Those different designs are also interesting to see. The octagonal shaped iPhone looked pretty awful though.
criesofthepast
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Good point. I forgot about that. Fuck that then. I've spent a lot of time over the years filling up peoples contact info and addresses and all that. Won't be syncing with Facebook. It better be optional to sync address book with Facebook though. I hope I can still access the the other sharing features and notification centre facebook access without it touching my address book.
Lol, it's like seeing the future.
I'm gonna add "the extra screen real estate adds more bang for your buck". I hate people saying this, lol.
Jill Sandwich
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Yep before I do anything else I'm turning Facebook integration off.
mescalineeyes
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Why turn it on I the first place iif you are just going to turn it off?
mescalineeyes
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Stop wasting energy on this.
The Real Abed
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I'll keep Facebook on if only for notifications. But I rarely ever post to Facebook anyway. I use Twitter for posting to FaceBook. But it'll be nice to have notifications for FB as well as Twitter.
Oh. They're stupid.
TheContact
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Disappointed there's no livestream = Not sure if I should wait until it gets uploaded to iTunes or just read the live blogs as it happens
All I see on your list is: 1, 3, 3, 4, 4... so where next? That's right, "the new iPhone".
I can never make it through more than 10 minutes of these things, regardless of who it is and how enthusiastic I am for the product. I'll either keep an eye on the blogs, or wait for a couple of hours and just read the interesting bits.
Castor Krieg
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So it's 7pm CET?
The Real Abed
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Dude. I used to be hugely for this but even now I've given up and just go along with the flow. If it was the iPhone 6, I'd be really happy. But eh. Whatever. Yes, it's the 6th. The 3G was the 2nd. The 3GS was the third. The 3GS was also just a faster better 3G just like the 4S is a faster better 4. If the 4S is not the 5th and then why is the 3GS the third. Shouldn't the 4 be the 3? That would make this the 4. It no longer matters. It's just a name.
Ollie Pooch
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Unbelievable.
CrankyKong
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Damn.
Didnt they livestream it in 2010?
Didnt they livestream it in 2010?
KennyLinder
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They should live stream to Apple TV.
The fifth SoC.
Internally, the iPhone 3G is just an iPhone 1st gen with a 3G chip, just like the Verizon iPhone 4 was the GSM iPhone with a CDMA chip.
It's the iPhone 5. I like to compare it to PS3 firmware updates. Right now we are on OS 4.35 or something. Is it the 4th updated? No. There have been tons of updates, but smaller updates only get decimal numbers added. Similarly, Apple adds letters on their iterations to denominate smaller upgrades; 3G, 3GS, 4S. We will get the iPhone 5 today, and the next upgrade will be 5S or something.
Garrett 2U
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Steve Jobs was actually really interesting to watch.
Even when he was extremely sick, he was so lively at these events.
Jill Sandwich
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I just want to see the world burn.
Castor Krieg
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They can call it iPhone 5 since it's been 5 years, can call it the new iPhone like the new iPad, or iPhone Next, etc. We will find out soon enough.
The GTA games must really make you mad.
mescalineeyes
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Holy shit. I've never seen it like that. Makes sense.
lol was this printed or online?
cause if it's a digital invitation that's weak, you would think a tech company like apple would know how to use digital maps.
Dynamite Shikoku
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This is the lamest Apple bashing I've seen this week
WordAssassin
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Guys we've been reading the invitation all wrong. The event was on the 5th. They unveiled the iPhone 12. We didn't know because it was already inside us the whole time - the iPhone 12 is our hearts.
My iPhone 4 is slow as hell now. I want lots of processing power.
Did you miss the list of 1-6? I don't actually care that much, but I thought that seeing as they got the iPhone 4 name right, they might at least be consistent.
Ha ha. Yeah. Whatever the easiest is to market.
FURIOUS!
This has been debated to death and it can be construed as either depending on how you look at it.
1,1
1,2
2,1
3,1
4,1
5,1
Also, this complaint should've been made with the 4S rather than this one, since that's the one that disrupted the supposed logical order? It makes even less sense to follow the 4/4S with an iPhone 6 than an iPhone 5.
It's highly likely it'll only be for the new iPhone and iPod line.
iPad Mini reveal probably next month.
Ahh Pleco... you've been with that app for soo long
How times change. Now there's a Pleco app for Android and they are even helping switchers
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