Apple Media Event - 9th September 2014

[Shar]

iPhone6 doesn't really sound much different from phones already on the market

[GommeInc]

I love this image. It pretty much sums up the whole event

As for the iWatch - it makes the Moto 360, the LG and the Samsung smart watches look even better. It's what the designer said that was interesting. The iWatch has been in the making for the last 3 years - and you can tell, as it seems so out of date with its useless UI which shames how intuitive iOS is. Who on earth thought tiny icons on an already tiny device was a good idea? Apple have lost their product testing touch :/

As for smartwatches in general, I'm with @Kardan. Just use a smartphone which does everything a smartwatch does and more. Smartwatches seem to be for people with more money than sense. Basically what are the key characteristic of your farm fresh douche :/

[xxMATTGxx]

Don't see why people are comparing it with the Nexus 4, we all know it's about the user experience and that is where Apple do a high class job as they always do on their products. Hence why they didn't rush doing NFC payments like Google have done with wallet where many people have said the "experience" is crap.

It's not always about doing something first, it's about getting it right.

[iBlueBox]

But can't you just do all of that with the iPhone? (Regarding the 2nd point, you'll just be looking at your watch every minute to see who texts you).

Cant do taptic vibrations.

and the health monitoring works with the health app together to give more accurate readings such as your heart rate.

[GommeInc]

Don't see why people are comparing it with the Nexus 4, we all know it's about the user experience and that is where Apple do a high class job as they always do on their products. Hence why they didn't rush doing NFC payments like Google have done with wallet where many people have said the "experience" is crap.

It's not always about doing something first, it's about getting it right.

Multiple experiences can "get it right". That's an incredibly poor argument as if it wasn't done right no one would have Android, Apple or Windows Phone devices to begin with. Different user experiences all aim to do or already do the same thing, but differently. Has this come from some cheap Apple published book of terrible answers? I say cheap, it probably cost a lot. Also, as far as I am aware, NFC doesn't really change as it all does "the same thing", a re-occurring theme that comes up with Apple based releases.

If they just admitted that it's amazing because it's new to Apple it would be fine, but there's nothing new to this event to the world at large which they always try to push during these events - only their tiny eco-system that has been coasting a long for quite some time now has had changes (2012 if that image is anything to go by).

[xxMATTGxx]

Multiple experiences can "get it right". That's an incredibly poor argument as if it wasn't done right no one would have Android, Apple or Windows Phone devices to begin with. Different user experiences all aim to do or already do the same thing, but differently. Has this come from some cheap Apple published book of terrible answers? I say cheap, it probably cost a lot. Also, as far as I am aware, NFC doesn't really change as it all does "the same thing", a re-occurring theme that comes up with Apple based releases.

If they just admitted that it's amazing because it's new to Apple it would be fine, but there's nothing new to this event to the world at large which they always try to push during these events - only their tiny eco-system that has been coasting a long for quite some time now has had changes (2012 if that image is anything to go by).

Yes and they do get it right (they have made mistakes, everyone does). They look at the existing tech, put it into their products and push it a couple of steps forward. Apple taking on NFC payments means it will be pushed out even more and more people will start to use it. Why? A) Massive user base around the world. B) They make it work and have a great experience.

In regards of your whole "NFC does the same thing" well yes in general but it's about doing it right.

As quoted:

It’s no wonder, then, that the last high-minded attempt from a big company to fix this mess failed. Google Wallet, though it has been rebranded and repurposed as an all-around solution for buying things through Google, was unable to overcome the incredibly strong entrenched interests in the payments space. Carriers, in the thick of developing Softcard, openly blocked Wallet on their branded devices without consequence — a peril of an open platform like Android. Google Wallet’s dynamic, straightforward, and intelligent VP Osama Bedier left for greener pastures just over a year ago — and Google’s ambitions for Wallet look much smaller today than when it originally launched.

As Google Wallet has been through it's issues since it's launch. If Apple can over come these problems and the most likely will then that;s a good thing for anyone who wishes to use it.


Tiny eco-system? How do you work that out. Also Windows Phone is a ******* joke compared to Apple.

Apple will make millions again from these products because people want them. They know how to make devices that sell and also know how to market it. Apple are doing a fine job. Everyone laughed at them for the iPad - Look how that turned out.

[GommeInc]

Yes and they do get it right (they have made mistakes, everyone does). They look at the existing tech, put it into their products and push it a couple of steps forward. Apple taking on NFC payments means it will be pushed out even more and more people will start to use it. Why? A) Massive user base around the world. B) They make it work and have a great experience.

In regards of your whole "NFC does the same thing" well yes in general but it's about doing it right.

As quoted:



As Google Wallet has been through it's issues since it's launch. If Apple can over come these problems and the most likely will then that;s a good thing for anyone who wishes to use it.


Tiny eco-system? How do you work that out. Also Windows Phone is a ******* joke compared to Apple.

Apple will make millions again from these products because people want them. They know how to make devices that sell and also know how to market it. Apple are doing a fine job. Everyone laughed at them for the iPad - Look how that turned out.

It's as if you've been reading "Things Apple Users Say" Your random bit about they have made mistakes sort of contradicts your idea that Apple always get it right but you have been reading your cheap-yet-overpriced guide on things to say. Firstly, Android works. So does iOS and so does Windows Phone. They all sell well. Saying it is joke compared to Apple is just an opinion, but it still sells. If you read that as a comparison then no idea where you go that but I shall assume for now this is just being over-defensive. For some reason smartphones are still seen as being part in package of being part of a cult when they all do the same thing, just differently.

Also, it's tiny as it always seem to be playing catch up - nothing ground-breaking in the tech world but only ground-breaking in its small, local world.

No one has said they won't sell. They sell because they're Apple and many have bought into the eco-system and these will sell because these incredibly old features and functions are new to Apple. If they just said it was new to them rather than preach they're being innovative these tedious discussions wouldn't be met with images of "This is the iPhone 6 - this is two years behind the Nexus 4 and even further behind the Samsung Galaxy 5 and Nexus 5."

I just hope this iteration actually has a long battery life :/ It's the major downfall.

[xxMATTGxx]

Windows Phone is a joke compared to Android as well. You do realise how long it took them to get decent apps in the App Store right? Hell Microsoft even had to make the facebook app. Not sure if they still do. That's why I moved away from that platform as the app market place was better on other platforms. Windows Phone still has a long way to go.

Why would any company say bad things about their products and say its two years out of the date? You make it like Apple is the only company who does this. ALL of them do this.

It's a good job you aren't part of their marketing department or Google / Microsofts as it seems you would do a bad job at it

[Kardan]

Cant do taptic vibrations.

and the health monitoring works with the health app together to give more accurate readings such as your heart rate.

So people are essentially paying for two new features, one of which you could buy a more cheaper device to achieve (a heart rate monitor). I also don't see the point on these new vibrations but I suppose we will have to wait and see more on that.

[xxMATTGxx]

From Twitter:

@verge: Breaking: Apple sold a record four million iPhones in 24 hours http://t.co/VgOYyM7uLv