Grey-gear Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) Just wondering if anyone else watched it? Though the Apple TV looks interesting, but the rest seemed to be just little updates or them reinventing the wheel (pretty much making an apple version of surface and a "apple" pencil) What did the rest of you think. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34200234 Edited September 10, 2015 by Grey-gear
gmonks Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Agree with most of what you said! Mostly reinventing the wheel. Nothing to write home about. Same old Apple, technology is already here, but each year they make devices just a little bit better so people go out and buy. For example 12MP camera, nothing special.
Blue_Cookeh Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I think the point with Apple is the technology is mostly already around, but they're refining it and making it a lot nicer to use. But you have to think, they do spend a lot of time and money on engineering now, a lot of their components are made in house and engineered by Apple, like the 3D Touch controllers.
gmonks Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I just read this and it sums last night's event up pretty well Bullshit, selfies and Photoshopped smiles: Apple's iPhone 6S announcement was a joke | Gadgette 2
synaesthesia Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Typical marketing rubbish from Apple and the fanboys will, as usual, lap it all up.
DalekSec Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I just read this and it sums last night's event up pretty well Bullshit, selfies and Photoshopped smiles: Apple's iPhone 6S announcement was a joke | Gadgette Just gave it a read, she is right im every aspect! but you know people wont listen because it says apple on it!
sippo Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 From the poke Tech News: A man from London can barely bring himself to touch his disgusting less-than-a-year old iPhone 6, with its crappy camera and pathetic processing power that seems to mock him with every email he receives. “Now the iPhone 6s is out it feels like I’m walking around with a big lump of **** in my pocket,” wept the man, who can barely bring himself to look at the expensive phone he bought less than a year ago, let alone touch it. The iPhone 6s officially goes on sale in a couple of weeks, but is expected to sell-out - with customers placing orders now facing a 3-4 week wait for the new handset. “You wouldn’t hold a turd next to your face in polite society and that’s how it feels when I answer a call on this crappy, outdated iPhone 6,” he added. “Jesus, I feel sick just saying the name out loud. I might as well throw it away instead of facing the heavy burden of using this outdated pile of crap.” 1
Grey-gear Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 I just read this and it sums last night's event up pretty well Bullshit, selfies and Photoshopped smiles: Apple's iPhone 6S announcement was a joke | Gadgette That was quite funny. Though it does call in to question. Is Apple as a company in trouble? US stock markets slide as Apple falls - BBC News
hardtailstar Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Its a stylus..... Didn't Steve Jobs once say that Apple would never use a stylus? 1
Grey-gear Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 Its a stylus..... Didn't Steve Jobs once say that Apple would never use a stylus? Guess with him no longer there Apple just seeing what others are doing and heading in that direction.
Pottsey Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 The performance increase is impressive again assuming it hits the mark which it has in the past. I wonder how many more years they can keep that up? Performance seems to be going up faster in mobile year on year then desktop.
Quackers Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Its a stylus..... Didn't Steve Jobs once say that Apple would never use a stylus? No he said if you need a stylus to use a phone, like make a phone call, send a text, you have failed. Thats what a lot of touch screen phones pre iPhone were like, and he's still correct today.
hardtailstar Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 No he said if you need a stylus to use a phone, like make a phone call, send a text, you have failed. Thats what a lot of touch screen phones pre iPhone were like, and he's still correct today. Not sure he's still correct or was correct, I had a HTC TyTn2 many years ago. The stylus in that worked and was easier than sliding out the keyboard for quick texts etc.
SovietRussia Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I didn't realise it was on till after it all came out on BBC News.
Grey-gear Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 I didn't realise it was on till after it all came out on BBC News. Yeah I only knew about because I looked it up, maybe I was not paying attention or they just kept it quite for some reason
Arthur Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 I had a HTC TyTn2 many years ago. The stylus in that worked and was easier than sliding out the keyboard for quick texts etc. If it was easier to use the stylus that proves Jobs was right. The TyTn 2 had a tiny 2.8" resistive touchscreen so that probably explains why the onscreen keyboard was a bit rubbish. http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_tytn_ii-2024.php
Dos_Box Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Yeah I only knew about because I looked it up, maybe I was not paying attention or they just kept it quite for some reason Or maybe nobody cares anymore? 1
Grey-gear Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 Or maybe nobody cares anymore? Yes that's a possibility
mthomas08 Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Agree with most of what you said! Mostly reinventing the wheel. Nothing to write home about. Same old Apple, technology is already here, but each year they make devices just a little bit better so people go out and buy. For example 12MP camera, nothing special. Don't forget the high price tag attached yet people will still spend 48 hours in a queue hoping to get the latest thing asap.... the same people who also moan about not having money. Still, it is actual time I consider a new phone. Perhaps I will wait another year or so and see about an actual new one. My one is the 4S/5 I think... it's starting to really slow up and not worth doing much on except what a phone does minus the Apps.
googlemad Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 At the moment phones / tablets are at a state of 'how do you add more non gimmick stuff', I am a huge fan of my 6 Plus having owned the original iPhone then the iPhone 5. The biggest problem I had with the 5 was how the battery life was crap, but then it got nicked so I bought the 6 Plus which lasts ages as long as you don't have stupid brightness levels! Personally i would rather just buy the new MacBook Retina rather than a blown up iPad as I find iOS far too restricted to do proper work but then again I've never had a use for a tablet
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