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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #325 on: September 09, 2014, 01:28:17 PM »
I'm on the S upgrade cycle so no iPhone for me this year. Once again, I'll be upgrading to a larger sized screen. I think 4.7" is where I draw the line. I have small, baby girl hands.

In any case, I'm reading Ars Technica's LiveBlog. Nothing announced so far is boner inducing which I expected. Until these phones from any company let me fly or travel through time, they're all just smartphones.

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« Reply #326 on: September 09, 2014, 01:43:12 PM »
Watching it now. Never watched it before, but I'm interested in the wearables. So far...really nothing amazing.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #327 on: September 09, 2014, 01:44:23 PM »
Yawn.
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« Reply #328 on: September 09, 2014, 01:45:07 PM »
Now with Google Wallet NFC Payment!
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #329 on: September 09, 2014, 01:48:25 PM »
hahaha what a STUPID VIDEO. Was that really so hard?

EDIT: "Entirely new payment process." Really? I've been doing this at Starbucks for a full year.
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« Reply #330 on: September 09, 2014, 01:55:18 PM »
An Apple user using a McDonald's drive-thru....there's a joke in there somewhere.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #331 on: September 09, 2014, 01:56:38 PM »
Yawn.
This is baffling. You're usually so pumped for Apple product announcements.

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« Reply #332 on: September 09, 2014, 01:59:10 PM »
I will say they made it look easier than Google Wallet. But Google Wallet is still far more powerful in the sense that I can send money from one person to another. Apple Pay doesn't do that.

EDIT: Wearable incoming...Please don't **** it up.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #333 on: September 09, 2014, 02:00:28 PM »
I'm honestly just waiting to laugh at the price of the Apple Watch.

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« Reply #334 on: September 09, 2014, 02:03:26 PM »
I don't hate everything about Apple. I would buy a MacBook Pro if they had a number pad, but instead they go with the most monumental waste of surface area of any computer.
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« Reply #335 on: September 09, 2014, 02:06:55 PM »
Macbook keyboards are by far my favorite but I've never needed a number pad.
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« Reply #336 on: September 09, 2014, 02:12:00 PM »
I like my Samsung 7 Series's keyboard. I can't even bear the thought of not having a number pad. How else am I supposed to play Mortal Kombat 2 during class if I can't map the buttons to 7, 9, 5, 1, and 3?
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« Reply #337 on: September 09, 2014, 02:13:20 PM »
And the watch looks stupid. Motorola and LG are the only ones that get it. To be fair I have no interest in any smart watch, and never will until they aren't so god damned bulky. Even then I probably would never want one.
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« Reply #338 on: September 09, 2014, 02:16:24 PM »
Finally, Apple has invented time and a means of keeping track of it. Much innovation. So wow.

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« Reply #339 on: September 09, 2014, 02:17:35 PM »
Amazingly it was only minutes after they invented 4.7" and 5.5" phones.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #340 on: September 09, 2014, 02:28:53 PM »
Wow....they failed when it came to Health. Heartbeat monitor and pedometer? Keeping track of your heart while exercising is probably nearly impossible since you need to be still for the light sensor to work. Fail. You can't show general knowledge of your heartbeat or walking/running distance to your doctor. He's gonna have to stress test you regardless. Again a fail.

The only thing I like is the paired connection. Where I can share simple things I draw or write or even my heartbeat. That's actually quite...human. It uses technology to further my human interactions. That's what we need.

EDIT: Pfffffffffff $350 bucks? Jebus titty fucking christ.
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« Reply #341 on: September 09, 2014, 02:43:31 PM »
I'm honestly just waiting to laugh at the price of the Apple Watch.

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« Reply #342 on: September 09, 2014, 02:48:14 PM »
Wow that's insane.
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« Reply #343 on: September 09, 2014, 03:21:08 PM »
So with Apple's latest press conference, I believe Silicon Valley is at a stand-still. There really is nothing coming from this new era of innovation. It's quite sad really.

Reaching into my front pocket rather than my back pocket an innovation it does not make.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #344 on: September 09, 2014, 04:00:35 PM »
£749 ($1200!!!!!) for a 128gb iPhone 6+.

INSANE.

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« Reply #345 on: September 09, 2014, 05:36:34 PM »
And Apple shares drop after all these announcements.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #346 on: September 09, 2014, 05:54:30 PM »

I like the new look of the phones but none of these announcements really do anything for me. The biggest features by far are mobile payments and Apple Pay. Apple Pay has been done for a few years now through Google Wallet, and as for mobile payments its the biggest thing of the show, but none of these places will be apple payment exclusive so thank you apple for giving me more topions on android.


I face palmed when they used the Apple Watch with two hands in the demo, if that isn't the biggest indicator that you've fucked up than i don't what is.


The Watch looks okay depending on the band, but honesty its not taht removed from what samsung was doing. The having two different watches makes a bit of sense, but it seems that sport is better of the two. The fitness stuff has me intrested, but I'm hoping Google Fit is as good as healthkit.


But its weird the overall Watch UI doesn't mesh well with what Apple has done with IOS 8 and  OSX Yosemite. It comes off looking weird and rushed.
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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #347 on: September 09, 2014, 06:59:26 PM »
Yeah the new phones look like the 5th and 6th gen iPod Touch, which looks better than the iPhone 5 and 5S (though I think the 5C looks better than those two as well). They do also, however, look very much like what HTC has been doing for years now.
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« Reply #348 on: September 09, 2014, 07:40:16 PM »
They look like iPhones to me. "Oh, look, the edges are curved." Fine, they're still just iPhones. That isn't meant as praise nor condemnation.

I'm curious what the expectations are from the people calling for innovation. What are you hoping for? I suppose it's one of those you-don't-know-you-want-something-until-you-see-it type deals. The post-Blackberry era of smartphones (e.g. real smartphones) is less than a decade old and we've come extremely far. The amount of things that are rammed into these things is remarkable. I just can't imagine anything in the foreseeable future that's really going to change my life.

My opinion of the iPhone 6 is that I don't need one. I'm not **** talking the phone. I just have last year's model which is fine. I just can't get excited to upgrade every year based on the additions and performance boosts. For me, upgrading every other year has worked out wonderfully. I told my coworker today that it feels like I pay $300 (before trade-in) for a new battery because I don't really notice much difference in how I use these things. The 5S's big addition was TouchID and I haven't used it once. And I'm completely okay with it. My iPhone already does everything I want it to. I feel like all they can really do at this point is refine was is already offered.

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Re: Um, Apple thread
« Reply #349 on: September 09, 2014, 08:36:51 PM »
I've also got a 5S, so I'll probably be waiting for next year's revision. Still not sold on the larger size, but we'll see. As an owner of a Pebble I'm clearly interested in smartwatches, but I'll have to see more before I jump to Apple's.
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