Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[beesonthewhatnow]

Have any of these leaks ever been right though?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

From this site or generally? iPad mini leaks were spot on last year despite some serious incredibility on here (Crispy still owes us a hat eating).

 

[Bungle73]

Have any of these leaks ever been right though?

The infamous iPhone 4 leak.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Heh that wasn't a leak as much as a royal fuck up by an engineer!

 

[skyscraper101]

The colourful cheap versions look nice. I think they'll have a strong appeal to the more cost conscious and younger market. I'm more about phablet sized devices personally but I can see the appeal of one of these, at the right price/specs.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Think cheap iPhones in colors will sell shit loads, probably more than the higher priced ones...

 

[Callum91]

Any details of spec comparisons between the S and the C? Surely if the C runs iOS 7 just as smoothly there's no point shelling out for the S?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Any details of spec comparisons between the S and the C? Surely if the C runs iOS 7 just as smoothly there's no point shelling out for the S?

It's all rumors but I'd bet it'd be roughly 4S in specs as it looks like the 5 is sticking around.

 

[RedDragon]

Will Apple drop an advantage bomb when it holds its Beijing press conference on the 11th, a deal with China Mobile?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

That announcement was a bit out of the blue, if they've struck a deal with a carrier they has 700 million customers they might be about to make a fair bit of money in China...

 

[editor]

Look at these sad fucks.

First customers already in line for new iPhones Apple has yet to announce
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...ine-for-new-iphones-apple-has-yet-to-announce

And the ridiculous iHype lives on elsewhere: a whole article speculating on whether the new iPhone will have a bit of silver around the home button or not:
http://gizmodo.com/will-there-be-one-ring-to-rule-them-all-around-the-5s-h-1272881602

 

[RedDragon]

They're going to be disappointed when they realise queuing for four days wasn't necessary as anyone who wants one will be able to walk-in off the street and buy it, phones aren't where 'its' at.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

At this point they are literally as sad as the people who complain about them year in year out.

 

[editor]

If the phone looks like this, I shall be most LOL-full.

 

[editor]

At this point they are literally as sad as the people who complain about them year in year out.

Complaining? I'm just laughing at the sad fucks.

 

[Crispy]

Have any of these leaks ever been right though?

yes. The manufacturing chain is now so big that it's impossible for apple to maintain the sort of secrecy they used to. We've been seeing parts for the new phones for months.

 

[mauvais]

Where the hell is my new iPod Classic? That's all the news anyone should care about.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Where the hell is my new iPod Classic? That's all the news anyone should care about.

Haha! Wouldn't surprise me if that's unceremoniously dumped this year...

 

[mauvais]

Let's hope so. Who knows what would happen if they actually made a tangible improvement to anything?

 

[Winot]

Anyone tried the Mophie juice pack (case + battery extender)?

http://www.mophie.com/shop/iphone-5

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Haha! Wouldn't surprise me if that's unceremoniously dumped this year...

Would be a shame, it's still the best mp3 player available. A 128 gig solid state model would be cool.

 

[sim667]

Would be a shame, it's still the best mp3 player available. A 128 gig solid state model would be cool.

I'd be tempted to buy one for my entire itunes library for my car.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Would be a shame, it's still the best mp3 player available. A 128 gig solid state model would be cool.

In storage terms it is for sure but it's of another era now. Plus their choice to move to a new cable/power adapter means either investing support in the classic (a device with declining sales) or dumping it and focusing on getting a 128 gig iPod touch to market...

 

[editor]

Anyone tried the Mophie juice pack (case + battery extender)?

http://www.mophie.com/shop/iphone-5

I've reviewed one of those things. It's a clever solution but they add an unsatisfying amount of bulk to the phone and the concept remains hugely inferior to being able to just swap out batteries.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Very useful device for those of us that travel for work or need and all day battery for social media updates at conferences.

 

[Winot]

Interesting take on Apple's iPhone 'versioning' strategy:

http://www.digitopoly.org/2013/09/09/apples-iphone-versioning/

 

[sim667]

Have they anounced and IOS 7 release date yet?

 

[RedDragon]

Have they anounced and IOS 7 release date yet?

expecting it tonight - press event kicks off 6pm usual suspects covering it live.

 

[sim667]

Time to get fappling.

 

[RedDragon]

Live streaming countdown

live blog

Apple Insider - http://live.appleinsider.com/#AllEvents

CNET - http://live.cnet.com/Event/CNETs_Apple_Sept_10_event_live_blog

Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/10/apple-iphone-liveblog-2013/

Gizmodo - http://live.gizmodo.com/

Macworld - http://live.macworld.com/2013/09/iPhoneEvent/index.php

The Verge - http://live.theverge.com/apple-iphone-5s-liveblog/

And This Week In Tech's usual Irreverent live commentary from about 5.30pm with an after event discussion on TWiT TV