Apple new product rumours and general news

[beesonthewhatnow]

I'm currently working at the Sound City music conference in Liverpool. Lots of music industry hipster types about. Almost all of them wearing one

 

[editor]

I'm currently working at the Sound City music conference in Liverpool. Lots of music industry hipster types about. Almost all of them wearing one

Ah, the joys of disposable income.

 

[sim667]

Sales are apparently proving a little disappointing (my Apple standards). I'm never going to spend that kind of money on what is effectively a tech trinket.

I definitely wouldn't go more expensive than a sport.... and the straps are hideously expensive, so I'd buy my own too.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

There are already two in my local CeX.

 

[hiccup]

I saw a ~12 year old boy wearing one on the tube the other day. He was with his mum, who was also wearing one.

 

[editor]

I saw a ~12 year old boy wearing one on the tube the other day. He was with his mum, who was also wearing one.

Jeez.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Watches are a much better way of showing you have money then phones as they are on display!

 

[sim667]

There are already two in my local CeX.

How much for?

I bet a lot of people are getting them, who don't have iPhones.

 

[sim667]

WWDC on monday..... can't imagine they're going to anounce anything groundbreaking tbh.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

WWDC on monday..... can't imagine they're going to anounce anything groundbreaking tbh.

IOS9 and the new Beats streaming service presumably.

 

[editor]

Apple gamechanging electric car complete with dickhead back seat driver, blah blah blah.

Apple isn't done hiring top talent for its electric car project -- in fact, it just scored one of its biggest hires. The Wall Street Journalunderstands that 1 Infinite Loop recently recruited Doug Betts, the manager for Fiat Chrysler's global quality efforts from 2007 to 2014. It's not clear what role he'll take, but his former position suggests that he'll help Apple put everything together in a solid piece of machinery. Let's just hope that the result is more reliable than Chrysler and Fiat cars -- neither brand has performed well in recent dependability rankings.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/20/apple-hires-fiat-chrysler-quality-lead/?ncid=rss_truncated

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Tbf Apple shaking it all up could be great.

 

[editor]

Tbf Apple shaking it all up could be great.

Why? They only ever produce high priced premium products unaffordable to most, and much of the recent technology advances have been happening elsewhere.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Why? They only ever produce high priced premium products unaffordable to most, and much of the recent technology advances have been happening elsewhere.

When iOS came out I was still using Windows Mobile. I had no desire to buy one, for many reasons, but they did make other people up their game.

Apple generally don't do new technology, but they do make it work well, if you can put up with their restrictions on how to use it.

Anyway it quite irrelevant to me. I'll never be able to afford a new car.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

When iOS came out I was still using Windows Mobile. I had no desire to buy one, for many reasons, but they did make other people up their game.

Apple generally don't do new technology, but they do make it work well, if you can put up with their restrictions on how to use it.

Anyway it quite irrelevant to me. I'll never be able to afford a new car.

I'm itching to buy an electric car, currently planning on moving to a Tesla in a few years but if Apple are getting into the game I may wait to see what the market will look like.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I'm itching to buy an electric car, currently planning on moving to a Tesla in a few years but if Apple are getting into the game I may wait to see what the market will look like.

Apple won't move into the game. They'll create the Ice. Which will be nice, but not deal breaking.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Apple won't move into the game. They'll create the Ice. Which will be nice, but not deal breaking.

I'm not so sure, Apple don't invest this much without a definitive product in mind which shakes up an industry. I'm willing to bet that they'll have a car in less than a decade...

 

[editor]

When was the last time Apple shaked up the industry?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

When was the last time Apple shaked up the industry?

iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad. To a lesser extent also the MacBook Air.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

And as they now apparently have 75% of the global smartwatch market you could argue they've made a fairly large impact on that. It's just in a field nobody really seems to want yet

 

[editor]

iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad. To a lesser extent also the MacBook Air.

And in the past five years? What industries have they shaken up?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

And in the past five years? What industries have they shaken up?

So apart from transforming the music industry, the mobile phone industry and the PC industry, just what have The Romans, sorry, Apple done for us?

 

[editor]

So apart from transforming the music industry, the mobile phone industry and the PC industry, just what have The Romans, sorry, Apple done for us?

Yes, they were partly responsible for some of that in the past. But we're talking about now. What industries have they "shaken up" recently and how?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

What tech industries that Apple operate in have seen any major shake up in recent years? New laptops aren't exciting. My Note. 4 is least exciting new smartphone I've owned and my desktop is donkey years old. Everything seems to have been gradual evolution for a while.

 

[editor]

What tech industries that Apple operate in have seen any major shake up in recent years? New laptops aren't exciting. My Note. 4 is least exciting new smartphone I've owned and my desktop is donkey years old. Everything seems to have been gradual evolution for a while.

Arguably the growth of the phablet - a trend that it took Apple years to emulate. Perhaps Chromebooks too if the trend continues.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Those are just phones with larger screens. Very nice, but not much different.

Not used a chrome book to know just what evolutionary about it. They're just small laptops with Google's OS on right?

 

[editor]

Those are just phones with larger screens. Very nice, but not much different.

Not used a chrome book to know just what evolutionary about it. They're just small laptops with Google's OS on right?

I'd disagree, but I'd say Google Now is the start of real innovation, along with products like Nest.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad. To a lesser extent also the MacBook Air.

It really is pointless replying to such a clearly irrational question...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It's an idiotic question but if you want yet more evidence of their disruption Apple Pay is the latest to shake things up.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Apple Pay is only at all relevant in the US, because of their antiquated banking system.