Hey all,
First off, I'm by no means a huge Apple fan. I use both iPhone XS and Google Pixel 3, I have a 2016 iPad Pro but my computers are all Windows machines. I've been critical of Apple in the past, when they deserved it IMO.
Despite that, I don't understand the huge amount of flak they're getting over the latest Keynote and the new iPhone 11/11pro's. The amount of criticism seems much worse this year than previous years. Here in the forums, on YouTube, even popular tech YouTubers kinda trashing it.
What I saw in the keynote was three new iPhones, a pretty significant upgrade to the XR with the 11 AND a price drop (unheard of). A big camera upgrade to the 11 pro and a big battery life upgrade to the 11 pro WITHOUT a price increase. Not to mention getting Apple TV+ free for a year if you buy any Apple device, even the cheapest iPad. All of that seems pretty good to me!
What were people expecting? A ton of new half-baked "features" like a Samsung or Huawei phone? Apple never competes with feature lists and spec sheet bragging.
I'm not sure why people were expecting something earth shattering this year. None of the iPhone's have been really earth shattering for the last 5 years or so. I think people are taking their marketing buzzwords a little too literally.
Just my $0.02
First off, I'm by no means a huge Apple fan. I use both iPhone XS and Google Pixel 3, I have a 2016 iPad Pro but my computers are all Windows machines. I've been critical of Apple in the past, when they deserved it IMO.
Despite that, I don't understand the huge amount of flak they're getting over the latest Keynote and the new iPhone 11/11pro's. The amount of criticism seems much worse this year than previous years. Here in the forums, on YouTube, even popular tech YouTubers kinda trashing it.
What I saw in the keynote was three new iPhones, a pretty significant upgrade to the XR with the 11 AND a price drop (unheard of). A big camera upgrade to the 11 pro and a big battery life upgrade to the 11 pro WITHOUT a price increase. Not to mention getting Apple TV+ free for a year if you buy any Apple device, even the cheapest iPad. All of that seems pretty good to me!
What were people expecting? A ton of new half-baked "features" like a Samsung or Huawei phone? Apple never competes with feature lists and spec sheet bragging.
I'm not sure why people were expecting something earth shattering this year. None of the iPhone's have been really earth shattering for the last 5 years or so. I think people are taking their marketing buzzwords a little too literally.
Just my $0.02