I don't understand why people buy cases, period ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Tim Cook announces iMessages on Windows
- Apple Car is unveiled with an end of the month release, available only outside of the US
- Apple replace USB-C and Lightning on all its devices with micro-USB
- The new U2 chip plays a song each time it is in close contact with another device
A Promotion Studio Display would be an instant buy for me, but I'm not holding my breath for that unfortunatelyRefresh of the monitor line up. Studio Display Pro with ProMotion priced around $2.5K and an upgraded Pro Display XDR with ProMotion at $4K 😈
They can’t call the port Thunderbolt if it doesn’t meet the 40Gbps specs. I don’t think they’ll shy away from saying USB-C but if they do maybe they’ll call it an industry-standard port.
Or the ‘Dynamic Dock’ to go with the ‘Dynamic Island’. Islands, ports and docks; it’s all very nautical.Maybe they will call it: Apple Port 🤣
Now see I just mentioned in the post above about how nautical this is all getting and you come right along with a boat 😂I used to be in the boat of upgrading every year a few years back, and then it got to the point where the differences were not even upgrade worthy vs the price it cost to get the new one. Now I will be upgrading after almost 3 years of having the 12 Pro Max which is exhausted, and only now I feel like there is enough difference between the two to warrant an upgrade, and thats after three years worth of so called innovation. Overall though, Different colours, a few internal changes, a usb-c port, an action button isn't something exciting though.
I'm waiting for the "dynamic island" to sink in the little sea of the screen.Now see I just mentioned in the post above about how nautical this is all getting and you come right along with a boat 😂
As many newer musical instruments (like the Roland SP-404) output audio via USB-C these days, I wouldn’t be surprised to see an “influencer” saying how much easier it is to capture video in-synch with the audio quickly and easily. Or some such use case like that.Apple will tout USB-C's faster charging and data transfer speeds (instead of saying, "The EU made us do it.") Expect Apple to announce new USB-C accessories, including a Lightning-to-USB-C dongle. I don't know anyone would need such a dongle since most audio devices use Bluetooth. There are a few accessories that have Lightning plugs, like the Square magnetic strip reader for eCommerce.
My bold prediction is that we'll see nothing more than very incremental updates, beyond their "best ever, leading, most advanced ever" rhetoric. Basically we already know, it got leaked - a bit faster phone CPU, a bit better camera, a bit faster watch etc.
No redesign of anything, nothing foldable, no holograms, no distance charging, no round watch with a week battery life. Nothing to make one say wow. Everything stays more or less the same but slightly better and possibly a bit more expensive, some more emojis, watch bands, minor stuff.
Followed by slightly declining sales. Nothing earth shattering or surprising, just slow trends everywhere.
That is because Apple as the world's largest tech firm has refined its marketing. Apple carefully leaks to generate buzz and to make sure consumers are not blindsided in some way that harms Apple.whats the point anymore?
Yes, I know this is a rumour site - but seems nowadays before any official announcement we know pretty much everything. Weve seen the phone, we know the specs.... it's very rare nowadays that Apple blindside us with something we weren't expecting.
10-15 years ago we had genuine surprises. Nowadays watching the keynote is just a confirmation.
I use my 13/14 iPhone Pros like that sans case. No substantive damage, just a few tiny dings that I do not care about. The face remains 100%.I take my phone, hiking, rock climbing, running.. I use it in at work (hospital) with slippery hands and tile floors, I use it in my barns/garage around dirt and tools. I throw it in my backpack and drop the backpack. I would have broken my phone weekly if I didn't have a case.
Another reason is that the 13 is too square and feels like crap in the hand. It also doesn't lay flat, but then I lay my phone face down 99.9% of the time, which also isn't great without a case, or at least a screen protector.
Durability > aesthetics, all day, every day. The iPhone just kinda sucks without a case.