Apple September 9th event

[Eug]

Wow, apple, welcome to 2 years ago.

I'm not very concerned about the absolute pixel count per se. More important is actually the picture quality.

However, I actually somewhat prefer lower pixel counts if the sensor size is good. It's easy for the camera to be fast with lower pixel counts, and it saves storage.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Live photos, meh. I'd prefer manual controls.

 

[Ravynmagi]

12 MP camera. They better up the capacity cause I keep hitting the cap with my 16gb.

And Live Photos. Yeah, this is going to need a lot of storage.

 

[Oyeve]

I hope it has 256GB of storage. I'd get one.

 

[Ns1]

oops, n/m

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Yay for more LTE bands. I wanna test that out with my T-Mobile here in So Cal. So many stupid dead spots.

 

[Imported]

Live Photos is pretty much Zoe right?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

That's the old one.

 

[Oyeve]

Did they do away with OIS????

 

[Chiropteran]

That's the old one.

The image might be wrong, but his point is right- 6s still starts at 16GB.

 

[Ns1]

OH SHIT, TAKE MY MONEY APPLE. I CAN LEASE PHONES!!!

 

[Ravynmagi]

That's the old one.

Yeah, slide of the old models. But the pricing and storage stays the same unfortunately. Still a 16GB model.

 

[Imported]

OH SHIT, TAKE MY MONEY APPLE. I CAN LEASE PHONES!!!

This almost would make me switch.. Nice job. Its a better deal than AT&T's version it seems?

Edit: Pending pricing of 64GB.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Wow stupidddd. 16gb capacity.

 

[quikah]

Surprised the aTV doesn't have 4K out now that iPhone can shoot 4K video.

 

[BigDaveX]

OH SHIT, TAKE MY MONEY APPLE. I CAN LEASE PHONES!!!

I can sort of see the appeal of that, for people who can't afford the up-front costs of a phone and/or have a SIM-only deal that would still work out cheaper than a full contract and new iPhone deal.

Granted though, this is obviously just to fleece people who buy a new iPhone every year.

 

[KentState]

This almost would make me switch.. Nice job.

Do you get to keep the phone? Right now, you can pay that much and own it out right after two years, sell it and then put the money down on a new one.

 

[ultimatebob]

Those pricing slides are pretty cowardly. I guess that they don't want to admit that the unlocked 64 GB models still cost around $750 quite yet.

 

[Imported]

Do you get to keep the phone? Right now, you can pay that much and own it out right after two years, sell it and then put the money down on a new one.

I completely forget about that factor. I don't sell my old phones so the resale is moot for me but I do like to keep a backup phone.

 

[Ns1]

Do you get to keep the phone? Right now, you can pay that much and own it out right after two years, sell it and then put the money down on a new one.

Don't get that dopes sauce AppleCare coverage though.

 

[Eug]

So far the most exciting thing for me for this event is the new iCloud pricing. I knew the change in pricing would eventually come, but this seems reasonable, at least for Apple:

Free: 5 GB
$0.99: 50 GB
$2.99: 200 GB
$9.99: 1 TB

 

[Ns1]

I had to leave the stream - release and preorder date?

 

[Oyeve]

Do any of these new iphones have OIS?

 

[Stuka87]

Do any of these new iphones have OIS?

I did not see it mentioned, but I would assume the Plus still does, just like before.

 

[mmntech]

16GB capacity yet they record 4K video? Really hope that A9 has a built in HVEC coder/decoder. 4K h.264 files are huge.

Do you get to keep the phone? Right now, you can pay that much and own it out right after two years, sell it and then put the money down on a new one.

I would assume you do if you decide you want to keep it. Apple is banking on most people trading them back in. They'll likely resell those devices on the refurbished store. You're still paying the full $768 in the end, just spread out. At least they're unlocked, unlike the carrier models.

It was really cheeky what they did with the carrier pricing. Almost thought they were doing to announce a price drop the way he was talking.