Guess what will be announced at WWDC 14 tomorrow

[bearxor]

No. WWDC has been software only for as far as I can remember (a couple years...). Hardware announcements are in the fall.

Up until iPhone 4, the new iOS hardware was launched at WWDC.

 

[JackBurton]

Was just saying that on Twitter...they said a lot of their new customers are migrating from Android. I think I have yet to meet a single person IRL who did that...they always jump ship TO Android

Wrong. I know a ton that have switched after falling for Android fanboy lies.

 

[JackBurton]

so much Android bashing, they must be really butthurt on Android's success

Yeah, that OS fragmentation on the Android side looked great.

 

[JackBurton]

It didn't sound like the integration was that tight but I could be wrong.

If you saw the entire presentation you'd see the very tight integration between OSX and iOS. It's pretty awesome.

ONE of the cool things is when running Yosemite and have an iPhone running iOS 8, it will automatically sense it and allow you to put the phone in hotsot mode from the Mac. Pretty damn awesome.

 

[TreVader]

It really does set iOS up in a great spot against android/pc. The seamless integration and the wifi hotspot sound great.


Automatic wifi hotspot, dark mode, and air drop along with widgets are really my fav things about this.

 

[JackBurton]

It really does set iOS up in a great spot against android/pc. The seamless integration and the wifi hotspot sound great.


Automatic wifi hotspot, dark mode, and air drop along with widgets are really my fav things about this.

And let's not forget seamless integration between phone calls on Mac and iPhone. Left your phone in the kitchen while working on your laptop in another room, no problem. Take the call on your Mac. Freakin' awesome.

Oh, and QuickType looks pretty cool too.

 

[ViRGE]

Wrong. They have usually made product announcements at past conferences. These include the Retina Macbook Pros and Mac Pro most recently.

You were saying?

 

[Kaido]

Wrong. I know a ton that have switched after falling for Android fanboy lies.

It's not wrong if the only people I knew went from iOS to Android, haha.

I really hope they have a waterproof iPhone...I'm super jealous of the Galaxy Active. Especially if you have kids....

 

[JackBurton]

It's not wrong if the only people I knew went from iOS to Android, haha.

I really hope they have a waterproof iPhone...I'm super jealous of the Galaxy Active. Especially if you have kids....

True.

 

[ultimatebob]

My parents went from Android to iOS because of a malware infection, but then my Mom is the type of person who clicks on every malicious software link that gets e-mailed or texted to her.

 

[Koing]

It's not wrong if the only people I knew went from iOS to Android, haha.

I really hope they have a waterproof iPhone...I'm super jealous of the Galaxy Active. Especially if you have kids....

That would be a huge bonus!

Koing

 

[Aikouka]

I really hope they have a waterproof iPhone...I'm super jealous of the Galaxy Active. Especially if you have kids....

What about just using one of those water proof cases with an iPhone? It's only anecdotal, but I know someone that uses one, and she pretty much swears by it. Had no qualms taking her phone out on the water (that would make me cringe like a cat held over a full tub), using it in the shower, or quite literally throwing it against the wall.

 

[wilds]

I'm still happy with the iPhone 5's performance, and nowhere near short on available RAM with iOS 7; but if iOS 8 has a big slow down, then I will probably upgrade sooner than later.

 

[TreVader]

I went to the S4 for the big screen but the build quality was not up to par and the software was poorly integrated. It does have a beautiful 1080p 5" screen and a lot of ram tho.

I think iOS 8 may be hard on the 4S and maybe even the 5. I remember when iOS 6 came out and my iPhone 4 became very slow

 

[mmntech]

My parents went from Android to iOS because of a malware infection, but then my Mom is the type of person who clicks on every malicious software link that gets e-mailed or texted to her.

That's who iOS is built for. It's designed so there's practically no way the average user can break it.

 

[JackBurton]

That's who iOS is built for. It's designed so there's practically no way the average user can break it.

That's how all OS's should perform. ESPECIALLY when you are offering cheaper devices (Android) where the average Joe will pick up just because "it's on sale." Now you have a potential for hordes of botnet drones on millions of unpatched phones. How fantastic.

 

[Anubis]

I went to the S4 for the big screen but the build quality was not up to par and the software was poorly integrated. It does have a beautiful 1080p 5" screen and a lot of ram tho.

I think iOS 8 may be hard on the 4S and maybe even the 5. I remember when iOS 6 came out and my iPhone 4 became very slow

yea Samsung's devices are nice but they really need to improve their build quality. I don't own an iphone but I work with them a lot and they are much better built (aside from the fact that I don't like how the 5s feels in hand). the HTC one is pretty much the only phone that comes close IMO


some of the integration stuff they are doing looks nice for those that want it. however for me I have little use for any of it

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I really admired the announcements today. I am a person who had not owned a Mac between the early '90s and 2005, and who was a real PC enthusiast during that time. Now I am firmly in the Mac/iOS camp, and find these announcements really exciting. I now use a Mac laptop at home (mid-2009 MBP with SSD and RAM upgrades - I am amazed to be using a five-year-old laptop but it keeps on keepin' on) and an iMac (27", late 2012) at work, together with an iPhone 5 and iPad Air. The seamless file sharing and speakerphone features announced today are just incredible in terms of integration of platforms, and they reward loyalty to the Apple platform in a way we haven't seen before.

 

[JackBurton]

I really admired the announcements today. I am a person who had not owned a Mac between the early '90s and 2005, and who was a real PC enthusiast during that time. Now I am firmly in the Mac/iOS camp, and find these announcements really exciting. I now use a Mac laptop at home (mid-2009 MBP with SSD and RAM upgrades - I am amazed to be using a five-year-old laptop but it keeps on keepin' on) and an iMac (27", late 2012) at work, together with an iPhone 5 and iPad Air. The seamless file sharing and speakerphone features announced today are just incredible in terms of integration of platforms, and they reward loyalty to the Apple platform in a way we haven't seen before.

Completely agree. I thought the announcement of seamless integration between the phone and Mac was awesome.

 

[joshhedge]

You were saying?

You got me :whiste:

That aside, looks like after three years I'll be jumping on the iOS bandwagon again from Android, it was either that or WP but the intergration between my Retina Pro and an iPhone looks to be a killer feature.

 

[Kaido]

My parents went from Android to iOS because of a malware infection, but then my Mom is the type of person who clicks on every malicious software link that gets e-mailed or texted to her.

Wow, your mom is awesome. At work, half my job is babysitting the network and our combination of firewalls, anti-virus, anti-malware, corporate training on "don't click this", and I still have to fix rootkits & spyware bombs every week because people just blindly click on things. I built my family & in-laws Hackintoshes so that my personal tech support requirements would go down to controllable levels, haha. You, sir, are a lucky man :biggrin:

 

[Kaido]

That's who iOS is built for. It's designed so there's practically no way the average user can break it.

I know a lot of people who complain about Apple's "walled garden", but it sure is nice in here lol. Because I manage the IT at work, I forced everyone off the other platforms several years ago & consolidated to iPhones (4S minimum). It's great because (1) I never get the various issues I've run into with Android, and (2) even if they somehow screw things up & have to do a reset, I can easily walk them through setting up Exchange, VPN, etc. over the phone in less than 10 minutes, which makes my life incredibly easier for mobile support. Also, you don't run into crazy stuff like this:

http://bgr.com/2014/04/07/worst-android-apps-virus-shield/

 

[Kaido]

That would be a huge bonus!

Koing

It really would be - especially if you like to workout (sweat), have kids (liquids of all kinds), have pets (drool & chew toys), etc. It's just a really smart design imo. I've installed various "waterproof" cases on iPhones for people in different messy jobs (ex. maintenance) and I have yet to find anything that is truly "safe', whether it's a Lifeproof case, an Otterbox, etc. Just that extra degree of built-in water resistance would be highly appreciated :thumbsup:

 

[Koing]

I really admired the announcements today. I am a person who had not owned a Mac between the early '90s and 2005, and who was a real PC enthusiast during that time. Now I am firmly in the Mac/iOS camp, and find these announcements really exciting. I now use a Mac laptop at home (mid-2009 MBP with SSD and RAM upgrades - I am amazed to be using a five-year-old laptop but it keeps on keepin' on) and an iMac (27", late 2012) at work, together with an iPhone 5 and iPad Air. The seamless file sharing and speakerphone features announced today are just incredible in terms of integration of platforms, and they reward loyalty to the Apple platform in a way we haven't seen before.

From the mid 90's till 2008 I was an ardent PC user as well. I tried the iPod back in 2003 and had to sell it, as it was just too bulky back then and the workaround iTunes wasn't very good at the time. I think in 2004/05 I got the 3rd gen iPod with the 4 touch buttons and it worked a lot better. 2008 I got my first Macbook.

Just ordered the rMBP with 512GB.

I'm definitely a Mac/iOS user now as well.

Koing

 

[Eug]

I'm glad I skipped the keynote yesterday. It seems I didn't miss much. The software upgrades are nice, but evolutionary, and there was nothing on the hardware side.

I think iOS 8 may be hard on the 4S and maybe even the 5. I remember when iOS 6 came out and my iPhone 4 became very slow

I'm guessing iOS 8 won't be a problem for the 5 at all. It may be a problem for the 4S though, since the 4S only has 512 MB RAM and a much slower CPU.

In terms of real lifespan, I'm thinking the iPhone 5 is analogous to the iPad 2. Twice the RAM and twice the speed as the previous model to give it a lot of futureproofness.