The 9/9/2014 Apple Launch Event Thread

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Red Storm

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Uh, what?

Most people use Google Contacts these days. (Within Gmail.) Transfering those over to your iPhone is easy. And then if you want you can sync with Contacts in iCloud.

Back up? iCloud.

Updates? Who the hell uses iTunes for updates? It's all done OTA.

Depends what you need to add to your phone. I use Google Music (which has an iOS app) so you just upload your music to the cloud and pin what you want for offline/non wi-fi use. The days of plugging in your phone (iOS or Android) for file transfers are all but over.

You don't need to use iTunes whatsoever.

Videos? Pictures?
 

AznAnarchy99

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Videos? Pictures?

I use SkyDrive. You can also use iCloud or GoogleDrive but I think Microsoft's offering is the best.

Before switching to iPhone my biggest peeve was iTunes but I haven't used iTunes once in the entire year that I've had my phone. OTA updates and I use all of Google's services with gmail, maps, music, youtube etc (ironic right lol).
 
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maevinj

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Yeah I never use iTunes anymore either. Well except for the iTunes app on the phone..
 

Rakehellion

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The iPhone 6+ is OK, I guess, but the iPhone 6? It's like a Nexus 4 with a faster CPU. They should have kept the same 1080 resolution as the 6+. That would also have left developers with fewer resolutions to worry about.

A developer who isn't crappy will make his software resolution independent. Same with web design.
 

Rakehellion

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I have to ask: What happens to those who insist 4" was the perfect size? $h%^ out of luck? Forced to buy older phone?

Yes, both of those things. The 5s is still a great phone and even the 5 is enough for most people.

I greatly prefer a 4" phone but I'm getting a 5.5" for the extra features. We'll see if I get tired of it.

I wish they'd have done 1080p in a 4.4" like the Xperia Z
 
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Phokus

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I have to ask: What happens to those who insist 4" was the perfect size? $h%^ out of luck? Forced to buy older phone?

The Sony Xperia Z3 compact is basically your only hope... a tad bit bigger than 4", but they put premium specs into a smaller form factor phone, unlike other manufacturers.
 

sze5003

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Uh, what?

Most people use Google Contacts these days. (Within Gmail.) Transfering those over to your iPhone is easy. And then if you want you can sync with Contacts in iCloud.

Back up? iCloud.

Updates? Who the hell uses iTunes for updates? It's all done OTA.

Depends what you need to add to your phone. I use Google Music (which has an iOS app) so you just upload your music to the cloud and pin what you want for offline/non wi-fi use. The days of plugging in your phone (iOS or Android) for file transfers are all but over.

You don't need to use iTunes whatsoever.

Yea can you tell its been years since I had an iPhone lol. Good to know you no longer need iTunes. I just got so used to dragging and dropping stuff off my phone.

As for music, I mainly just stream Pandora in the car and at work which is good enough as I like any type of music every now and then.

I used to have a giant library on an external drive but that's been no use to me years later.

I like the sleek design of the iPhone but it doesn't have anything that would make me go back to one right now. Especially the off contract price and if I were to get one I would be getting a 64gb model.
 

blairharrington

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Yea can you tell its been years since I had an iPhone lol. Good to know you no longer need iTunes. I just got so used to dragging and dropping stuff off my phone.

As for music, I mainly just stream Pandora in the car and at work which is good enough as I like any type of music every now and then.

I used to have a giant library on an external drive but that's been no use to me years later.

I like the sleek design of the iPhone but it doesn't have anything that would make me go back to one right now. Especially the off contract price and if I were to get one I would be getting a 64gb model.

iTunes on a computer has quickly become pretty irrelevant. Less and less people locally manage their music. Cloud services are much easier. I bet most consumers don't even use iTunes with their iPhone's anymore. It's still useful for other things like Home Sharing with an Apple TV.
 

Mopetar

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Jobs was pretty notorious for this kind of thing. There's another video where he said no one would want to watch videos on an iPod like device. Next year Apple shipped the first iPod that played videos.

That and he's dead now so who knows what Apple would be doing now if he were still alive. For as much praise as he gets, there are a lot of insider stories where he was terribly wrong. Another famous one is that he didn't like the name iMac initially and almost chose MacMan instead.

He might have been better than average at picking winners, but I think his true talent was that he had a good eye for other talent. Apple didn't succeed because of Jobs's vision, but rather because he put a lot of really talent individuals into a position where they could make Apple succeed.
 
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Jobs was pretty notorious for this kind of thing. There's another video where he said no one would want to watch videos on an iPod like device. Next year Apple shipped the first iPod that played videos.

That and he's dead now so who knows what Apple would be doing now if he were still alive. For as much praise as he gets, there are a lot of insider stories where he was terribly wrong. Another famous one is that he didn't like the name iMac initially and almost chose MacMan instead.

He might have been better than average at picking winners, but I think his true talent was that he had a good eye for other talent. Apple didn't succeed because of Jobs's vision, but rather because he put a lot of really talent individuals into a position where they could make Apple succeed.
He said those things, but I bet you in the back they're designing prototypes experimenting with different screen sizes. I bet you even if Jobs was in charge today, we would've seen a larger iPhone 6. Even if he's vehemently against 5.5" maybe it would've been something less large. But there's no way Apple would get away this time around with a 4" screen still.

In the end I think Jobs was a troll. He made bold statements that often seem shortsighted or just outright rude. It's like some members on this forum here. But i think he knew what he was doing with the company in the end. It's just bad press, but the press tends to ignore these about faces anyway. I still remember the iPod Touch keynote where they made fun of tablets and not being able to stuff them in your jeans (Sep 2009?). Then 2010. iPad launches.

In retrospect, did he need to say that in September? Maybe to fend off the onslaught of netbooks, but as stupid as his statement was, a single product in 2010 pretty much slaughtered the netbook. That combined with the increased affordability of the MacBook Air and other PC makers jumping in on ultrabooks really signaled the end for netbooks.
 
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Videos? Pictures?
You can copy stuff over via VLC wirelessly. Pictures, not so sure, but isn't the DCIM folder available for you in Windows anyway? I honestly don't copy photos TO my phones very often anyway. Its 99% the other way around.

But yes, iTunes is annoying, but in real world use I rarely encounter it anyway.
 

Fingolfin269

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Glad I saw this. We will be replacing a 4S and I was planning to see if I could recoup some of the cost by selling it. A $200 gift card will work just fine for me.

I'll believe in this promotion when I see it on the Verizon site though. I'm surprised it isn't 'receive UP TO $200' when trading in your 4/4S/5/5S. Have a feeling that's what it will end up being when all is said and done but certainly hope I'm wrong.
 

Aikouka

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Glad I saw this. We will be replacing a 4S and I was planning to see if I could recoup some of the cost by selling it. A $200 gift card will work just fine for me.

I'll believe in this promotion when I see it on the Verizon site though. I'm surprised it isn't 'receive UP TO $200' when trading in your 4/4S/5/5S. Have a feeling that's what it will end up being when all is said and done but certainly hope I'm wrong.

I saw that yesterday on Verizon's website, but I don't see it there today. However, I'm pretty sure that I saw fine print that said they'd mail you the gift card, which means I assume that you'd be stuck waiting to upgrade. o_O

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This site has the photo and also notes that it was pulled from Verizon's website: http://www.techhive.com/article/2605360/verizon-sprint-announce-competing-iphone-6-deals.html
 
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Fingolfin269

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I saw that yesterday on Verizon's website, but I don't see it there today. However, I'm pretty sure that I saw fine print that said they'd mail you the gift card, which means I assume that you'd be stuck waiting to upgrade. o_O

EDIT:

This site has the photo and also notes that it was pulled from Verizon's website: http://www.techhive.com/article/2605360/verizon-sprint-announce-competing-iphone-6-deals.html

I found a post on the Verizon support site where a CSR mentioned you could pre-order and then either mail in your phone or take it to the store and they would mail you a gift card. I'm fine with that approach.

Like you I was unable to find anything on their site. The closest I could find was buy an iPhone 6 and get $200 off an iPad. That wouldn't be a bad deal if no strings were attached but I'm sure it signs you up for something (I did not dig into it).
 

Kaido

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only wealthy men would buy the iphone 6+ of 128 go, it will be the most expensive iphone ever

It's $499 on contract, the same as an entry-level iPad. Off contract, yeah...$949 for the 6+ 128GB :biggrin:
 

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I've got an upgrade available to me from Verizon. Considering a test drive of the Plus 64 gig...just to see what it's like. And if I don't like it, then flipping it.

Not sure how much money I'd lose with it being "like new" instead of "new in box" if I didn't like it and sold it.
 

Red Storm

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I've got an upgrade available to me from Verizon. Considering a test drive of the Plus 64 gig...just to see what it's like. And if I don't like it, then flipping it.

Not sure how much money I'd lose with it being "like new" instead of "new in box" if I didn't like it and sold it.

Just say you only took it out to make sure it works. ;)