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iPhone 6 Said to Launch on Tuesday, October 14, Part of 'Incredibly Busy' Month for Apple [Updated]
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Lmao this is the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time.
read your reply to yourself will change that
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the new product is iHeadphones and no one saw it coming
next weeks rumour
I don't think they mean update the same product within the same year, I think they were referring to splitting the product release schedule throughout the year. Personally, I really liked it when Apple released new iPads in the Spring, new Macs in the Summer, and new iPhones in the fall (I believe this exact lineup only happened one year). It gave my wallet a break between large purchases and I didn't need to pick/choose which one to get in the moment and which to wait on.
It's really not that difficult. Ignore the BS hype of Cook and his cronies regarding the pipeline as this is merely intended to keep the share price from taking a mid-cycle tumble.
There is a very clear pattern in Apple's annual product release cycle. iOS/OSX at WWDC to keep developers pumped followed by new iPhones in Sept and new iPads in October so they can release the annual iOS update and ARM processor update into their 2 main products just ahead of the holiday shopping season.
Eerything else is incidental. Macs get updated as and when Intel updates it chips. There's no logic or timetable to it as the Mac isn't that important to Apple anymore. The iPod is esssentially dead and simply being cash cowed with no investment until sales fall to a level where they cancel it.
Software development has been sidelined and is seen laregly as a means to an end. They'll keep the pro software to keep their pro users on side, but otherwise software will be rolled into the hardware as a freebie. It helps to sell their hardware which is the primary objective.
In the same way iTunes will almost certainly start to move away from it's current position towards a more iOS/OSX only future in order to help to drive iPhone/iPad sales. Look at iBooks. It's a perfect example of the way they'll move forward. It sits outside the main iTunes umbrella as a standalone app and is not available for Windows users. I would expect them to launch similiar apps in the future such as iFilm which will be iOS/OSX only.
As for the other stuff it helps to keep Apple in the news but it's not that important. The iWatch isn't an urgent project. Non of the current smart watches on the market have captured the public imagination so it makes sense for Apple to wait until they can do it right with a compelling product. They're not exactly missing out on a lot of sales by all accounts.
The big AppleTV update we keep hearing about is never going to happen nor is the Apple TV set. They simply won't get the content holders to play ball and risk their own business models. So Apple will eventually retrench into a more realistic model centred around the gaming market, which is what they should have done from the start. It's what the developers want. Sure they'll keep adding channels to the AppleTV box but it's not going to break the cable stranglehold. Not unless Apple is willing to get into the content creation business. Netflx and Amazon realised this fact years ago. It's why they're creating their own TV series to lure people away from cable.
The single most important problem facing Apple is the emergence of the Chinese smartphone makers who are now able to create an excellent product and sell it for significantly less than the iPhone. Over the past ten years Apple has turned from a high end niche player into a mass market (albeit high end mass market) electronics company. I really can't see how they can sustain that position and keep their high margins unless they can continue to deliver outstanding design led products that people are willing to pay the extra for.
maybe apple is on a crusade to banish skinny fit jeans
Please, God.
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While I don't really agree with your release prognostications, I am inclined to agree with your evaluation of Tim Cook. Say whatever you will about Steve Jobs, he had the force of will and the obsessive nature to ensure that Apple moved forward. I don't get that from Cook.
Good. The later in the year the better. I can only wish for early november But why a month between announcement and launch? usually its like 10 days...
But why a month between announcement and launch? usually its like 10 days...
Toy vendors play this game. Hit toy shortage just before the holiday, so people buy a random gift so the kids gets something. Then more stock of the hit toy becomes available after the holiday, so people buy that also. Nearly double the revenue.
If you look at the demographics of the bulk of U.S. Apple customers, a huge percentage can afford multiple Apple products. Apple may be doing this targeting them, if not your budget.
Possibly a Mac Mini, that's a new Mac.
Macs are all I'm interested in, not updating my iDevices this year. I'm well aware of the tweaks for other machines (slight bump in processor speed.) And if no new Mac Mini, no biggie.
I'm not buying this. There is nothing to explain why a whole month before the iPhone launch and nothing to explain why they would start on a Tuesday rather than use that ample supply to make sure they can support all models all weekend.
I will believe it if there is something else they launch first. IF the iWatch is real they might launch it first, then the phone, then the iPad. Every other week.
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They want to launch the new software as well and need that lead time for developers. Plus folks are more inclined to splurge during holiday shopping and they have to deal with Intel etc being on later schedules
All that said they will likely never do a single day because of logistics.
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Three, and the most recent.
Apple does what Apple wants. Beware of using past as a firm rule
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iPads came out in the spring, iPhones at the start of summer. Until they didn't.
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Don't forget that Apple has a major cult of secrecy. If there is any truth to this information they are going to end up in the hunt for the store leader that leaked it and someone won't be with Apple much longer.
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This. The Bf will be going through round four of launches this year and has told me several times of how they have their schedules three weeks out and then the afternoon after the keynote they get told that it's all going to change due to the launch. That is a strong suggestion that store leaders don't even know what days are the hot ones to schedule for it before the public announcement.
Which makes sense with the whole public stock issue
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Some folks like familiarity and they like the smaller screen. If Apple follows the pack there is no choice. So maybe that is why they are doing it.
I think they'll release iPhone first.
iPhone is their main product, iWatch could be launched together with the iPhone or some weeks later, but not before the iPhone.
My guess is iPhone 6 4.7 launched mid september, iPad and iWatch, and perhaps a revamped mac mini a month later
Afford? No
Finance. Yes.
Die in debt is the new millennium motto.
Do you really think those 18-25 yr old people are buying their iPhones with cash?
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I think there will be an iFail product announcement & release.the new product is iHeadphones and no one saw it coming
Why risk an Apple store employee's job for this???
Whenever one these rumors comes from an "unidentified Apple store employee," I always wonder if the employee was an idiot for divulging this type of information, or if the Press is so desperate for rumors that they will go to any extent to get them.
Whenever one these rumors comes from an "unidentified Apple store employee," I always wonder if the employee was an idiot for divulging this type of information, or if the Press is so desperate for rumors that they will go to any extent to get them.
Ever notice that Steve Jobs almost always finished his product introductions by saying the new item was available TODAY!
I can only hope the new regime follows that game plan.
I can only hope the new regime follows that game plan.
What's more important is when he didn't what was the product. It was something new, generally needing FCC etc approvals. Which are public record as soon as they were filed. Apple hates anyone else announcing their stuff so they would show it before the papers were viewable.
So it is likely if there is an iWatch or even jazzy new Apple TV box they will get announced with everything else even if they don't come out until Nov/Dec. and if the iPhone and iPad have some new tech that needs approval they could be delayed for a month or so for the same reason. but honestly the only thing I can think of that might fit that is NFC and that would likely just be in the iPhone since it would be included for payments and who is going pull out an iPad for that. Thus maybe it is possible that the iPad will launch first, about two weeks after the announcement, then phone, then the new toys.