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Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Post by notatoad »

moe wrote: post #37
notatoad wrote: post #14

wow, that's just evil. TELUS (phone company here) has been running ads in really heavy rotation pushing the tagline "there's never been a better time to buy an iphone 4", and stating "offer ends october 4th".

Same here (different country, different phone companies). Everyone is obviously pushing hard to sell their iphone4-stock now , before Joe Sixpack gets told by the news-anchor to delay his purchase for the iphone5.

i get that they want to push it and get rid of their stock, that's just good business. what i don't like is that they specifically go out of their way to lie about it. they don't have to mention the time, they could just be pushing features or style. there's plenty of other ways to sell iphones.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Post by chetan51 »

the_mat wrote: post #32
weaksauce wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Improved camera would be nice.

In what way? It's already on par with most point and shoot cameras and better than many. Resolution is well beyond useful levels for a phone; I'm surprised Apple is chasing higher megapixel numbers when 99% of iPhone photos get cut-down for web use anyway.

It's probably cheap to do so, and helps with the specs race.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Post by wanorris »

blinkingled wrote: post #17
weaksauce wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Improved camera would be nice.

Interesting. I have heard from so many friends that current iPhone camera is about as good as it can get. Curious what you are expecting more - just bumped up mega pixels? Not sure how much that would matter - going from 5MP to 8MP for e.g.

There was a photo posted online from within Apple that someone analyzed, and there was circumstantial evidence to suggest that it was from a new iPhone. There was a spec bump to 8MP, but the extra resolution didn't really add additional detail (which is common for 8MP phone camera sensors).

I guess we'll see next week whether that was the real device or not.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Post by joebadmo »

raganwald wrote: post #40
untog wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then they might justifiably reply "So, you don't care about the product at all, and just care about the way the company presents itself?"

It’s a reasonable question, however consider the following: If someone is late for a job interview and unkempt, do you question whether they will be on time for work and will have meticulous software development hygiene (by whatever standards you employ, e.g. tests, proper use of source control)? It’s true that some unkempt people are very careful about their work, and some people who are late for an interview are on…

"Next time somebody asks you why you prefer Apple products to competitors, show them this invite. Explains everything."

I suppose in your metaphor it would be: "Next time somebody asks you why you prefer Jim to his colleagues, show them how he dresses. Explains everything."

I think your formulation is reasonable and measured. I totally agree that Apple's marketing reflects something about the company. But the GGP comment is hyperbolic at least, sycophantic at worst. If I asked you why you like Apple products and you showed me this invite, I would probably disregard your opinion.

It's the kind of comment that makes many Apple fans seem like cult members, at least to me.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Post by mortenjorck »

dave1619 wrote: post #28
cryptoz wrote: post #8

So many puns. "Let's talk iPhone" -> "Let's talk, iPhone" (new speech functionality). It's a phone, you talk to people, you also talk to it, etc. I would expect this to be a very speech technology-heavy event.

Nice catch. Can't wait for Assistant.

Tim Cook's first product reveal, and the marquee feature is based around voice recognition.

Heaven help him.

Re: Apple Announces Event on October 4th: Let's Talk iPhone

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Post by wanorris »

mortenjorck wrote: post #48
dave1619 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice catch. Can't wait for Assistant.

Tim Cook's first product reveal, and the marquee feature is based around voice recognition. Heaven help him.

If anyone can convince the mass market that they care about a voice interface, it's Apple. But there are some things not even Apple can do, and I suspect this may be one of them.
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