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Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

A whole bunch of people don't have a job in the morning.

Or maybe a whole bunch of people don't live in the same time zone as you.

??? I think the parent's implication is that people will lose their jobs tomorrow morning, because of today's poor production.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

#267

Summary: 2 new iPhone models: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. iPhone 6 is 4.7", iPhone 6 Plus is 5.5". Power button on right side. A8 chip - 13% smaller chip, 25% faster CPU, 50% faster GPU, 50% more energy efficient than A7. Battery a little better on the iPhone 6; iPhone 6 Plus has amazing battery life. VoLTE (Voice over LTE) - make calls over LTE internet instead of using minutes. Camera is still 8MP... YouTube video…

> VoLTE (Voice over LTE) - make calls over LTE internet instead of using minutes. That's would have been a killer feature if it had occurred when smartphones were new enough that providers were selling plans with limited call minutes and unlimited data, but now that virtually every carrier has smartphone plans that are unlimited phone minutes/unlimited text and limited data with surcharges for data overages, who is l…

This could be a significant feature if one can make international calls for free.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

#268

First no video, then constant mixing between the TV Truck schedule, a video of the crowd, a video of the presentation screen showing the apple logo, a message showing apple copyright. Refreshed a few times, got 'access denied to server' page a few times. Then got video with Chinese translations talking over the presenter. Then it suddenly stopped, I pressed 'resume' to get the TV truck schedule again. On an iPad.

They need to swallow their pride and just use something like youtube for this.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

#269

ApplePay: I do this every day and have been doing this every day for the last year with my Android phone in Australia! edit Admittedly the integration of all different types of cards with Passbook is good stuff!

If apple really wanted to do something "revolutionary" you think they'd add cryptocurrency support to ApplePay.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

#270

ApplePay: I do this every day and have been doing this every day for the last year with my Android phone in Australia! edit Admittedly the integration of all different types of cards with Passbook is good stuff!

Exactly. I do it in the US with Google Wallet + NFC chip in my phone.

It's very surreal to see all the fanboys lose their shit in the audience as if this is a brand new technology.

Edit: Would have been nice if you could pay with the Watch instead of pulling out the phone

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