802.1ad isn't expected to have products available for it until sometime in 2014. I think since we haven't seen them yet in the Ivy Bridge revamps I won't expect to start seeing 802.11ac in Apple products until the Haswell revisions next year.
While your thinking is absolutely sane in comparison to the nonsense this article puts forth, it's still not realistic. One event, one product. iPhone. If the iPods are being updated, they'll be mentioned then, too. Computers don't even need an event unless the iMac is getting fully redesigned, and it wouldn't be unless it could get retina (but it WOULD get retina without a FULL redesign), so there's not much need.
What does make sense is Apple changing every device using the 30 pin connector over to the new 9 pin in as short a time as possible. Holiday sales of new accessories will be icing on the cake of another blowout financial performance.
Not if that's the only "improvement" in the device. That will be perceived as a big let-down. People screamed over the 4s because it had so few differences over the 4. Imagine when the only thing that changes is the connector, which would actually be a pain for people who have accessories with the 30 pin connector. The change might help Apple's need to be "zen", but how does it help the consumer? The answer is that it doesn't.
If that's the only change, there should be no announcement of those devices, they should just be "/B" models with a sticker on the box showing that it has the newer connector.
I don't think you want to piss consumers off during the holiday season and having to buy a bunch of overpriced Apple 30 pin to 9 pin adapters will do just that.
That's not going to be an issue.
Idiots will always scream the loudest about things they don't understand.
I don't think you want to piss consumers off during the holiday season and having to buy a bunch of overpriced Apple 30 pin to 9 pin adapters will do just that.
No, they'll just buy new accessories built for Dock Connector 2. Because it's a holiday season.
The mini is that uber niche product (people too small to need a Mac Pro, too 'PCified' to go with the iMac, or likely have a MacBookAir/Pro for 'most of their computing) so I can see why they will tail end the update.
Or, how about: the Mac mini is the only non-multi thousand dollar desktop Mac one can buy that doesn't have a mirror for a display? Yes, many people really do hate the glossy displays, but live with them because that's what's available. Personally, for me they are completely and utterly unusable.
Not if that's the only "improvement" in the device. That will be perceived as a big let-down. People screamed over the 4s because it had so few differences over the 4. Imagine when the only thing that changes is the connector, which would actually be a pain for people who have accessories with the 30 pin connector. The change might help Apple's need to be "zen", but how does it help the consumer? The answer is that it doesn't.
If that's the only change, there should be no announcement of those devices, they should just be "/B" models with a sticker on the box showing that it has the newer connector.
I don't think you want to piss consumers off during the holiday season and having to buy a bunch of overpriced Apple 30 pin to 9 pin adapters will do just that.
We are likely to see the following components though:
We are at a point where aside from evolutionary improvements there are not significant improvements likely; however, the following technologies are certainly important and valuable to consumers:
Likewise, significant improvements are unlikely in software either although certainly some possibilities exist.
Interestingly, this does not deter Android-based smartphone proponents from (apparently) purchasing a new smartphone every three months. Despite what Android-based smartphone manufacturers might have you believe, significant improvements are not possible every three months. One significant improvement to a single component is possible, perhaps even two but despite comments to the contrary the Apple iPhone has been the defining smartphone every year that Apple has released a new iPhone. After all, virtually no one asks how a new smartphone compares to the Lava XOLO x900 which is currently the fastest smartphone according to benchmarks.
"Apple has demanded full-lamination between the panel and the cover glass," Kuo wrote. "Lamination for the relatively large 27-inch panel comes with a lower yield, so we expect the 27-inch iMac to trail 21.5-inch iMac by 6-8 weeks in hitting the marketplace."
Im amazed if they keep that small screensize... Who wants a small screen like that on a desktop??? They ought to put a 23-24" inch model out instead. The 27" is too big for some.
I look at it this way Maps is not the only solution to using GPS on an iPhone. People have this idea that GPS is useless without Apples Maps or an internet connection this is not the case at all. The reality is that even if your device suddenly looses an internet connection it doesn't make it any less of a smart phone. Some apps might loose a bit of functionality but the breadth of apps means that you will have a usable smart phone until those internet services can be restored.
In the end the internet is just a service exploited by your smart phone.
For some a 21 inch screen is awfully big as is.
"Apple has demanded full-lamination between the panel and the cover glass," Kuo wrote. "Lamination for the relatively large 27-inch panel comes with a lower yield, so we expect the 27-inch iMac to trail 21.5-inch iMac by 6-8 weeks in hitting the marketplace."
Im amazed if they keep that small screensize... Who wants a small screen like that on a desktop??? They ought to put a 23-24" inch model out instead. The 27" is too big for some.
