I find it curious that there is a correlation between 'size' and 'features':
Whether it be a 21.5 inch iMac, a 13 inch Macbook Pro or a 4 inch iPhone. Small does not necessarily mean *amateur*. It's just that I value portability a lot.
I just hope we're not going to gum up the iPad lineup even more by selling the 9.7" Pro for $649 or something while keeping the Air line around.
In general, I agree with that sentiment, but what if the digitizer that helps makes Pencil A precision instrument is too expensive to put in the Air-line at the current pricepoints? If that's the case, then I would be fine with a 10" iPad with Pencil support until such time as it can be included at the lower price point.
I entered the iPhone market with the 5S, and was pretty happy with it. Size was good, as was functionality. The my carrier lured me in to the 6. I was wowed with everything except the size. It was comparable to lugging an antique Texas Instrument calculator in my pocket, so much so that I switched back to the 5S. Still using it, even though picture quality, reception, and that nasty hangup with horizontal texting leaves me wanting more. I am positively anxious to see and feel the 5SE or SE, and will more than likely convert, even though I still drool over the concept of a "nano". I completely agree with the earlier posters who suggest that one should not have to sacrifice features and functionality to get a manageable size. Not all iPhone users are gamers, myself included.
I completely agree with the earlier posters who suggest that one should not have to sacrifice features and functionality to get a manageable size. Not all iPhone users are gamers, myself included.
1) Being a "gamer" is not why majority of people want a display larger than 4". It's about utility, and the smartphone is likely the most used CE device for the average person.
2) Size does affect features in CE, both directly and indirectly.
I've had 3D Touch since the first day it has been made available to consumers. I have to be honest and say that I have not used it all that much since the first couple of weeks. It's a 'nice to have' feature, not necessarily 'must have', at least in the case of people like me.
In other words, it's probably not the end of the world that the new 4-inch iPhone does not have the feature. I doubt that it's going to matter a whole heck of a lot.
One thing I use it often is for Beat 1 but now I just tell SIRI "Play Radio". But that "Change Walpaper" shortcut is tempting though. (Including change Wi-Fi source)
I've had 3D Touch since the first day it has been made available to consumers. I have to be honest and say that I have not used it all that much since the first couple of weeks. It's a 'nice to have' feature, not necessarily 'must have', at least in the case of people like me.
In other words, it's probably not the end of the world that the new 4-inch iPhone does not have the feature. I doubt that it's going to matter a whole heck of a lot.
One thing I use it often is for Beat 1 but now I just tell SIRI "Play Radio". But that "Change Walpaper" shortcut is tempting though. (Including change Wi-Fi source)
The trouble is, when we're hard-wired to do something in certain way over many, many years -- including switching wallpapers, wifi source, etc. -- it somehow doesn't seem that complicated to continue to do it that way. But I can see why it could be a cool, time-saving feature for a first time user of the iPhone.
For example, I've almost never used OS X Launchpad to open an application, despite the fact that it saves me a couple of steps for the occasional one that I cannot fit into my Dock.
One thing I use it often is for Beat 1 but now I just tell SIRI "Play Radio". But that "Change Walpaper" shortcut is tempting though. (Including change Wi-Fi source)
The trouble is, when we're hard-wired to do something in certain way over many, many years -- including switching wallpapers, wifi source, etc. -- it somehow doesn't seem that complicated to continue to do it that way. But I can see why it could be a cool, time-saving feature for a first time user of the iPhone.
It has taken some getting used to. I've purposely added certain time-savers to my "Agenda:" note in Notes so I can see a visual reminder. I do wish more apps utilized the feature (including Apple's Settings app), as well as having some sort of visual reminder that we can toggle on/off (on by default for the first year or two, off by default after that) so we can see if an app supports 3D Touch.
Meanwhile Apple computers remain ignored for another month.
Are you following Intel's processor release dates?
A good reason to bet than sooner or later all Apple hardware will be running on A chips. The A9x is nearly on par with the MacBook Intel processor, so is a matter of time. The only thing that can prevent it is Creative Cloud and Office.
I use 3D Touch a lot on my 6S. After four months I have decided I prefer a smaller phone. If the SE is as full featured as my current phone I will buy one and give the 6S to my father. But I would miss 3D Touch. So no sale, and while most people seem happy with larger screens, I suspect I am not that unusual.
Releasing new tech without it, like the iPad pro, just means that developers are less likely to do cool things with it. Sure, there will be tonnes of 6S and 6S+ around with it, but there will also be tonnes of new iPhones and iPads without it. So if you are a developer, even within Apple let alone third party, why would you go to all that effort to utilise something a large slice of your base can't use? Leaving aside the inconsistency that would be created using the apps across devices. A very UN-Apple thing. If it doesn't have 3D Touch, it means that nothing useful will come of it and it will wither on the vine.
This is almost as bad as keeping for sale devices using the A5 chip well beyond its useful life. And they wonder why iPad sales slumped.
nonsense. 3D Touch is a shortcut, so it doesn't hurt devs to build shortcuts even if only the latest phones can use them. eventually as the hardware gets cheaper and easier to implement all devices will. thus you lose nothing and gain something by supporting it.
so no dev FUD needed.
as for ipad, the reason it slumped hasn't jack to do with chips, which my mother isn't even aware of. it's the fact that older iPads work great for years. quite simple in my mind.
Sounds like a pretty lackluster event if there is truly no new MacBook. All the reports I am seeing online say "iPhone & Pad" exclusively. I couldn't care less about the iPhone, and although a new iPad is somewhat interesting, the specs of the 2nd Gen. MacBook would be the real meat of the event. Will Apple add a second USB-C port? Will it be powerful enough to use for serious tasks finally? Will it be the replacement for the MacBook Air?
If there is no new MacBook at this particular event, such means Apple is delaying it in order to show something big about the MacBook Pro lineup. Perhaps they want to ditch the AIR and make it "MacBook" and "MacBook Pro" only. Dig up these details, AppleInsider!
I was at a student coffee shop yesterday. every one of the 8 or 9 laptops around me were MacBooks of some sort. none of what I saw couldn't be done on a new MacBook. Safari, word processing, messages. battery was what these kids needed -- seems to me an ultraportable MacBook is quite suited to tasks at hand.
Are you following Intel's processor release dates?
A good reason to bet than sooner or later all Apple hardware will be running on A chips. The A9x is nearly on par with the MacBook Intel processor, so is a matter of time. The only thing that can prevent it is Creative Cloud and Office.
While I suspect that is where Apple is heading, and that I'd the 12" MacBook to continue with Intel (along with a 14" MacBook); with the MacBook Air being regulated to the entry-level Mac starting around $800 USD—no Boot Camp or VMs support (which most people never use)—we are a very long way from Apple's processor prowess replacing Intel in the MacBook Pros, iMacs, or Mac Pros.
Releasing new tech without it, like the iPad pro, just means that developers are less likely to do cool things with it.
How do you know that 3D Touch is technically feasible, won't reduce the iPad Pro's utility, and would be cost effective? The first thing that comes to my mind is, if the iPhone 6S series jumped in weight and thickness over the iPhone 6 series because of new display HW, how would that affect an already a 13" iPad where one common complaint is that it's too a bit too heavy despite being so incredibly thin.
Sounds like a pretty lackluster event if there is truly no new MacBook. All the reports I am seeing online say "iPhone & Pad" exclusively. I couldn't care less about the iPhone, and although a new iPad is somewhat interesting, the specs of the 2nd Gen. MacBook would be the real meat of the event. Will Apple add a second USB-C port? Will it be powerful enough to use for serious tasks finally? Will it be the replacement for the MacBook Air?
It's hard to imagine anything more than a speed bump for a MacBook that's only been out a year, in which case it doesn't need an event. Apple's usual M.O. Is a quiet online update.
And I doubt the Air is going anywhere yet, it's Apple's toe hold in the sub-$1000 market.
i also doubt Apple plans to replace the 3.5mm jack with a second USB-C port, ever. There's no room for both. And rumors indicate Apple is planning to drop 3.5mm for Lightning, not USB-C. So if Apple does this, I think the headphone jack won't be replaced until the iPhone 7 comes out without one, and then it will be a Lightning port. The good news is, it will be a second multi-function high speed port, but will require an adapter to use with other desktop peripherals.
Sounds like a pretty lackluster event if there is truly no new MacBook. All the reports I am seeing online say "iPhone & Pad" exclusively. I couldn't care less about the iPhone, and although a new iPad is somewhat interesting, the specs of the 2nd Gen. MacBook would be the real meat of the event. Will Apple add a second USB-C port? Will it be powerful enough to use for serious tasks finally? Will it be the replacement for the MacBook Air?
i also doubt Apple plans to replace the 3.5mm jack with a second USB-C port, ever. There's no room for both. And rumors indicate Apple is planning to drop 3.5mm for Lightning, not USB-C. So if Apple does this, I think the headphone jack won't be replaced until the iPhone 7 comes out without one, and then it will be a Lightning port. The good news is, it will be a second multi-function high speed port, but will require an adapter to use with other desktop peripherals.
So what about USB-C on the left-side for power and Lighting on the right for the new headphones? I think they could squeeze a 3.5mm jack in there with another USB-C on the right (which is what I would like), but I doubt they will add Lightning to Macs just for headphone use, assuming the iPhone 7 rumours are accurate. I think they will regulate that to either an adapter (USB-C going forward) or use BT headphones.
I've had 3D Touch since the first day it has been made available to consumers. I have to be honest and say that I have not used it all that much since the first couple of weeks. It's a 'nice to have' feature, not necessarily 'must have', at least in the case of people like me.
In other words, it's probably not the end of the world that the new 4-inch iPhone does not have the feature. I doubt that it's going to matter a whole heck of a lot.
People stepping up from the iPhone 4, 4S, 5 or 5s will not notice its absence. Unless they're glass-half-emptyists.
i also doubt Apple plans to replace the 3.5mm jack with a second USB-C port, ever. There's no room for both. And rumors indicate Apple is planning to drop 3.5mm for Lightning, not USB-C. So if Apple does this, I think the headphone jack won't be replaced until the iPhone 7 comes out without one, and then it will be a Lightning port. The good news is, it will be a second multi-function high speed port, but will require an adapter to use with other desktop peripherals.
So what about USB-C on the left-side for power and Lighting on the right for the new headphones? I think they could squeeze a 3.5mm jack in there with another USB-C on the right (which is what I would like), but I doubt they will add Lightning to Macs just for headphone use, assuming the iPhone 7 rumours are accurate. I think they will regulate that to either an adapter (USB-C going forward) or use BT headphones.
I don't think it would fit, nor do I think Apple would leave it if they do this. I personally believe they intended to remove the headphone jack when they initially released the rMB, but weren't ready on the phone side, so put it off until the 7. It just doesn't make sense to me to have a laptop with only one port, and Lightning offers them a second multi-function port, especially now that Lightning 2 is comperbale with USB-C in many respects (also not ready last year).
Again, Lightning will not be there just for headphones, but to accomodate the native Lightning headphones that customers use with their new iPhones, while serving as an additional high speed data port. All Macs will get Lightning ports, but the rMB will lose its 3.5mm because I don't believe there's room for both, having given this some thought (there's barely room for USB-C or 3.5mm alone as it is).
it makes absolutely no sense for Apple to switch to Lightning headphones on their mobile phones, but not accomodate it on their other products, and this makes even more sense as you consider OSX and iOS get closer every year, suggesting sharing of Lightning accessories on desktop Macs. They will likely drop the 3.5mm jack on all iOS products, and since the rMB is most closely associated with the iPad, and it's customers are on the cutting edge, then it will likewise follow suit. It can already do wireless, and it can already do USB-C HQ audio. What it can't do is offer compatibility with an Apple native Lightning audio product, and it's unacceptable to ask an Apple customer to use a USB-C to Lightning adapter just to offer compatibility with Apple's new wired audio standard, when that port replaced a universal 3.5mm audio standard that previously only did on thing anyway. In this way Apple can save face in that they initially only offered one port, and still only offer one, despite the "headphone jack" is capable of much more now -- including charging.
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2) Size does affect features in CE, both directly and indirectly.
But that "Change Walpaper" shortcut is tempting though. (Including change Wi-Fi source)
For example, I've almost never used OS X Launchpad to open an application, despite the fact that it saves me a couple of steps for the occasional one that I cannot fit into my Dock.
so no dev FUD needed.
as for ipad, the reason it slumped hasn't jack to do with chips, which my mother isn't even aware of. it's the fact that older iPads work great for years. quite simple in my mind.
nobody was editing 4K video.
And I doubt the Air is going anywhere yet, it's Apple's toe hold in the sub-$1000 market.
i also doubt Apple plans to replace the 3.5mm jack with a second USB-C port, ever. There's no room for both. And rumors indicate Apple is planning to drop 3.5mm for Lightning, not USB-C. So if Apple does this, I think the headphone jack won't be replaced until the iPhone 7 comes out without one, and then it will be a Lightning port. The good news is, it will be a second multi-function high speed port, but will require an adapter to use with other desktop peripherals.
Maybe that’s Apple’s ploy here . One last 4” hail mary.
I don't think it would fit, nor do I think Apple would leave it if they do this. I personally believe they intended to remove the headphone jack when they initially released the rMB, but weren't ready on the phone side, so put it off until the 7. It just doesn't make sense to me to have a laptop with only one port, and Lightning offers them a second multi-function port, especially now that Lightning 2 is comperbale with USB-C in many respects (also not ready last year).
Again, Lightning will not be there just for headphones, but to accomodate the native Lightning headphones that customers use with their new iPhones, while serving as an additional high speed data port. All Macs will get Lightning ports, but the rMB will lose its 3.5mm because I don't believe there's room for both, having given this some thought (there's barely room for USB-C or 3.5mm alone as it is).
it makes absolutely no sense for Apple to switch to Lightning headphones on their mobile phones, but not accomodate it on their other products, and this makes even more sense as you consider OSX and iOS get closer every year, suggesting sharing of Lightning accessories on desktop Macs. They will likely drop the 3.5mm jack on all iOS products, and since the rMB is most closely associated with the iPad, and it's customers are on the cutting edge, then it will likewise follow suit. It can already do wireless, and it can already do USB-C HQ audio. What it can't do is offer compatibility with an Apple native Lightning audio product, and it's unacceptable to ask an Apple customer to use a USB-C to Lightning adapter just to offer compatibility with Apple's new wired audio standard, when that port replaced a universal 3.5mm audio standard that previously only did on thing anyway. In this way Apple can save face in that they initially only offered one port, and still only offer one, despite the "headphone jack" is capable of much more now -- including charging.