I have to wonder in the greater sense what you think a company is supposed to do when marketing a new product? You seem to indicate creating a demand through innovation, design and excellent marketing is a bad thing. So what do you say about every other product that is launched? When BMW launches a new car for example do you immediately write to all the BMW fan blogs and insult their intelligence for listening to BMW's marketing and being excited about the latests and greatest version of their favorite car? Is wanting to buy such a car simply because it is cool and no other car has it? Is it really that simply? Could it be some people really love their BMWs? Have you ever considered that?
Perhaps your post was just a joke but my comment is aimed at all such negative comments and there are plenty.
agreed.
Unless it's something Apple can show 'improves the experience' they won't use it as a marketing lead. Retina Display, 3G, Siri. Camera, battery life, Video, iPhoto, Calendar... all are things you 'use' on the phone. You never heard them advertising the 'external antenna' (thank god... that would have been a major backfire), or the A5 Chip, or the GB of storage, or the 11N wireless... those are invisible. Sight, sound, interaction, response, size (small) ... that's their lead on the phone.
My guess is if they increase the size of the screen, it will be in a message of 'fits in the same pocket' as before.
Except that it's been available for a year and a half already on smartphones? Lol
What's your point? He doesn't use other smartphones. I don't use other smartphones. Over 30% of people don't use other smartphones. Does its existence on other smartphones somehow stop it from being a great improvement over HSPA+ or HSPA?
What's your point? He doesn't use other smartphones. I don't use other smartphones. Over 30% of people don't use other smartphones. Does its existence on other smartphones somehow stop it from being a great improvement over HSPA+ or HSPA?
That is like asking why it would not be a big deal if a company were to announce in 1939 that their new vehicle needs no horse to propel it.
LTE has been standard on any half-decent phone for a loooong time. Apple playing ketchup does not make the inclusion of a standard tech a big deal.
It seems the new thing apple is doing is implementing a feature that only works with the new phone.
iPhone 4- FaceTime
4S- Siri
New iPhone might just be 4G (which would be cool)- but I'm really really hoping they go with a NFC chip and make passbook a fully featured wallet.
Although, it'll probably be 4G this time and NFC next.
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Originally Posted by chabig
LTE is pretty "WOW".
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Originally Posted by Adam Foosaner
Except that it's been available for a year and a half already on smartphones? Lol
LTE alone isn't a "WOW" feature.
Why? Because when Apple introduced it on the iPad it wasn't the main feature they marketed. The "Retina Display" was. That's because Apple likes to market consumer friendly features like cameras, retina displays, or even software like Siri to be the main "WOW" feature upgrade for their models.
Nothing we've seen so far can quantify as that so I'm hoping their will still be surprises for us at the event.
NFC may come but unless it comes with a full network of retailers and banks signed up it'll be useless to consumers.
My guess is something with inductive charging or maybe some surprise software enhancement will be debuted.
Can anyone tell me why the they would move the audio jack to the bottom? When I use my phone on the treadmill for music, games, etc., it sits on its bottom edge on a ledge. A bottom jack will make that impossible. Are there benefits to this move that I am missing? Guess I could turn the phone upside down.
While I understand the features issue, communicating that the iPhone is again technologically superior, via liquid metal or something else, such as was done with Siri, is all that is really required to make the phone a huge hit. (Perhaps the rumor that the phone will cost the carriers more pays for the L M )
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Originally Posted by digitalclips
I have to wonder in the greater sense what you think a company is supposed to do when marketing a new product? You seem to indicate creating a demand through innovation, design and excellent marketing is a bad thing. So what do you say about every other product that is launched? When BMW launches a new car for example do you immediately write to all the BMW fan blogs and insult their intelligence for listening to BMW's marketing and being excited about the latests and greatest version of their favorite car? Is wanting to buy such a car simply because it is cool and no other car has it? Is it really that simply? Could it be some people really love their BMWs? Have you ever considered that?
Perhaps your post was just a joke but my comment is aimed at all such negative comments and there are plenty.
agreed.
Unless it's something Apple can show 'improves the experience' they won't use it as a marketing lead. Retina Display, 3G, Siri. Camera, battery life, Video, iPhoto, Calendar... all are things you 'use' on the phone. You never heard them advertising the 'external antenna' (thank god... that would have been a major backfire), or the A5 Chip, or the GB of storage, or the 11N wireless... those are invisible. Sight, sound, interaction, response, size (small) ... that's their lead on the phone.
My guess is if they increase the size of the screen, it will be in a message of 'fits in the same pocket' as before.
Except that it's been available for a year and a half already on smartphones? Lol
http://blog.etradesupply.com/new-video-of-iphone-5-glass-lens-leaks/
Originally Posted by Adam Foosaner
Except that it's been available for a year and a half already on smartphones? Lol
What's your point? He doesn't use other smartphones. I don't use other smartphones. Over 30% of people don't use other smartphones. Does its existence on other smartphones somehow stop it from being a great improvement over HSPA+ or HSPA?
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
What's your point? He doesn't use other smartphones. I don't use other smartphones. Over 30% of people don't use other smartphones. Does its existence on other smartphones somehow stop it from being a great improvement over HSPA+ or HSPA?
That is like asking why it would not be a big deal if a company were to announce in 1939 that their new vehicle needs no horse to propel it.
LTE has been standard on any half-decent phone for a loooong time. Apple playing ketchup does not make the inclusion of a standard tech a big deal.
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Originally Posted by Andysol
It seems the new thing apple is doing is implementing a feature that only works with the new phone.
iPhone 4- FaceTime
4S- Siri
New iPhone might just be 4G (which would be cool)- but I'm really really hoping they go with a NFC chip and make passbook a fully featured wallet.
Although, it'll probably be 4G this time and NFC next.
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Originally Posted by chabig
LTE is pretty "WOW".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam Foosaner
Except that it's been available for a year and a half already on smartphones? Lol
LTE alone isn't a "WOW" feature.
Why? Because when Apple introduced it on the iPad it wasn't the main feature they marketed. The "Retina Display" was. That's because Apple likes to market consumer friendly features like cameras, retina displays, or even software like Siri to be the main "WOW" feature upgrade for their models.
Nothing we've seen so far can quantify as that so I'm hoping their will still be surprises for us at the event.
NFC may come but unless it comes with a full network of retailers and banks signed up it'll be useless to consumers.
My guess is something with inductive charging or maybe some surprise software enhancement will be debuted.
Can anyone tell me why the they would move the audio jack to the bottom? When I use my phone on the treadmill for music, games, etc., it sits on its bottom edge on a ledge. A bottom jack will make that impossible. Are there benefits to this move that I am missing? Guess I could turn the phone upside down.