'iPhone 12' event announcement expected this week

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• Reply 1 of 14

  bluefire1 Posts: 1,302member

  September 6, 2020 8:51PM

  Wallet open and ready.

  
• Reply 2 of 14

  tommikele Posts: 599member

  September 6, 2020 9:02PM

  Why would anyone expect the initial move to be an announcement of exact hardware and specs? They have never done that with the phones or the watch. They always announce the event first. Then the event where they introduce the product comes with an additional announcement about when they will take orders and start fulfillment. Not sure why would anyone speculate that pattern would change.
  
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  edited September 2020
• Reply 3 of 14

  bageljoey Posts: 2,004member

  September 6, 2020 9:04PM

  Have there been any rumors, or any informed  speculation concerning the price of the Air Tags?

  
• Reply 4 of 14

  macky the macky Posts: 4,801member

  September 6, 2020 11:00PM

  Yeah, it’ll be the seventh, or possibly the 17th....but again the 27th is very possible.... you heard it here first....

  
• Reply 5 of 14

  rbnetengr Posts: 72member

  September 7, 2020 12:18AM

  Given that COVID-19 will prevent a live gathering, there really is no need to send out invitations two weeks ahead of time. 

  
  

   Besides, it’s really more about confirming which ‘sources’ know the best leakers... 😏

  
• Reply 6 of 14

  ericthehalfbee Posts: 4,486member

  September 7, 2020 1:53AM

  rbnetengr said:

  Given that COVID-19 will prevent a live gathering, there really is no need to send out invitations two weeks ahead of time. 

  
  

   Besides, it’s really more about confirming which ‘sources’ know the best leakers... 😏

  
  

  Yup. Two days is plenty of notice to get the hype train up to full speed.

  
• Reply 7 of 14

  multimedia Posts: 1,035member

  September 7, 2020 12:12PM

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  
• Reply 8 of 14

  mike1 Posts: 3,284member

  September 7, 2020 3:17PM

  multimedia said:

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  Pretty sure the original poster meant X plural, hence Xs. If they were talking about the model you have, they would likely have written XS.

  So, what would be acceptable battery life of the Watch? A day or two seems sufficient for most everyone.
  

  
• Reply 9 of 14

  rbnetengr Posts: 72member

  September 7, 2020 3:42PM

  multimedia said:

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  I started with Apple Watch 0, which had a battery life of less than one day.  That was pretty crappy, and it was also slow to respond, and took forever to boot up.  I still laugh when I think about those people who spent $10K+ for the gold version of Apple Watch 0.
  
  I upgraded to a Series 4 (no cellular), and battery life is substantially better.  I charge it every other day.  I also wear it during the night, to track my sleep, so I’ve switched to charging it during the day while I sit and work at my desk.
  
  While it would be great to charge the watch less frequently, like once per week, the current battery duration works well for me.  I imagine it would take a new generation of battery technology to substantially increase the battery life of the watch.  My wife’s Garmin seems to last a long time on one charge, but it is not as fully integrated with her iPhone as my Apple Watch is.  Essentially making the watch an extension of the iPhone means that it’s in almost constant communication via Bluetooth or WiFi, so it’s going to use more battery power.

  
• Reply 10 of 14

  hammeroftruth Posts: 1,309member

  September 7, 2020 3:49PM

  I would imagine the new iPad and watch shipments to begin soon. Some friends I know who work at my local Apple store have hinted that they are re-opening the stores soon in my state since COVID-19 cases has fallen below the threshold for Apple to determine its safe to reopen.
  
  

  During the close, they told me that they were instructed to ship their whole inventory of iPads to open stores and return all of the series 5 watches, and not to do anything with the current iPhones yet. 

  
• Reply 11 of 14

  StrangeDays Posts: 12,877member

  September 7, 2020 3:51PM

  rbnetengr said:

  multimedia said:

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  I started with Apple Watch 0, which had a battery life of less than one day.  That was pretty crappy, and it was also slow to respond, and took forever to boot up.  I still laugh when I think about those people who spent $10K+ for the gold version of Apple Watch 0.
  
  I upgraded to a Series 4 (no cellular), and battery life is substantially better.  I charge it every other day.  I also wear it during the night, to track my sleep, so I’ve switched to charging it during the day while I sit and work at my desk.
  
  While it would be great to charge the watch less frequently, like once per week, the current battery duration works well for me.  I imagine it would take a new generation of battery technology to substantially increase the battery life of the watch.  My wife’s Garmin seems to last a long time on one charge, but it is not as fully integrated with her iPhone as my Apple Watch is.  Essentially making the watch an extension of the iPhone means that it’s in almost constant communication via Bluetooth or WiFi, so it’s going to use more battery power.

  You’re thinking about them wrong. They’re the ones laughing because $10k for a watch wasn’t a big deal to the very rich. 
  
  You’re right about the battery life tho. It gets pretty good life now and won’t get much better until there’s a major evolution in humanity’s battery tech. The people who exclaim that Garmins last longer don’t seem to understand it’s because they do less..there’s nothing magical about it. 

  
• Reply 12 of 14

  hammeroftruth Posts: 1,309member

  September 7, 2020 4:02PM

  StrangeDays said:

  rbnetengr said:

  multimedia said:

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  I started with Apple Watch 0, which had a battery life of less than one day.  That was pretty crappy, and it was also slow to respond, and took forever to boot up.  I still laugh when I think about those people who spent $10K+ for the gold version of Apple Watch 0.
  
  I upgraded to a Series 4 (no cellular), and battery life is substantially better.  I charge it every other day.  I also wear it during the night, to track my sleep, so I’ve switched to charging it during the day while I sit and work at my desk.
  
  While it would be great to charge the watch less frequently, like once per week, the current battery duration works well for me.  I imagine it would take a new generation of battery technology to substantially increase the battery life of the watch.  My wife’s Garmin seems to last a long time on one charge, but it is not as fully integrated with her iPhone as my Apple Watch is.  Essentially making the watch an extension of the iPhone means that it’s in almost constant communication via Bluetooth or WiFi, so it’s going to use more battery power.

  You’re thinking about them wrong. They’re the ones laughing because $10k for a watch wasn’t a big deal to the very rich. 
  
  You’re right about the battery life tho. It gets pretty good life now and won’t get much better until there’s a major evolution in humanity’s battery tech. The people who exclaim that Garmins last longer don’t seem to understand it’s because they do less..there’s nothing magical about it. 

  That last paragraph reminds me of stories Apple techs would tell me about customers who would compare their “poor” iPhone battery life to their previous phones which were flip phones. 😂

  
• Reply 13 of 14

  ihatescreennames Posts: 1,904member

  September 7, 2020 9:51PM

  hammeroftruth said:

  StrangeDays said:

  rbnetengr said:

  multimedia said:

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  I started with Apple Watch 0, which had a battery life of less than one day.  That was pretty crappy, and it was also slow to respond, and took forever to boot up.  I still laugh when I think about those people who spent $10K+ for the gold version of Apple Watch 0.
  
  I upgraded to a Series 4 (no cellular), and battery life is substantially better.  I charge it every other day.  I also wear it during the night, to track my sleep, so I’ve switched to charging it during the day while I sit and work at my desk.
  
  While it would be great to charge the watch less frequently, like once per week, the current battery duration works well for me.  I imagine it would take a new generation of battery technology to substantially increase the battery life of the watch.  My wife’s Garmin seems to last a long time on one charge, but it is not as fully integrated with her iPhone as my Apple Watch is.  Essentially making the watch an extension of the iPhone means that it’s in almost constant communication via Bluetooth or WiFi, so it’s going to use more battery power.

  You’re thinking about them wrong. They’re the ones laughing because $10k for a watch wasn’t a big deal to the very rich. 
  
  You’re right about the battery life tho. It gets pretty good life now and won’t get much better until there’s a major evolution in humanity’s battery tech. The people who exclaim that Garmins last longer don’t seem to understand it’s because they do less..there’s nothing magical about it. 

  That last paragraph reminds me of stories Apple techs would tell me about customers who would compare their “poor” iPhone battery life to their previous phones which were flip phones. 😂

  That’s my FIL, today. Every time my MIL mentions her iPhone I have to hear about how his flip phone needs charging once a week. Then, again, I have to explain that an iPhone is a computer that has a phone. Similar to how the Apple Watch is a wrist worn computer and not a Casio watch front the 80s that needed a new battery once a year. 

  
• Reply 14 of 14

  MplsP Posts: 3,925member

  September 8, 2020 3:06AM

  rbnetengr said:

  multimedia said:

  tommikele said:

  ...
  My wife and I will be getting new phones (12 pro max). We've had our Xs for three years now. I will get a series 6 watch and my wife will inherit my series 4 (her idea, not mine!). I love new hardware and it has been a while. Really looking forward to this.

  That’s a pretty good trick since the Xs has only been around for two years. Only the original X model is 3 years old. I know because my Xs Max 2 year AppleCare expires in November. I’m going for the 512GB 12 Pro Max too. Have WATCH Series 5 so my graduation to Series 6 depends on if the battery life and processor speed improvement are substantial enough to warrant the move. I’m still not happy with the battery life.

  I started with Apple Watch 0, which had a battery life of less than one day.  That was pretty crappy, and it was also slow to respond, and took forever to boot up.  I still laugh when I think about those people who spent $10K+ for the gold version of Apple Watch 0.
  
  I upgraded to a Series 4 (no cellular), and battery life is substantially better.  I charge it every other day.  I also wear it during the night, to track my sleep, so I’ve switched to charging it during the day while I sit and work at my desk.
  
  While it would be great to charge the watch less frequently, like once per week, the current battery duration works well for me.  I imagine it would take a new generation of battery technology to substantially increase the battery life of the watch.  My wife’s Garmin seems to last a long time on one charge, but it is not as fully integrated with her iPhone as my Apple Watch is.  Essentially making the watch an extension of the iPhone means that it’s in almost constant communication via Bluetooth or WiFi, so it’s going to use more battery power.

  I have a series 3 that is about 2 years old and I still get 36 hours of battery life, depending on how I use it. That’s usually plenty, but it would be nice to be able to go away for a weekend and not bring a charger.
  
  For me the real benefit of the Apple Watch is the integration with my iphone. I don’t use the fitness tracking features, so if I didn’t have an Apple Watch I’d probably go back to my $30 Timex digital. The battery on that thing lasted about 2 years!