curtis hannah

StrangeDays said:

command_f said:

I think the Lightning connector is physically superior to USB-C (having used an all-USB-C MBP since late 2016). I do see the need for USB-3 speeds, especially when setting-up a new phone or pad, but I continue to believe that Apple could engineer that into Lightning in a backwards-compatible fashion.

Putting USB-C on the other end of the cable seems more important to me. With my MBP 2 years old and Apple's apparent drive for USB-C, I couldn't believe that my new iPhone XS needed a dongle to connect to my MBP. So let's have a brave drive for the future at the charger/host end of the cable first.

You do not require a ”dongle” to plug the XS into your MBP, you simply need a cable. 

The one that Apple doesn’t include with the iPhone currently.

The home pods main feature is that it plays Apple Music so restricting it to the home pod as 1 stream isn't a surprise but it also doesn't add any value when comparing it to any other Bluetooth speaker.

Considering the only things they announced at the two keynotes all had price increases... the macs of which were both 5 years old on there previous models (sales had likely hit rock bottom on them).

Of course Tim Cook won’t admit it, but those making products actually attractive to buyers will increase sales.

The processors have been the single greatest advantage of IOS devices over Android, and most likely soon to be the greatest advantage of Macs over Windows given Intel is now starting to fall short.

Just think if next years MacBook Pro had 2 A12X processors, it would have better battery life, and be faster than the current Gen, of course the updates to Mac OS need to happen for that, and I'm not expecting it to be that soon, as well as there is still a chance that Intel will be able to improve a lot with 10 nm processors.

AppleInsider said:

To start, Apple has bumped up the price of the Pencil, but decided not to include additional tips in the box. We can partially see the logic here as many didn't even know they were there in the first place and haphazardly tossed them out at the onset. Still, for die-hard users who need to replace the tip, it is a bit of a kick in the shin after having to pony up money for a new version to use with the new iPad Pro.

I can remember the exact same claim of it being thrown away with the EarPods when they stopped having the carrying case in the box. The point in both cases they are accessory, and the people know what they are buying separately, and I assume more people did use those than assumed, and a downgrade on that accessory purchase is a really bad sign of the company.

The fact that this Apple Pencil raised price is not that big a deal, what is the big problem is that someone could buy the 12.9" iPad Pro keyboard and pencil for just over $1000, now because the whole bundle went up, and there are specifically not backwards compatible at all (one with the 2017 or 16 iPad Pro cannot take advantage of this ones features), that bundle is now about $1300. The we updated it for a cost, philosophy is quite a way discourage new buyers of an iPad Pro, and sure you don't while no one needs the keyboard and pencil, at this point, that's a large part of what people are buying the iPad Pro for. (Pencil gen 1 support on the non Pro might be lightening this).

This is just a thought, and Apple will never follow suit, but including the Apple Pencil when they choose to raise the price, would be a way to still increase profit, but make buyers not feel ripped off.