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Apple debuts iPhone 11 Pro from $999 with triple rear camera
libertykrs said:Payments? Currently on iPhone upgrade program, iPhone XS Max 256 GB and paying ~$60/month. Looking on the site to order the new iPhone 11 Pro Max 256 GB, monthly payment appears to now be ~$27/month. Surely this can't be. Are those figures assuming I've completely paid off the XS Max, even though I'm only 1 year into my iPhone Upgrade Plan, or will I be getting a ~45% discount on my monthly iPhone hardware payment?!!The prices are with or without Applecare ( IUP )Choose a payment option.
Choose a payment option.Pay monthly with 0% interest. Or make a one-time payment. Either way, you can keep your carrier and rate plan.
Apple iPhone Payments $52.04/mo.
for 24 mo.* Pay for your iPhone with low monthly payments Use Apple Card as your monthly payment method and get 3% Daily Cash†
Apple iPhone Upgrade Program $60.33/mo.
for 24 mo.* Option to upgrade to a new iPhone every year AppleCare+ coverage included in your monthly payment Use Apple Card as your monthly payment method and get 3% Daily Cash†
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Apple again reported to be planning in-display Touch ID for 2020 iPhones
zoetmb said:I'm still using an iPhone 6 largely because I greatly prefer Touch ID to Face ID. I'm not so concerned about security because even if I lose my phone, it's unlikely the thief or person who finds it will know what I look like in order to try and bypass Face ID, but when I'm in the car, I can use Touch ID without looking at the phone. I can't do that with Face ID. Also, when (in the future), using the phone, for example, to get on the subway, I don't want to have to look at the phone before tapping. I can take the phone out of my pocket with my finger on the Touch ID button.
But...I don't know if I can holdout up to another two years to buy a new phone.What does it matter what you look like to bypass Face Id? You can't use a photo to bypass it.. Also how do you use your phone without looking at it?Honestly opening the phone with Face ID on my Xs Max is one motion, raise to wake makes this nice and smooth. Your post makes me think you haven't used or quite get how Face id actually works?
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Garmin takes on Apple Watch with OLED-based Venu, Marvel wearables
While improved, the battery life of the Venu is a potential issue, with Garmin claiming up to five days of usage in smartwatch mode, but only up to six hours in "GPS + Music mode."foljs said:
Not being locked to Apple, sturdier, better for activity, more focused on the essential functionality, way more battery life, among other things...matteblack13 said:Lol. I thought it said these were made to compete? At virtually the same price as the Apple Watch, what’s the benefit?
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Editorial: Apple Arcade is likely to drive a new A12X Apple TV
elijahg said:lkrupp said:
Could you elaborate? How is the Apple TV an underachiever? What is superior about the Roku other than unit sales? My Apple TV HD does precisely what it was designed to do, that being streaming music and video, providing a plethora of apps from which to choose, games. Back in the day the Windows people used to mock Apple users over how much software was available for Windows compared to OS X, leaving out the fact that most of that Windows software was cheap crap. In my opinion you are dead wrong and the Roku is the streaming world’s Windows, market share and nothing superior about it.anantksundaram said:Despite being a pioneer, AppleTV is now a massive underachiever. They’ve been pretty convincingly overtaken by Roku. If it weren’t for my photos and my music, I’d pretty much jettison both mine. The remote is an insufferable joke.
Faster processors and Arcade and Jennifer Anniston and such ain’t going to cut it.- There are no decent games for it, despite it being marketed as a gaming device - amongst its other features.
- The third party apps available are pretty poor, they all seem like The only one I use regularly is Plex, and that's available on pretty much any streaming box.
- The remote is utterly abysmal. It's terrible. You don't know what way around it is, and they have tried to overload the buttons with too many things. When one button can do three things, it's time for another button. It's also slippery and fragile.
- The UI is crap. It looks nice but that's the extent of it. The menu button sometimes takes you back to the home screen, sometimes back up a level in the app, sometimes shows the top menu. The top menu being invisible most of the time is ridiculous because without prior knowledge you have no idea if there's a menu at all.
- Siri is useless. I literally never use it because rather than searching my libraries for things I want to watch, it leans heavily towards suggesting I buy new things in iTunes.
- Did I mention how crap the remote is?
- It's quite expensive for what you get.
If you use siri within the app that you are searching it works correctly. If you are out side of an app or the actual app's search area it will make suggestions to buy. You can also set the menu button to take you back to the home screen with one press. I think the functioning of home button and controls are controlled by the app you are using and not the Appletv directly. I also think your 3rd party app comment is a bit broad.. I am not sure what 3rd party apps you feel are lacking but I have found many things that fit my needs without issue.I personally use Infuse over Plex in my home. Apple tv's ability to transcode 4k HDR video on the fly from external HD's without needing a PC is amazing.I can't argue about the remote .. it's insanely sensitive and a bit slippery and easily lost if you aren't setting it directly on the table after each use. I was able to get both of my 4k's on Letgo unopened for 120.00 each and the other 4th gen I have was a gift so the price point isn't an issue for me personally.
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Supposed leaked Apple document reveals 'iPhone 11' branding, OS release dates, new iPads i...
So there is no difference between the iPad and iPad pro? Also who said that any of the phones were changing price? Please link sources with the pricing change info.disneylandman said:
Apple’s use of the word Pro is so they can dupe people and charge more. There is nothing Pro about a Phone.roccodelgreco said:Pro has to mean something for Apple for them to use that term, maybe the camera and/or photo software will be the justification for using the work Pro? I’m looking forward to the keynote even though I am probably sticking with my Xs Max for another year. Soon 5G and USB-C will demand a redesign. And with Ive gone, maybe the new design team will take the iPhone in a different direction. I think foldables are a few years away, Apple won’t put out a product before it’s ready.
