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entropys said:

This rather sad upgrade doesn’t bother me. I will never buy these because they are an extremely expensive, yet poor competition for their Sony and Bose rivals.

I always wonder how sad and depressing the life of someone has to be that they choose to spend their precious time posting to a comment board about a product in which they have no interest. 

soundsinmotion said:

Yawn what a boring new phone! I swear Apple is so behind the curve on innovation. They spent the whole event trying their hardest to speak about subtle changes that could have been said in 5 minutes instead of 2 hours.

Yawn. What a boring new post! The 1990s called and they want you back--that's about how long people have been claiming that Apple is "so behind the curve on innovation." Meanwhile, investors--you know, those people who don't post baseless drivel on tech websites but instead actually put their own money behind what they think about a company--have made Apple the most valuable company on Earth. But yeah, nothing to see here. 

WHAT is going on in Cupertino? Apple Watch Ultra abandoned without the chip or feature updates of Watch 10. And now Airpods Max is abandoned with 4-year-old technology and no update other than USB-C and additional colors... but no decrease in price, even though they're amortizing the hell out of APM. If the mission is to NOT sell new products, mission accomplished! 

apple4thewin said:

I’m sorry they will just release an ultra with a chip of the year before? Bloomberg has to be joking

It's actually worse than that if Gurman is correct. They will not be "releasing" an Ultra this year at all. They will simply keep the Ultra 2 in the Watch lineup with the rumored addition of a black color. That's it. Honestly, if the regular Apple Watch 10 gets a chip and feature upgrade (however minor they may be) while the Ultra gets nothing, I think that's EOL for Ultra, even if Apple doesn't say that now. That kind of a spec bump requires no effort all and if Apple skips it for the Ultra--which would mean the basic aluminum model 10 would outspec the Ultra--that tells you everything you need to know, which would be a shame. I love my Ultra 1--I think it's one of the best products Apple has ever released, if my happiness and satisfaction with it are the measure of "best." 

According to Gurman, who is usually more accurate than not, the Siri improvements are also delayed until 2025. Overall, the delays suggest that Apple was indeed caught as flat-footed on the AI front as many suspected, and is now lagging behind on delivering its "Apple Intelligence" promises at WWDC. That said, Apple will be far better served by delivering these features when they "just work," even if late--the last thing it needs is for Apple Intelligence to work as poorly as Siri. Look at the situation Microsoft has on its hands with its new Co-Pilot-equipped PCs being unusable for gamers because the chip will not play the most popular games. Oof! 

I will be curious to see how Apple handles Apple Intelligence features at tomorrow's Glow Up event. Will it still headline them in pre-recorded video pieces with a "coming later" asterisk at the end? That could be confusing for consumers if those features are then headlined by press coverage of the new phones because they'll discover that their brand new iPhone doesn't have those features now, and will not have all of them for at least six months and possibly longer. 

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: kudos to Apple's crack marketing team for very simply managing to brand "AI" as something that's uniquely Apple. (Which of course, it's not!)