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wood1208 said:

Going forward in future if Apple's focus is AppleTV+ App and it's contents and subscribers than who cares if AppleTV box is expensive or cheaper ? Long as Apple's Chip department can create SOC for small cheaper dongle like Chrome Cast or Roku or Amazon fire streaming device that does good job with current AppleTV box interface than ALL GOOD.  Your current ApplTV box is neither good gaming console(like XBOX or PS5) or cheaper streaming device.

I have a number of AppleTVs, but this is my biggest properly with it right now. It's positioned in no-man's-land relative to the rest of the market. It's a better qualify device than most streaming sticks so it can also provide some casual gaming. But it's not a better experience than playing on iPhone, which means we don't use Apple Arcade on AppleTV at all.

I would prefer a slimmed down AppleTV "stick" that focuses solely on streaming. I love the AppleTV interface and the new remote (even though it's ridiculously expensive). Something in the $79-$99 range would be perfect.

Then, I wish Apple would really take gaming seriously and try to get good Nintendo-quality content for a higher-end gaming device. A $349 AppleTV with premium Apple Arcade games would be amazing with my Apple One subscription.

So by this logic Walmart shouldn't be able to advertise for a product they sell in stores when it's also available on the manufacturer's website, because they're making money that the manufacturer could have instead.

I seriously don't get this argument from Epic, et al.

patchythepirate said:

kkqd1337 said:

hmmm... no soundbar?

I was really hoping for a soundbar too. A soundbar with FaceTime cameras seems like a slam dunk no brainer for Apple. Why the hell are they sitting on their hands with this?? 

What's the use case for this? I've seen this request a few times on the forums but don't really understand how people plan on using this. I definitely must not be the intended audience.

j2fusion said:

I guess next we’ll see signs from the manufacturer in Walmart saying you can get a better deal for this item at Target. 

This has always been my biggest frustration about Epic's claim with the App Store. Every retail location does this same thing. How you can force Apple to allow other payment options, when stores like Walmart are doing the exact same thing? 

sirlance99 said:

StrangeDays said:

k2kw said:

So there is really no reason why macOS couldn’t be installed on the IPP.
i see SuperOS emerging.   IPadPro with the new Keyboard for theIMac running macOS would be great.  They just to put 16 GB ram in this with a big SSD.  

Edit: and external monitor.

They already could have done this. iPadOS/iOS is based on OS X. They chose not to due to form factor and use case. They affirm it every year. 

People like you also used to say they’d never make a bigger iPhone over the iPhone 4, or a notch, or a camera bump or so on and so forth. Apple WILL merge the OS’s one day. How and when are still up in the air. 

I would absolutely love a single, high-powered iPad Pro that I could put in a dock that includes additional cooling (and maybe some existing processing?) that connects to a monitor when I need the space. Would use more for a MacOS UI. When you pull it out to use as a tablet it uses the iPadOS UI. Even better yet if they could fit it into an iPhone.

Feels like this is maybe 4-6 years away at the earliest. Apple would have to make sure that it doesn't completely cannibalize all their Mac sales. I think they'd need to see some additional product lines launched (VR / Apple Glass, Apple Car) and pulling in decent revenue before they could actually make this transition.