CheeseFreeze

At this stage, I find 20% a speed increase meaningless and abstract.

To me what matters is: what does it enable me to do what I couldn’t do before?

That answer on a generation A to generation B basis usually leads to: not much.
On a multi-generational skip that starts to answer that question: a much better battery life, exponentially faster video editing and exporting.

Even then there’s the question of when you really go ‘pedal to the metal’ and you find out these are usually short sprints.
At this stage the baseline CPU usually delivers the best cost to performance ratio.

So, where are the “leaks” exactly?

“Scary fast” is a bit of a spectacular headline if just the M2 is going to be released.

Even the M2 Pro/Max ones have been released and won’t surprise on performance and therefore a launch of an M2 powered iMac will be seen by the public as disappointing.

At the same time, there’s a surplus of M2 chips in Apple’s inventory, and any upgrade for specifically the iMac will be a desirable one especially when M2 Pro is offered.
For an event like this at the end of the year, my bet is on this: M2/M2 Pro powered iMacs. 

I understand this makes the cable more expensive. But that does not justify an over 10x bump compared to Amazon. $129 for a cable is obscene.

Apple’s cables have always been severely overpriced. 

soundsinmotion said:

CheeseFreeze said:

big kc said:

darkvader said:

So, the same version of the same app isn't a problem on earlier iPhones or iOS versions.

But it's somehow that app's fault?

Nope.  This is on Apple.

Wrong. And delusional. 

You’re the one that’s “delusional”.

Apple designs and builds the SoC, the thermal system, the outer casing, the operating system, the APIs, and is the gatekeeper for every application that runs on an iPhone – and yet the company still blames third party developers?

How is it even possible that any of these applications can cause unexpected overheating in the first place, and how, if the App Store review process is put in place to protect users, did nobody at Apple catch this during the review process?

No, this is on Apple and not a third-party developer.

Clearly you’re not an engineer, it shows.

Actually, I am! I have released over 70 games in my games company that I founded in 2003. My company got acquired in 2019 by a VR enterprise learning company, in which I act as board member and innovation leader, where I am responsible for leading the longer term technical and product roadmap in collaboration with the respective stakeholders.