Japhey

lwio said:

Already have this. It’s called an iPad. The advantage of my setup is I can actually read/see the screen from my armchair.

Cool. This device is so you can walk around the house without having to carry your iPad with you everywhere. 

The question no one seems to be asking is what features will trickle down to the more affordable models IF this rumor is true. Maybe if the Pro’s get double layer OLED, the Air might get FaceiD and a Pro Motion display. I have serious doubts that those listed prices are accurate…but if they are then many customers will be forced down line. I suspect Apple will soften the blow for us with an expanded feature set for the Air. But again, these prices seem way too high to be correct. 

DAalseth said:

igforbes said:

DAalseth said:

Apple Classical; YAY!
Must have an AppleMusic subscription; Well…
I’ll hold off until I hear more about it. TBH I don’t want an AppleMusic subscription. If I did I would already have one. I mean if this IS a premium service, and the reviews are top notch, fine. I’ll go with it. But I would have preferred it to be stand alone even at the same price as AM.

So you you’d pay the same amount for classical stand alone as it would cost for an Apple Music subscription. But you refuse to get Apple Music AND classical for the that same price. OK. Makes perfect sense. 

I don’t want the clutter. The first thing I do when I get a device is go through and delete the stuff I don’t want. I like my systems as clean and spartan as possible. So now it’ll be two apps when I only want one. 

Bullshit. If you TRULY loved classical music, the existence of an extra icon wouldn’t be enough to dissuade you from downloading it. Period. Hide that evil, cluttery icon in the App Library or in the back of a folder somewhere or simply delete it, like everyone else. 

DAalseth said:

Apple Classical; YAY!
Must have an AppleMusic subscription; Well…
I’ll hold off until I hear more about it. TBH I don’t want an AppleMusic subscription. If I did I would already have one. I mean if this IS a premium service, and the reviews are top notch, fine. I’ll go with it. But I would have preferred it to be stand alone even at the same price as AM.

Pay the same for less?  Brilliant logic there. 

DAalseth said:

Our first device will enable people to bring AI with them everywhere," said Chaudhri. "It's an exciting time, and we've been focused on how to build the platform and the device that can fully harness the true power and potential of this technology. We are at the beginning of the next era of compute, and believe that together we can begin the journey to fundamentally reshape the role of technology in people's lives."

Sounds like doublespeak, marketing jive, slick, fast talking sales hustle. 

So does everything else these days.