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  • No, Apple's licensing of iTunes & AirPlay 2 isn't a 'strategy reversal' in any way

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    robbyx said:
    Notsofast said:

    robbyx said:
    TVs supporting AirPlay2 and an iTunes app for TVs tell me two things:

    1) Apple has completely abandoned the idea of offering their own TV hardware (if that was ever really a possibility anyway)

    2) Apple's upcoming video service is going to be a lot more than just some free original content to sweeten the deal for existing Apple hardware owners (as some sources have suggested)

    Personally I'd like to see Apple make their TV app the center of the Apple TV experience.  Right now it's confusing with so many different apps and interfaces, some of which work with the TV app while others don't.
    This idea of an Apple TV never made any sense as Apple doesn't get into low margin, commoditized businesses unless it has something to differentiate it and command a suitable profit margin.  Heck, major players like Panasonic and Sony have been pulling back because low margin companies like Vizio have cannibalized sales as consumers can't tell a meaningful difference between the screens (for the most part, now that we are well into HD, 4K, etc., the TV's are all great), leaving the companies to compete on price--not Apple's market. 
    The correct thing to do - the best strategy would have been to make the Apple TV half as much and make it the premium offering over a Firestick but to populate the installed base of iOS with basic affordable set top boxes that would have rendered this conunumdrum already solved.

    The app on one and not the others and some available on old ones but not other old ones - these are terrible omens for this TV service and Apple TV. It’s already been handled the wrong way in the press, and it’s confusing already and most people don’t care about AirPlay 1 or 2. They just look at the phone. The End. If they want Apple content at all - they’d want iTunes and now it’s only in Samsung and Samsung QLED tech is well behind OLED. To say nothing of Tizen. 
    Apple TV is ridiculously overpriced.  I just had a (non-techie) friend text me a little while ago asking what to buy, Fire, Chrome Cast, or Roku.  I responded, since they are an Apple household, why not Apple TV?  Her response was simple: it's 3x more expensive and for what?

    I really don't understand what they are doing with Apple TV.  I have one and I like it, but aside from the Apple "experience", what does it offer over the competition?  Nothing.  I also agree that these latest announcements are not the best omens.  I'm confused, and I'm a seasoned Apple user.  Will the Samsung TVs only offer iTunes content?  Will they get the rumored TV service?  Is the TV service falling under the iTunes umbrella?  We shall see...
    And movie rentals are cheaper from Amazon and FandangoNow!  I’ll still pay the premium when I’m using my ATV on my main Panny plasma, but I save with other smart tv options on my Vizio.  Apple better lower their prices or how can they compete?
    robbyxwilliamlondon

  • The WSJ calling the iPhone XR a failure that 'can't sell' is ludicrously mistaken

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    sacto joe said:

    plantdude said:
    Why would anyone pay $749 or more for a phone? That is a ridiculous amount of money.
    ...and yet another plebe makes his first post on Appleinsider....
    Although you’re probably right, not everyone cares to share their opinions on what you or Tim Cook ate for breakfast.  What evidence do you have?  I am an avid AppleInsider reader but haven’t posted in probably over a year. 
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  • Apple's iPhone X goes up for preorder online [update: launch units sold out]

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    sirozha said:
    This entire thread is a giant first-world problem. It’s so pathetic to read these posts that I can’t help but think that we are really heading for hell in a hand basket. Especially reading the post of a dude lamenting that he would have to live with his iPhone 8 (!) for a few extra weeks because his iPhone X delivery was delayed by two weeks. 

    It’s so sad that we arrived at an era when the life boils down to getting up in the middle of the night to snatch a new gadget that costs over a grand. Can’t get any more shallow. Pathetic!
    Chill dude it’s once a year.  What do you do all 365 that’s more useful than what us Apple fans do?  Beaides, we’re saving more time over the rest of the populace using the fastest phones on earth every year.
    JFC_PAbigbillygoatgruffkingofsomewherehot

  • Apple's iPhone X goes up for preorder online [update: launch units sold out]

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    Using Spectrum WiFi in NYC, both my Mac's browser and my iPhone Apple Store app became available at exactly the same time (about 10 minutes past 3:01am).  Did anyone else find they got in faster from NYC?
    adonissmu

  • How to preorder iPhone X with Apple's battle-tested Apple Store app

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    creativeone said:
    How many can I preorder with the same account? Is there a limit? Hope they allow to order two.
    No one seems to be able to answer this question.
    Not sure the limit but, assuming Apple’s policies are unchanged, you can definitely order two or three.  I have many times.
    creativeone