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Shorter lead times suggest iPhone 16 is least popular since the iPhone 12
I think they did overestimate. Especially in the present economic environment, your average consumer is not going to update and iPhone less than 5 years of age right now. Furthermore, had some of the Apple Intelligence features actually launched with the 16 series (and they worked well and did "amazing" things), perhaps some of those people could've been spurred to upgrade if able. At this point, some of us can't even use the newest 11" iPad Pro because of issues with Apple updates, Apple Intelligence being released in a useful and usable/reliable state is likely so far off at this time. Lately Apple seems to get a pass for touting "amazing" new features "coming soon" to get people to upgrade and then after all the delays, when said feature finally drops it sucks. Case in point: Apple Watch Series 9 and DoubleTap.CarmB said:Could it be that Apple overestimated the initial interest in the iPhone 16 based on the addition of Apple Intelligence in the coming months? If so, shorter lead times does not automatically mean the iPhone 16 is not selling well. They may have set up for higher demand and are now seeing shorter lead times as a result. It's certainly reasonable to posit that we will not see a lot of demand for the new models as a result of AI at this time on account of the AI features are not yet available. It's also the case that those features, to be of interest, consumers have to feel there is a meaningful upgrade in the user experience. With few users in the wild having access to Apple Intelligence, how is that supposed to happen exactly. Apple plays a long game, one that has proven effective yet isn't for those looking for dramatic instantaneous results. Take the Apple Watch as an example. Initially it didn't seem like it was all that big a deal but today many - myself included - regard the device as indispensable. Over time, Apple has enhanced the value of the product and afforded upgrades to products several years old. My fourth-generation watch only now is ineligible for any future upgrades but I've had it for several years and it still does what it does. I'll probably upgrade to a new one in the next year or so. AI will be like that. Start off modestly but evolve into an indispensable must-have that will motivate current long-time iPhone owners to upgrade. It's just not going to happen all at once.
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iCloud storage leads the pack across Apple's entire services ecosystem
There actually is one way around that gap if you are subscribed to Apple One (Family or Individual Plan, doesn't matter), you can adjust your plan itself based on storage of course BUT, you can also add-on iCloud storage for an additional charge. For example, my wife and I have been hovering in the 180-200GB range for a while and earlier this year it just wasn't cutting it. I was pleasantly surprised to learn I can pay the $0.99/mo additional to add the 50GB iCloud plan on top of our Apple One Family plan's 200GB for a total now of 250GB. This is fantastic as once that no longer covers us, I can just upgrade the add-on storage up to the $2.99/mo 200GB Plan for a total of 400GB. If I go any farther than that, pricewise it would then make sense to go all the way up to the 2TB plan on our Apple One plan.JohnDinEU said:Like Daalseth wrote, it is pretty annoying there’s nothing between 200 GB and 2 TB (I got the 200 GB package but would definitely be interested in 500 or close to that) If anyone has a great option to move please share. Thanks.
Also, if you have Verizon wireless service, you can purchase Apple One, or several individual Apple services, either individual or family, under your Verizon bill at a discount. The discount is even higher if you have a military/first responder/etc account level discount as well! Our Family Apple One costs $20.00/mo (Usually $25.95 directly from Apple) and then there is a 12% military discount on top to make it $17.60/mo! So there's another money-saving tip for Verizon customers and I bet the other carriers offer something similar nowadays too!
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Apple is still working on smart glasses, but it's going to be a long wait
Absolutely agree, what they should be shooting for would essentially be a "heads-up display" projected, or emitted from, the glasses themselves which would overlay relevant data over what the user is naturally already seeing through the glasses. Essentially like what we've had in aircraft, for decades, and in more and more personal vehicles nowadays. It could perhaps be something very basic to start, even monochromatic if needed? Maybe something with colored E-ink embedded? I dunno the inner workings, but I'm sure they're working on multiple candidates. It needs to at least be reasonably affordable for any kind of mass adoption vice AppleVision Pro as it presently sits.twolf2919 said:Sorry, but I don’t buy the author’s claim that AR glasses would be harder to build than the current Vision Pro. Quite the contrary: it would need none of the VR-specific, super high resolution screens nor the heavy computing needed to create a virtual reality that includes actual reality as the Vision Pro needs to.
Imagine a pair of glasses that included sensors/cameras and a small projector to superimpose generated content onto the actual reality seen in the glasses. Add small batteries in the temple areas, a networking chip, and you’re done. For a crude example, see the 11 year old attempt by Google. Unlike Google, Apple should offload all computing to the iPhone, thus allowing for much longer battery life than Google Glass (which was already on par with what Vision Pro with a tether 10 years later!)
Apple has a decade of technical improvements to draw on as well as its vaunted hardware/software integration to outdo what Google did over a decade ago! The only real technical challenge is the networking needed to send sensor data to the iPhone and to get the display in the glasses updated in a timely manner.
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New Settings in iOS 18 will take some getting used to
That seems to be the case. It just looks like Apple has taken the, for most users, mile long list of individual app settings from the main settings menu and put them down one level in an "Apps" folder if you will. That would make the top level Settings menu a great deal shorter at first glance, and you can just tap on "Apps" to get the mega list of individual app settings back when needed.. No change to the permissions menu.byronl said:
You will still be able to go to Privacy and then Photos, where you will see all the apps with access. This won’t changebaconstang said:So, if I want to modify a particular setting for any app that relates to that setting, I now have to go through a list of every app to turn that setting ON or OFF? Rather than go to the setting and see what's using it ? Like, say Camera or Microphone access?
How the "Apps" box organizes app settings is going to be key. Does it just alphabetize the Apps, or the setting functions?
Will Siri be able to produce a list of "every app requesting access to my Photos library" ?
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iOS 18 & macOS 15 are going to look to the past for new wallpapers
Same here! I always seem to default back to 10.4 blue aqua!VictorMortimer said:I have a desktop pictures folder that has all of it. I've hated the new desktops for years, Mac OS 12 had the first good default desktop in a long time, but I still like the aqua ones better, so those are what I use.
