JackClark

See you on the 7th.

http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2016/

I'm curious about how the iPhone will see you and what it will do with what it sees.

SwissTony

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and the paraolympics

Funkii Munkii

Wireless ear buds could prove an expensive gimmick for the owner but not for Apple, I can see thousands being lost on the tube, at stations airports etc etc

JackClark

I'd love a 7+ and it might just happen.

The watch can wait, but is a great upgrade.

The headphone chip is excellent, but the buds don't fit my ears so very happy to see others available.

neil-h

I know this is Toffee what's his faces domain but there's a lot of those features (e.g. dual cameras/stereo speakers) which I've had on my HTC for quite a while.

JackClark

You don't have to buy them.

toffee_pie

Apple fans will be blown away by anything. No matter how outdated it is.

Apple go against the grain far too much. Besides almost everyone on the planet owns Android phones. Apple need more than outdated tech to convince people to buy into them, they think they are being clever with kicking the audio jack into touch but time will tell on IPhone sales.

Look at Samsung, they at least tried to be creative with QHD curved screens and had fast charging & wireless charging devices a year ago also longer run time is something they have done wonders on. 3+ Days on a charge is a big increase on where things used to stand.

Waterproof phones are nothing new, the S5 was waterproof i think.

I read an interesting article on marketing and its what Apple excel in, making people believe they are buying into something special and making the person feel important.

The products themselves are nothing to write home about but to the owners (AKA Jack) they are above and beyond anything else on the planet.

toffee_pie

nothing new to Android users.

JackClark

Yes. It's the first time on an iPhone and a lot of newer tech is included. The image processor is very fancy.

JackClark

What are you trying to say? I just see a loads of apps.

toffee_pie

first time on an IPhone means its been on an Android for ages, like selective focus shots.

dont worry Jack, there will be an update for it

'But Apple says it will also be able to combine data gathered by both camera sensors to simulate an effect associated with larger DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras.

It said software would be able to automatically pick people's faces out from the background, keeping the humans in focus while blurring the rest of the shot in order to enhance the portraits.The feature will not, however, be available at launch but will rather be provided as an update later on'.

toffee_pie

They are camera modes Jack..like a mode on the New Iphone 7, pending an update.

dpb

Clearly Apple just add polish , and stability cos closed system .

But Now it appears they cost same as everything else, so this is why Mr average has bought into iPhone 6s anyway

Thought myself the phone would be restrictive compared to my android, but it hasn't been

, Not bothered with iTunes at all mind you. Bought one song in 6 months, and since deleted

dpb

Not being able to mirror straight to tv without Apple tv is annoying mind you . I could do this perfectly off Sony , 5 years ago

JackClark

My Samsung TV handles most things I want to stream.

dpb

Actually just tried media player mytwonky, seems ok

dpb

Those headphones buds are going be lost down the first drain hole ,

Should be connected by wire like my underwater Sony mp3 player

dpb

You can produce soft focus back ground with an app on present iPhone

I'll use my G3 for anything serious !

dpb

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...d-orange-gb.:o

Funkii Munkii

Although lots of people will just to conform

andy97

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Did I see the price of these ear phones is going to be £159!! ?

Which are no good for activity use because they will fall out and be lost. What they need is a string attached to the phone to hold them securely

toffee_pie

There is a reason why Apple used bluetooth, and its nothing to do with the consumer and everything to due to themselves filling up their accounts with more money from more sales of bluetooth headphones, and considering how small they are they could be plenty of repeat orders.

There is a reason also why bluetooth has not replaced traditional wired earphones up to now, its not like Samsung or HTC could not have put in a bluetooth headphone socket.

Like the Mike Daisey bloke said, Apple hooking even more people into their constrained eco system.

Be interesting to see how many more people leave them, aside from Jack here.

toffee_pie

making muppets of certain people.

dpb

Maybe theres a "find my headphones" feature

JackClark

They would have to be under £100 for me to consider them, the wired ones fall out of my ears so I can't see these ones doing any better.

They promoted the Beats headphones for activity, they have the same W1 chip but are probably more like £200. $200 so yes http://www.apple.com/shop/product/ML...arphones-black I'd consider those.

JackClark

The reason is Courage, Apple have courage.

JackClark

Quite a few will because they're good, too pricy for me but there's no doubt they'll be good.

jonc

"Courage"? Do you honestly believe that? People can be so gullible, that's the power of marketing! It's a business decision that will add more leverage to it's ecosystem to get more money out of it's users.

jonc

I like how Apple have eliminated the 64GB versions of the 6s/plus, would have put it in direct competition with the 32GB of the 7/plus! I would not be surprised if the the 64GB 6s/plus have been reduced to 32GB by software like they do with their store demo devices.

JackClark

It's a quote from the keynote that's triggering Fandroids globally, couldn't miss the chance.

Of course it's a business decision and of course it will cost money, but there are clear benefits to the user. Before this announcement there was no way I'd buy a pair of wired headphones again, my £300 Bose have been great but I never plug the wire in any more, riding my bike - or anything really - with wires is a terrible experience compared to wireless, although the noise cancelling without batteries does sound great.