Apple live event today

[JJ!]

Store is down ready for the new phones and watch.

Anyone going to be upgrading?

 

[Matt Cup]

Might get the big X as I’m on the upgrade program.

 

[Rich-D]

Amazed there hasn't been a thread on this sooner!

But yeah my 3 year old iPhone 6S and original gen Apple Watch are both ready for an upgrade, so will be seeing what's revealed later...

 

[Short Norman]

Anyone who upgrades and has a phone to sell please pm me details. My 6 needs replacing.

Cheers.

 

[botfch]

Might upgrade if the 2nd gen Face ID is a lot better otherwise I can’t really see it offering much more.

 

[Matt Cup]

The phone names have been leaked by Apple “accidentally”.

XS, XS max and XR.

iPhone: Apple website accidentally reveals every new product hours before release date, including iPhone XS Max and Xr names - The Independent https://apple.news/AjMLGUOIaQs2bMtNzI2ZzQg

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Might upgrade if the 2nd gen Face ID is a lot better otherwise I can’t really see it offering much more.

I though face Id was pretty damn good on the X I tried. Even adapted to me wearing glasses after a couple of hours.

I'm hoping to pickup a half price X assuming there's no killer new features (or if the new camera is amazing)

 

[Deeg]

I though face Id was pretty damn good on the X I tried. Even adapted to me wearing glasses after a couple of hours.

I'm hoping to pickup a half price X assuming there's no killer new features (or if the new camera is amazing)

Where can you pick up a half price x?

 

[cafcross]

My 7 is still going strong, but intrigued to see what the XS will offer over the X. In the past the S models have introduced something new: Siri, Touch ID, 3D Touch, wireless charging (the 8 was really a 7S). I can't really think of anything that could be classed as a new feature now that could make a difference to a regular user (VR and AR aren't that much of a game change IMO).

I'm more interested to see what the new iPads are like if they're announced today.

 

[Scrooge]

Well happy with my X so don’t think I’ll be upgrading

 

[_Tom]

I'm up for renewal and currently rocking a 7+. To be fair it's been perfect and I was an android guy before this.

Will be good to see the new options fully. Especially as the X is a smaller phone than I have but with a bigger screen.

 

[botfch]

I though face Id was pretty damn good on the X I tried. Even adapted to me wearing glasses after a couple of hours.

I'm hoping to pickup a half price X assuming there's no killer new features (or if the new camera is amazing)

It can be a bit unreliable at times and I’d like it if it worked while the phone was on a table.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Where can you pick up a half price x?

No idea! Just said I was hoping to.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

It can be a bit unreliable at times and I’d like it if it worked while the phone was on a table.

Ah yes the table unlock is annoying!

 

[Jaff.]

Remember when people used to get points for talking about Apple on here

Or discussing Apple before the items were released


Miss those days

Not really

 

[cat171]

Geezer at work left early so he can go home & have a w**k over the new products when they're announced ? Sad!

 

[Gareth]

Think i’m going to upgrade, still on a 6+

 

[Tim.]

Does anyone actually call it a ‘ten’?

Are Apple calling it the ‘ten S max’?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Remember when people used to get points for talking about Apple on here

Or discussing Apple before the items were released


Miss those days

Not really

This thread would be 75+ pages of speculation, all started 6 months prior to the event.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Watched 5 mins as a friend linked it, but honestly where's the enjoyment from these things anymore?

I was guilty of tuning in for the first couple of years, but since then everything has been leaked weeks in advance so there's no surprises anyway.

Does the new iPhone do 960fps video?

 

[Daz...]

I stuck it on YouTube for a couple of minutes and the bloke talking about the new watches nearly sent me to sleep.

 

[Gareth]

I’m going to go for an XS Max 256GB i think.

 

[Jaff.]

Buying a watch - been teasing myself for a while but I’m going to get one I think.

Phones are a difficult one, got a 6s with horrific battery and I fancy an Xs but it’s so f**king pricey. Can I suffer the Xr and suffer calling it a tenner all the time?

Suppose it’s better than tennis

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Buying a watch - been teasing myself for a while but I’m going to get one I think.

Phones are a difficult one, got a 6s with horrific battery and I fancy an Xs but it’s so f**king pricey. Can I suffer the Xr and suffer calling it a tenner all the time?

Suppose it’s better than tennis

FWIW it costs like £65 to get a new battery (I think) which will revitalise your phone for another couple of years. Depends whether you want something shiny or not!

 

[Jaff.]

FWIW it costs like £65 to get a new battery (I think) which will revitalise your phone for another couple of years. Depends whether you want something shiny or not!

Yeah I have a really annoying dead pixel and my boy needs a phone soon so I’m trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone (keep him happy and I get a new shiny thing)

I am going to Florida in October, how much money would I save on £999 compared to $999?

 

[Jaff.]

699 for a stainless steel watch4
999 for a Xs

6.5% sales tax takes it to ~1800 dollhairs.

1800 dollhairs is £1400 which is what I’m looking at to get an Xs and a boggo standard watch 4

May even be £100 cheaper.

Think I might wait. Any problems buying something over there for use here?

 

[Deeg]

699 for a stainless steel watch4
999 for a Xs

6.5% sales tax takes it to ~1800 dollhairs.

1800 dollhairs is £1400 which is what I’m looking at to get an Xs and a boggo standard watch 4

May even be £100 cheaper.

Think I might wait. Any problems buying something over there for use here?

I don’t think there’s any issues, but Check the GSM banding. I think US - UK and U.K. - US are all good though.

Shame the pound isn’t better against the dollar.

 

[cafcross]

Xr ticks all the boxes for me, but it’s too big.

Xs is the right size but is £150 more.

Lucky I’m not in the market for a new iPhone now, but if this is hinting at what’s to come over the next few years I may have a bit of a dilemma to overcome.

/firstworldproblems

 

[Jaff.]

I don’t think there’s any issues, but Check the GSM banding. I think US - UK and U.K. - US are all good though.

Shame the pound isn’t better against the dollar.

Even with it being particularly bad I can save about £2-300 overall if I just wait until the end of October.

Think it’s worth it being as I’m in florida anyway

 

[botfch]

Buying a watch - been teasing myself for a while but I’m going to get one I think.

Phones are a difficult one, got a 6s with horrific battery and I fancy an Xs but it’s so f**king pricey. Can I suffer the Xr and suffer calling it a tenner all the time?

Suppose it’s better than tennis

https://www.apple.com/uk/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/

Check that link most 6s's can get a free battery replacement.

 

[Jaff.]

https://www.apple.com/uk/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/

Check that link most 6s's can get a free battery replacement.

Not eligible mate.

Besides like I said, fancy a new one and the boy can have mine then (I’ll get the battery changed for him anyway)

 

[Pint]

What’s the difference between the XS and XR?

 

[Stay Puft]

I'm still on a 6.. hmmm. Just cannot justify £1k on a phone

 

[Deeg]

Even with it being particularly bad I can save about £2-300 overall if I just wait until the end of October.

Think it’s worth it being as I’m in florida anyway

If there’s nothing burning a hole, £2-300 pays for something else, doesn’t it?

 

[Jaff.]

If there’s nothing burning a hole, £2-300 pays for something else, doesn’t it?

But it’s an Apple product.. I must have it as soon as possible right?

 

[Deeg]

But it’s an Apple product.. I must have it as soon as possible right?

That’s just anything, isn’t it?

I’ve made the decision, I need it immediately.

 

[Jaff.]

That’s just anything, isn’t it?

I’ve made the decision, I need it immediately.

Fine!

I’ll wait ?

 

[Bubbles]

I traded in my iPhone 7+ at CEX, bought an A grade (6 months old, boxed ect) X in space grey, 256 storage.. cost me £500 to swap

 

[DeeKay86]

Forgot to post my notes here (like I do every year!)

MY NOTES FROM THE APPLE CONFERENCE!!!!!

Apple - Gather Round - 12/09/18

- Event Started!!
- Mission Impossible music - girl running through the new Apple HQ!
- It was a clicker!! Haha! (watch the conference start to see what the hell I am on about!)
- Tim Cook talking about Apple Stores etc.
- 2 billion iOS devices shipped (soon).

- *****Here we go - APPLE WATCH SERIES 4:*****
- Apple Watch is the #1 watch in the world! Not just the #1 Smartwatch!
- Jeff now on stage.
- Next generation Apple Watch.
- The leaked image was REAL! - Apple Watch Series 4 announced!
- Entirely re-engineered / New Design.
- New display - curved corners, Larger screens. 35% and 32% larger screens!
- Series 4 is 40mm and 44mm thin.
- New complications for the watch - new watch face can show 8 complications!
- Showing lots of new watch faces, very very cool!
- Breathe App now available as a watch face...!
- Digital Crown now has haptic feedback / also re-designed.
- Speaker is 50% louder.
- Mic is now on opposite side to reduce echo.
- Back of watch now allows radio waves to pass through - better connected.
- New 4th Gen S4 chip. 64bit! 2x faster / Dual-core.
- Next Gen accelerometer and Gyroscope - 8x faster and up to 32g-forces.
- Apple Watch Series 4 can detect if you fall down - alerts you and you can initiate emergency call!
- If you do not move after a fall, it waits 1 minute then calls emergency services for you. Also sends out your location!
- 3 new heart features:
- Low heart rate notification (as well as high heart rate) - irregular heart rhythm Atrial Fibrillation detection! wow!
- New electrical heart sensor! ELECTROCARDIOGRAM!!!!!! HOLY GOD WOW!! ECG!!! Apple Watch Series 4 can carry out an ECG!!! Incredible! Crazy Incredible!
- At end of ECG test, it classifies your heart rhythm! Also classifies Atrial Fibrillation! Then you can share as a PDF with doctor!
- Talk from American Heart Association regarding the heart / Apple Watch.
- Apple Watch is FDA APPROVED!!!!!!! - this is absolutely incredible! This WILL save lives!
- Everything is PRIVATE, sharing is all up to you. Everything is encrypted.
- Battery Life – Watch Series 4 battery is still 18 hours.
- Apple Watch video now on with Jony Ive speaking.
- Available in Silver - Gold - Space Grey. Stainless steel finishes look amazing!
- Starts at $399 - with Cellular starts at $499
- Series 3 now starts at $279!
- *****Orders start SEPTEMBER 14th!! It will LAUNCH September 21st!!*****
- Watch OS5 releases September 17th!!
- Now showing video of people using the Apple Watch (staying active etc).

- *****Lets talk iPHONE!!!!:*****
- iPhone X became the #1 SmartPhone in the world! 98% Customer Satisfaction - officially most loved phone!
- By Far The best iPhone ever coming up!
- iPhone Xs now officially announced!!
- Phil now on stage!
- Made of Surgical Grade stainless steel.
- Gold finish on front and back.
- New Glass on front and back - most durable glass EVER in a phone!
- Comes in Gold, Silver and Space Grey!
- Protected with IP68 rating!!! - 2 meters in water for 30 mins!!! Best ever!
- Even protects against beer, salt water etc!
- Super-Retina Display - 5.8 inches - 458ppi - highest quality display ever!
- Bigger Display than 'Plus' sized phone, but smaller handset size.
- Dolby Vision / HDR10.
- 60% greater dynamic range than iPhone X.
- 2 sizes, 5.8 inch and ****NEW 6.5 INCH SUPER RETINA!!**** Biggest display EVER for iPhone!
- 458ppi again! Wow!
- Phone is same size as 'Plus' but display his way bigger!
- *****iPHONE Xs MAX CONFIRMED!!!!!*****
- Both have 3D touch, tap to wake, true-tone displays - wide colour!
- Stereo Sound - better than any iPhone to date.
- FaceID - notch still houses FaceID etc.
- FaceID is now faster than ever before!
- FaceID is now the most secure facial authentication in a smartphone!
- New CHIP! A12 BIONIC! Industry FIRST 7nm Chip!!!
- 4-core GPU, 6-core CPU, Neural Engine!
- Uses less power and is way more efficient! The GPU is 50% faster than the A11.
- Neural Engine is now an 8-CORE Machine Learning system! (used to be 2 cores). Can now do 5trillion operations per second!
- The whole chip is a SOC so includes tonnes of controllers etc (HEVC etc).
- 512GB of storage now supported!
- A12 Bionic is the MOST POWERFUL and Smartest chip EVER in a smartphone!
- Lady named Cayenne is now on stage.
- Apps launch 30% faster on A12 Bionic!
- Real time machine learning!
- Siri Shortcuts - create shortcuts etc - ask her to run routines etc with one command!
- 9x faster CoreML at 1/10th the energy!
- Augmented Reality.
- ARKit 2 - enhanced surface detection etc.
- AR Quick Look for products / objects augmented in to real world.
- Next Generation of Apps:
- Now have TODD HOWARD on stage from Bethesda!!!
- ELDER SCROLLS Blades! - looks really good! - environment looks huge! - Coming this Fall to iOS!
- David Lee and Steve Nash now on stage!
- HomeCourt App - uses CoreML!!
- Can run real time head tracking etc - showed it tracking someone shooting hoops! Looks very powerful!
- App gives real time feedback to basketball players. Real time shot science! Super cool!
- Atli Mar from Directive Games now on stage!!
- Augmented Reality multiplayer game using ARKit2!! Looks fun! - coming later this year!
- Phil back on stage!
- ***Camera:***
- Worlds most popular camera.
- A portrait pic taken with an iPhone was on the cover of Time magazine!
- iPhone Xs Camera:
- Dual camera system, both 12mp with improved true tone flash.
- Larger sensor - bigger deeper pixels.
- 1.8 aperture lens.
- Telephoto also has Image Stabilisation and is F2.4.
- Front camera - 7mp twice as fast - works with dot projector and IR.
- Image signal processor now connects to Neural Engine. Works together to understand scene and faces.
- Instant red-eye reduction.
- 1 trillion operations per photo.
- Smart HDR with Zero Shutter Lag + secondary frames + shadow detail! Merges all in to one for Smart HDR images.
- Also shoots wide colour.
- Portrait mode pics look great!!
- Bokeh - effect looks wayyy better now! Perfect!
- New slider on the bottom that shows depth - you can now ADJUST the Depth of field AFTER taking a pic!!
- "A New era of Photograpy".
- "A New era of Video"
- Can record stereo sound.
- Showing low light video example in 4K Wide Dynamic Range etc.
- Battery Life - iPhone Xs has 30 mins longer!
- Battery Life - iPhone Xs MAX gives you 1.5 hours longer – biggest battery in an iPhone ever!
- Gigabit class LTE - best worldwide roaming!
- DUAL-SIM!! Dual Sim Dual Standby.
- eSIM Technology!! Set up a second line on the eSIM! Shows which line calls are coming from etc!
- Dual-Sim works with Xs and Xs MAX!
- China Dual Sim has 2 physical sims stacked in tray!
- Lisa now on stage:
- Apple is now run on 100% renewable energy!
- Materials sourced responsibly.
- Recycled Properly.
- iPhones all the way back to iPhone5s can run iOS12!
- 'Apple Giveback' - give your device back to Apple, if it works they give you the value. If it doesn’t work, they recycle it.
- Daisy the Robot can disassemble iPhones and recycle parts.
- Phil back on stage:

- *****ONE MORE IPHONE*****
- ANNOUNCED: iPHONE XR!!!
- 7000 series aluminium
- White, Black, Blue, Coral, Yellow etc etc etc.
- Back is Glass.
- IP67 rating.
- Full screen display! - LCD not OLED!
- Most advanced LCD ever in a smartphone!
- It’s called - Liquid Retina Display - 6.1inches, 326ppi.
- Bigger display than iPhone 8plus in a smaller phone!
- Tap to wake, 120hz touch sensitive layer. Wide colour display. True-Tone support.
- It's an iPhone 10 experience with an LCD display.
- NO 3D TOUCH - it now has HAPTIC Touch.
- FaceID included. Same as Xs and Xs MAX.
- Includes A12 BIONIC Chip!
- Single camera system. 12mp wide angle f1.8 / new sensor.
- Also does portrait photos with Bokeh!
- Also allows depth control on Bokeh.
- Also supports Smart HDR like iPhone Xs and Xs Max.
- Same front camera as Xs and Xs Max.
- Battery Life - compared to iPhone 8plus, XR gives you 1.5 hours more!
- Also supports Dual-Sim!
- Now showing Product Video:
- Jony Ive talking on video.

- iPhone XR - 64GB - 128GB - 256GB - Starts at $749 - **Pre-Order October 19th - Ships October 26th!**
- iPhone Xs: 64GB - 256GB - 512GB - Xs Starts from $999
- iPhone Xs Max: 64GB - 256GB - 512GB - Xs Max starts from $1099
- *****Xs and Xs Max Pre-orders SEPTEMBER 14th - Ships SEPTEMBER 21st!!*****

- iOS12 Launches September 17th!!!
- Tim Cook on Stage!
- Dolby Atmos support for TVos - over 100 video partners.
- Homepod updates
- Updates available Monday!
- MacOS Mojave update - September 24th!
- The End!!
****Notes by YouTubes DeeKay86****

 

[Gavin.]

I was running a 7 plus, had a Samsung a8 the past two months and can't wait for one of these. Just not sure on Xs or the Max yet.