I hope they release a mini. If I want an Ipad, I’ll buy an Ipad.

Yeah i have heard about dexcom- thinking about mentioning to my primary care.

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Apple gives good trade-in values as well. If you have a 13 Pro Max and upgrade to a 14 Pro Max ($1099 base price), it's only $529 after trade-in. However, that's $45/mo you're paying for a phone. Not unreasonable, but a lot of money.

If you're a techy and want the latest and greatest all the time, then that price is probably worth it to you. But for the average consumer, that just doesn't make sense. The difference in SOC is only about 10% faster (according to geekbench) .

With how good Apple is at re-using their technology, quite some time. You see the camera modules re-used in multiple devices, the processors handed down from iPhone to iPad to Apple TV to HomePod. etc.

Plus, they are clearly still selling a lot of units each year. With less physical changes, they don't have to re-tool all of their manufacturing each year.

With less changes comes more efficiency and reduced costs, which means while less units may sell, they probably make more per unit sold.

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I'm on a 12 Pro, I'll probably go to the 15 if it has USB-C. That's a big selling feature for me.

My wife was on the 11 and went to the 14.

Granted both of us do care about improved cameras on the phone because that's a big feature for us.

I'm on the opposite side, what connector it has is completely irrelevant to me.

If it’s any of these, pushing iCloud subscriptions is the true motive, all the rest are ancillary benefits to Apple.

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Yeah I'm curious how much longer it will be profitable to release a new phone every year. The updates are so small it feels like it hardly warrents the R&D and advertising

Same fucking phone again 🤣

No because of the lack of innovation. I’ve been saving money for years. I stopped upgrading yearly somewhere around the iPhone X doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like to see something new from them.

https://youtu.be/jPhJbKBuNnA

This video is from Tom Scott and it’s mostly about AI but he also briefly talks about how smartphone innovation has stalled. That stall is not only expected, it’s inevitable.

We’ve reached a plateau of innovation with smartphones. The next big thing might be AR/VR or it might be A.I. but it won’t be the iPhone 15 or 16

Could be one of five possible moves, by Apple:

- Spite towards the EU

- Artificially capping speeds to "show" government intervention isn't beneficial to Apple consumers

- To promote the use of current or future iCloud services

- "Innovating" of future portless iPhone

- Apple just continuing to not use anything beyond USB 2.0 speeds

I don’t get why Apple touts ProRes capabilities and then puts usb 2.0 data transfer speeds. Terrible logic

Not to mention security patches.

Obvious shill is obvious. Piss off, marketing intern

One would think that after all these years of "leaks", apple would have figured out who was leaking this stuff and fired them.

YouTube will be dead by 2024 mate. Uwatch is the future.

USB-C at USB 2.0 speeds.

I'll continue to upgrade my Pixel every year because it's only $400 after trade in. Latest soc, wifi, camera, screen and a fresh battery.

I wonder what features the Pro and Max are losing that'll only be available on the Ultra?

Wait, you're disappointed because you get the save money?

Let me sell you this blackberry.