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Apple's iPhone 13, New Apple Watch on Tap For Virtual Launch Next Tuesday (cnet.com) 56

Posted by msmash from the closer-look dept.
Apple's next event, during which it will likely unveil its next slate of devices, including the seventh-generation Apple Watch and a new iPhone, is happening Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. PT, the company confirmed Tuesday. The event, like all previous ones over the last year and a half, will be held entirely online amid continued concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. From a report: Apple's invite includes the phrase "California streaming." It features a neon outline of the Apple logo set atop a silhouette of a mountain range. The company's flashy event is its most important of the year, setting its product lineup for the holiday shopping season. Last year, Apple held three major product releases in the second half, separating out announcements for its latest Apple Watches, iPads, iPhones and Mac computers. The releases helped propel Apple's sales and profit to their highest levels, setting new revenue records for the company's iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. It's unclear just what products Apple will announce and if it will repeat last year's tactic of holding multiple events throughout the second half. The iPhone 13 is almost assuredly going to make an appearance. The rumored Apple Watch 7 could as well.
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  • It will be 10-15% stronger than last gen, battery Will last a whopping 40 hours (as opposed to My midrange Android that has 80 hours), it will be as thin as a paper and it will come with new features first seen in Android five years ago?

    For some reason Shania Twain is playing in my brain right now... ;) But yeah, if you are happy to pay for overpriced tech, more power to ya!

    • Apple has somehow convinced an awful lot of people to buy their overpriced tech on a quick upgrade cycle and their gear is thought of as a fashion statement.

      They're fucking geniuses.

      • Just like a Toyota they hold their value extremely well. I spent $300 on a used iPhone 8 last year. I’ll probably get a good 3-4 years out of it. Guess you haven’t priced flagship models from Samsung lately. They are just as expensive.

        • Lenovo-Moto phones seem to offer good phones at much less than half the price of Samsung or Apple, if you want the stock Google software experience. Has anyone had good or bad experiences with Lenovo?

          The Moto-G Power looks great at under $200 USD. Nice big Screen. 3 day battery. Good camera. I don't see why Samsung is popular with their much more expensive phones.

          • FWIW, I bought (new) a Moto G Stylus 5G for 250$ and it's almost entirely stock Android, and what did come default on it, was easily uninstalled.
            No complaints so far, it's a very capable phone.

          • I want good a rootability experience. I can install my own stock things and write my own software, thank you very much.

            And a replacable battery, headphone jack, water-tightness (2m/6ft all day every day), milspec durability (if it doesn't survive the washing machine, it's no good. If it doesn't survive a fall on tiles without an add-on case, it's a piece of junk.)

            Modularity is a plus, but I have yet to find anything both modular and rugged.

          • I've got a moto g power, the battery lasts forever. decent phone for the price,

        • I never had a smartphone above $200, and I never used a smartphone for less than 4 years.
          I never bought Apple. Nor Samsung, Huawei or Xiaomi.
          Everything I needed, those phones did it just fine. And I'm a definite power user.
          What planet are you living on?

      • Apple has somehow convinced an awful lot of people to buy their overpriced tech on a quick upgrade cycle and their gear is thought of as a fashion statement.

        Why anyone would care someone else "overpays" for their phone is beyond me.

        • Because it means money goes to supporting something harmful rather than something good. Harmful for me too.

          It's the same reason you almost cannot buy a phone with a replaceable battery anymore. The morons have chosen. The market adapted. And you're now sipping their turd soup that's the only thing still on tap.

          Being stupid is always an active act of harm against other people.
          I guess it's just a bit beyond too many corners for some people...

          • Your life seems so - fragile.

          • So I used for several years the iPhone 6 plus, replaced only last year with the current one. At one point the battery life became problematic. Indeed, I couldn't replace it myself, but I made an appointment at the apple store, handed it in, did some supermarket etc shopping in that mall, and picked it up afterwards. That's plenty good enough.

        • Why anyone would care someone else "overpays" for their phone is beyond me.

          Because they're like Vegans, GlutonFree, they have a special Icondition and it comes up everytime you hear them. Not my diet, my condition, my phone(call), but my vegan, gluton, ipainintheassness. If you removed Ibespecial from their vocabulary they would almost be mute.

          Remember that kid in first grade, on the playground, screaming "look at me", then face planting while not looking where he's going. Like that, overpaying is the face planting, we are enjoying the laugh.

      • Comment removed based on user account deletion

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by fermion ( 181285 )
        Top of the line Samsung with 128gb, $1500. iPhone 12 with 512gb, $1500. Foldable Samsung with 512gb, $2000. To me phones are comparable, and just depends on who your FSM is, Google or Apple.

    • ive already decided what the new phone will have and I hate it.

      That helps, thanks.

      • Hate? Nope. Just indifference.

        Enjoy your expensive phone. The reality is it has very little extra to offer over a $400 Android phone. So why should I care about something that will do pretty much nothing to enhance my life yet cost twice as much?

        Your money, your choice though ðY(TM)

        • Enjoy your expensive phone. The reality is it has very little extra to offer over a $400 Android phone.

          I hear you lot unironically babbling about Apple something like 4x as often as I hear from actual Apple 'fans'. How am I supposed to take a lecture on objectivity seriously from you?

          Heal thyself.

    • It will be so thin, when you put it to your ear, and let go, it lops your arm clean off.

      It's only a flesh wound! You're holding it wrong!

  • Expecting some price jumps (Score:3, Insightful)

    by SuperKendall ( 25149 ) on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:18PM (#61772355)

    I think this round of phone updates Apple will have to be increasing the price of the phone just as prices for lots of other stuff have had to go up...

    Also it will be interesting to see if they have limited stock at launch, I heard at least the new Apple Watch was going to be in limited supply for a while.

  • The display in my 3 year old XS Max died a week ago. Today I ordered a replacement screen from Amazon for about $100. I'm going to try fixing the phone and if I am successful and like my results, I might just keep it.

    I might also "trade it in" on a new iPhone - Apple lists the trade-in value at $330.

    Of course, if I fuck up my screen replacement, I'm definitely getting a new phone.

  • Quite frankly my iPhone 12 that is the size of my iPhone 8 and my iPhone 5 SE will tell you how often I upgrade.

    No features that sound useful.

    I will wait.

    • Quite frankly my iPhone 12 that is the size of my iPhone 8 and my iPhone 5 SE will tell you how often I upgrade.

      No features that sound useful.

      I will wait.

      I was holding out for a USB-C phone (which may have been hopeless to begin with), but then my display died, so I have to do something.

      If I am going to go through the pain of getting my established on a new phone, it will be the latest and greatest (iPhone), so I can be sure I don't have to do it again for as long as possible.

      • My advice is always max out the memory and it will last 2-3 iPhone versions before you need to replace it. Probably due to the battery life, which they should let us replace quickly at any Apple store, but then they'd have to admit they're trying to sell us new hardware.

        • My advice is always max out the memory and it will last 2-3 iPhone versions before you need to replace it. Probably due to the battery life, which they should let us replace quickly at any Apple store, but then they'd have to admit they're trying to sell us new hardware.

          I have the XS Max with 256GB. I think that was one "notch" down from the max memory possible.

          But it has survived the 11 and the 12. It would have survived the 13 if the screen didn't die. From a pure functionality standpoint, the only way I would upgrade a working phone to the 13 is if the 13 came with USB-C.

          When I replace it, I don't think I will go for the rumored 1TB of memory, but I will go for 512GB.

        • Max out the "memory"? Are there really slashdot readers that confuse RAM (memory) with flash (storage)?

          Here's the exit door. Leave your nerd member card in the box on your way out.

          • Max out the "memory"? Are there really slashdot readers that confuse RAM (memory) with flash (storage)?

            In fairness, it could be that you're confusing memory and storage and the OP really does mean memory.

            Maxing out the memory (yes, RAM) is actually a reasonably sound - if expensive - strategy. Several times Apple have stopped offering updates to iOS devices that don't have enough internal memory.

            Right now, there are two models of the iPhone 12 that have 4GB RAM (12 and 12 mini) and two models that have 6GB

            • Yes, but "maxing out memory" isn't an option on iPhones. You can't get an iPhone 12 mini with different sizes of RAM, unlike Macs which do have memory options.

      • "If I am going to go through the pain of getting my established on a new phone"
        I don't understand the pain? You restore the backup from your existing iPhone if it's broken, or scan a code on the old phone (if it's still working) from your new phone to directly transfer everything over.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by antdude ( 79039 )

      For me, I had to upgrade my used 6 + since many online iOS apps and their services aren't supported anymore due to higher iOS version requirements. I'd had kept using it if they still worked. :(

  • ... to see that face-id was less than ideal in some circumstances even in the general population, and they *STILL* didn't bring back touch id to unlock, not even as an option.

    I have a degenerative motor condition that prohibits me from being able to hold a small device such as the iphone steady enough for face-id to function reliably unless I concentrate carefully and hold it with both hands, which is enormously inconvenient and takes far longer than just using the touch sensor on older iphones. I was r

    • Meh...I don't use Face ID on my current phone and I didn't use Touch ID on my previous phone. I just type in my 8 digit code. No fuss, no muss.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by mark-t ( 151149 )
        Using a PIN is still less convenient than Touch ID. It works, to be sure... but also requires two hands. One to hold the phone and the other to enter the PIN. The touch sensor on the old iphone you could unlock the phone with the same hand you were holding it with. I really wish Apple had not discontinued the touchid feasture in the first place. I can understand if they want to encourage face ID, it's supposedly more secure, but for some people it's *FAR* less convenient.

  • Because the battery life on my now almost 3 year old iPhone XR has totally gone to shit.

    Of course, I realize that by upgrading to the iPhone 13 I'm basically rewarding Apple for their bad design decision of not allowing for user replaceable batteries. Can someone explain to me again how Apple can portray themselves as an environmentally friendly company while not allowing for even basic user maintenance of their products?

    • Re:I actually need an upgrade... (Score:4, Insightful)

      by registrations_suck ( 1075251 ) on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:58PM (#61772727)

      Apple will replace the battery in your current phone for $69.

      Frankly, that's not bad compared to the cost of buying your own battery and the hassle of doing it yourself.

      Nevertheless, it IS a user-replaceable battery - it's just more hassle than you would like. You can do it though.

      https://support.apple.com/ipho... [apple.com]

      • So you call it "not bad" that they hold your phone hostage because it's "only $69" to put a battery in, when the battery literally costs $10 at most, and the act of putting it in would be trivial for the user itself if they hadn't deliberately designed it to hold it hostage?

        • I'm not an iPhone user, but water and dust proofing come at a cost - no exposed connectors being part of it. It also allows the battery to be shaped to fill whatever space is leftover after the rest of the phone is designed. Same for laptops, except there has been no push for those to be waterproof, so they generally are openable with a few screws.

    • The battery replacement is $99 and it will last another 3 years.

  • When are they announcing the VR headset? iPhone and Apple Watch have got boring. The real place for innovation is in VR .. VR headsets that don't have gaps between pixels will be truly immersive and amazing especially at the rumored 8K-per-eye resolution. Imagine watching a movie in it, that'll be cinematic. Or virtual tourism, to space.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by leonbev ( 111395 )

      Nobody is really BUYING VR headsets, though. Maybe that would change if Apple made one, but I don't think that people like wearing them to get an immersive gaming experience.

    • VR is nice, but Apple are right to bet on AR. You know that feeling you get when you're out of range of an Internet connection and you feel lost and disconnected? In a few years, a decade at the most, not having AR will feel the same way.

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