It’s almost that time! With the Apple event happening tomorrow, we’ll use this mega thread to talk about expectations, predictions, and anything else related to the big event.

Tomorrow, we’ll have a live event thread to discuss each announcement as it happens.

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I will use this mini until apple pries it from my cold dead hands (or at least release a new 5.7” or smaller device)

      • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’ve got to book a battery replacement. All the phones are matched at 6.1” and 6.7”.

        They took the min and max out of the 13 and 12 lineups (but still sell the base phones)

        The new official lineup is:

        15, 15+, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, 14, 14+, 13, SE

        They still have a dead link to the 12 on their shop but it redirects you back to the main iphone page.

        Interesting they killed the 13 Pro and 14 Pro, I bet they lost a lot of 14 Pro sales to the 13 with the discounts after release.

  • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Curious to see what they cripple with usbc. And if they’re updating every lightning port product to usbc too. Be interesting if all phones will get the pill/dynamic island treatment. Hope it’s useful and not a gimmick when more apps support it

    • Powerpoint@lemmy.ca
      7·
      10 months ago

      Most other Apple products already use USBC and have for a while. It’s only the iPhone they’ve been dragging their feet on.

    • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      I think it will be hilarious to watch them continue forcing their phones to communicate with USB2.0 speeds even after the move to USB-C just so they can push more people to buy overpriced iCloud storage. It will be 2060 and we will still have USB 2.0 on our apple phones.

  • sosodev@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 months ago

    An interesting effect of unifying Mac and iPhone tech is that games ported to Mac need little work to be ported to iPhone.

    Getting actual AAA games on iPhone is kinda cool but still seems very impractical. Mostly because if you can afford an iPhone 15 pro you can afford a game console, Mac/PC, etc.

    • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Controls are definitely the limiting factor at this point. I’ve tried a few console and PC game ports via Apple Arcade recently, and they all run great but the touch controls are really clunky - especially when they try to emulate analogue sticks.

      It’s about time Apple took a stab at a games controller, leaving it to 3rd parties hasn’t created enough momentum. An Apple take on a gaming pad would be interesting, especially with some sort of MagSafe iPhone mount. A controller also seems a natural expansion for the Vision Pro.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I nominate @cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca for shitposter of the month. Their comments really made the event more entertaining

    • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
      5·
      10 months ago

      Thank you, I wasn’t sure if I was crossing that line into annoying territory, but I was missing the feel of Reddit live threads in Apollo.

      • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Thanks, I just saw it on a website also.

        Weird they didn’t mention it in the keynote, software release dates are usually up first. Maybe some last minute issues meant they couldn’t confirm a date during recording? I’ve not followed the latest betas that closely.

        • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
          1·
          10 months ago

          The latest betas run well but didn’t get the latest security updates, so should be run in lockdown mode until release.

          They also don’t contain the new apps, except Healthy on iPad, which follows the template of Weather very closely.

  • sosodev@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 months ago

    Uhh. Who needs raytraced video games on their iPhone? I really doubt many mobile games are going to support and leverage that capability. If they do you would hard pressed to notice it on a phone screen.

  • sosodev@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 months ago

    Seems like the base model 15 has everything I want. Not sure how they’re going to sell the pro model this year.

  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
    4·
    10 months ago

    Went on a vacation and my wife’s 13 got run over by a truck and my 12 pro back glass shattered by falling on concrete. Now I’m fully ready for new phones. Hopefully one of my kidneys is enough.

    • Tschuuuls@feddit.de
      0·
      10 months ago

      FYI you can get the back glass of a 12 repaired by a 3rd party for a reasonable price compared to a whole frame swap at the apple store basically.
      Also the 13 board might still work if swapped into another totaled phone, just chuck it up on ebay. Someone will probably buy it as a project.

      • nieceandtows@programming.dev
        11·
        10 months ago

        I don’t know if the 13 board is salvageable. It was in a purse when it was run over, and the button in the purse almost punched through the screen out the back. As for the 12 pro, I’m not looking to replace that. Just changing the case to hide the back. I’ll check out about the back replacement. It might at least work for a trade in.

  • WuTang @lemmy.ninjaEnglish
    51·
    10 months ago

    Guys, if you want your youtube channel to blow up right now, talk abou the event, be as clickbaity as you can

    • “The iPhone 15 is a blast, I can’t even look at my 14 Pro Max anymore!”
    • “The iPhone 15 titanium at $2000, is it worth it?”
    • “Apple keynote: One more-more thing”