iPhone 6s and other Apple announcements today

[derekson]

So far they've just talked about new variants of the watch.

 

[Al Zarilla]

This site's tracking of the event is pretty good.
 
http://live.theverge.com/apple-iphone-6s-tv-event-live-blog/?_ga=1.253789834.328073922.1441816311
 

 

[soxhop411]

Thats a big Ipad

 

[derekson]

iPad Pro. Hmmm. Let's see what it actually does besides being bigger.

 

[jayhoz]

I guess Apple missed the memo.
 

 

[soxhop411]

iPad Pro. Hmmm. Let's see what it actually does besides being bigger.

 

[derekson]

Wow, it's running AutoCAD 360 on a mobile chip.

 

[jayhoz]

It's...it's.....thicker?!?!  Oh noes!  All is lost.

 

[ifmanis5]

Wow, it's running AutoCAD 360 on a mobile chip.

Great. I've always needed to design a factory on the phone while I take a dump.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

That's a heavy iPad. 

 

[derekson]

That's a heavy iPad. 

 
Pretty light for its size. Its width is the same as the long dimension on a 9.7" iPad.

 

[soxhop411]

that looks like a  Surface keyboard.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Talk about something else, AAPL going down!

 

[soxhop411]

Apple pencil lol

 

[NortheasternPJ]

 
Pretty light for its size. Its width is the same as the long dimension on a 9.7" iPad.

 
 
I agree, it was half in jest. They can't change how much something ways...yet.

 

[derekson]

Talk about something else, AAPL going down!

 
The stock always goes down during these, regardless of how impressive the product is.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Steve Jobs is rolling over in his grave. A STYLUS!!!

 

[Al Zarilla]

 
The stock always goes down during these, regardless of how impressive the product is.

Except maybe not down today because the stock has been weak?

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Wonder how many Snowden jokes this guy gets on a daily basis.

 

[singaporesoxfan]

Microsoft speaking at an Apple event.
 
Next up, ISIS decides to rebuild Palmyra.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Microsoft speaking at an Apple event.
 
Next up, ISIS decides to rebuild Palmyra.

 
Close enough, Adobe. 

 

[derekson]

Microsoft speaking at an Apple event.
 
Next up, ISIS decides to rebuild Palmyra.

 
Office was a big demo at the original Mac event IIRC.

 

[jayhoz]

 

[jayhoz]

 

[derekson]

iPad price doesn't seem bad, stylus and keyboard seem a bit $$$$

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Quite a bit more expensive than the Surface, especially with a $99 pen.
 
I'm guessing the A9X blows away the i3 and probably the i5 though. It's also got a bigger screen and is a 1/4 lb lighter which is nice.

 

[singaporesoxfan]

 
Close enough, Adobe. 

 
Microsoft was there earlier.
 
It would be funny if they used the Adobe guy to introduce the 6S. "An upgrade to your iPhone is available now. Would you like to upgrade?"

 

[jayhoz]

Shouldn't the keyboard have storage for the pencil?

 

[soxhop411]

No comment

http://hijinksensue.com/comic/surface-tension/

 

[derekson]

Weird that they didn't even mention specs on the iPad Mini 4.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Finally. Take my money!

 

[NortheasternPJ]

Weird that they didn't even mention specs on the iPad Mini 4.

 
Said same as iPad Air 2. 

 

[derekson]

 
Said same as iPad Air 2. 

 
Ah, guess I missed that. Thanks. I'm a bit surprised it gets the A8X instead of just A8.

 

[uncannymanny]

99% will be buying this Apple TV today.
 
Wow 60% of paid TV streaming on Apple devices.

 

[canderson]

I want the iPad Pro for my design business. That's a huge thing for us freelancers who go visit clients and need to make quick on-the-fly changes without lugging around a Macbook Pro and mouse. 

 

[derekson]

I want the iPad Pro for my design business. That's a huge thing for us freelancers who go visit clients and need to make quick on-the-fly changes without lugging around a Macbook Pro and mouse. 

 
It looked to me like it made sense for a lot of productivity niches in a way that the iPad never really has been before.

 

[derekson]

Hopefully the price on Apple TV doesn't go too much higher than presently. The competition mostly sells even cheaper devices.

 

[uncannymanny]

Hopefully the price on Apple TV doesn't go too much higher than presently. The competition mostly sells even cheaper devices.

 
Supposedly $149. If it has universal search across services I'm in.

 

[canderson]

Yeah so Apple TV is no longer a joke. 

 

[jayhoz]

Glass touch screen remote?  My kids would break that thing in 30 seconds.

 

[canderson]

Universal searches iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, and more to come. 

 

[swiftaw]

Hoping for an Amazon video app

 

[derekson]

Glass touch screen remote?  My kids would break that thing in 30 seconds.

 
It's probably really thick glass. It's like a touch pad, with no screen under it. I doubt it's fragile. And it's light enough that it isn't landing with much force if you drop it, unlike a phone.

 

[uncannymanny]

Universal searches iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, and more to come. 

 
With the Siri integration this is heaven for someone like me who subscribes to Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Hulu, etc. Curious to see what the reported storage is all about.

 

[singaporesoxfan]

Screw all the fancy features, if Apple allows me to use my iPhone to find that tiny remote I'm buying the AppleTV.

 

[uncannymanny]

NEW SCREEN SAVERS!!!

 

[canderson]

It almost looks like it hides the channels and just shows the shows/movies regardless of where they are hosted. So instead of a Netflix queue and a Hulu queue when you search it just shows content. That's different. 

 

[uncannymanny]

Screw all the fancy features, if Apple allows me to use my iPhone to find that tiny remote I'm buying the AppleTV.

 
Reported that gaming will be a feature...it would be foolish not to be able to use your phone as a controller, right?

 

[derekson]

 
Reported that gaming will be a feature...it would be foolish not to be able to use your phone as a controller, right?

 
You can already control the old Apple TV with an iPhone. I doubt they'll remove that.

 

[derekson]

Okay, that "what did she say" thing was really cool. I definitely need that for Game of Thrones!